The Physician of Traditional Medicine Returns from Murim - Chapter 279

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Chapter 279

Lee Jeongsoo said he would take the herbal medicine right away.

He had been contemplating whether to consult about tonic medicine anyway, as lately even doing a little work made his back hurt and he felt his energy declining.

“Well, skin treatment medicine and tonic medicine have somewhat different directions, so we need to decide which to focus on.”

I conducted an examination about not only his skin symptoms but also the pattern of his fatigue and his overall physical condition, and took his pulse.

This… it wasn’t that he truly lacked strength, but rather he couldn’t recover properly because the psoriasis was so itchy that he couldn’t sleep well.

“Let’s treat the skin first. Just reducing the itchy suffering will help you recover a lot.”

“Ah, yes. Let’s do that.”

Lee Jeongsoo agreed to my suggestion.

“I’ll use a prescription called Oncheong-eum, and I’ll use quite a lot of it.”

I prescribed medicine that contained Samul-tang for blood supplementation along with heat-clearing herbs like Hwanggeum, Hwangryeon, and Hwangbaek to control inflammation.

I calculated that this would improve not only the itching but also the fatigue Lee Jeongsoo was experiencing to some degree.

“Can I try just one month’s worth of medicine first and then decide? Will I do the light therapy today right away?”

“Of course. We’ll start the light therapy today right away, and plan to do it three times a week for this week and next week.”

Although I spoke hopefully, there was no room for disagreement that psoriasis was an intractable disease.

Light therapy usually takes about 1 to 3 months, but in many cases the effects appear slowly while doing about 20-30 treatments.

“You need to continue treatment for up to 6 weeks even if there seems to be no effect. I recommend paying for a package of 20 or more sessions.”

Lee Jeongsoo said he was planning to do that anyway and agreed immediately.

“I understand. But does it hurt a lot?”

“It doesn’t hurt much during the treatment. There is some burning sensation like a sunburn afterward. It can be dry or tight, so you must apply moisturizer. Rarely, some patients say it’s temporarily more itchy.”

Since this was my first time with machine-based treatment, I explained according to what I had read in books and heard in lectures.

Wouldn’t the effects be faster than natural sunlight treatment, but the possibility of side effects not much higher?

I was looking forward to seeing what kind of reaction would appear.

“Then let’s go right away. Since it’s your first time today, we’ll try just 30 seconds, and if it’s okay, we’ll do 1 minute each time from next time.”

“Yes! My heart is pounding.”

Both Lee Jeongsoo and I started the new treatment with pounding hearts.

“It’s just warm. It feels a bit itchy and stinging too. There’s definitely no particular pain.”

The first treatment ended in an instant.

* * *

Lee Jeongsoo came to the oriental medicine clinic on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays with great expectations.

Sometimes the acupuncture treatment was for his skin, sometimes for his back, but he always did light therapy when leaving.

“It wasn’t itchy and was okay?”

“It was a bit dry. I kept applying moisturizer. I’m not sure about symptom changes yet.”

“You’ve only had one treatment so far. Fortunately, I don’t see anything like burns. Let’s try 1 minute starting today.”

“Yes.”

After one week, that is, after 3 treatments.

“It still seems the same.”

Even from my perspective, there wasn’t much difference from the beginning.

If anything, the scaling seemed to have gotten slightly worse as the weather became dry.

Week 2, after another 3 treatments.

“It’s still just the same. I should keep coming 3 times a week, right?”

“Yes, let’s keep at it steadily.”

Week 3 was also supposed to be 3 treatments… but.

“Sorry, haha. I was busy…”

Lee Jeongsoo scratched his head saying he was busy and only came once.

What if he gets tired already?

Lee Jeongsoo was well aware that psoriasis doesn’t heal that easily.

“If you give up here, all the treatment so far will be for nothing! I understand you’re busy, but please make time!”

I boosted his motivation.

Lee Jeongsoo was uncertain at first, but soon came diligently for treatment again.

Phew, this is the advantage of package programs. He comes even if forced to.

But surprisingly, Lee Jeongsoo’s symptoms started showing effects from the very next week, week 4.

“It looks similar but seems less itchy. Ah, I’m sleeping much more comfortably too. Since I come often for back treatment, my back doesn’t hurt at all now.

It’s more than that though? If this were sunlight treatment, there wouldn’t even be a hint of effect yet!

“Visually, the scaling has decreased a bit too. Compare it with the photos. The redness is also subsiding!”

“Oh, you’re right…?”

Thanks to the changes appearing,

Lee Jeongsoo properly pulled himself together.

So in week 4, he did exactly 3 treatments.

“Now there’s definitely an effect. What was spread out like this has disappeared so much!”

The small, spotted guttate psoriasis had reduced by more than half.

The plaque psoriasis, the parts with thick scale formation, were still there, but as the range decreased, the improvement was clearly visible.

“Guttate psoriasis was just starting to emerge in an acute form, so it naturally responds quickly. The plaque lesions are thicker, so it will take time for them to reduce.”

From the second month, I reduced the frequency to twice a week.

Now, each time he came, there were noticeable changes in his arms and legs.

Lee Jeongsoo’s face also gradually brightened.

The initial treatment seemed slow, but once the effects began to show, it really gained momentum.

“Over 90% is gone! It doesn’t itch at all! I could even wear short sleeves now!”

“It’s winter now, what would you do wearing short sleeves?”

“Haha, that’s right. It’s winter now. It’s winter and it doesn’t itch. Until now, whenever the weather got cold, it was absolute chaos!”

