Burn out Fang Hua chinese medicine

Shi Suofang was writing prescriptions. Courtesy of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Looking out from the glass window of the third floor of the outpatient building of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the leaves of the sycamore in early autumn have begun to yellow. The owner of this clinic has lost his appointment with this autumn.

In the early morning of October 13, 2021, Shi Suofang, chief Chinese medicine physician of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and professor of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, collapsed on the post of fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic, at the age of 59.

His warmth is still on the pages of "On Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", his instructions echo in the patient's ears, and his greetings are still preserved in the students' mobile phones... And he closed his eyes forever.

In Nanjing in October, Wutong whimpered and bid him farewell.

He is the brave – fighting for the people to the end of his life

The story is forever frozen, and the original intention is still beating.

In the clinic he was most familiar with at the Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the honorary certificate of "National Advanced Individual in Fighting the New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic" lay quietly in the drawer of his desk. The last days of his life were also spent in the fight against the epidemic.

The eulogy written for him by a friend summed up the final trajectory of his life: "Jiangxia li liver and gallbladder, Changchun wears a military uniform; Lukou offers strategy, and LiShui wets his back." The north and south stay in the shadows, pack their bags in the cold and summer, forget to eat and take care of the sick, abandon the bed and study the recipe; the heart is haggard, and the life and death are both unknown. ”

From winter to spring to autumn, the cold and summer change, he still sticks to the front line.

"I am a communist, and at the critical moment, I should charge ahead." After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Shi Suofang handed over the petition for the first time and requested support for the frontline. In February 2020, Shi Suofang led the third batch of national TCM medical teams (Jiangsu) to aid Wuhan. Shi Suofang, who was 58 years old at the time, was one of the older doctors in the Jiangsu Aid-E medical team, but he still insisted on working in the cabin for 7 or 8 hours a day in a heavy protective suit.

"Every morning, he appeared in the cabin on time, carefully checked the condition of each patient, looked and heard, and there were many links." Chen Mingqi, an attending physician in the Department of Critical Care Medicine of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine who worked with Shi Suofang in Jiangxia Fanggang Hospital, recalled that time and his eyes were tearful.

In January this year, Shi Suofang, as an expert selected by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, once again went to Changchun, Jilin Province, to guide the work. Chinese New Year's Eve night, he was unable to rush home to reunite with his family.

Zhu Jia, vice president of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, can't forget the day and night when he fought against the epidemic in Jilin with this "comrade-in-arms": "He always makes patients believe in traditional Chinese medicine, and in the snow, his figure is so tall, so firm and so persistent." ”

In July, after the outbreak of the epidemic in Nanjing, Shi Suofang once again wore a dress and served as the leader of the Jiangsu Provincial Health Commission's new crown pneumonia rehabilitation Chinese medicine expert group. No one thought that this would be his last expedition.

Since entering the Lishui District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine on August 5, Shi Suofang and the medical staff of jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine have been stationed in the isolation ward. During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, he once again missed the reunion with his family. His colleague Xu Jing recalled: "Director Shi took the initiative to apply to continue to be stationed in the isolation ward, and waited until all the patients were discharged before leading the team to evacuate. No one expected that this time, it would be a farewell. ”

In the early morning of October 13, on the last day of his imminent release from isolation, just as he was about to reunite with his family, in the room of the isolation hotel, Shi Suofang suddenly suffered a heart attack and died of ineffective rescue.

Xiong Kan, president of Wuhan Jiangxia District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, recalled that in Jiangxia Fang cabin hospital, every time he entered the cabin, he would work continuously, without eating or drinking water. Once he took off his protective suit and was already sweating profusely and was close to collapsing. But whenever his family asked about Shi Suofang's situation on the front line, in order to avoid his family's worries, he would say that he ate well, slept soundly, and worked smoothly.

"He is such a person, his heart is full of anti-epidemic work, without himself." Xiong Kan said.

Wearing protective clothing, Shi Suofang only left a vague appearance for many patients. But one patient said she always remembered that Shi Suofang had a particularly strong hand and a calm and loud voice.

In Wuhan, he wrote "Believe in Jiangsu Traditional Chinese Medicine" on his protective clothing, inspiring the patients of Jiangxia Fangjian Hospital; in Jilin, he taught patients in the ward to play eight duan jin, bringing infinite warmth to the ward in winter; in Nanjing, he received a handwritten letter from the patient "Dan heart disease, magic hand sinking", and took a group photo with the patient to praise the Chinese medicine.

