The Physician of Traditional Medicine Returns from Murim - Chapter 276

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Chapter 276

“How did you know to bring exactly what I needed?”

I hugged Cheongsori in surprise.

I was genuinely shocked. I had muttered about medicinal herbs that would be perfect to have, but how could I have predicted that Cheongsori would actually know their habitats?

I praised Cheongsori profusely and showered him with compliments.

Cheongsori reacted intensely.

– Squeak! Squeek! Squeak!

At first I thought he was protesting.

But the little guy was basking in the praise, and without leaving my embrace, he just kept patting my shoulder enthusiastically.

“You’re really amazing! The angelica you brought will be precious in saving a young man’s knee. And all the many fans who will come to love his performances will praise Cheongsori too…!”

– Squeak!?

Really.

If things go well, I’ll make sure to mention you.

Even if not this audition, that guy will definitely make it big someday.

If I could take a photo with Cheongsori and post it sometime, having many people praise Cheongsori’s cuteness wouldn’t be just a dream.

“You worked so hard. Thank you for bringing it. Cheongsori really is the best!”

I thought Songgol would finally do something this time.

But in the end, Cheongsori pulled through again.

Well, just in terms of the energy he possessed, Cheongsori had the advantage, and his search abilities seemed better too. Especially when it came to plants.

Actually, while Songgol had somehow settled down here, he didn’t seem to be originally from this area.

I praised Cheongsori enthusiastically and gave him nuts as a gift.

“There you go. Eat up deliciously! Come anytime to eat!”

* * *

The day after obtaining the angelica.

I entered the Herbal Medicine Preparation Room early in the morning and began processing it myself.

Actually… when selling as herbal medicine, you can only use medicinal herbs certified as pharmaceuticals by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.

If you just randomly dig up medicinal herbs from mountains and use them, wouldn’t there be risks of heavy metals, pesticide residues, and foreign substances?

Of course, plants imbued with spiritual energy don’t have contamination concerns, but rather than explaining safety, it was much more convenient to process them when there were no witnesses.

I planned to prepare it separately, like when I gave Seol Yuhui the snake’s inner core.

Since it was already close to a spiritual medicine, there would be no problem taking it as a single herb, but it would be even better to maximize the effects by decocting it with other medicinal herbs.

For recovery, I added deer antler and cornus fruit according to Gongjinan’s composition, and since angelica was the main herb, I added just a tiny bit of musk, just enough to open the blood vessels.

On top of that, I added achyranthes, acanthopanax, and eucommia – herbs that help with joints.

What should I call it? Gongjin Joint Pills?

…Where would you find Gongjinan with angelica as the main herb? I should just call it Cheongsol Angelica Pills.

“This isn’t a prescribed herbal medicine. I made it with medicinal herbs I procured separately, and it should help with joint recovery. Try taking one.”

When I concentrated it into pills and handed over the Cheongsol Angelica Pills, Ha Dohyeon accepted and took them without any suspicion.

“Oh, thank you.”

“After taking this and getting acupuncture today, your blocked meridians will open up and your recovery speed will increase dramatically.”

I guess I’ve gotten the hang of it now.

With patients who have built up some trust, there’s not much resistance even when I openly use martial arts terminology.

They just understand it on their own, like ‘thinking that way helps you heal faster, so think that way.’

“Oh, that sounds exciting. Is it like a secret technique of the Sichuan Dang Family?”

Ha Dohyeon even responded with a witty joke like that.

An unexpected benefit brought by the Mancheonhwau conspiracy theory.

“That’s right. Exactly. A chipmunk spirit brought it for me.”

I nodded and had Ha Dohyeon lie down.

“So if you make it into the rankings and debut, you have to repay the favor by posting a photo taken with that chipmunk spirit.”

“Wow, that sounds totally cute, doesn’t it?”

Ha Dohyeon gladly accepted the condition.

He finished swallowing the Cheongsol Angelica Pills he had in his mouth, and absorption into his body gradually began.

“Today’s treatment will involve leaving the needles in longer than usual. Just take a good nap.”

Ha Dohyeon said he was tired anyway and immediately closed his eyes.

Since he couldn’t dance excessively, he had been doing image training while watching choreography videos.

I pretended to place needles on his knee as I had been doing so far.

Then I stimulated his sleep points so he could fall asleep a bit faster.

Since I hadn’t properly taught him breathing techniques anyway, it was more convenient to put him to sleep and handle everything myself.

Gradually Ha Dohyeon’s breathing stabilized.

I checked his pulse and monitored the rhythm of his heartbeat.

Thump. Thump. Thump-thump-thump.

Confirming he was asleep, I inserted the remaining needles as if throwing them.

And finally, true energy guidance.

Even if it’s a spiritual medicine that would build up sixty years’ worth of internal energy when consumed by a martial artist, when consumed by a civilian, it only extends to the level of healthy longevity.

The angelica that Cheongsori brought in just one day wasn’t quite at that level of spiritual medicine.

But precisely because of that, I needed to draw as much of its spiritual energy as possible to his knee.

Whoooosh!

I controlled the meridians in his lower body, drawing the absorbed medicinal energy and making it stay in his knee.

Considering that he would continue treatment and rehabilitation exercises in the future, delicate adjustments were needed so that both legs could develop strength in a balanced manner.

‘Phew, that’s done.’

After finishing up to that point, I removed the needles from the acupoints I had sealed.

He would wake up naturally when his sleep ended, and during that time the energy would permeate well.

“Please don’t wake up Dohyun while he’s sleeping.”

After telling the staff member who was watching the treatment room today,

I moved to the next bed.

* * *

His knee had healed.

It wasn’t something like ‘getting better’ or ‘much improved.’

Now it was truly healed.

