Pain and comfort of 124

  Accompanying Tan Shuai to climb the mountain for ten days, Zhao Yang accumulated a large amount of medicinal materials that needed to be processed and was no longer an "accompanying practitioner".

  Huaxia has gone through a special period, which had a serious impact on the inheritance and development of traditional Chinese medicine. For example, many ancient prescriptions have been lost, many techniques and skills only remain in name, and some special processing methods for certain medicines have not been passed down. According to Zhao Yang's knowledge, among the 19 drug treatment methods he mastered, at least seven have not been seen elsewhere! As for alchemy and numerous human elixir formulas, probably only he himself knows them - but unfortunately, there is no dan furnace!

  For Tan Shuai, these ten days, although the physical shape is not much different from before, but in terms of specific physical sensations, there have been some relatively obvious changes, such as walking more and not panting like before, becoming more agile, etc.

  For Liu Juan, these ten days can also be described as "very smooth": except for the heart, the qi and blood of the stomach, liver, and spleen have recovered to 40%, and the qi and blood of other organs have exceeded 35%. With the spleen and stomach providing fresh qi and blood energy, and the heart serving as a source of power, it won't be long before the qi and blood of the remaining organs reach 40% too!

  While her Qi and blood have reached 40%, it also marks that Liu Juan's condition has changed from "illness" to "disease", which means that her illness can only be considered a slightly more serious minor illness!

  Of course, after all, it's cancer. Saying that her illness is minor is based on the premise that qi and blood can be controlled normally. If the circulation of qi and blood loses control, the meridians' qi and blood will be "stolen" by those variant collaterals again, and her condition will quickly return to the level of "illness", or even fall into a state of "danger"!

  However, as long as you pay attention to nourishing your body and not getting sick due to external weather changes, practice "Guiyuan Shouzheng Dance" on time to regulate qi and blood from the outside in, unblock meridians, take medicine on time to consolidate foundation and cultivate yuan to nourish qi and blood, such a terrible thing will not appear for no reason!

  Does Liu Juan still need to be reminded of this? Those who have experienced being infinitely close to death understand that it is a happy thing to be able to survive just by doing these things!

  After Zhao Yang left, she turned to look at her husband who was collecting clothes outside and her son who was running around in the yard with his grandfather. She thought back to two months ago when she felt hopeless and trapped, it was like a different world!

  In the blink of an eye, half a month's time had passed, and December had also reached the end of the month. On the eve of Christmas in the Western world, Liu Juan's body finally achieved 40% of its energy!

  Zhao Yang then began teaching her the last part of the "Guiyuan Shouzheng Dance": the full-body movement.

  "Returning to the Origin, Guarding the Orthodoxy Dance" is divided into three parts, from hands and feet to limbs to the whole body, which is a gradual process, also corresponding to different stages of the disease: When the body is in the "danger" stage, it is extremely weak, and may not be able to do anything except move its hands and feet. At this time, practicing hand and foot movements can constrain and guide the flow of qi and blood, without putting too much burden on the body, which is the most suitable.

  When the body is in a "sick" stage, although it is still weak, the limbs can still move. At this time, exercising the limbs can further restrain and promote the circulation of qi and blood. Although the body's burden increases slightly, this degree of exercise is tolerable and is still more beneficial than harmful.

  Liu Juan's body has now recovered 40% of its energy and blood, and when it reaches the "disease" stage, she can practice the full-body part of the "Return to the Origin and Guard the Righteous Dance".

  The movements of the whole body were still gentle, but because there was a full-body stretch, vibration, bending, advancing and retreating, that long-lost pain reappeared on Liu Juan's body!

  The whole body movement consists of sixteen individual movements, which are divided into three groups through different combinations, corresponding to the three major meridians that connect with each other in the human body.

  Individual movements are simple, and Liu Juan only taught them twice before she remembered most of it. The pain caused by individual movements is also bearable!

  But when these movements are combined, the feeling is different! After finishing the first set of the first three movements, Liu Juan was already in pain, her face pale and sweating profusely.

  But Zhao Yang didn't intend to stop, still explaining while taking her downstairs, occasionally stopping to correct her movements, and having her repeat the incorrect parts several times.

  Liu Juan gritted her teeth and persisted, feeling that her heart and liver were trembling with pain. In fact, her heart and liver were really hurting! Not only was it her heart and liver, but as she moved, the neighboring organs also started to hurt one after another! It wasn't just her internal organs, every muscle and bone in her body, even her fingernails and hair tips were all aching!

  The degree of this pain is not as severe as the kind that makes you feel like you're dying in a hospital, as if the nerve pain has already reached its peak and is about to snap, but this pain is also like being poked with an awl, still unbearable!

