Chapter 1300 Good Memory
After examining the three eunuchs and the four palace maids, Manbao took them to the large room next door. Except for Eunuch Wu, who was given acupuncture by her alone, everyone else lay on the bed and had the needles tested by Doctor Liu and the others.
Doctor Liu and Doctor Xiao basically only served the female members of the palace. In fact, apart from the emperor and the prince, there were only female members of the palace serving them.
So the eunuch took off his clothes and lay in front of them, and their faces immediately blushed with shame.
But Manbao didn't let them go. Instead, he took the pulse diagnosis confirmed by the eunuch and asked Liu Yinu, "What kind of acupuncture do you think should be performed?"
Which acupoints to prick, how to prick, how deep to prick, and how long to prick will all vary depending on the condition of the disease.
Doctor Liu stumbled as she pressed a few acupoints. Doctor Xiao thought about it and had nothing to add. Xiao Shao had spent more time learning from Manbao, so she managed to add one key point.
Manbao nodded and told them the correct acupuncture method. Then he swept his eyes over several people and fixed them on Xiaoshao, asking Xiaoshao to give the acupuncture first.
Doctors Liu and Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and stepped back to let Xiao Shao step forward.
This was Xiao Shao's first time giving acupuncture to a patient. He usually practiced on his own legs or on his family members...
So I was a little nervous for a while.
Manbao asked him to find the acupuncture point first. She took a look and confirmed that it was correct before letting him insert the needle. While inserting the needle, she also had to recite the name of the acupuncture point, the depth and duration of the needle...
The eunuch lay on the couch and listened quietly. When Manbao pressed the acupuncture points on his back, he found that his spine was very tense, so he comforted him softly: "It's okay, you have dampness entering your body, so your joints hurt. It will get better after a period of acupuncture..."
The eunuch looked cautiously at the next room. There was a curtain separating the two rooms, and lying inside was Eunuch Wu.
Although he felt it was wrong, he still asked in a low voice: "Little Doctor Zhou, do I need to take medicine for this illness?"
Manbao pondered for a moment. She had learned from Doctor Liu that the eunuchs and maids in the palace were not allowed to take medicine casually, so she said, "No need to take medicine. Come for acupuncture every five days and see how it works. A few times will be enough."
The eunuch breathed a sigh of relief.
Some people do not need to take medicine for their illnesses, but some people have to take medicine. Manbao will only recommend taking medicine when acupuncture alone is ineffective.
Manbao took the three of them to check on the eunuchs here. After checking the time, he twisted the needle on Eunuch Wu's body, and then took Doctor Liu and Doctor Xiao to the next room to check on the palace maids.
She had an excellent memory and could remember clearly when the needle on someone's body was about to be plucked and when the time had come for someone else.
When there were only one or two patients, Doctor Liu and the others could still keep up with her, but when there were more people, not to mention the acupuncture techniques, they would even get confused about the pulse diagnosis.
What's more, the illnesses suffered by these eunuchs and palace maids were extremely similar. The acupuncture points were generally similar, but there were always some minor differences.
For example, if you want to go to Zusanli first on this side and Juxu first on the other side, you may accidentally get the needle in the wrong direction.
Manbao sees patients one by one. He takes the pulse of eight people at a time and gives acupuncture to eight people. After the acupuncture, he twists the needles and removes them when the time comes. Sometimes there are people lying in the room, and they have to go out to take the pulse.
There is a clepsydra next to it to record the time. I have to write down the time after the acupuncture. When the time comes, I have to twist the needle, and when the time comes, I have to remove the needle...
It was not until then that they realized that for a doctor, acupuncture techniques were not the most important thing, but a good memory was.
Because it’s not just one patient, they have to remember eight patients at a time. God knows how Dr. Zhou remembers all of them?
Anyway, Dr. Liu and the other two were very confused as they were doing it for the first time.
After Manbao finished instructing Xiao, he watched her insert the needle, then glanced at the dripping water in the corner of the room. He turned to ask Liu, who was standing behind a curtain, "Is it time to remove the needle from the bed over there?"
Doctor Liu was a little flustered, so Manbao said, "Why are you so anxious? You pinch this side first, I'll go remove the needle for him."
He glanced at the acupuncture point that Doctor Xiao had found, nodded, and went over...
Eunuch Wu had already put on his clothes. Except for the maids' compartment, he followed Manbao around the room, watching how she taught people how to find acupuncture points, insert needles, twist needles, and remove needles...
After returning, he told the Crown Prince, "From what I've seen, it's no surprise that Doctor Zhou has such great medical skills at such a young age. Doctor Liu is a bit more skilled and can see three patients at a time. Doctor Xiao isn't very experienced, but fortunately she's smart and can see two patients at a time. The medicine boy is a bit dumber, but at his best he's honest and willing to learn, so he can also see two patients. But Doctor Zhou can handle eight people with ease and even teach them in between."
In a word, his memory is extremely good!
Even the palace maids who have been specially trained in this area may not be as good as Doctor Zhou.
The prince asked, "Is there anything extra in there?"
Eunuch Wu lowered his head and said, "There is nothing unusual at the moment."
The Crown Prince sneered and said, "Except for the Eastern Palace, anyone in the harem who wants to see you should also come here."
Eunuch Wu responded in a low voice.
He has been doing acupuncture for almost two months. Two months is exactly the time limit that Zhou Man said was absolutely forbidden. So, during this period, ghosts and monsters should have appeared, right?
Manbao knew nothing about all this. When she came out of the East Palace, Doctor Liu and the other two looked pale, tired, and dizzy, and they could hardly walk.
Manbao glanced at them and said, "When you go back, order a blank booklet to record your medical records. Leave some space under each case. If you can't remember the time, write it down in the book. You will remember it after reading it a few times..."
He added, "When you go home tonight, you'd better memorize all the medical records from today, including the acupuncture techniques used."
She sighed softly, their memory was too bad.
The next day, Zheng Da, the shopkeeper, heard Manbao's complaint and couldn't help but say with joy: "It's not that they have a bad memory, but that you have a very good memory."
While Xiao Shao was busy in front, Manager Zheng said bluntly, "It's true that Xiao Shao's talent is average, but I've secretly tested Doctor Liu, and her memory is not bad. It's even better than the few apprentices we have. It's a pity..."
Manbao asked while eating lunch, "What's a pity?"
"It's a pity she's a girl, she missed the best time to study medicine," said Doctor Ding, who had finished his meal, put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth and said, "She's seventeen this year, right? Her memory isn't as good as it was two years ago. If she had met you two years earlier, she would have learned faster."
Manbao disagreed. "Seventeen-year-olds have very good memories. They are just too lazy, so they can't remember. If they need to memorize a lot of things every day, their memory will get better and better."
Doctor Ding couldn't help but be curious, "Did you have to memorize a lot of things when you were studying in Yizhou?"
Manbao sighed, "Yes, the homework assigned by Mr. Zhuang, the medical records I saw in Jishiditang that day, and the things I wrote down when I went back to study the medical records and look through the books..."
She has three teachers, openly and secretly.
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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