Chapter 2027 Choice
Manbao frowned, not knowing what to do. After thinking for a while, she stood up and said, "Let's carry the person into the tent."
The woman's husband did not dare to delay and immediately asked his brothers to carry his wife to a tent nearby. When they entered, they found that there was also a wooden bed inside, but the legs were supported by bricks underneath, and there was a wooden board on top, with a piece of cloth covering the board.
Manbao lifted the quilt off her, asked the man to carry her to the wooden bed and let him go.
The commotion finally woke the sleeping person up. She opened her eyes and was stunned when she saw so many people.
The man only had time to explain, "He Niang, this is the imperial physician from the capital."
After saying that, he bowed to Zhou Man and then retreated with his brothers.
Manbao touched the woman's hand and rubbed it, then said with a smile, "Don't be afraid, I'm a doctor. I'll show you now."
The woman had lochia that didn't stop after giving birth, which was actually metrorrhagia. Although the amount of bleeding didn't seem to be large, it was still very dangerous if it continued like this, similar to the situation of Zhou Hu's sister-in-law back then.
She was able to live for three months because she had been taking medicine to replenish her qi and blood. Unfortunately, the bleeding could not be stopped and no matter how much medicine she took, she could not recover.
Manbao and Liu Sanniang examined the patient's physical condition and asked all the necessary questions, and then she began to teach Liu Sanniang how to deal with such illnesses.
She said, "This is a very serious symptom among leucorrhea, but in fact, such symptoms are not uncommon. The only difference is whether you see a doctor or not."
Liu Sanniang knew that many women rarely saw a doctor after giving birth. Even if they did, they usually only got a few doses of medicine and basically had to endure the illness.
But in fact, it is the same for men. As long as they can bear it, they can endure ordinary illnesses. This is also the original intention of establishing the Imperial Medical Bureau, to provide ordinary people in the society with a way to survive.
Man Bao said, "Actually, for metrorrhagia, acupuncture is just as effective as medication. If the two are combined, they can stop bleeding much faster than either alone."
Manbao taught Liu Sanniang how to use acupuncture to stop bleeding, "First, clean out the dirt remaining in the body, and then stop the bleeding and replenish the blood..."
So Liu Sanniang turned around and went out, calling several female students in. After a while, three female students went into the Imperial Medical Office to get something out, and Zhou Liru and his companions also brought out a bucket of hot water.
They brought over a basin of hot water. Zhou Man washed his hands and asked them to stand aside and watch, while only Liu Sanniang did the work.
They spent nearly an hour treating this one patient inside. The patients waiting outside were getting impatient, so Shi Xiu was responsible for comforting them. He also took out his little notebook and continued to observe, smell, ask, and diagnose the patient, writing down his pulse history and prescriptions.
While examining him, he comforted him, "The patient's condition was quite serious. You may have to wait a little longer today. If it's inconvenient, you can go see another doctor first, or go home first and come back tomorrow."
After waiting for so long, it's impossible to let them go home. Instead, they go to another imperial physician...
Most of the people in this queue came for Zhou Man, and no one was willing to move.
Among them, there are also many men who come specifically to have children, but they all bring their wives with them, intending to see the doctor together to see if the problem is theirs or their wife's.
Seeing that they were reluctant to leave, Shi Xiu didn't show it on his face, but he was actually very happy in his heart.
When Zhou Man and the others finally came out, Zhou Man and Liu Sanniang were fine, but the other four girls were pale and felt a little weak on their feet.
However, no matter how weak they were, they still brought out the last basin of blood.
The man guarding outside turned even paler when he saw them bringing out a basin of blood, and his eyes were full of pleading when he looked at Zhou Man.
Manbao said to him, "I'll take care of it. I'll prescribe medicine for her later. You can go to the Imperial Medical Bureau and make a prescription for her before you leave."
Manbao turned back to the table to prescribe medicine. The man followed closely and asked nervously, "Doctor, can my wife be cured?"
Manbao said: "If you go back, ordinary prescriptions will not cure you. At most, they can only save your life."
She said, "I'll prescribe two medicines for you. One is for you to take now, 68 wen per set, and you should take it for half a month to 20 days. After the bleeding stops completely, you can take the other one, 49 wen per set, and you should take it for about three months. But it will only save your life. I'm afraid you won't be able to work in the future."
The imperial physician beside her turned his head and looked at her when he heard her speak in such detail.
Manbao continued, "This is the treatment method you should use immediately when you return home. There is another method. You should stay in the capital. I will use acupuncture and moxibustion to treat her and change her prescription according to her condition. I don't know what prescription I will use, so I can't give you an estimate, but I will try not to use expensive herbs."
"This treatment method can save her life in about a month. If you are willing to treat her for about three months, she will not be able to do heavy work, but she will have no problem doing normal housework and farm work."
Manbao didn't let him make a decision right away. She wrote down the pulse diagnosis and prescription, then handed it to him, saying, "Go to the Imperial Medical Bureau first and get the herbs and boil them. There are medicine pots there, and my students there will tell you what to do. You can think about it, and come back to me after you've taken the medicine. If you decide to return home, I'll give you the prescription."
The man reached out to take the prescription, his lips trembled, but he said nothing in the end. He turned around and went to see his wife in the tent first, and then went into the imperial physician's office to get the medicine and boil it.
The brothers who came with him gathered together to discuss with him, "Brother, let's not talk about the money for medical treatment, which must be spent. But if we stay in the capital, what will we do with food and accommodation? The expenses are not small."
"Yeah, I don't know how much it costs to rent a house in the capital. And eating, that all costs money."
The man understood what they meant. They wanted him to take the prescription home and get treatment. As long as he could save his life, that would be enough.
He had thought about it before he came. He didn't ask for anything else, just to save his life. The child was still young and couldn't be without a mother, and he couldn't be without a wife.
But now that there's a chance of recovery, it's as likely as it was a few months ago...
The man squatted in front of the medicine stove, holding his head and not saying a word.
Manbao continued to see patients. A man in his thirties was holding a woman by the hand, and the two of them were sitting together in front of Manbao.
Facing her, he felt a little uneasy, but still said softly: "Little Doctor Zhou, please, please see if I can have a child."
Manbao looked at the couple in front of him who wanted to bury their heads in his chest and said with a smile: "Let me see your tongue coating."
The two men finally raised their heads, and Manbao looked at their faces carefully, motioning Shi Xiu and Liu Sanniang to pay attention as well. Then he felt their pulses and asked some questions.
The two were so nervous that they answered haltingly and in very low voices. Not only Zhou Liru and others standing behind Manbao, but even Shi Xiu and Liu Sanniang who were sitting with her could hardly hear them.
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(End of this chapter)
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