Chapter 391: 391

“You’ve just caught a cold . Why are you yelling for help?”

Fang Qiu rolled his eyes at Zhou Xiaotian speechlessly .

“Alas . ”

Zhou Xiaotian stared at Fang Qiu with a sad face . He desperately said, “Catching a cold is really not a big deal, but the oldest and the third oldest are so crappy . They insisted on treating me when they didn’t know how to at all . They’d totally seen me as their guinea pig . Then I’ve gotten worse, and I couldn’t even attend the classes, and could only ask for a leave and went back to the dorm to rest . Now I don’t even have the strength to walk . I really feel like dying . ”

“That’s better . ”

Fang Qiu pursed his lips and said, “If you really die, I’ll have a much quieter living condition . ”

“No way, the youngest . ”

Zhou Xiaotian looked at Fang Qiu with a look that said he had lost all hope in life, saying, “I’ve always seen you as my best buddy and I can sacrifice my life for you . Now, I’ve merely caught a cold, and you’re going to abandon me so heartlessly and so ruthlessly?”

“Get off me now!”

Zhou Xiaotian was feebly lying on the ground and grabbing Fang Qiu’s thigh . Like a germophobe, Fang Qiu wanted to keep Zhou Xiaotian away from himself as far as possible .

It was supposed to be a great show .

If it were in the usual days, Zhou Xiaotian would have definitely put on a full show, acting to the very end .

However, today was different .

“Well, never mind . ”

Gently sighing, Zhou Xiaotian loosened his grip and feebly stood up . He covered his chest and coughed loudly until his nose turned red . Then, he walked to his desk to sit behind it while saying, “To be honest, you’re finally fack . Since the oldest and the third oldest haven’t come back yet, treat me quickly . Otherwise, they will definitely mishandle me to death . ”

“What good timing . ”

Hearing Zhou Xiaotian’s words, Fang Qiu felt slightly stunned and then he tittered and smiled, “I’ve just learned a new treatment . Since you beg me sincerely, I’ll manage to treat you . ”

“Don’t . ”

Hearing that it was a new method, Zhou Xiaotian immediately opened his mouth reluctantly . “Use the herb soup or acupuncture . What’s the point of a new method? What if you worsen my condition like those two idiots?”

Fang Qiu said, “Rest assured . I’m not like the oldest and the third oldest . This new method will definitely work . ”

“Well… then alright . ”

Zhou Xiaotian hesitated and then nodded and said, “You’re the spokesperson of our University of Jiangjing Chinese Medicine . I’ll give you my life to be your guinea pig . If your new method doesn’t work out, just wait and see . ”

“Go sit for a while . I’ll prepare myself by getting the necessary materials and tools . ”

After saying that, Fang Qiu immediately rushed out of the dorm .

A few minutes later, Fang Qiu returned to the dorm; several moxa sticks and pieces of ginger slices appeared in his hand .

Zhou Xiaotian asked, “Huh, what are these?”

Fang Qiu said, “These are moxa sticks made from mugwort . ”

“Moxa sticks?”

Zhou Xiaotian was stunned and said in doubt, “Don’t you burn them to disinfect things? How do you cure a disease with them?”

“Indeed, mugwort can disinfect things, but it can do more than that . Its most important use is to be applied in acupuncture to cure diseases . ”

While explaining, Fang Qiu walked over to Zhou Xiaotian .

“Moxibustion is also part of acupuncture . When you learn it, you’ll know . ”

While saying that, Fang Qiu asked Zhou Xiaotian to take off his top .

“I see that you’re feeling feeble in your limbs, and you don’t seem to have a serious fever . You cough and your nasal discharge is clean, and you don’t perspire over your body . These are typical symptoms of a common cold . ”

Saying that, Fang Qiu thought about it and added, “To cure a comma cold, one should get rid of the cold and discharge the dirty air in the patient’s lungs .

“When cured with moxibustion, the main apertures are Fengchi, Dazhui, Hegu .

