Chapter 66

Fang Qiaoci looked over with a pair of dark eyes and asked in the most childlike words: "Why do you need to read the prescription? Can this prescription be disclosed to others at will?"

The prescription of the decoction and medicine taken by the patient is considered a kind of privacy. When Yi proposed this, there was a possibility of rejection.

But he said calmly: "The innate endowment is insufficient, resulting in insufficient heart qi, blood, yin, and yang. This is a chest disease caused by physical weakness and weak yin strings." [Note 1]

Xu Yineng Diagnosing the cause of Fang Qiaoci's illness was a big win for Fang Chuliang.

Last time, after a consultation, a doctor said that his son had "heat knot and blood stasis", so he was immediately kicked out of Zhuangzi. But anyone who said "the heart is blocked and the pulse is blocked" would not be allowed to die. He was so angry that he lost his temper.

Speaking of which, Fang Chuliang also read many ancient medical books.

As a well-read teacher, he has many medical books that ordinary people have no access to. Even because he read too much, the more he understood why few doctors could cure chest paralysis and it was really difficult to cure, the more he was afraid of losing Ci Geer.

Too few people can understand this kind of suffering. He falls asleep every night and often wakes up because of the image of Brother Ci leaving him.

Fang Chuliang asked: "Doctor Xu wants to see the previous prescriptions, but why?"

Xu Yi said: "The master's dialectical initial diagnosis is more like a deficiency of heart yang, which is an innate sign, but combined with all kinds of factors, it is not This is the cause of the disease. I want to know what kind of medicinal decoction doctors used for pulse diagnosis in the past."

Although there is a dialectical theory of physical weakness in "The Synopsis of the Golden Chamber", there was no such thing as congenital heart disease in the Song Dynasty. statement.

It is said that the origin of the name "heart disease" comes from the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when the famous doctor Gong Tingxian cured Princess Lu Fan's chest obstruction, thus the term "heart disease" came into being.

However, before cardiologists appeared, there were already many clinical cases of various dialectics and treatments for chest pain in ancient Chinese medicine. If you flip through ancient medical books, you can see various dialectical methods on "chest paralysis".

There are also many treatment plans, such as "activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis", "aromatic warming method", "resolving phlegm and promoting drinking", "replenishing qi and nourishing yin", etc. [Note 2]

In modern times, in the traditional Chinese medicine that Xu Yi came into contact with, there have been new dialectics and classifications for the treatment of chest pain.

So Xu Yi wanted to know how doctors used medicine in clinical medicine at this time.

Fortunately, Xu Yi's words above still moved Fang Chuliang.

He shouted outside, and soon Butler Fang came in. Fang Chuliang told him: "Go and get all the medicinal soups and prescriptions that Brother Ci used to drink."

After Butler Fang stepped back, Xu Yi turned his attention to the child. on the body.

The child looked like a porcelain doll, with a fair complexion that was too pale upon closer inspection, and a faint purple tint to her bloodless lips.

However, his nails are smooth and round, and although they are not pink enough, they are not purple in color.

Seeing that Xu Yi had been looking at him, Fang Qiaoci asked, "Doctor Xu, why do you keep looking at me?"

"I want to ask, do you get breathless when you walk around?" Xu Yi followed his words and asked.

"No, except that I can't run, everything else about me is normal." In order to make Xu Yi believe what she said, Fang Qiaoci pulled him and whispered, "I only feel uncomfortable when I cry secretly, but I rarely cry. It's all the fault of the doctors who said I couldn't run around. I haven't gone down the mountain for a long time."

He looked at Xu Yi expectantly, "Will you let me go out?"

Xu Yi said with a smile. This disease will not be affected by going out."

Fang Qiaoci's eyes lit up after hearing this, and she quickly said, "Tell daddy, so daddy will allow me to go out to play."

"Yes." Xu Yi nodded.

Not long after the two of them chatted, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

Not only Housekeeper Fang came back, but there was also a beautiful young woman wearing a lavender satin skirt. She wore a bun with few decorations on her head. She only had a silver comb with two silver hairpins. Shi Fendai, there is a hint of sadness between her eyebrows.

Behind her stood a woman. Xu Yi still remembered her as the woman Qin he saw when he came over.

Mrs. Qin glared at him with an unkind look on her face, as if she had an expression on her face that said, "You can't lie to me while I'm here."

Xu Yi was confused: "..."

He didn't remember what Mrs. Qin he recognized.

Could it be that this person mistook him for a cheating bachelor?

Fang Chuliang stood up, looked at the young woman and asked, "Why are you here, madam?"