From the day he took the pill that the Clinic Director and I had jokingly talked about, his recovery speed improved dramatically. It was as if it really was a secret technique of the Sichuan Dang Family.

The flexion angle had been quite stagnant after reaching 140 degrees, but after that day, each time he received treatment, his knee joint became remarkably more flexible.

‘…!’

Then one day,

When Ha Dohyeon tried hugging both knees as a test, he realized that his heels could touch his buttocks.

His knees could bend all the way.

He was definitely doing the same rehabilitation exercises, but more strength went into them than usual.

Comparing both legs, the atrophied quadriceps muscle had returned to almost the same size.

But what was far more amazing than all of that was,

‘Lighter and faster.’

Ha Dohyeon’s knee regained stability as if it had never been injured.

Even after receiving permission that he could do simple choreography as both rehabilitation and practice, he had always been anxious.

Except for moments when he was completely immersed in dancing, he was constantly worried that he might hear that nightmarish ‘pop’ sound again.

But strangely, his legs had become lighter.

They seemed to move much faster and more freely.

Before his thoughts could reach them, his steps found their positions and led his body.

“It seems like you’re dancing even better than before?”

It wasn’t his imagination.

On the day he visited the entertainment agency to report on his treatment progress and film a pre-audition video in the practice room,

Both Go Youngsik and the choreography teacher who came to watch were amazed.

“Right? My condition is absolutely perfect.”

Ha Dohyeon grinned broadly.

“The feeling is incredible. I think it’s going to go well.”

“I think so too.”

All three of them trembled with excitement together.

“Then, shall we film the video?”

“Yes. Let’s go right away.”

Ha Dohyeon took his first step toward his dream once again.

* * *

As his knee improved,

Ha Dohyeon gradually reduced the frequency of his visits while traveling back and forth to Seoul.

And when I declared that the treatment could now be concluded,

“I’m so glad I brought Dohyun here. Thank you so much for taking charge of his treatment and helping with his rehabilitation so perfectly. No, saying thank you isn’t even enough….”

“Thanks to the Clinic Director, I can dance again. When my ligament tore, I thought everything was over, but I never knew it could heal like this.”

He and Go Youngsik even brought separate gifts to express their gratitude.

“Treatment aside, it’s thanks to Dohyun working hard on his rehabilitation. I’m glad it concluded well. Now that the next stage has unfolded, let’s keep working hard.”

Even without saying it, he would be careful on his own, but

I also added that if he felt even a little pain, he should get treatment right away at a nearby clinic.

Our Oriental Medicine Clinic’s celebrity zone.

A new figure was added for the first time in a while to the collection of autographs and photos.

“I don’t think I’m at the level to be up here yet….”

Ha Dohyeon was embarrassed, saying he hadn’t even debuted yet, but

His face would be known nationwide in the not-so-distant future anyway.

Once he gets busy, he won’t have time to come take photos, right?

I called Cheongsori to the front of the Oriental Medicine Clinic to take a photo together, then displayed it along with his autograph.

“You really have a pet chipmunk?”

There was a brief incident where Ha Dohyeon was amazed.

“I’ll visit often, Clinic Director. Thank you once again. If there’s any concert by our agency’s celebrities that you’d like to see, I can give you the staff seats assigned to me, so please contact me.”

Go Youngsik bowed his straight back in greeting.

What does he mean by visiting often? If it’s Go Youngsik’s treatment, chuna therapy would be fine at the Seoul Branch, wouldn’t it?

I missed the timing to ask, though.

Anyway, if the results are good, everything’s good.

I waved my hand cheerfully as I saw the two of them off.

“It was post-surgery rehabilitation, but it was a really good case, right? I was worried, but I’m really glad he improved so much.”

“I was also really worried that he wouldn’t be able to dance.”

Since Ha Dohyeon really received treatment seven days a week in the beginning.

Hwang Sanghun and Lee Ahreum, who handled acupuncture treatment on days I wasn’t working, also knew about him.

We all cheered for Ha Dohyeon’s future together.

“By the way, Director, can I use annual leave this Sunday?”

While we had gathered to say goodbye, Lee Ahreum casually asked me.

“Of course. I’ll come in and work instead.”

Since it was a day I had no schedule anyway, I could just come in and work.

I approved without particularly asking for a reason.

“Hanyewon, why don’t you go together too?”

“Me? Why?”

But Hwang Sanghun interrupted me.

What’s happening on Sunday? A class reunion? I haven’t heard anything about it.

“Didn’t you skip continuing education in the first half? There’s hardly anything on Sundays in Busan, and you missed the academic conference when you went to Saudi Arabia, so this is the last 4-credit one.”

Ah, so she was using annual leave for continuing education.

“I did skip it, but…”

“Just go. I don’t mind handling things alone.”

I had completely forgotten.

Continuing education for license maintenance requires 8 credits per year, and while 4 credits can be filled online, the remaining 4 credits must be taken offline.

And most education sessions are 2 credits.

If you don’t attend these occasional 4-credit sessions, you have to go twice.

“Who’s lecturing?”

I asked Lee Ahreum which association was hosting it and who was coming as a lecturer.

Anyway, since I was going to attend, I wanted to hear a helpful lecture rather than just killing time.

“It’s about dermatology! In the morning, Director Jang Hanju, who has dual licenses, will lecture on modern dermatology pathological mechanisms, and in the afternoon, Director Choi Eunhee from Haneul Clinic will lecture on treatment methods along with actual clinical case studies!”

Lee Ahreum answered brightly.

“Ah, Director Choi Eunhee…”

Hwang Sanghun smiled awkwardly.

…Come to think of it, Lee Ahreum didn’t know about the subtle bad blood between me and Choi Eunhee.

She was still a student when Haneul Clinic and we had trouble in Daegu.

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