Chapter 1972 Suctioning
In the Imperial Medical Bureau, only Zheng Gu, Zheng Shao and Dr. Liu had experience in prescribing medicine. The others, even those who had studied medicine for several years when they first started, had never prescribed medicine in a clinic.
Everyone's eyebrows moved slightly, and they couldn't help but look at Zhou Man, Doctor Zheng and Doctor Liu.
Doctor Zheng was very excited, and Doctor Liu was also moved and turned his head to look at Zhou Man.
Manbao thought about it and nodded, "Okay, let's have them come into the palace to help. Doctor Liu is good at acupuncture and can keep an eye on the Queen Mother. Zheng Shao and Zheng Gu can both help Doctor Zheng and us."
Normally, when getting or boiling medicine, someone from the Imperial Hospital has to be watching over it, so there is quite a lot to do.
Xiao Yuanzheng nodded, "The Imperial Hospital can also be used. This way everyone won't be too busy, as mistakes can easily be made when busy."
Thinking of this mistake, Xiao Yuanzheng sighed. If he hadn't been so busy recently, he wouldn't have missed Prince Gong's abnormality when applying the medicine. It would have been better if he had discovered it earlier, even twenty days earlier, so that the bones could be stretched if they hadn't grown well.
Dean Xiao shook his head, made arrangements, and then looked at Zhou Man and Doctor Liu, "Are you on duty for the first or second half of the night?"
Manbao glanced at Xiao Yuanzheng, whose eyes were dark blue, and took the initiative to say, "Let's stay for half the night."
She is still young, and if she doesn't sleep well, she won't grow tall at most, but it may cost Xiao Yuanzheng and the others their lives.
Xiao Yuanzheng didn't bother to be polite with her and nodded in agreement.
When Manbao and others arrived at Prince Gong's palace, the emperor was also in the side room where the queen lived. He had moved his office here. Today he still attended court and worked in the study as usual, but as soon as he finished discussing things with the ministers, he moved the memorials here.
Manbao and Doctor Liu didn't bother him. After seeing the empress, they found a place to rest in the outer room. Doctor Liu showed Manbao the pulse record and the prescription he had written today, and asked, "Can I use moxibustion?"
Manbao looked at the pulse record, hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head. "It's lung heat, so it's not appropriate. Let's use acupuncture. When the fever subsides a little, we can combine it with medicine and moxibustion."
Doctor Liu nodded, and the two of them whispered about the acupuncture points and positions that would be needed if the Queen had a seizure at night.
Manbao did not hide her secrets and told Doctor Liu in detail about the several acupuncture methods she had prepared, asking Doctor Liu to help her study and choose.
The two discussed for more than half an hour. The palace maid guarding the room came out with light footsteps. Without waiting for her to speak, Manbao and Doctor Liu immediately got up and went in.
Everyone was quiet. When they entered the room, they saw that the queen had woken up, but she was a little breathless and seemed to have a cough but couldn't cough.
Manbao reached out to feel her pulse and found that her palms were cold. She had a bad feeling, so she immediately felt her pulse and her neck.
Doctor Liu was more experienced than her, and he didn't even need to feel the empress's pulse. He just looked at her face and movements and said, "She's confused by the phlegm. She needs to be suctioned."
Aunt Shang immediately rinsed her mouth. She had had this experience once before, so she went to suck out the Queen's phlegm, but she couldn't suck it out after two attempts.
Manbao opened the medicine box and reached out to pull the queen's clothes.
Doctor Liu turned his back and walked behind the curtain to avoid suspicion. He said with his back to them, "We have to suck out the phlegm, otherwise the Empress will have another respiratory crisis and be unable to breathe, which will be terrible."
Manbao quickly inserted the needle and instructed Aunt Shang to suck out the phlegm. This time she sucked out some, but her face turned blue.
Manbao stamped her feet after seeing this, and after thinking for a while, she decided to push Aunt Shang aside and do it herself. She had never suctioned phlegm for anyone else, only for anthropomorphic models, and she used a simple suction device bought from the mall, so she knew how the suction device worked, but she didn't know the difference between suctioning for humans and suctioning for other people.
Aunt Shang and another senior palace maid carefully supported the queen. Manbao deftly passed her needle through her and pressed it against the queen's back. Then, she pinched open the queen's mouth and, with her eyes closed, reached in. She estimated the position of the suction device, trying to fit it as closely as possible, and asked Keke in her mind, "Almost, a little further in, hmm, it's ready to be sucked."
Manbao pushed her hard on the back with his hand, then sucked on her with his mouth. She immediately withdrew and spat out the phlegm in her mouth.
Aunt Shang was overjoyed when she saw it, "It's out."
The palace maid quickly handed Manbao water to rinse his mouth.
Manbao rinsed his mouth and turned around to check on the queen.
The queen's complexion looked better and her breathing gradually became smoother, but after a while she started coughing violently, and it sounded as if she was going to cough out her lungs.
Manbao quickly removed the needles from her back and chest, then gave her an acupuncture injection to relieve her cough. Doctor Liu, upon hearing her voice, immediately ordered the assistant waiting outside, "Get the snow pear throat ointment and make two spoonfuls for the Queen."
After the queen drank the ointment and had another injection, she lay down in a sweat.
Aunt Shang didn't dare let her sleep while sweating, so she wiped her body dry and changed into clean underwear. Only then did Doctor Liu turn around and walk around the curtain to check the Queen's pulse.
He asked a few detailed questions, exchanged glances with Zhou Man, and then retreated to the outer hall to talk. The emperor had heard the commotion and came out of the side room. He was standing in the outer hall waiting. When he saw them come out, he asked, "How is the queen?"
Doctor Liu lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty's qi disorder has worsened. Not only has it damaged your kidney qi, but because your spleen qi is warm, anger will cause heat to enter your lungs. I'm afraid... it will be difficult to cure."
The Queen's respiratory disease could not be cured. Obviously, the disease that Doctor Liu meant was lung disease.
The emperor's face darkened and he asked, "What will happen?"
Doctor Liu hesitated for a moment and then said, "It's very likely to turn into tuberculosis."
The emperor's face was grim, and Imperial Physician Liu had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to hint, "If the Madam's qi disease cannot be controlled, it will be very dangerous, perhaps even more dangerous than the Empress Dowager's."
The emperor turned around twice, then looked at the two men and said, "I don't care what method you use, you must cure the queen. Tell Gu Zhong what medicine you need. If the Imperial Hospital doesn't have it, I'll ask him to find it!"
Doctor Liu and Manbao looked at each other and agreed helplessly. As for whether the disease could be cured in the end, it really depended on fate.
Because the queen's respiratory disease is really dangerous, this is the third time, and she has been on the verge of death twice because of this disease.
Once it was said that it was the Buddha who brought her back, and another time it was Zhou Man's acupuncture. Buddhism and Taoism are ultimately illusory, and as doctors, they do not believe in them.
So this time, Doctor Liu still placed his hopes on Zhou Man. After dealing with the emperor, he pulled her aside to discuss the matter. "Do you have any suggestions on medication?"
Man Bao thought for a moment and said, "Let's regulate the lung heat first. I have a medicine plaster that can relieve it."
"Is this medicine for drinking or treating qi disease?"
Manbao nodded, "We can't just treat the symptoms without addressing the root cause."
But Doctor Liu frowned and said, "From the sound of your Majesty's cough, it seems that your throat and lungs have been injured. I think we should focus on regulating the lung qi first."
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