Chapter 972 Acupuncture
While Manbao was treating her, he asked, "Why did the people from the government come to see me?"
"You may not know this yet, but the Yin family is from the government, and the yamen runners all listen to them."
It seems that the Yin family's bullying has been deeply rooted in people's minds. Four of the five patients who came in reminded Manbao to be careful of the people in the yamen, and one was still nagging before he had time to remind him.
No matter who reminded her, Manbao listened obediently, then took the patient's pulse, prescribed medicine, and sent the patient away.
After sending away the last patient who needed a follow-up visit, Manbao sighed. She could tell that her patients were all very excited today because their pulses were very lively.
Manbao put away the needle bag and was about to call it a day and go home when a man came in, lifting the curtain. Manbao looked up and saw that the man looked normal and did not look seriously ill, so he said, "I'm going to call it a day now. Please go to the next clinic."
The man plopped down on the stool opposite, slapped his hand on the pulse pillow, and said, "The clinic next door is too crowded. There's no one here, so I want to see him here. What? You can't see him here?"
Before Manbao could say anything, he had already said fiercely: "Why open a clinic if you don't treat patients? Are you trying to fool people?"
Manbao glanced at him and saw that he was full of energy, so he reached out and took his pulse and said, "Okay, let me see where you feel uncomfortable?"
"I feel uncomfortable everywhere," he said, swinging his legs. "Can you tell me what's wrong with me?"
Manbao took his pulse with one hand and opened the needle bag he had just put away with the other. He asked, "Tell me specifically where you feel uncomfortable. Do you have a headache?"
"pain!"
"What about the hands and feet?"
"It hurts everywhere. I've already told you it hurts all over. Why are you asking so many questions? Don't you understand or what?"
Manbao looked up and smiled at him, saying, "Just to confirm, do you feel any pain in your chest or back?"
"It hurts! If I ask you again, I'll smash the table. The pain is making me restless and I really want to get angry."
Manbao looked at him sympathetically, then said, "Your pulse is indeed a little strange. I'm not quite sure, so I need to confirm it again."
After that, she twisted a needle in her right hand and inserted it into the acupuncture point on his arm. The man didn't expect her hand to be so quick. He jumped up and shouted, "Oh, it hurts so much. Someone is killing someone. Someone is killing someone. The doctor is killing someone..."
Manbao grabbed his hand with his left hand, and inserted another needle with his right hand. At this moment, Daji and the shopkeeper Xiao Zheng rushed in together, and the patients in the lobby all looked inside.
When the man saw the curtain being opened, he simply lay down on the ground, kicking his legs and shouting, "Murder, murder, the unscrupulous doctor is killing people..."
Daji was relieved to see that Manbao was fine, but Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng was about to reach out to help the patient, but Manbao quickly shouted to stop him, saying, "Don't touch him! I gave him an injection in his arm. If he accidentally moves it, his whole arm will be broken!"
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng's hands froze, he straightened up and looked at Manbao suspiciously. Although his medical skills were not very good, he should not lie to him, okay? Wouldn't these three acupoints at most make people's hands numb and unable to use strength?
But Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng knew this, but the man lying on the ground didn't. He was kicking around, but when he heard what Manbao said, he couldn't help but clench his right hand a little harder. Then he found that his right hand really had no strength, and when he exerted force, the place where the needle was inserted started to throb, as if steam was coming out, causing the needle to tremble slightly.
The man was stunned and then quieted down. He went to look at Manbao with a trembling face.
Manbao turned away from the table, looked down at him and said, "You are right, your illness is very serious, but don't worry, it can be cured, but it is a little difficult to cure. Don't move around, and listen to the doctor's orders, okay?"
The man still lying on the ground came to his senses and shouted angrily: "You are lying, I am not sick at all!"
Manbao looked regretful and said, "Look, you are very sick."
After that, she opened her right hand, revealing a row of needles. She stepped closer and coaxed him softly, "Don't be afraid. Lie down quietly first. I will treat you right away. Don't be afraid."
The man became even more frightened. He kicked his legs twice, stepped back, and then shouted, "Help, help, help, brothers, help me..."
Three young men rushed into Jishitang, pushed the shopkeeper Xiao Zheng aside, helped the man lying on the ground up, and said to Manbao with a fierce look on their faces: "What are you doing? What are you doing? What do you want to do?"
Manbao said, "I'm treating an illness."
"What kind of illness are you treating? I think you're trying to scam me out of money. Look at what you've done to my brother."
"You're so young, can't you even recognize all the characters? And yet you're sitting in the clinic treating patients? What's wrong with your Jishiditang? If you don't have money to hire a doctor, just tell us. What's the point of hiring a child to sit in the clinic?"
"This is an attempt to defraud money. Where is the owner of your pharmacy? Come out!"
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng said, "I am the shopkeeper. If you have any questions, please come to me."
"Oh, you are the shopkeeper. You are really good at talking but not doing anything. Look at the doctor you hired."
Zheng Da, the shopkeeper, was in the pharmacy earlier. He heard the commotion and rushed over. He quickly stopped the young man who was about to poke Manbao in the face, and said with a smile, "I am the shopkeeper of Jishiditang. You can talk to me if you have anything to say."
"Will it be useful to tell you?"
"It's useful, it's useful. I'm still in charge of this pharmacy."
"What's wrong with you? Why did you invite such a quack to sit in the clinic? Look at what he did to our brothers."
Manager Zheng bowed repeatedly to apologize, and when their anger subsided a little, he asked, "I don't know what this patient's problem is. Tell me so that I can help."
"What's wrong? Can't you see? Look at what she did to us brothers?"
Manbao stood aside with a smile on her face. She felt even more confident when Daji and Manager Zheng arrived.
Manbao poked his head out from behind Daji, smiled, and asked, "Do you feel numbness in your arms and even in half of your neck?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? My brother has a sore foot, and you're treating his hand..."
"Brother, I really can't move..."
Manbao then walked out from behind Daji and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I know. Not only does his foot hurt, but his hands and head hurt too. He just told me everything, so I said he was very ill. But he couldn't accept it, so he started yelling."
Manbao looked caring and comforted them, saying, "Don't worry, we see a lot of patients like this in our pharmacy. Many dying people find it hard to accept that they're dying. Fortunately, although your brother's illness is serious, there is still a cure. So you must comfort him and tell him not to get too excited. Otherwise, if he gets too excited, he really won't be able to move his neck in a while."
(End of this chapter)
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