“The accompanying apertures are Fengmen, Waiguan if the patient catches a cold . If the patient has a nasal obstruction, it will be Yingxiang aperture . If he coughs, they will be Chize and Lieque apertures . ”

“As for the type of moxibustion, it’ll be ginger moxibustion . ”

After saying that, Fang Qiu started .

Acupuncture therapy was also called moxibustion . It was a natural therapy where mainly moxa sticks and moxa rolls made from mugwort were lit to heat the human body’s apertures to keep it healthy and cure diseases .

Ginger moxibustion was an acupuncture theory from ancient medical books . Recorded in the “Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion” was this: Cut ginger into slices, each about a coin thick . Place them on Sheshang aperture and heat up .

He chose four from the main and accompanying apertures .

Fang Qiu fetched the ginger slices and pricked them with needles in the middle of the slices to make several holes . Then, he placed the slices on the apertures he had selected . Then, he picked a moxa stick to put it on the slices and then lit it up .

This time, Fang Qiu had picked big moxa sticks, which were all the size of a thumb .

Sitting on the chair, Zhou Xiaotian lay his upper body on the desk with his back facing Fang Qiu and his arms stretching out to both sides .

Then, on the Fengchi aperture on Zhou Xiaotian’s neck, Dazhui aperture under his neck, and Lieque aperture on his wrist, Fang Qiu quickly lit up the moxa sticks and started the moxibustion .

Zhou Xiaotian didn’t dare to move a muscle and asked, “The youngest, how long will it take?”

“About 10 minutes . ”

Fang Qiu opened his mouth to say, “Treating a cold like yours, I need to burn four zhuangs on every aperture . ”

Zhou Xiaotian asked in doubt, “Bumps?”

Fang Qiu explained . “It’s zhuang, a measuring unit in moxibustion . Every burned moxa stick is called a zhuang . ”

Zhou Xiaotian understandingly answered and did not speak anymore . “Well, I see . ”

Fang Qiu continued to accompany Zhou Xiaotian in the treatment .

Soon, 10 minutes passed .

The moxibustion ended .

Fang Qiu took the ginger slices off Zhou Xiaotian and then patted the latter, who had already fallen asleep .

“Aargh!!!”

Being patted by Fang Qiu, Zhou Xiaotian straightened up with a swoosh, blankly looking around . When seeing Fang Qiu, he finally collected himself . He wiped the saliva around his lips and asked, “Is it finished?”

“Yes . ”

Fang Qiu smilingly nodded and said, “How are you feeling now?”

Hearing that, Zhou Xiaotian sniffed out of habit .

“Well, my nose isn’t blocked anymore . ”

After sniffling, Zhou Xiaotian felt his eyes light up and said, “I don’t have a runny nose anymore . Just now, I was so feeble that I felt terrible . I was feeling hot all over my body like I was having a fever . Now, I’m alright and I don’t feel dizzy anymore either . ”

Saying that, Zhou Xiaotian immediately stood up, sniffled again, and twisted his head around .

“Fine, I’m really fine . ”

Voices of pleasantly surprise rang from Zhou Xiaotian’s mouth .

He felt like reborn from head to toe . Zhou Xiaotian only felt the energy all over his body . He looked like nothing but a patient!

“So amazing . ”

Shouting in surprise, Zhou Xiaotian looked at Fang Qiu and said, “It’s just been 10 minutes, and I’ve actually recovered . It looks like I’ll use your acupuncture to cure myself if I catch a cold later . This works really fast . ”

“You can’t . ”

Fang Qiu immediately shook his head and said, “Though moxibustion is a great way to stay healthy, and many people have been using it since it’s easy to operate . But, there are contraindications . If you blindly use it before you understand it, it will seriously damage your body .

“In ‘Treatise on Febrile Diseases’, there are contents about the contraindications of moxibustion .

“First, a floating pulse should be eased by perspiration . Heated by the fire, the heat cannot get out from anywhere . Because of the heat, the disease can, for example, make one feel heavy below the waist, and that is called the mistreatment by warming therapy .

“Second, in the case of the Taiyang disease, if when heated with fire, the patient doesn’t perspire, he must feel restless and might develop delirium if the treatment continues . He’ll have blood in the stool, and that is called a fire pathogen .

