Chapter 90

The young man has grown up and has never heard that pork soup can cure diseases.

After he left Xu's yard, he cut a piece of pork weighing half a catty at the butcher's place. It was fat but thin, and it was quite heavy to carry.

The old mother and wife at home were waiting for him. They were very angry when they saw that he had gone to the doctor and had his flesh cut off when he came back.

"Are you worried about having too much money? You're not celebrating the holidays, so why did you cut such a big piece of meat for me?" The old mother snatched the piece of meat, angry and distressed, and asked him with raised eyebrows and eyes, "Today, Where’s the money you earn? Isn’t it all spent on meat?”

The young man’s wife looked at her mother-in-law and winked at him from behind.

As a result, he didn't even raise his head for a long time.

He just said in an honest and muffled voice: "I bought everything, and I only have three cents left."

"You...you...you are going to make me mad!" The old mother gritted her teeth and patted his back.

If the other hand wasn't still holding the meat, I'd probably have to beat it with both hands.

His wife immediately stopped her mother-in-law and said, "Mom, please calm down. Alang didn't spend money randomly before. There is a reason for buying meat this time."

"What's the reason? I think he just doesn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive. I can't live any longer. I just don't have money for medical treatment. Fortunately, Mr. Xing opened a free clinic and the doctor Xu was so kind that he spared you the money for medical treatment and medicine." My mother-in-law was heartbroken and stared at it. The son looked at it and cried, "My life is miserable. I married that loser of your father and never had a peaceful life. Now you are angry with me!"

The young man suppressed his blush and hesitated for a moment before feeling depressed. Said: "Doctor Xu asked me to buy meat."

"No matter who asks you to buy meat..." The old mother blurted out and paused, "Who do you think asked you to buy meat?"

The young man: "Doctor Xu."

The old mother said : "..." Aren't you going to see a doctor? Why are you asked to buy meat?

"Doctor Xu said that this meat is used to make soup. The soup is useful and should be kept." The young man said.

The old mother glared at him angrily: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

The corners of the young man's mouth twitched, he also wanted to say something.

...

On the other side, the Xu family.

Xu Yi took back the wooden sign for visiting the doctor and went out carrying a small basket.

The schoolchildren in the medical clinic saw him and came over to talk to him with a smile: "Doctor Xu, you haven't been here for a few days. What medicinal materials do you want to buy today?"

Xu Yi said: "Elephant skin, myrrh, frankincense. "Is there any medicine like red stone resin?" "Myrrh, frankincense and red stone resin are all available. This is the elephant skin..." The schoolboy paused and continued, "To be honest with Doctor Xu, this elephant skin can be used as medicine

?"

He nodded and said in a low voice: "Yes, this elephant skin can cure dampness and numbness, and can astringe sores. If the ulcer does not close for a long time, add elephant skin powder into an ointment and apply it on the wound to remove putrefaction and promote muscle growth." [Note 1

] It is recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that elephant skin can "treat chancre, and apply it with burnt ash and oil." It needs to be processed, remove the fascia fat, cut into pieces and dried in the sun; or it can be processed into elephant skin charcoal and then used, which is an unpopular medicinal material. .

Although it is a Chinese medicinal material, it was no longer available in Xu Yi's time, and other medicinal materials with the same medicinal effect were used instead.

The schoolchildren listened carefully and were shocked. Doctor Xu knew so much.

Seeing him like this, Xu Yi smiled and said: "Since there is no elephant skin or other three medicinal materials in the store, please give me two cents."

The muscle-building ointment made for the young man only costs one cent. Xu Yi had a habit of being prepared for the amount of medicine, thinking that since he wanted to make ointment, he would make an extra portion and keep it for later use.

The schoolboy should be well, turn around and go to the medicine cabinet to weigh out two cents of myrrh, red stone resin and frankincense.

Red stone resin and frankincense are expensive. To buy these medicinal materials, it cost three coins in total.

Xu Yi paid quickly. When the schoolboy packed the medicine for him, he talked about the time Xu Yi sat in the free clinic a while ago.

"Thanks to Dr. Xu, my mother has been suffering from leg pain for several years. This time I asked her to go to the free clinic to see you. After taking 20 days of medicinal soup, her leg no longer hurts." The student said gratefully.

When Xu Yi heard this, he quickly remembered who it was.

That day there was a woman in her thirties who came to see a doctor with a limp foot. The foot was not caused by any other reason but a heat sore.