Before he could finish his words, Fang Qiaoci, who was sitting on the chair next to him, slipped down, walked to his mother's side, rubbed her skirt, and whispered softly. He shouted: "Auntie."

Qi Xiuniang's eyes were full of love, she caressed his face and asked softly: "Brother Ci, are you tired today? Do you want to go to the house to rest?"

Fang Qiao looked at him lovingly . She rolled her eyes and glanced at Granny Qin next to her. She said pleasantly: "Aniang, I'm not tired."

Then, in front of everyone, she asked innocently: "Aniang, I'm not tired." Did you come here knowing that Dr. Xu was coming to treat me?"

Qi Xiuniang: "..."

Mrs. Qin came up and said to him with a smile on her face: "Brother Ci, my wife and husband have something to say. "How about you go back to the house first?"

"If you have something to say, can't you say it in front of me?" Fang Qiaoci pouted unhappily.

Mrs. Qin choked, she was really not sure whether Brother Ci knew it or not.

Brother Ci was so smart that no one in the Fang family dared to lie to him casually. As long as it was a lie, it would be difficult to hide it from him.

Even if he is Lang Jun, he will not hide everything from him.

When Fang Qiaoci said this, Qi Xiuniang asked Mrs. Qin to step back and turned to look at Fang Chuliang.

"Husband, don't you want to say a few words?"

Fang Chuliang said, "Brother Ci has already talked with Dr. Xu, so let him stay and listen together."

He knew this son very well, and he had heard the conversation between the two just now. , knowing that Brother Ci quite likes this young doctor.

Qi Xiuniang's face remained expressionless as she pulled Brother Ci to sit on a chair next to the table. Her eyes fell on Xu Yi and she spoke slowly.

"Doctor Xu, I speak frankly, and I hope you won't blame me. My brother Ci has been seeking medical treatment for his stubborn disease over the years. He drank a lot of medicinal soup, but the disease has never been cured. As Ci brother's biological mother, , I can’t bear that he always suffers like this. You are really too young, unlike the old doctors who consulted you in the past. I was asked to entrust Brother Ci’s life to you. I was so flustered that I really couldn’t do it. Xu Yi lowered his eyes and said, "

Madam, I just asked you for a consultation. I haven't prescribed any medicine yet. If Madam doesn't trust me, I'll leave now."

After saying that, he bowed to Fang Chuliang and started to pack the medicine . box.

Fang Chuliang frowned slightly and immediately stopped Xu Yi: "Doctor Xu, stay."

After he said that, he turned back to Qi Xiuniang and said in explanation: "Madam, you can't just look at the surface. Doctor Xu looks young, but last time you took the medicine The Chen's Xiaoshi Pills were made by him."

Qi Xiuniang was also surprised after hearing this. Wasn't this Chen's Xiaoshi Pills made by a doctor named Chen?

She always thought it was concocted by Dr. Chen in Miaoshou Pavilion, and she respected Dr. Chen very much. However, after Dr. Chen came to see Ci Geer, he said he couldn't cure it and didn't even prescribe any medicine.

Could it be that this young youngster can compare to Dr. Chen?

Unnoticed by others, Fang Qiaoci moved over in small steps, pulled Xu Yi's sleeve, and asked doubtfully: "Are you really going to leave?"

Xu Yi looked at him, smiled and said nothing.

This kid is really smart.

Soon, Qi Xiuniang was persuaded by Fang Chuliang and asked Xu Yi to write a prescription first and then take a look.

Xu Yi knew his disadvantages. Some patients were unwilling to be treated by young doctors. He felt that doctors of this age did not have much clinical experience and were definitely not as safe as older doctors.

Of course, this idea is not necessarily wrong. Indeed, in Chinese medicine, the medical skills of old Chinese doctors are more convincing.

However, there are exceptions. In ancient times, there were many famous doctors who became famous at a young age.

Xu Yi thought, will there be more of him in the future?

But these are all things for later. The most important thing now is which prescription to prescribe to Fang Qiaoci.

Fang Chuliang said: "This is the medicinal soup recipe that Brother Ci used to drink. Doctor Xu will take a look at it first."

Xu Yi thanked him and took the stack of papers in his hand.

There are twenty or thirty sheets in total.

This Fang Qiao Ci really grew up soaking in medicine jars, but at the age of eight, he had already drank so many Chinese medicine soups.

Xu Yi flipped through them one by one, and among them was the "Four Gentlemen Soup" that he had heard about before. In addition to Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, licorice, and ginseng. But it's not appropriate to use it on Brother Ci.

