The Physician of Traditional Medicine Returns from Murim - Chapter 153

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Chapter 153

Hwang Sanghun handled his work efficiently even without Hanyewon.

“Clinic Director, thank you again today! It feels so refreshing. Thanks to you, my trapezius muscle is getting better day by day!”

“There’s definitely improvement during palpation as well. Visual changes should appear soon.”

“Yes, I think so too!”

For instance, Kim Hye-yeong, who was receiving treatment for trapezius muscle tension.

She had been coming daily recently and was initially troubled when Hanyewon said she would be on vacation for a whole week, but soon became satisfied with Hwang Sanghun’s treatment.

“Oh my~ Our Doctor Han knows exactly where to place them without me even saying anything! Right here, right here~!”

Of course, there were patients who felt disappointed.

But seeing how they kept coming despite their complaints, they probably didn’t dislike it that much.

“Clinic Director, Yu Hee needs to adjust her schedule for mock exams. Would that be okay?”

“Of course. Just let me know who will substitute for her, and I’ll calculate and post the wages.”

“Thank you.”

“Clinic Director! A payment suspension fax came from the insurance company, but the date is…”

“I’ll call them.”

Not only did he handle the usual medical treatments, but he also adequately filled Hanyewon’s absence in non-clinical administrative tasks like billing and personnel matters.

When he first got hired, it seemed like work he could never possibly do.

How would he prepare facilities and hire staff?

But thanks to Hanyewon trusting him and gradually teaching him the work, and revealing a considerable part of the management to him, he came to roughly understand how the traditional Korean medicine clinic operated.

‘But does that mean I should go out and open my own practice?’

Of course, opening a practice was an entirely different matter.

Although he kept appealing that he would work as vice director for life, he suspected she might be hinting for him to leave.

If he had to open a practice…

‘Should I go to the countryside? The grandmothers seem to like me the most.’

If he went too far away, he’d have no chance to see her except for video conferences.

But he couldn’t open a network clinic right nearby either.

…He didn’t know. He really just wanted to stay attached.

When she returned, he’d have to have an open conversation about it again.

“Oh, Director Han Yewon isn’t here?”

“No, she’s on vacation until this week and will come back next Monday. Only the male clinic director is here today.”

“Ah, I got the timing wrong.”

Three days before Hanyewon’s return, on Friday.

Another patient who said she was referred by her came.

‘How can they keep coming endlessly? I really can’t do it like this.’

Treating patients he inherited smoothly was different from making patients bring their acquaintances too.

Of course, he had some of the latter among his patients too, but how could he compare to Hanyewon?

“Since I came all this way, I’ll see you before I go.”

Perhaps having come from far away, this patient said she would receive treatment from him.

He had become somewhat accustomed to general treatments, but patients referred to Hanyewon still made him feel burdened.

They would expect perfect treatment, but if they were disappointed because of him…

“Hello. I came for postpartum herbal medicine. Do you know Nam Hyeonjeong? That friend got both prenatal and postpartum herbal medicine here and said it was incredibly good.”

Even a referral from Nam Hyeonjeong?

Although he hadn’t met her directly since she was Hanyewon’s patient, didn’t that KR vice president have a heavy presence just sitting briefly in the waiting room?

The small burden in his heart doubled.

Of course, it wouldn’t be any different, and every single patient was important.

Separate from that logic, his hands began to tremble slightly.

“I see. How long has it been since you gave birth?”

“It’s been 2 weeks now.”

“Ah, congratulations. You must have gone through a lot.”

“Oh my.”

Separate from his burden, the words flowed smoothly from his mouth.

He had seen quite a few postpartum herbal medicine patients, and it was one of the most routine treatment processes.

“Are there any uncomfortable symptoms you’re experiencing after childbirth? Fatigue, joint pain, depression, nausea, anything.”

“Everything else is fine, but joint pain is the biggest problem. All my finger and toe joints hurt so much I’m going crazy.”

Hwang Sanghun regained his composure and nodded.

“During pregnancy, a hormone called relaxin is secreted, making joints and ligaments loose. This helps with childbirth. However, this hormone continues to be released after birth and can cause pain.”

“Ah.”

“Since you came all this way, I’ll prescribe well so you can relieve the pain and recover healthily.”

“Yes, yes, thank you!”

Fortunately, the patient’s reaction wasn’t too bad.

He calmly checked the patient’s various symptoms and then presented the cost guide.

“The cost varies slightly depending on the part and amount of deer antler…”

“Russian deer antler is the best, right? Please put in as much as needed with this~.”

300g of deer antler.

1.2 million won for one month.

“I’ll try it for a month first, and if it’s good, I want to take it for a few more months.”

“…Yes. Let’s decide after consulting about the results next month.”

The patient left the examination room very satisfied.

“She’s a very gentle lady.”

“That’s right. I was a bit scared since it was a referral from Nam Hyeonjeong, but she was quite friendly.”

“She seemed sensitive when she first came in, but I guess it’s because Dr. Hwang took good care of her.”

“I didn’t really do anything special….”

“Come on, you’re a difficult patient killer. Even the famous troublemakers from nearby hospitals get reformed after meeting Dr. Hwang.”

“It’s just a coincidence.”

The staff praised him, but Hwang Sanghun couldn’t understand why.

This patient wasn’t particularly sensitive, but it was true that difficult patients showed high compliance with him.

He just couldn’t figure out at which point their attitude changed.

And two days later, the postpartum tonic patient appeared again.

‘Don’t tell me she’s here to complain or request an exchange or refund?’

He felt like something heavy was weighing on his chest.

The medicine had just arrived, so there wouldn’t have been time for effects or side effects to appear yet.

Deer antler powder was expensive in terms of raw materials, so if she requested an exchange, it would be very troublesome….

