Chapter 622: Appreciating Talent
Doctor Ji glanced at her and asked, "Have you identified all the acupuncture points?"
Manbao looked Doctor Ji up and down and said, "Doctor Ji, you are not young anymore. You must have back pain. How about I give you a couple of injections and try it out?"
"No," Doctor Ji shuddered and said, "I feel I'm in good health. There's no need for acupuncture."
As he was speaking, another patient arrived.
Perhaps because of the volatile temperature recently, many people have been sick, mostly children, but of course, there are also quite a few adults.
Doctor Ji slowly examined the patients and prescribed medicines. Manbao discovered that most of the pulse diagnosis were similar, so the prescriptions she could think of were also similar. However, according to what Doctor Ji said, there should be some additions, subtractions and changes based on the different constitutions of each person.
After lunch, Doctor Ji took a short rest and then took Manbao to identify medicinal herbs, starting with those drying in the yard.
Manbao had memorized all these medicinal herbs, but this was the first time he had actually seen most of them.
But it was much easier to recognize the herbs that had been memorized. In a short while, Manbao had memorized all the herbs in the yard.
Doctor Ji then asked someone to go to the front hall to get a lot of different kinds of medicinal herbs to continue teaching her how to identify them.
Manbao admitted it confidently and then memorized it.
Doctor Ji taught for an hour and then stopped, saying with a smile, "You go back today. I'll test you tomorrow. If you can recognize these herbs, I'll teach you the others."
Manbao agreed.
She felt that this was not difficult. She had already written down quite a few herbs today. After a few days, she should be able to match all the herbs to their proper places.
But unfortunately, many of the medicinal herbs she could recite were not available in Jishidiang, so it seemed that she would not have the chance to see them.
Manbao went back full of confidence and came back full of confidence the next day, but when Doctor Ji brought up two almost identical, no, it should be said that they looked the same to her, she was a little confused.
Manbao blinked, picked up the two herbs and smelled them. The smells were somewhat different, but which one was the black one here, the Rehmannia glutinosa, or was the one next to it the Rehmannia glutinosa?
Manbao was in deep thought.
Doctor Ji looked at her with a smile, and seeing that she was stumped, he waved his hand and the waiter brought out trays. Each tray contained four kinds of medicinal herbs. They had only one thing in common, which was that they looked very similar.
Not only do they look fragrant, but maybe because they are placed together, to Manbao, who is a novice in the field of medicinal herbs, even the smell is similar.
Manbao watched in silence.
Doctor Ji then smiled and said, "Today, you should re-identify the herbs you identified yesterday. When you have mastered all of them, you can learn the next group of herbs."
Manbao calmed down and responded obediently.
Doctor Ji taught her again. He let her go through some herbs that were easy to recognize at a glance. He asked her to recognize those herbs that were often misidentified or confused.
Moreover, the efficacy of medicinal materials will vary depending on the preparation methods, but they all look similar. Therefore, as a doctor, you must learn to identify medicinal materials by taste and aroma instead of looking at their appearance.
As usual, Manbao studied for an hour and then went home.
As soon as she got home, she couldn't help but say to Mr. Zhuang, "Sir, I learned so much from going to the pharmacy."
Mr. Zhuang smiled and said, "Since you can learn something, then you should study hard."
Manbao agreed and said casually, "By the way, sir, the owner of the pharmacy and Doctor Ji would like to invite you to dinner."
Mr. Zhuang smiled and said, "Thank you for teaching me. I should be the one treating them to a meal."
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "But we're all busy lately. Let's wait until Shanbao finishes his mid-term exam."
They have been very busy recently. Mr. Zhuang also has to prepare for the Dazhi Academy class. He had already taught a class at Dazhi Academy the day before yesterday. Both students and teachers accepted it well. Both sides feel that this fine tradition can be maintained.
Of course, he would bring Manbao and Bai Er with him when he attended large classes, one so that they could learn, and the other so that they could make more friends.
Mr. Zhuang nodded in agreement.
Jishidiang would agree to let Manbao study in the pharmacy, definitely because Manbao had what they wanted. Mr. Zhuang vaguely guessed that it was the medical book in Manbao's hand.
If you want something, you have to pay something. This is fair, so Mr. Zhuang is not in a hurry at all.
In this way, Manbao got up early every day to read and practice calligraphy, and then went to the pharmacy for internship. In the afternoon, he would either come back to attend class or take a detour to the bookstore to look for information. His life was very fulfilling.
Occasionally, Teacher Mo would send her some information, which were prescriptions he wrote based on her pulse diagnosis. Manbao would print out and copy the prescriptions, and then take them to show to Doctor Ji.
The two of them, including the shopkeeper Lao Zheng, gathered around to discuss the recipe.
Sometimes the two of them would appreciate the prescriptions written by Teacher Mo, and sometimes they would refute them. Manbao would write down their reasons and give them feedback to Teacher Mo in the evening. The next day or the day after, he would tell them Teacher Mo’s reply.
In this kind of discussion, Manbao, as a messenger and topic participant, is also growing rapidly.
Of course, what she is most proud of is that as she learns more, Manbao has memorized all the medicinal herbs available in Jishidiang.
She can recognize even very similar medicines.
Shopkeeper Old Zheng even mixed up several herbs on a whim and asked her to sort them out again.
Although Manbao was very slow in sorting and was a little hesitant, Dr. Ji checked them one by one and found that she sorted them all correctly.
So not only the shopkeeper Old Zheng and Doctor Ji, but even the little Doctor Ji, who had rarely communicated with Manbao, couldn't help but run to the backyard to watch her, looking at her curiously again and again.
When Doctor Ji sent the patient away, the cold and warm feelings in his heart were still alternating.
Cool air was hissing out of his mouth, while hot air rushed straight to his face. He was excited and regretful. After the people left, he couldn't help sighing, "One step too late, one step too late, I'm already someone else's disciple."
Shopkeeper Old Zheng said, "No wonder she says she knows so much. I used to think she was too complacent, considering she's only that age. But now it seems she's learning so quickly... No wonder that gentleman values her so much."
Doctor Ji sighed, "If I had a disciple like this..."
Doctor Xiao Ji couldn't help but say, "Dad, she's a girl."
Doctor Ji couldn't help but glance at him and said, "What's wrong with the girl? The Imperial Hospital still has female doctors."
"The highest is only the seventh rank, still not as good as men."
Shopkeeper Zheng couldn't help but shake his head.
Doctor Ji slapped him on the head and shouted, "We medical students rely on our medical skills, not our official rank. And do you have any rank?"
The lens of my glasses fell off, and I searched half the room before I found my old glasses. I really want to stop updating, but the editor is waving the whip, so I'll continue updating. The next update will be around 9 o'clock in the evening.
(End of this chapter)
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