"Insomnia in the elderly is a very common disease. Many people do not regard it as a disease, and even say that people sleep less as they get older.

There is even a saying that when people are about to die, they cherish life more and are not willing to waste time sleeping.

This is naturally a superstitious statement.

It should be noted that insomnia in old age may not seem to be a serious disease, but it is a disease that accelerates human body depletion and shortens life span.

"Lingshu·Yingweihui Chapter" records: The old man's Qi and blood are weak, his muscles are dry, his airway is astringent, the Qi of the five internal organs are competing with each other, his Ying Qi is weakened and the Wei Qi is internally cut off, so he has no energy during the day and no sleep at night.

If, at this time, we pay attention to it, replenishing Qi and blood and harmonizing the Qi of the five internal organs, it can not only cure insomnia, but also prolong life.

So, here comes the problem.

You have sorted out several diseases that cause insomnia in the elderly, as well as strategies for treating insomnia.

Leave it to me before you get off work tomorrow." After sending the insomniac old man away, Zhang Yan took advantage of the situation and added another test question to the apprentices.

Insomnia in the elderly is mostly caused by Qi and blood deficiency, and there are many differences when broken down here.

Some have qi deficiency, some have blood deficiency, some have physical weakness, some have both qi and blood deficiency, and some have deficiency of strong fire, etc. The medicines used are naturally different for each.

In fact, if the elderly's insomnia is treated in a general way, it can be treated by just prescribing some medicine to replenish qi and blood.

The blood is sufficient and the spirit is peaceful.

In the final analysis, insomnia in the elderly is caused by insufficient Qi and blood, which prevents them from resting their minds.

Simply replenishing qi and blood, although the effect is slow, it can still treat the disease.

However, after all, it is better to understand the subtle differences of the symptoms and choose the right medicine to achieve faster curative effect.

What Zhang Yan is now testing is the apprentices' ability to distinguish subtle differences in symptoms.

This is the road to becoming a famous doctor.

The next day, Chu Yunlong held a college meeting.

“After communication between Dean Zhang and I, it was finally decided that our hospital and Red Star Hospital would jointly carry out a research project on integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine therapy for hepatobiliary diseases.

Now let’s discuss the selection of members who will participate in the research group and the host of our institute.” At the meeting, he first talked about the recent academic affairs and approved several personnel appointments, and then Chu Yunlong announced the topic.

Things are said.

The audience immediately exploded.

Zhao Pengcheng's face was full of surprise, and Shi Ligui's face was full of expectation.

In Zhao Pengcheng's view, he is the only person to be the host of the topic on integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine therapy for hepatobiliary diseases.

He can say that the chief director of the general surgery department, hepatobiliary surgery is the scope of diagnosis and treatment of their general surgery department.

What Shi Ligui was thinking about was that integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine therapy for liver and gallbladder diseases was a natural topic for their gastroenterology department!

Note: Diseases of the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, stomach, esophagus and intestines all fall within the treatment scope of gastroenterology.

Gastroenterology and general surgery are departments that correspond to each other.

Generally speaking, patients with the above-mentioned organ diseases will first see an internal medicine department, which will take X-rays, tests and other procedures. If the diagnosis cannot be cured, they will then be referred to the surgery department for surgical treatment.

"President, our hospital has set up a research group to tackle the diagnosis and treatment of hepatobiliary diseases. This is a great thing.

However, I don't think that cooperation with Chinese medicine will have any effect.

In traditional Chinese medicine, how many handfuls of grass can cure a disease? Three fingers can diagnose the disease. This is a superstition in itself.

If Chinese medicine were so powerful, ten years ago, the average life expectancy in our country would not have been less than forty years old.

Not to mention that a common typhoid fever can kill people.

Therefore, I think there is absolutely no need for us to cooperate with any Chinese medicine practitioners. As for Dr. Zhang, I saw that he is only in his twenties and less than thirty years old.

It’s even more unreliable.”

The person who stood up to speak was Hu Fangfei, the director of the cardiothoracic surgery department who had just been assigned by his superiors this year to take over Chu Yunlong's position.

Note: It is not to take over the position of President Chu Yunlong, but to take over his position as the director of cardiothoracic surgery.

Hu Fangfei is a graduate student in the field of cardiothoracic surgery who returned from studying abroad.

Graduated from Yale University School of Medicine in the United States.

Originally, according to Hu Fangfei's qualifications, he was fully qualified to enter major hospitals such as Union Medical College, Peking University, and Ditan.

However, Hu Fangfei is a proud man and would rather have a chicken head than a phoenix tail. After some comparisons, he finally chose Xicheng Hospital.

It was because Xicheng Hospital was able to make him the director of the department.

Whether it is Union Medical College or Peking University, most of them will have one chief surgeon.

Hu Fangfei suddenly came out against working with traditional Chinese medicine and collaborated with Zhang Yan on research projects, which really caught Chu Yunlong off guard.

Everyone at Xicheng Hospital recognized Zhang Yan's medical skills. In this era, there are very few people who are good at both Chinese and Western medicine.

Zhang Yan not only conquered everyone at Xicheng Hospital with traditional Chinese medicine, but also used surgery to suppress the pride of the surgeons at Xicheng Hospital.

Only Hu Fangfei had just returned from abroad. He had received Western medical education from abroad, so naturally he did not agree with traditional Chinese medicine.

"Director Hu, you may have received Western education since childhood and don't understand Chinese medicine.

Traditional Chinese medicine still has its own principles in treating diseases, and there are some aspects that Western medicine cannot surpass and understand." Chu Yunlong explained politely.

"Director Hu, according to what you said, traditional Chinese medicine is a feudal superstition. What is the traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis in our general surgery department? We use traditional Chinese medicine to save the majority of appendicitis patients from the pain of surgery.

When Director Hu speaks in the future, please understand the situation clearly before speaking." Zhao Pengcheng's words were a bit direct, and he almost pointed at Hu Fangfei's nose and scolded him for being ignorant.

"Two days ago, there was a woman in our department who suffered from postpartum urinary retention. We tried various methods to no avail. In the end, we had to use intubation to temporarily solve the patient's urination.

It was Director Zhang who cured the patient's postpartum urinary retention with the Yiyi grass mentioned by Director Hu." Cao Dongqing, director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, described a condition in a leisurely manner.

Hu Fangfei was a little confused. Everyone here is a Western medicine practitioner. I am against Chinese medicine. Shouldn't you support me?

Are you a Western medicine practitioner?

Why do they jump out one after another and speak to Chinese medicine practitioners?

If Chinese medicine is so powerful and everything is left to Chinese medicine, what will we Western doctors do?

Are you laid off and going home to take care of your children?

"Everyone, I think what Director Hu said is right. Traditional Chinese medicine is not as powerful as you say. Maybe it has a special method for treating certain diseases.

However, it cannot be denied that there are many diseases for which Chinese medicine is powerless and we still need to rely on Western medicine.

In the past, a cold and cough could kill someone, and an inflamed wound could kill someone.

If not, Western medicine has developed penicillin, and Chinese medicine can't do anything about a small inflammation.
Chapter completed!