Xu Yi asked Ah Jin to clean the woman's sore and instructed Ah Jin to cut off the hot sore.

Then, Xu Yi prescribed Qingmaosan to apply to her wound, and then prescribed a prescription of Gendan Xiegan Decoction.

This prescription detoxifies and removes dampness, and can be used to treat symptoms caused by damp-heat syndrome in the liver and gallbladder. Although the woman did not have the syndrome, she developed abscesses on her legs that did not heal for a long time and recurred after recovery.

Just because there was no internal adjustment, the Longdan Xiegan Decoction he prescribed was also to clear the excess fire and damp-heat that the woman had accumulated for many years.

Hearing that the woman's illness was cured, Xu Yi said to the schoolboy: "Don't take this decoction for a long time. If the illness is cured, remember to tell your mother to drink more warm water and eat more spicy food on weekdays. Drink the antipyretic tea to clear away the heat and reduce the fire. "

The student said gratefully: "Thank you, Doctor Xu, for reminding me."

...

The medical clinic on South Street did not sell elephant skin (medicinal material). Xu Yi turned around and went to Miaoshou Pavilion, where he was greeted by a doctor. Never met his apprentice.

The apprentice didn't know Xu Yi. When he saw him coming to buy elephant skin, he looked him up and down.

Then, he asked: "We have elephant skin here. Do you want it to be processed or unprocessed?"

Xu Yi said: "Please give me the processed elephant skin."

The apprentice said "Oh" and said it. I gave Xu Yi a price. Xu Yi estimated the price in his mind and found it to be reasonable.

The processed elephant skin is preferably large in size and thick in skin.

The elephant skin the apprentice took out was only of medium quality, a thin piece no more than the size of a palm. He picked out a few pieces and put them on the scale. There were two liang, one penny and seven cents.

The apprentice said to Xu Yi: "It's an extra seven cents. This elephant skin can't be cut. Do you want it?"

"Yes." Xu Yi nodded.

When the apprentice got it, he wrapped the elephant skin in jute paper. Just when he was about to give it to Xu Yi, a man wearing a black Confucian scarf and a blue-gray robe came out from behind.

This man is Wu Guanshan.

Wu Guanshan had just walked out of the clinic. Before he could speak, he saw Xu Yi appearing in the hospital.

He paused and shouted with joy in his eyes: "Doctor Xu, why did you come to Miaoshou Pavilion after not seeing you for a long time?"

"Doctor Wu, you are fine." Xu Yi nodded towards him and said with a smile, "Come here and buy some medicinal materials. "

Oh? What medicinal materials do you want to buy here?" Wu Guanshan asked.

Xu Yi told him about the scrofula patient they treated last time, and by the way, he told him about the ointment he wanted to prepare for the patient.

After Wu Guanshan heard this, he became interested: "This patient came to you, but the medicine you prescribed has curative effect after taking it?"

Xu Yi said: "The bead shape on his neck has converged a lot, and no new ones have grown. It came out, but the inner core needs to be removed, so I thought of making some ointment for him."

So, Wu Guanshan and Xu Yi discussed how to make this muscle-promoting ointment.

Xu Yi mentioned several medicinal materials, and then said: "I learned this prescription from a strange book. I don't know how effective it is yet. If Dr. Wu wants to try it, I can write down the prescription."

Wu Guanshan thought. After a moment, he shook his head and said: "Since you got this prescription from somewhere else, it's better not to give it to me. I'm afraid I might accidentally use it."

"No, if Dr. Wu can research the prescription from it, he will be able to use it." It is a blessing that it has been of great use," Xu Yi said.

This prescription comes from Zhao Xuemin's "Chuanya Neibian", which was about 700 years ago from the Song Dynasty. Before that, there were many prescriptions such as "Shengji Powder".

The prescriptions of different famous doctors will also be different. Xu Yi also saw that Wu Guanshan was a doctor of good quality and worthy of admiration, so he was willing to copy the prescriptions for him to ponder.

Wu Guanshan's mind moved slightly. The temptation of this muscle growth ointment was too great. Even though he knew that he couldn't do it, he was still slightly tempted.

These days, no one is hiding precious prescriptions, but no one is as generous as Xu Yi.

Comparing oneself with others, one can say that Wu Guanshan himself could not achieve this level, let alone a young man who has not yet reached the crown. On the contrary, the young man's heart is better than his mind, and he can see further than him.