There are also "Danggui Sini Decoction", "Guizhi Decoction", "Gualou Xiebai Banxia Decoction" and so on. Looking at this pile of prescriptions, it seems that the prescriptions prescribed by several doctors are quite good.

For example, "Danggui Sini Decoction" is used in an additive and subtractive way, using cinnamon twigs, asarum, etc., which can reduce the cold in the body. It is effective for people with cold limbs and can also relieve chest pain and heartache.

However, the doctor's new prescription contains the wrong menstrual inducing drug, which mainly targets Qi and blood deficiency, but does not replenish yang.

In addition, the medicines prescribed by other doctors are more or less correct for the symptoms.

Xu Yi read it in silence without saying anything else. He took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that came with the medicine box and began to grind the ink.

He prescribed Baoyuan Decoction to Fang Qiaoci. This medicinal decoction came from the "Bi Xin Jian" written by Wei Zhi of the Ming Dynasty.

This medicinal decoction is mainly used to treat insufficient vitality, lack of qi, fear of cold, yang deficiency, etc. It has good curative effect on chest pain caused by insufficient heart qi.

Because of its sweet and warm medicinal properties, Xu Yi thought it would be perfect to use it to condition Ci Geer's body first.

"This prescription is one penny for ginseng, one penny for astragalus, five cents for licorice, three cents for cinnamon, one penny for angelica root, and five cents for salvia. Take it decoction in water, and add an extra piece of ginger when decoction." [Note 3]

Baoyuan The soup is modified and subtracted, and the two flavors of Angelica sinensis and Salvia miltiorrhiza are often used. One is to replenish qi and blood, and the other is to benefit the lungs and calm the heart, both of which are good for the heart.

After Xu Yi finished writing, he handed the prescription to Fang Chuliang and said to him, "The medicine I brought today happens to contain these four herbs. If Fang Jiaoyu agrees with the prescription, he can decoct it in a bowl and give it to your son. Take it."

"Okay, okay."

Fang Chuliang took the prescription and looked at it. The drugs used in this prescription were all familiar, but they were different from those prescribed by doctors in the past.

Without hesitation, he asked the housekeeper to take the medicine to the kitchen, and personally supervised the decoction of the medicine.

Qi Xiuniang came from a noble family. When she was in the boudoir, she was taught books such as "Poetry" and "The Classic of Filial Piety" by a female concubine. She knew how to read, but after seeing the prescription, she thought in her heart that such a simple prescription is really good. Can you cure Brother Ci's disease?

She held the prescription and asked Xu Yi.

"Can this medicinal soup really cure Brother Ci's stubborn illness?"

Xu Yi shook his head: "My son's illness is congenital and has been present since he was a fetus. Drinking this Baoyuan soup first is to nourish the heart and revitalize the heart. Yang. When your qi and blood are deficient, you need to change other prescriptions. "

In traditional Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis, there are also first diagnosis, second diagnosis, third diagnosis, or fourth diagnosis. Each pulse diagnosis is different, and the medicinal soup to be taken should also be different. Retained, added and subtracted.

Each doctor will have his or her own opinions on the patients he treats and the drugs he uses. Xu Yi wanted to start with the deficiency of heart qi and weak chest yang, so the prescription he would prescribe would be different from others.

"Sorry to trouble you, Doctor Xu." Qi Xiuniang's attitude softened a lot.

It took a long time to cook the medicine. During the waiting period, Qi Xiuniang had nothing to do and asked Xu Yi: "You made Chen's Xiaoshi Pills, so why aren't they called 'Xu's Xiaoshi Pills'?"

Xu Yi said: "Although I concocted it, the prescription for Xiaoshi Pills was not mine. I just borrowed the prescription and didn't dare to change the name."

Qi Xiuniang didn't expect to hear such an answer, so she couldn't help but look at him twice.

"Where did Doctor Xu come from?"

"I didn't become a disciple. I just met an old doctor who traveled around the world by chance..."

To say that learning medicine is self-taught would be too bold. It would be better to make up a different story. The existence of "old doctor" can bring a lot of convenience to Xu Yi.

Sure enough, after he told him that he had received advice from an old doctor and was given a few medical books as a gift, Qi Xiuniang's senses improved greatly and he was no longer as distrustful as he was at the beginning.

After they talked about the Xiaoshi Pills that only he sells now, Butler Fang came in with a bowl of hot medicinal soup.

Qi Xiuniang got up anxiously and asked Butler Fang to give her the medicinal soup. She fed Brother Ci and drank it herself.

The medicinal soup smelled sour and bitter, Fang Qiaoci frowned, and when Qi Xiuniang blew it to warm it up, she drank it one after another.

