Chapter 496 Acupuncture
In the entire Qili Village, the only patient who could cause Manbao trouble was Zhou Hu's wife, apart from his family members.
Of course, she has a lot of ideas, but she rarely dares to take action.
For example, when Datou caught a cold and had a cough, Manbao took his pulse and prescribed medicine, but he did not use his own prescription. Instead, he asked Datou to go to the market to see the old doctor with the prescription.
The old doctor looked at Manbao's prescription for a long time, then stroked his beard and asked, "Did you learn this by yourself?"
Manbao smiled at him.
The old doctor didn't delve into it. He stroked his beard and thought for a while. Finally, he picked up his pen and changed two medicines. He said, "Your prescription is not wrong, but it is a little unsatisfactory..."
The old doctor glanced at her and then spoke a little more, slowly telling her that since it was their family that came to get the medicine, he would have changed the two ingredients. If it was Master Bai's family that came to get the medicine, he would have added or subtracted a few ingredients...
If it were an adult, which medicines would he add or subtract? If it were a younger child, which medicines would he replace?
Although Mr. Mo is looking back at thousands of years of history, as a research scholar, he actually has limitations when it comes to prescribing medicine.
He couldn't teach Manbao many details.
Manbao listened to the old doctor with great interest.
Although he only added to and modified her prescriptions, Manbao also learned a lot.
The people in the Zhou family were stunned. After one or two times, they realized that Manbao had really learned medical skills, and even the prescriptions he wrote were almost the same as those written by the old doctor.
As a result, every time they had some minor illness, they were unwilling to go to the old doctor for treatment and wanted Manbao to prescribe medicine for them himself.
Manbao couldn't help but say, "The medicine I prescribe may be more expensive than the old doctor's, and it may not be as good as the old doctor's. I haven't even finished my apprenticeship yet."
Old Zhou said, "Then you should learn quickly and become a master as soon as possible."
But it was different when it came to Zhou Hu's wife, because her prescription was not written by Manbao alone, but by Teacher Mo and her together.
She provided the pulse diagnosis and he came up with the prescription. It is said that he also consulted many colleagues there and wrote several prescriptions in a row.
Then bring it to discuss with Manbao.
The master and the apprentice discussed and decided to change the prescription for Zhou Hu's wife.
In fact, if Manbao had not said that Zhou Hu's family was poor and could not afford the ginseng he requested to replenish qi and nourish blood, the first prescription might have been effective.
Although it was a pity, Teacher Mo felt that he had to be considerate of the primitive people. After all, the resources available to humans at that time were not many, right?
Manbao was also studying acupuncture. Half a year later, during the hottest days of summer, she stuffed her acupuncture kit in a cloth bag and slipped into Zhou Hu's house.
She whispered to Chen for a long time, and then Chen took off her clothes and received acupuncture from Manbao for the first time.
This wasn't the first time Manbao had given acupuncture to a living person, because she had pricked herself before, though only once...
But she had also stabbed several of her brothers.
But this was her first time using acupuncture for the purpose of curing an illness, and she had only touched some of the acupuncture points and had never used them on a living person.
However, at this time, Teacher Mo was standing on full alert opposite the system. Coupled with his confidence in his own skills, Manbao's little face was full of confidence when he pulled the needle out of the cloth bag.
She first reached out and pressed Chen's acupuncture points. After confirming the acupuncture points, she quickly and accurately inserted the needles. Then, staring at Chen's face, she asked, "Is it bloating or pain?"
Chen felt it carefully and said hesitantly, "It seems a little swollen and painful."
Manbao: ...
She moved the needle and asked, "What about now?"
"Oh, so bloated and a little sore..."
Manbao paused in thought, looked at Chen and asked, "What about now?"
"Still bloated."
Manbao was satisfied and started to prick the next acupuncture point...
After a series of questions and answers, Manbao finished the acupuncture and sat aside with his little chin supported, waiting for the time. Of course, Keke helped calculate the time.
After a while, Manbao moved the needle, and Chen suddenly said, "I feel air under the needle, like a spring, puffing up air and making the needle vibrate."
Manbao smiled, moved the needle and asked, "Is it here?"
Chen said "hmm" and asked, "Manbao, will my sister-in-law be okay?"
Teacher Mo had said that the patient's willpower was also a very important factor in treatment, so Manbao nodded and said, "Of course it will work."
Manbao encouraged her, "Sister-in-law, every day after the sun rises, you can go for a walk in the yard to dispel the cold. When you move, your qi and blood will flow faster, and you will feel more energetic."
Chen's current health condition is even worse than Qian's. She has been bedridden for the past two years and rarely goes out.
Because if she walked for a while, she would feel cold sweat all over her body, dizzy, and uncomfortable for a long time.
She didn't want to leave, but she listened to Manbao's words and decided to give it a try tomorrow.
When the time came, Manbao withdrew the needle, looked carefully at Chen's face, felt her pulse, and went home after confirming that she was fine.
Erlu came in carrying Sanshou on his back, and when he saw Manbao, he grinned, "Manbao, are you here to see my mother again?"
Chen couldn't help but said, "You should call me aunt."
Er Lu smiled innocently, "Aunt Manbao, look at San Shou, he already knows how to call me brother."
Sanshou was over two years old, but he was weak. Although he could speak, he couldn't walk steadily. He slipped off his second brother's back and hugged Manbao's arm, calling vaguely, "Manbao, Manbao..."
Manbao was very happy and gave Chen a suggestion, "Sister-in-law, give him a bowl of egg water every day, it will definitely keep him healthy. This is how I raised him since he was a child..."
Chen recalled how Manbao was like a kitten back then, not much better than Sanshou, so she agreed with the folk remedy and nodded, "Okay, I'll ask his father to buy some eggs later."
Manbao immediately said, "You can exchange with my family. We have a lot of eggs, and my small farm has a lot of eggs too."
Manbao was right. The Zhou family now raised many chickens. Because there were geese guarding the back mountain, they didn't have to worry about the chickens being stolen by weasels or mice.
So their family now has about seventy or eighty chickens. It's hot now, and the chickens love to lay eggs.
Not to mention their small farm, which has hundreds of chickens, so Manbao has no shortage of eggs.
Chen also knew about the village affairs from Zhou Hu, so she smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll ask his father to go to your house to exchange eggs later."
Manbao happily said goodbye and went to give Chen acupuncture every day.
She and Teacher Mo designed a set of acupuncture methods specifically for Chen, referring to many literature materials. This set of acupuncture methods does not involve performing acupuncture on all acupoints in one day, but is divided into three days.
After completing one walk, rest for two days and then start again.
I don’t know if it was the effect of acupuncture or the new prescription, but Chen’s health gradually improved.
The next update will be around 4:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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