How could Wu Guanshan's heart be as clear as water when he was treated like this? He immediately looked directly at Xu Yi and promised: "Doctor Xu treats me sincerely. If I receive this prescription today, I will keep it in mind and will not take it for personal use." , let alone spread it outside."

Xu Yi said with a smile, "I feel relieved if I can get this from Doctor Wu."

After that, Wu Guanshan asked the apprentice who was already stunned to get the pen.

When the apprentice heard Wu Guanshan calling him, he suddenly woke up and ran to the clinic at the back to pick up a plate of pens, ink, paper and inkstones on the table.

Another apprentice who was cleaning the bookshelf in the clinic looked at his flustered look and asked curiously: "What are you doing so impetuously? I'm not afraid that Doctor Wu will see you and accuse you." "

Doctor Wu asked me to get it," the apprentice shouted. , couldn't help but spoke quickly, "A man named Doctor Xu came from outside. He seems to be an old acquaintance with Doctor Wu. He looks to be a few years older than me."

Doctor Xu?

The apprentice was stunned for a moment, and his mind suddenly thought of Xu Yi.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly pulled him and said: "I'll see him off, you can rest here."

The apprentice was confused: "..." Is he so kind today?

However, he still put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in his hand into his hand. He didn't need to deliver it, so he could have a moment of leisure.

The apprentice came out with a plate of pens, ink, paper and inkstones. When he saw that it was Xu Yi, his eyes lit up and he shouted happily: "Doctor Xu."

Xu Yi raised his eyes and smiled slightly when he saw it was him: "It's you. "

The apprentice was even happier when he saw that Xu Yi still remembered him. However, Doctor Wu was beside him. He suppressed his joy and said nothing more. He put the pen and paper on the table and stood quietly beside him.

Xu Yi bent over his desk and wrote down the prescription for his muscle-stimulating ointment.

This recipe requires sesame oil, and then the forged keel, which is the fossilized skeleton of a large mammal. In addition, it also requires the red stone resin, frankincense, myrrh, elephant skin that Xu Yi bought, and the ones already at home. Some medicines include yellow wax and light powder. [Note 2]

Xu Yi wrote down the medicinal materials and dosages one by one, and also stated how to make the ointment.

He handed it to Wu Guanshan and said, "This ointment can vary from person to person. According to different conditions, the flavor can be added or subtracted as appropriate."

Wu Guanshan took the prescription and looked at it carefully, his eyes moving back and forth quickly. It can be seen that Emotions are running high.

Xu Yi fully understood how excited he was to get into the study to study after getting the prescription, so he didn't bother him anymore, exchanged a few words, and left the Miaoshou Pavilion with the elephant skin he bought.

The apprentice standing next to him looked at Xu Yi's leaving figure and regretted not saying a few words.

On the second day, Xu Yi ground all the medicinal materials used in the muscle growth ointment into fine powder, put it into sesame oil, mixed it into a paste, put it in a jar and sealed it.

Not long after, the young man arrived as promised and returned to Xu's courtyard.

Xu Yi debrided the scrofula on his neck, used a thick needle hook to remove the core, and then used gauze boiled in boiling water and applied muscle-promoting ointment on it.

Xu Yi said: "Change this ointment once a day. When changing, wash it several times with pork soup, and then apply the ointment again. When the wound heals and calms down, you can stop using the ointment."

The young man couldn't help himself when he heard what he said. He lowered his head and cried out.

"Thank you so much, Doctor Xu. If it weren't for you, I definitely wouldn't be able to survive." The young man burst into tears.

He was so lucky to meet Dr. Xu.

Xu Yi sighed slightly, he was asking for something, it was not bad to be able to cure a scrofula patient with his own hands.

...

Early this morning, Xu Yi got up and started boxing, and there was a knock on the door outside.

Xu Yi put on his clothes and came out, and saw Zhang Tiegou with stubble on his chin.

"Brother Zhang, are you back?"

Zhang Tiegou was covered in travel dust and looked like he had just come back, as if he hadn't even taken care of his hair and beard.

"Hey, I arrived before the city gate closed last night. I didn't come to see you because I thought it was too late." Zhang Tiegou said, scratching the back of his head that was a little itchy, and said to Xu Yi, "Last time I saw a piece of leather in your house. None. I caught a fox on the way, so I skinned it and left it for you."

Xu Yi paused slightly: "..."

He moved his eyes downwards and saw that Zhang Tiegou was still holding something in his hand. The fox was still there. The skin was wrapped in a tattered piece of cloth, with a few holes in it and a few fuzzies exposed.