  When Zhao Yang led her to the seventh movement of the first group, Liu Juan couldn't maintain the breathing method taught by Zhao Yang due to severe pain. Suddenly, she felt as if the right half of her body had disappeared from her body, followed by a sharp pain! This time's pain was almost the same as when they were in Longwang Village before. Her vision went black, and although she felt that Zhao Yang had already supported her, she still felt like she was drifting aimlessly in a sea of darkness!

  "Juan'er, wake up! What's wrong with you?"

  The sound of Zhu Shouyuan's worried and anxious shouting echoed in her ears, Liu Juan opened her eyes, and the scene before her was sometimes bright and sometimes dark. Then she felt a warm hand rubbing her lower back, and a surge of heat rose from her abdomen. The bright world finally returned to her eyes!

  In Zhao Yang's eyes, after Liu Juan finished these seven movements, the Qi and blood in eight of the twelve meridians became active. The stubborn stagnation in some of these meridians was impacted by the Qi and blood, and began to slowly become unblocked. Even the dead corners where Qi and blood usually found it hard to reach now had fresh Qi and blood flowing through them!

  At this time, Liu Juan's meridians were like tidy streets, becoming much cleaner and smoother, and overall appeared more vibrant and full of life!

  So, although Liu Juan fainted from the pain, her body did indeed move a little bit in a positive direction!

  Zhu Shouyuan saw Liu Juan wake up and felt a little relieved, asking Zhao Yang: "What's wrong with her? She has been fine all this time!"

  Zhao Yang had Zhu Shouyuan bring a piece of clothing to put on Liu Juan, then said: "It's different! A while ago, Liu Juan's body was extremely weak, at that time the goal of treatment was to alleviate suffering and save her life as much as possible. Now it's time to start treating the disease!"

  It's like rescuing a place flooded with water, starting by clearing a passable area on the original road to transport emergency supplies. At this time, the treatment is to strengthen the binding force of the meridians and supplement qi and blood as much as possible.

  As the affected areas received relief, their ability to rebuild after the disaster improved, and it was time to thoroughly repair the traffic and restore the flooded facilities. At this point in treatment, it is natural to further unblock the meridians, strengthen Qi and blood, and also repair the original hidden wounds.

  It's strange to say, but Liu Juan rested for a while after Zhao Yang and Zhu Shouyuan said a few words. Although the pain in her body still came out from time to time, her spirit improved a lot. She couldn't help asking Zhao Yang: "Was it because I breathed irregularly just now that I fainted?"

  Zhou Yang taught Liu Juan a breathing method that didn't seem particularly special, but accurately allowed her to maintain stable breathing during exercise.

  People often say that as long as there is a breath left, they can get through the pain. Letting Liu Juan maintain her balance in breathing is letting her hold on to this breath! However, it seems now that he overlooked the impact of painful factors on the body!

  It seems like there's still a problem with the action rhythm, looks like I need to re-polish the movements of all parts of the body!

  What Liu Juan said about being a "little white mouse" does make some sense!

  Since we're going to redo it perfectly, today's lesson doesn't need to continue anymore.

  After the pain in Liu Juan's body disappeared, she instead felt a sense of relief and wanted to continue practicing.

  Zhao Yang naturally wouldn't agree, let her drink the medicine that had been simmered well, and only after discovering that she didn't have any adverse reactions to the absorption of the medicinal properties did he return home.

  Adjusting the rhythm of movements is not just a matter of slowing down a few beats, but also considering the speed of blood circulation in the body. The movement should be coordinated with the flow of blood and Qi to achieve the best state. On the contrary, if the movement does not match the flow of blood and Qi, it will not only fail to produce the desired effect, but also disrupt the flow of blood and Qi, which can have a negative impact on the patient's recovery!

  At the same time, the rhythm of movement changes, and breathing should also be adjusted accordingly.

  But with Liu Juan's reaction as a basis, Zhao Yang quickly adjusted the movement rhythm and breathing method of his whole body.

  The next day, when Zhao Yang taught Liu Juan again, the pain was still there! Fortunately, after modification, some movements of the whole body movement became slower, and the pain brought by it was no longer so intense, and she could finally persist in doing it.

  After completing the three sets of actions, although the physical pain was still like a spring clip that continued to move, Liu Juan felt that there was a continuous flow of saliva in her mouth, her eyes were slightly swollen, and she seemed to see more clearly, and her body was also inexplicably comfortable!

  Yes, it's comfortable. This comfort is different from the kind of comfort you get when you're hungry and eat, or tired and sleep. It's a feeling of being shaken awake to life!

  Pain and comfort, both appeared on Liu Juan's body at the same time. Even pain, under this comfortable foil, made her excited to laugh loudly!