After finishing the drink, Fang Qiaoci said coquettishly: "Mom, my mouth is so bitter."

"Come and open your mouth, I brought jelly beans. You can take one." Qi Xiuniang was already prepared and took out a wrapped handkerchief from her sleeve pocket. , filled with a few jelly beans.

Fang Qiaoci held the jelly beans in her mouth and said with raised corners of her mouth: "The jelly beans made by grandma are the most delicious."

"A poor talker." These words were very useful to Qi Xiuniang.

Every time Fang Qiaoci drank the medicinal soup, she found it bitter and unpalatable, and the jelly beans she ate were all made by her own hands.

...

Shortly after drinking the medicinal soup, Fang Qiaoci shouted that it was hot.

"My palms are sweaty."

He took out his hand and said to his mother and father.

When Qi Xiuniang touched the palm of his hand, it felt warm, unlike before when it felt cold.

She was pleasantly surprised: "Brother Ci, the heat has come out."

"I saw it!" Fang Chuliang was also very happy. He took off the scarf that his son was wearing. The scarf was made of fluffy snow-white rabbit fur. It was very warm and could be used. In the past, Brother Ci wore it but it didn't make much difference.

At this time, the neck under the scarf is also hot and sweaty.

Xu Yi breathed a sigh of relief. This was the effect of the medicine. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with the medicine he prescribed and he could prescribe the right medicine.

"Doctor Xu, your medicinal soup is really effective. Do you think Brother Ci's hot sweating is a good thing?" Fang Chuliang was excited, but at the same time worried that the sweating was wrong, so he asked again to feel at ease.

Xu Yi nodded: "This sweating is not that sweating. It is indeed the right medicine."

The sadness on the faces of Fang Chuliang and Qi Xiuniang disappeared instantly. If they can really cure Brother Ci's disease, they will definitely spend a lot of money. Reward Xu Yi.

Xu Yi said we would talk about it later.

Seeing the three of them making love and affection at this meeting, the scene was really warm, and Xu Yi felt that it was time for him to go back.

When Fang Chuliang heard that Xu Yi was leaving, he immediately called Butler Fang to get the money.

He said: "This is my wish, Doctor Xu. Please accept it."

Xu Yi looked at the fine silver cake in front of him, and he accepted it without any burden: "Then I'll say goodbye first. After ten days, I will teach you how to do it." Ask the housekeeper to look for me again on South Street."

"Understood." Fang Chuliang nodded and asked the housekeeper to send Xu Yi back.

After receiving the order, Butler Fang reminded him in a low voice: "Mr. Lang, Doctor Xu doesn't like riding in a sedan chair."

Fang Chuliang didn't understand the meaning and immediately said: "Get the car ready."

This time Xu Yi left Zhuangzi, not on foot. Instead, we took a donkey cart.

The Fang family's donkey cart is as good as the Xing family's. Although the decoration in the carriage is not as gorgeous as the Xing family's, it is more elegant. There was a gilt-copper hand stove placed on the pear wood stool. The incense burning inside had an elegant scent. Xu Yi couldn't help it, holding it in his hand and smelling it for a long time with squinted eyes.

When he got off the bus, the clothes he was wearing were smelling of the incense smoked in the carriage.

When A Jin saw him, the first thing he said was: "Lang Jun, you smell so good."

Xu Yi: "..."

A Xu pulled A Jin and corrected: "It's not Lang Jun's fragrance, it's from Lang Jun's body." The clothes smell good."

Xu Yi: "..." This explanation is better than no explanation.

He coughed twice and asked them what they had done during his absence.

A Xu and A Jin first explained what they had done, then trotted into the main room and came out with a post.

"Langjun, this is a post sent by the servant of Langjun Xing's family, saying that he wants to invite Langjun to go out tomorrow."

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows, took the post, opened it, and then remembered that it was a party that had been agreed upon in the first place.

As the weather turned cold, Xing Yuesen changed the venue of the gathering. Instead of going to a teahouse, they went to Zhuangzi in the eastern suburbs.

This village in the eastern suburbs is not the Xin family's horse farm, but a resort estate owned by the Xing family, which is full of flowers, fruits and trees. At this time, the peaches in Zhuangzi were ripe, so he wanted to invite Xu Yi and others to pick peaches together.

A group of idle rich kids who had never done any work on weekdays saw the peaches ripe and wanted to learn how the farmers picked them.

After Xu Yi read the post, he put it away and said to A Xu: "Tomorrow you and A Jin will stay at home. If there is something urgent, go to Yahangli and hire a car to find me in Zhuangzi, the eastern suburbs."