Recalling this close friend who fought side by side with himself in the frontline of the fight against the epidemic, Tong Xiaolin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said emotionally: "I am deeply touched by his spirit of dedication and benevolence. ”

Upon learning of his disciple's death, Zhou Zhongying, a 93-year-old master of traditional Chinese medicine, burst into tears. On the eve of going to Wuhan to fight the epidemic, this disciple came to visit and took the teacher's guidance plan to the front line, and now, the disciple has completed a satisfactory answer sheet for the fight against the epidemic in traditional Chinese medicine, but he can no longer bring the answer sheet to the teacher.

"Those who decide to be doctors must keep the alarm bells ringing, keep going, persevere, have the courage to explore, and constantly sublimate." 35 years ago, Shi Suofang, who graduated from Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, took this sentence as his motto in life. 35 years later, he used his life to practice his original intention as a Communist Party member - to "fight" for the people to the last moment of his life.

Although his life is frozen in this autumn, the people will not forget him.

Because the river water of Jiangcheng remembered him, the snow of Spring City remembered him, and the autumn leaves of Jinling remembered him.

The people, too, remember him.

He is a healer – to bring out a true heart for the patient

Shi Suofang's home is only separated by a wall from the Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where he works. "It's an old neighborhood and the living conditions are not good. But in order to be closer to the patient, he moved to this neighborhood. His colleague Li Lei said.

Patients often say that although people have not yet arrived at the hospital, as long as they can hang up the number of Dr. Shi Suofang, their hearts are very solid.

He has a soft heart for patients.

He once said: "My mother was my first patient, so I can understand the patient's mood." ”

He is very patient, he always explains the concept of Chinese medicine to patients who do not understand Chinese medicine, and enlightens patients who are depressed. Ye Deliang, deputy director of Jiangxia District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, an apprentice of Shi Suofang in the frontline of the fight against the epidemic in Wuhan, said: "In the square cabin, Master always talks and laughs with patients to soothe patients' anxiety. ”

In the Fang Cabin Hospital, he personally taught patients to play Tai Chi and Baduanjin, and also organized party members in the ward to engage in collective activities, enliven the atmosphere of the Fang Cabin Hospital, and "rewarded" the "activists" in the ward with pens, books, and books.

He has a benevolent heart, once there was a patient from other places who came to see the doctor because of coughing up blood, the symptoms were very critical, in order to let the patient drink Chinese medicine early, he helped the patient buy a decoction pot and help the patient decoct the medicine in the department. He often taught his students to be compassionate and loving as doctors.

He did not accept red envelopes, and refused to invite him to dinner with a smile. He is a really good TCM practitioner. ”

"I sincerely thank Director Shi, it was Director Shi who rescued me from my illness! Director Shi is very sad to leave! ”

Online, his patients have expressed their condolences. Hearing the news of his death, many patients from other places rushed to Nanjing to send him on his last journey.

Why do patients miss him? A story may tell us why.

Once, a lung cancer patient asked Shi Suofang in the outpatient clinic: "Can I still be well?" He didn't say much, and wrote a gift on the medical record: "Mo Dao is far away, but Ken whip will come." ”

What is the meaning of life?

Shi Suofang, who has seen many life and death partings, may already have the answer.

He is a scholar who will always maintain the heart of a child for Chinese medicine

"It's hard to be a doctor, it's even harder to be a good doctor, it's even harder to be a good TCM doctor!" These were the words that Shi Suofang often hung on his lips before he died.

His "obsession" with Chinese medicine is in the eyes of everyone around him.

His student, Wang Bohan, a doctoral student at Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, recalled that once he went to visit the teacher's home, walked into the study and disappeared, until a head appeared from behind the pile of books, and only then did he see Shi Suofang buried in the pile of books. In the small room, books were piled up everywhere I could see.

Because of the long-term reading of books, Shi Suofang suffered from eye diseases and always wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. His eyes, always able to penetrate the disease representation, see the core disease machine.

As the "bellwether" of the Respiratory Department of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shi Suofang has been committed to the prevention and treatment of asthma for many years, focusing on the research of "anti-asthma recurrence research on the combination of treatment and prevention, both internal and external, and the use of soup cream" and "the treatment of chest tightness variant asthma by wind paralysis method" and "the treatment of refractory asthma by Wenyang kidney supplement method". He developed the in-hospital preparation in 1997 and has treated tens of thousands of people so far.

He was diligent, and less than a month after returning to Jiangsu from Jiangxia Fangbin Hospital, he summarized and published a paper on the treatment of new crown pneumonia in traditional Chinese medicine.

