Yu Jiao wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated into the body of a poor rural girl, sold off in a marriage of luck to a sickly man.
Thinking she’s landed in a farming-romance novel, ...
Just now in the hospital, Yu Jiao heard from the conversation that the patient was a mute, so she naturally would not make a fuss. However, she didn't know whether the sign language of later generations was different from that of today, or whether the gestures made by the mute were created by him. Yu Jiao couldn't understand what he meant.
She shook her head and said, "It's okay." Then she walked over to the bedside, first observing the mute's face, and then asked Feng Guihua, "What are the symptoms of his illness?"
Feng Guihua said, "He has a heart disease, and I don't know how he got it. He always feels stuffy in his chest and his heart aches. He is fine, but suddenly he gets sick and faints from the pain."
Yu Jiao gestured to the mute to open his mouth and stick out his tongue, but she saw that the mute was staring at her as if in a trance, without blinking.
Yu Jiao glanced at Feng Guihua.
Feng Guihua was afraid that the mute would offend Yu Jiao, so she pinched the mute hard and said in a somewhat anxious tone, "Why is your ear still not working? The female doctor asked you to open your mouth and stick out your tongue!"
The mute seemed to have just come to his senses and opened his mouth hurriedly. Yu Jiao looked at his tongue carefully and put her hand on the mute's pulse.
While taking Yu Jiao's pulse, the mute still secretly looked up at her.
Yu Jiao pressed on the left side of the mute's chest, and the mute immediately looked in pain, gasping for breath, opening his mouth to breathe rapidly, his face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out all over his body.
"You have obstructed heart meridians and shortness of breath. You probably have sudden tightness, stabbing pain or colic in the tanzhong area, often with palpitations." Yu Jiao said, "and it comes and goes, with recurring attacks. The pain often spreads to the shoulders, back, forearms, and throat, and can even spread to the Shaoyin meridian, where the hand Jueyin meridian runs, and extends to the middle finger or little finger. Are these symptoms correct?"
The mute covered his chest and nodded with difficulty.
Feng Guihua's eyes lit up and she said happily, "Young lady is simply a miracle doctor. Everything you said is right! Doctor, is there any way to cure his illness?" Although she asked this, she looked at Yu Jiao expectantly, thinking that since she could diagnose the symptoms of muteness in just a moment, she must be able to cure the disease.
Yu Jiao said, "The common causes of chest pain and heart pain are mostly related to the invasion of cold evil, overwork, and old age. The basic cause is the obstruction of the heart meridian, including cold evil, phlegm and dampness, qi stagnation, blood stasis and other superficial symptoms. From my observation of his pulse, it should be excessive fatigue and invasion of cold evil. We must treat the symptoms first and then take care of the root cause."
She raised her hand and asked, "Do you have a pen and paper?"
Feng Guihua shook her head awkwardly. She was just a cook in the kitchen of Tianxiang Pavilion and she would never need paper and pen on a daily basis.
However, it was rare to meet a miracle doctor who could cure a mute, so she made a prompt decision and said hurriedly, "Can you wait for a moment? I'll go get it right away."
After saying that, she turned around and was about to go buy paper and pen, but Yu Jiao stopped her, "I've been in the backyard for quite some time, and the sisters who are traveling with me might be anxious, so I can't stay any longer. You don't have to buy paper and pen. I'll write the prescription and ask my maid to bring it to you."
Feng Guihua said hurriedly, "Then I'll trouble you, young lady." She touched the light purse on her waist and said with some difficulty, "I wonder how much the consultation fee is?"
Yu Jiao shook her head. "No need. Meeting is fate."
After saying this, she turned around and was about to leave, but the mute suddenly grabbed the corner of her clothes and gestured quickly with his other hand, not knowing what he was trying to express.
Feng Guihua saw the mute being so rude and was afraid that Yu Jiao would be angry. She didn't bother to see what the mute meant and quickly snatched the corner of Yu Jiao's clothes back from the mute's hand, scolding, "Are you sick and confused? Don't be rude to a female doctor!"