Chapter 1476 Popularity (Thanks to the book friend "Diu Diu Jian Jian" for the reward)
Tang He had just arrived at the Chang'an County Government Office and had barely settled into his chair when a new case was handed to him.
He was surprised. "Why are there so many cases in the capital?"
Is it really necessary so early in the morning?
Manbao was seeing patients in Jishidiang. She asked Dr. Liu and Zheng Gu to sit together, and she would only see patients after they had examined them and prescribed medicine.
After a patient left, Manbao took the prescription written by the two and began to comment on it.
Zheng Gu is now much stronger than before, and she can use at least two out of ten prescriptions.
When there were no patients around, Manbao would teach them in order according to the medical manual she wrote, occasionally check their recitation, and assign homework before it was almost noon.
Manbao went to the backyard and squatted there to watch Manager Zheng teach Zhou Liru.
Zhou Liru is still identifying medicinal herbs and trying to recognize them over and over again, but he has already started to recite some of their medicinal properties, though he is not familiar with them yet.
Manbao squatted beside her, occasionally giving her some guidance when she was frozen.
Shopkeeper Zheng had finished preparing today's ointment. Seeing her still there, he asked, "Are you seeing patients this afternoon?"
"No," Manbao said, "I heard the kitchen made steamed pork with rice flour today, so I want to have lunch before leaving."
Shopkeeper Zheng: "...are the people living in Chongyuanfang still short of steamed pork with rice flour?"
Even Zheng Gu couldn't help but look up from his medical book, "Dad, your words sound so sour."
"Go, go away."
As they were talking, a ladder was placed on the wall of their shop. The owner of the Baohe Medical Clinic next door peeked out and, seeing Manbao, smiled and said, "Little Doctor Zhou, I haven't even congratulated you on your new home yet."
Manbao narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Manager Shi, you are too polite, what are you doing..."
"Oh, could you please teach me a set of acupuncture techniques? The medical manual you exchanged with me last time mentioned that the spleen and stomach are weak and cold, and that the acupuncture techniques for children should be modified accordingly. But it doesn't mention that, so..."
Manbao thought about it and remembered, "Well, we have to start from the Yangming meridian..."
Manager Zheng secretly glared at Manager Shi. Manager Shi glared back when Manbao wasn't paying attention. When he turned to look at Manbao again, he was smiling.
When Lord Tang arrived at Jishidiang, Manbao had already left Jishidiang and gone to the Baohe Clinic next door, bringing Zheng Gu with him.
Unfortunately, Zheng Gu just happened to learn this, and pediatric diseases are the most difficult to learn, and it is rare to have a patient to experiment on, oh no, to observe, so naturally he has to grasp it well.
Although Manager Shi didn't want Zheng Gu to come to his house, he had no choice but to let him go because he was Zhou Man's apprentice, and Zhou Man was also a doctor at Jishidiang.
Because Zhou Man was young, Jishidiang was tolerant of her. Although she was just a doctor, they did not restrict her from going to other pharmacies for treatment. If it were another doctor, since he had chosen to register in this pharmacy, he would not be allowed to have any connection with other pharmacies.
You can’t control it secretly, but you have to pay attention to it in the open.
But not only did the Baohe Clinic next door often interact with Manbao, but even the doctors from the Baicaotang across the street would occasionally come to the door of Jishiditang to join in the fun and discuss medical skills with Manbao through the door.
Doctor Ding and others, who had never met the doctors from the other two pharmacies before, would also come to join in the fun, so everyone got used to getting together from time to time to discuss medical skills.
Manager Zheng always looked indifferent, as if he didn't like them going, but he never stopped them.
Zheng Gu told them quietly that his father actually didn't think there was anything wrong with this, but the family members were worried that the doctors would leak some prescriptions or take the opportunity to collude with outsiders, so they were very disgusted with this matter. This attitude was just shown to the family members.
Jishidiang belongs to the entire Zheng family, and Zheng Da Zhanggui and his family are from the second branch. Now because Doctor Zheng is in the palace, his influence is relatively large, but he does not have the final say.
Therefore, Doctor Ding and his colleagues were very restrained. Although they often gathered together to discuss medical skills, they would squat in front of each other's doors, you say a word, I call out a word, and never go to the door of the other party.
Except Manbao.
She is relatively free and doesn't feel any psychological burden no matter which pharmacy she goes to.
It was Zheng Gu’s first time to visit the Baohe Clinic next door. As soon as he entered the door, he couldn’t help but look around with a look of curiosity.
It felt weird, as if he was here to spy on military secrets.
Manbao went straight to the patient.
Shopkeeper Shi had already descended the ladder and ran from the backyard to the front hall. He asked her to see the little patient directly. "This child is only six years old and can barely speak clearly. Look at his face?"
Manbao felt his pulse and looked at his tongue coating, then asked his parents some questions and asked Zheng Gu to come and take a look.
Zheng Gu hesitated and said, "It looks more like dysentery to me."
Shopkeeper Shi said, "The doctor he saw previously also diagnosed him with dysentery, but gave him the wrong prescription, so he hasn't been well. He's taken too many bitter medicines, and now his spleen and stomach are getting weaker. He can hardly take any medicine anymore, so I wanted to use acupuncture first."
Zheng Gu looked at Manbao.
Manbao nodded, "It's indeed a case of spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness. Although some of his symptoms are similar to dysentery, it's not."
She didn't explain to him right away, after all, the patient's parents were waiting anxiously.
Manbao felt his stomach and said to Dr. Ning from Baohe Clinic, who was holding the needle, "First, give him acupuncture, then moxibustion. You can use mugwort to warm his spleen and stomach."
Someone immediately went to get moxa sticks.
Manbao said: "Let's go to Zhongwan first..."
All the doctors who had free time came over to watch.
Manbao didn't do it herself. This was the rule. If it wasn't an emergency, whoever had the patient would do it themselves. She would at most give some pointers from the side.
When Master Tang changed into casual clothes and entered Jishiditang, he asked for Manbao. The waiter looked at Master Tang and saw that he looked ruddy and did not look like someone who wanted to see a doctor. So he asked with a smile, "Sir, are you looking for a patient?"
"No, a friend is visiting."
After the waiter confirmed that the patient was not someone who would be snatched away by the clinic next door, he smiled and pointed to the Baohe Clinic next door and said, "Dr. Zhou is in the Baohe Clinic next door. You will see him as soon as you go in."
Master Tang was startled and asked, "Why, did she change clinics?"
"Not really. Our Doctor Zhou has always been with our pharmacy. She's just here to give him advice," he said proudly but quietly, "The doctor from the clinic next door often comes to ask for advice from our Doctor Zhou."
Lord Tang was amused, but he nodded in agreement with a straight face, "That's right, Doctor Zhou is a genius doctor after all, and his medical skills are beyond reproach."
He went to the Baohe Medical Clinic next door.
The child had a needle stuck in his body and couldn't help humming.
Manbao touched his face and asked with a smile: "It doesn't hurt, why are you humming?"
After thinking for a moment, she said, "Since you can't take medicine, why not try some medicinal food?"
Shopkeeper Shi immediately handed her the writing brush and ink and said with a smile, "Then Doctor Zhou, could you please leave me a prescription?"
Manbao wrote one for him, and then Manager Shi happily gave it to him.
Lord Tang raised his hand, but no one saw it at all. Manbao was sent to the door, and she returned to Jishiditang in two steps.
Zheng Gu discussed this symptom with her, "How do you differentiate between dysentery and spleen and stomach deficiency?"
See you at 10pm
(End of this chapter)
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