"The more I read the more fascinated I grew, and I found many principles that could be explained in terms of Western medicine or from a scientific angle." By way of example, Dr. Tsuei cites the Chinese use of a hot compress to relieve swelling, in which the action of heat transforms sodium ions within the body into potassium ions, a process which releases water and so brings down the swelling.
「我越讀越覺得有趣，並發覺其中有許多道理可以用西醫或科學的角度來解釋」，崔玖說，像中國人慣用來消腫的熱敷，其實就是利用熱作用，使體內的鈉離子轉換成鉀離子，這個過程可以讓水釋出體外而消腫。