“The other day, the Clinic Director was so~ kind and took such good care of me! I brought my husband and daughter to get prescriptions too!”

But contrary to his thoughts.

This patient had brought referral patients with her.

“Growth tonics should be taken consistently, right?”

Moreover, she prepaid for a month’s worth of medicine for her husband and a whopping six months’ worth of herbal medicine for her daughter.

“I’ll prescribe them well for you.”

“You seem so reliable! Please take good care of us~. I’m so worried because our daughter doesn’t eat enough.”

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“Oh, so yesterday’s daily sales exceeded ten million won.”

Since over seven million won was recorded in the non-covered services column, I thought someone had entered an extra zero by mistake.

I even confirmed it with Seo Inae and Hwang Sanghun.

Seven million won worth of herbal medicine?

One family paid six million won, plus two more treatment cases.

Even when patients flocked from all over the country due to Hyeon Jumi’s publicity, there were hardly any days like this.

“Since it’s deer antler powder, the profit margin won’t be huge. It’s a six-month prepayment….”

Still though.

I had taken a week off, but the amount recorded in the settlement was larger than what I spent in Europe.

I couldn’t help but smile.

“Excellent…. Maybe I’m not needed?”

If auto-hunting works this well, couldn’t I just travel around and collect payments?

“What are you talking about? This was originally a patient referred to you. If you’re not here, new patients will stop coming.”

Yeah, I was just dreaming for a moment.

It might not stop completely, but if the representative keeps being absent, the company can’t run properly.

In small martial arts sects, when the family head lets go, it wasn’t even worth mentioning that the trusted second-in-command would stab them in the back.

“Ah, since this was originally your referral patient, it’s okay to exclude this from the incentive.”

“What kind of nonsense is that! You did the examination and prescription and everything!”

“They came expecting your treatment…. Ah, I haven’t prescribed yet, do you want to do it?”

No, and why did Hwang Sanghun suddenly go into confidence-drop mode again when he was doing so well?

Who cast a debuff on him?

“What’s wrong? Was it a difficult patient?”

He seemed to subtly want to pass it to me, so I opened the chart.

It was a very typical female patient who was thin and short because she didn’t eat well.

“First, I was going to use Boatang (Child Supplement Decoction) as the base, and since her appetite is quite poor, I wanted to add more ginseng, and since she has constipation, I wanted to add more angelica. It’s a bit burdensome to use purgative medicines like rhubarb on a young child.”

“You did well. Boatang is such a good medicine.”

He prescribed it well, so what’s the problem?

Boatang was an excellent prescription containing medicinal herbs like licorice, atractylodes, poria, tangerine peel, cardamom, and costus root that improve digestive function and circulate energy, plus astragalus that generates energy, and goji berries, longan flesh, and angelica that supplement yin and blood.

“I was also thinking it might be good to simply use Guiryongtang (Angelica and Deer Antler Decoction)….”

“Mm, Guiryongtang is also a famous medicine.”

Guiryongtang is originally a prescription that boils only angelica and deer antler in equal amounts.

Since medicinal herbs aren’t as precious as they used to be, there are hardly any cases where only these ingredients are used, but sometimes minimizing the number of herbs is more effective than complex prescriptions.

“Brother, there’s no right answer for growth.”

You can’t compare how many centimeters a child grew when using medicine A versus medicine B.

No one can know how tall they would have grown without taking anything, or what their genetic maximum height potential is.

“That’s right….”

That’s why growth tonics are easy, yet also burdensome.

“Just look at the big picture. Looking at the chart, she’s significantly shorter than the height genetic formula, and her weight is definitely low too, right? For patients like this, starting with weight, changes will usually appear.”

You add 13 to the parents’ height for boys and subtract 13 for girls, then divide by 2 to get the child’s expected height.

After checking in the growth curve program how many centimeters they should be at their current age to eventually reach that height, if they fall significantly short, it’s reasonable to assume that non-genetic factors are hindering growth.

If they don’t eat, you need to stimulate their appetite, and teach them to eat nutritious food with normalized appetite.

If they don’t sleep, you find the cause and solve that part.

Of course, if there’s a disease that needs treatment, that part must be treated first.

“Deer antler powder alone is an excellent medicinal ingredient, so prescribe it with confidence.”

“…Yeah. You told me everything last time, but I feel burdened since we’re charging a lot of money.”

It wasn’t much different from the growth tonics I’d been prescribing all along, but he seemed to have gotten unnecessarily intimidated.

Even though he’s cut ties with them now, wasn’t he born into a wealthy family and raised spending money freely? Why is he so timid?

“Since they paid in advance, it’ll be a good opportunity to closely observe the changes over the next 6 months. Fighting!”

“Yeah, thank you so much. It’s not even a probationary period and I should be handling things myself, but I’m sorry for keep asking.”

“Hey, what are you talking about. Ask me anything, about any patient – don’t feel burdened!”

Hwang Sanghun was so moved that his eyes welled up with tears.

…Really, why is he like this. Was I away from my post too long?

“Oh, and I was going to suggest we have a video conference tonight – would that be okay? Are you too tired from covering for me all this time?”

“I’m fine, but aren’t you tired? You came back yesterday and went straight to work?”

“It’s not for studying, I just have some things to share.”

I had already done my morning breathing exercises early, so I wasn’t tired at all.

There was just a tiny bit of mental fatigue remaining from the mafia father and son, but even that completely disappeared when I saw the daily settlement.

Hmm, I didn’t see anything.

A black card sent by the mafia? Something like that couldn’t possibly happen to a modern South Korean citizen, right?

In Italy, I just had a good time with tourism and business talks.

“I’ll explain everything later.”

More than that, I was itching to quickly tell him about the Italian doctor sponsored by Chairman Rich.

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