“Third, a patient with Yin and blood deficiency should not be treated with acupuncture . Because this kind of patient has a body of heat . When the heat of moxibustion gets into his body, it will definitely increase his inner heat and cause him dysphoria . When the heat spreads in the body, his body fluid and blood will be lost, and his tendons, vessels, and muscles will all be damaged .

“Fourth, a patient with a floating pulse should not be treated with acupuncture . Since he has the inner heat, it should not be treated in a way you use to treat the heat due to deficiency . When his inner heat increases because of the one from the outside, he will lose the body fluid and the heat will spread in his blood . ”

Hearing that, Zhou Xiaotian pursed his lips and said, “Can you speak human language? Just tell me those contraindications in plain words . Do you really have to quote some obscure essays?”

Fang Qiu said in a despised tone, “Go read for yourself . ”

After that, he directly turned around and walked to his desk .

It was at that time .

“Crack!”

It was the sound of someone pushing open the door .

“The fourth oldest, have you been feeling better? What about I treat you in some other ways?”

The moment the dorm door was pushed opened, Sun Hao’s evil smile appeared .

Looking into the dorm, Sun Hao was stunned .

Beside him, Zhu Benzheng was also stunned .

Changing his face, Sun Hao asked in surprise, “The youngest, you’ve come back?”

Fang Qiu nodded . “Yes . ”

Walking into the dorm, Zhu Benzheng sniffled and said, “Well, there’s a funny smell in our dorm . ”

“It’s mugwort . ”

Fang Qiu opened his mouth to explain . “I’ve just performed moxibustion on Xiaotian, burned some moxa sticks . So there’s a smell . ”

“Moxibustion?”

Sun Hao and Zhu Benzheng were stunned and both turned their heads to look at Zhou Xiaotian .

Sun Hao asked, “How are you feeling?”

Sun Hao said, spreading his arms . “I’ve recovered . Can’t you see that?”

Zhu Benzheng felt surprised and he walked up to Zhou Xiaotian to check for himself . “Really?”

Zhou Xiaotian said, “The youngest has done it himself . So can I not recover?”

Then, after the two’s checking, it turned out that Zhou Xiaotian had really recovered from the cold .

Well, 15 minutes ago, Zhou Xiaotian was having such a serious cold that he couldn’t even continue the classes and had asked for leave to return to the dorm to rest .

How did he recover in a blink of an eye?

Zhu Benzheng and Sun Hao were all shocked .

Zhu Benzheng asked, “The youngest, you’ve learned moxibustion?”

Fang Qiu nodded and said, “Yes, I’ve just learnt it . ”

Hearing that, the three people looked at each other and respectively smiled wryly .

“The youngest, I really don’t want to say this, but I have to . You’re a fucking monster . You’ve just come back, and you came back with another new skill . ”

Sun Hao looked sad and said that . Then, he said, “Hurry up, teach us how to perform moxibustion . ”

“No problem . ”

Fang Qiu immediately answered and said, “Moxibustion is much easier than acupuncture and it’s also relatively easier to learn . ”

After saying that, Fang Qiu immediately started to teach .

Because it had been simple, it didn’t take long for the three people to learn it . As for the detailed things, they could only learn them in books .

At night, Fang Qiu continued to practice his mental power .

He practiced until it was midnight when his three roommates had all fallen asleep, but Fang Qiu didn’t .

Previously, he had been feeling that he was about to break through on his metal power, but he always failed to find that breakthrough point .

Tonight, the feeling that he was about to break through hit him again .

This time, the feeling that he was about to break through was tenser than ever .

“Swish swish…”

Before his eyes, the brick hung in midair was swaying back and forth under the control of Fang Qiu’s mental power .

The brick could not challenge Fang Qiu in the least anymore .

“I feel like even if I add the weight, I won’t progress much . It’s like I’ve walked into a dead-end hutong . ”

“Then how can I break through?”

Staring at the brick swaying back and forth, Fang Qiu pondered .