He was humorous, and during his lectures, the students found it difficult to understand and cut in, so he said in Mandarin with a Wu accent: "Wumei Maru, shang!" "It made everyone laugh."

He is straightforward, when he hears some people say that "Chinese medicine is slow Langzhong", he will raise his eyebrows, raise his arms and shout, and tell the public with the clinical difficult cases of his own treatment that Chinese medicine can be "cured by cup", can "one dose knows, two doses have been" and "Chinese medicine is not slow Langzhong". "The fact that TCM is effective is ironclad!" His last WeChat circle of friends, updated in July 2020, is still speaking out for the dignity of traditional Chinese medicine.

He was determined to inherit longsha medicine. During the anti-epidemic period, he wrote the Tai Chi Kai Shu Diagram and "Five Luck and Six Qi" on his protective clothing. Her father's love for Chinese medicine, shi Xiaolu, who is also a chinese medicine doctor, saw it in her eyes, and she said: "The most that my father told me before he was born was five luck and six qi. ”

He is easy-going, such a busy professor, but insists on doing TCM science popularization. In 2019, Shi Suofang opened the WeChat public account "Qihuang Chuandaozhai", organized the Qibo master team to do TCM science popularization, published original articles, and disseminated TCM knowledge to the public.

"He's a TCM person with hot blood." His teacher, Gu Zhishan, a representative inheritor of the Longsha school of medicine, could not help but shed tears when he talked about the departure of this disciple. He said: "Three days before he left, I was still discussing the medical case of five luck and six qi in the WeChat group, and I did not expect that this was my last communication with him. ”

In Shi Suofang's mobile phone memo, the work schedule is still very full.

His book summarizing the experience of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of new crown pneumonia has not yet been published;

The annual conference he remembered had not yet been attended;

He is concerned that the patient's illness has not yet healed;

His student paper is not yet finished...

Unfinished careers and dreams, in this autumn, together with his beloved Chinese medicine heart, were pressed as a rest.

He is a teacher—illuminating the way forward for future learning

"Young Chinese medicine practitioners who have not yet truly entered the Tao absolutely need experienced Chinese medicine practitioners to follow the good examples." This is the experience he summed up in his own article "My Path to Medicine". In the face of the students, he became the "one who followed the good examples" and seduced them.

Spring silkworms to death, wax torches into ashes. In the eyes of the students, Shi Suofang, as a teacher, is a bright light that illuminates the way forward.

He is a passionate "senior". At the 2020 graduation ceremony, he raised his arms and shouted "Go hard!" Any dream is a struggle! "Let the flower of youth bloom bravely!"

Shi Suofang likes what Wang Guowei said about the "three realms of life", and he often uses the "three realms of life" to encourage his students and encourage them to continue to explore on the road of Chinese medicine.

In order to encourage future studies, he also wrote a handwritten letter to the graduate students of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which read: "We should be practical and good at learning, pragmatic and diligent, honest and honest, conscientious in doing things, inherit benevolence and benevolence, cherish opportunities, and not waste our years." ”

He is a "good teacher" who has devoted himself to teaching. Every Thursday afternoon, it is time for students to share with Shi Suofang's fixed medical case. After work, he would spend 2 to 3 hours sitting around with the students, analyzing medical cases and explaining his experience.

Even when the frontline work of the fight against the epidemic is very busy, he does not forget to give the students anti-epidemic ideological and political lessons: "You must have the self-confidence of Chinese medicine and shoulder the mission and responsibility of inheriting and carrying forward the culture of Chinese medicine." ”

"The teacher always felt that there was not enough time and wanted to teach us as much knowledge as possible." His student Zhang Wanru said.

He is a caring "loving Father." On holidays, it is Teacher Shi who takes out small snacks from the white coat and gives them to the students; it is Teacher Shi who accompanies the students to repeatedly deliberate and revise until late at night for a thesis; it is Teacher Shi who helps students order box lunches... He spends more time with his students than with his own children.

"In life, the teacher cares about us like our father, he is serious and kind, and he is our safe and warm patron." Wang Bohan said.

"The professor who always had a cute smile on his face during the lecture has fallen." A student of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine posted such a sentence in his WeChat circle of friends.

Yes, a "star" of TCM has fallen. However, his name will always be remembered in the hearts of the people; his spirit will always shine in the long river of history! (Xu Jing)

Source: China Traditional Chinese Medicine Newspaper 1st Edition