...

In the early morning of the next day, after Xu Yi finished practicing his boxing, he wiped off the sweat on his body and put on fresh robes. A donkey cart stopped outside.

Xing Yuesen was more thoughtful than he thought, and even prepared a vehicle for Xu Yi to go to Zhuangzi.

Xu Yi originally planned to ride in Uncle Liu's ox cart, but it seemed that he didn't need to.

"You stay at home, and if a stranger comes looking for me, let him come back the next day."

A Xu and A Jin nodded repeatedly, and locked the door of the yard after Xu Yi left in the donkey cart.

Xu Yi just set off here, and the Xin family on the other side.

In the west wing garden.

Xin Shengyuan lay on the warm bed and refused to get up. The personal maid Xue Lian who was waiting outside came in quietly, lifted up the curtain of the bed, saw his sleeping posture, covered her mouth and smiled: "Brother Xin, if you don't wake up, go to the manor." It's going to be too late to play."

"Hmm... um..." Xin Shengyuan heard the sound, responded unconsciously, and continued to sleep.

Xue Lian had no choice but to hang up the tents and call two girls to come in. One put the clothes Xin Shengyuan was going to wear with incense, and the other prepared a washbasin with toilet water added to the water, smelling the flowers. Fragrance.

"Brother Xin, wake up, wake up."

Others didn't dare to urge him, but Xuelian, as a personal maid, dared. If nothing happens, she would be Xin Shengyuan's mistress in the future.

It's just that Xin Shengyuan is still a child at heart and hasn't touched her yet.

Xuelian urged her again and again, but Xin Shengyuan couldn't sleep anymore and puffed out her face unhappily.

"Noisy, noisy, noisy, you are too noisy. I finally got the holiday, so why can't I sleep a little longer."

Xuelian thoughtfully changed him into close-fitting clothes and explained in a soft voice: "Brother Xin, you When I came back yesterday, I was told to call you earlier, saying that I would go to Xing’s Zhuangzi to pick peaches today.”

After saying that, she pulled him up, twisted the handkerchief to wipe his face, and continued, "You also said that you would not take the boy with you when you go out today, but only take me with you. Let me also take a look at that Doctor Xu. Could it be that Brother Xin is too worried?" "I forgot."

Xin Shengyuan said dryly: "I haven't forgotten.

Brother Xin, do you want to have breakfast before going out?"

Xin Shengyuan looked at the hourglass and shouted: "It's too late, hurry up, hurry up, I have to go out."

"Hey! Brother Xin, don't worry, put on your clothes first." Xue Lian saw him hurriedly , helpless, just told the girl to bring over the pastries prepared in advance. How could it be done without breakfast? I still had to eat some pastries to pad my stomach on the way.

Not only that, Xuelian also prepared her cloak, and the two of them came out of the yard one after another. Outside the side door, a donkey cart was waiting, with a boy and a cart driver waiting beside it.

Xin Shengyuan jumped into the car and called Xuelian to hurry up.

Xuelian was a girl, so she didn't dare to be as careless as him, so she had no choice but to step on a stool.

After lowering the curtain of the carriage, Xue Lian tied the cloak in her hand around Xin Shengyuan and said softly: "Brother Xin, let's eat two pastries first."

"You should have called me earlier, so that I could If you are greedy for bed, you can wake up even if you scream a few times." Xin Shengyuan sighed, he was probably the last one to arrive at Zhuangzi.

Yesterday, he made a bet with Tao Qinghao, saying that he would definitely not be the last one to arrive.

Xuelian: "..."

"If brother Xin says so, then Xuelian won't go. She will go back to the yard now and won't hinder your eyes here."

Xin Shengyuan tugged at the corner of his mouth, knowing that he had no reason to blame her, so he Yang Yi asked nonchalantly: "What kind of cakes did you bring me?"

Xuelian heard this, covered her mouth and smiled, and said: "They are all your favorites, square cakes filled with dates, sesame fillings, puff pastry snails, mung bean cakes and mutton cakes. Crispy."

Xin Shengyuan swallowed after hearing this. Snow lotus is better. She knows what he likes to eat, unlike his mother who won't let him eat it.

"Here, you also have a piece of mung bean cake."

He took a piece and stuffed it into Xuelian's hand, gesturing for her to eat it quickly.

Xuelian looked at the piece of mung bean cake and sighed hesitantly. Seeing that Xin Shengyuan was still urging her, she had to eat it in small bites.

After eating, her throat seemed to be blocked by something, and she felt faintly uncomfortable.