Lee Jeongsoo was so moved that he began freely expressing emotions he rarely showed before.

“Let’s continue with twice a week to complete 20 sessions. We might need a few more sessions until the remaining areas disappear completely.”

“Yes, yes. I’ll keep going until it gets completely better!”

Now, except for two remaining psoriatic lesions, his arms and legs were smooth.

Thanks to the Oncheong-eum effects, his facial skin also had a healthy glow.

As initially expected, his sleep quality improved and fatigue decreased.

Lee Jeongsoo was satisfied, saying his quality of life had improved tremendously.

“I’m so glad I got treatment… Thank you for telling me not to give up.”

“It’s because you didn’t give up and continued treatment, Jeongsoo.”

Since he came for back treatment each time, we were somehow able to continue the treatment.

A patient like Lee Jeongsoo would never have listened to advice about getting an hour and a half of sunlight daily, right?

He got tired of using the machine for just one minute after only three weeks.

Lee Jeongsoo’s treatment was nearing completion, but soon new patients arrived.

“I think we bought the machine well, Clinic Director. There was a patient who came after seeing it online, and I’m treating two people now – their improvement is good!”

Before long, Lee Ahreum was also treating two more patients, and I had one additional psoriasis patient.

As expected, once you buy it and promote it, patients come somehow.

“Thanks to you suggesting we go to that continuing education together that day, we’re using it well.”

Since I hadn’t tried other machines, I couldn’t tell if there was a quality difference, but it seemed well-made.

I’m glad I bought it.

* * *

Just as I was feeling proud of the phototherapy device’s effectiveness.

And marveling at the power of modern technology.

– Clinic Director, have you received any contact from CEO Choi Eunhee?

I got an unexpected call from Chu Miyoung.

CEO Choi Eunhee? Since when was I close enough with that person to receive contact?

It’s not like she’d conduct a satisfaction survey for a machine I bought secondhand.

Naturally, no such thing had happened, so I asked Chu Miyoung what this was about.

– A clinic director I knew when I was vice director at the Cheonan branch contacted me, saying that the Asan branch and Ulsan branch withdrew simultaneously? CEO Choi Eunhee is absolutely furious!

Ah, Director Park Gayeong.

After much deliberation, she must have decided to leave after all.

Director Park Gayeong probably would have withdrawn once her contract expired even if she hadn’t met us that day, but she took the Asan branch director with her.

If two branches that were doing reasonably well withdrew from the network, it would be quite a blow.

Didn’t Chu Miyoung say she paid 15% of total sales as franchise fees?

10% to headquarters, 5% to branches with vice directors… Even just 10% from two locations means nearly ten million won less monthly revenue, enough to make anyone furious.

“I see. But what would she need to contact me for? It’s not like I told them to leave.”

I had only provided business consulting about the possibility of independence after withdrawal.

I never said a word about leaving.

‘Oh, did Chu Miyoung say something like that?’

Even so, it’s the same.

If she had treated the branch directors well from the start, would they have gotten upset at suggestions to leave and made such quick decisions to notify her?

I just shrugged my shoulders.

– Oh, from what I heard about her talking about business ethics, she seems to have misunderstood that they were moving to Seongsoo Oriental Medicine Clinic. I don’t know if they mentioned meeting you… Oh wait, it is a misunderstanding, right? You haven’t seen Director Park Gayeong since then, have you?

“Of course it’s a misunderstanding.”

Now that we have quite a few branches too, when expanding to new locations, we need to discuss a lot with nearby branches.

Ulsan and Daegu don’t overlap in market territory, but if by any chance there had been contact, I would have immediately informed Chu Miyoung.

– Then that’s fine! Even the Cheonan branch director was trembling, saying it was the first time seeing CEO Choi Eunhee that angry, but it’s all her own karma!

Chu Miyoung seemed to think similarly to me.

Still, she said if she had seen it directly, she would have been a bit scared, and Chu Miyoung shuddered.

“It would have been interesting if she had contacted me… But she maintained her dignity.”

For me, it was just an interesting incident.

But how could Choi Eunhee’s presence compare to Cheonma’s?

Hiya, when I first met Cheonma, even her gaze was frightening.

When I took her husband’s pulse, my hands were trembling and I felt dizzy.

Anyway, I thanked her for letting me know.

Taking this incident as a lesson, we should strive to continue growing together.

Getting angry is natural, but who can she blame?

It all depends on how you do things – when you put your heart into it, people naturally gather, and when you manage carelessly like this, they fall away.

Ding-.

As I hung up the phone, a notification popped up on my smartphone indicating I had received an email.

Since it was the clinic’s account, I immediately accessed it.

“Hm?”

There were two emails marked as important.

Of course, there are places that mark even trivial product announcements as important, but the subject lines caught my attention.

[Inquiry about Seongsuhaneui-won Network franchise]

[Contacting you because I want to join the Seongsuhaneui-won Network]

One yesterday, one today.

‘Oh, could it be?’

Since we had just been talking about it, Director Park Gayeong’s face momentarily came to mind.

Uh, if she’s really coming to us, that would be a bit troublesome.

If I accept, it could even lead to a lawsuit for business interference… my imagination ran wild to the very end.

“No, it’s not. It’s someone else.”

When I looked at the names, they were male names.

Complete strangers.

Moreover, it wasn’t that I hadn’t checked yesterday so they sent it again today.

Coincidentally, two people had sent cold emails one day apart.

“Ryu Jinseong, Yu Minseong. Even their names are similar…?”

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