In the consultation room, the air was thick with the atmosphere of an intense academic debate.
Several young doctors gathered around the medical records, their expressions varying as they digested Lin Guorui's seasoned syndrome differentiation.
"Since Director Lin has concluded that the patient's high fever is caused by severe constipation and blocked fu-organ qi, shouldn't we first try a saline enema to flush out the impacted stool? That would be less irritating for a frail post-operative patient," a young resident doctor tentatively suggested, clearly leaning towards the standard physical methods of Western medicine.
Lin Guorui shook his head, his eyes revealing an unquestionable decisiveness. "The patient's current condition is not simple constipation, but an accumulation of dry stool.
