Chapter 325 Miracle Doctor
Li Nuo originally just wanted to build a relationship with Dr. Sun so that he could help when the time came to implement medical reform.
The entry of doctors into the country was purely accidental.
After treating several patients, Li Nuo stood up and left the examination table.
The middle-aged doctor returned to his position.
Li Nuo looked at Doctor Sun and said, "Master Sun, how should a doctor practice after graduation?"
On the surface, he was asking Dr. Sun for advice on medical matters, but in reality, he was doing so to further improve their relationship.
He had already learned from books how doctors practiced.
Doctor Sun gradually recovered from his shock, took a sip of tea to calm down, and said: "The practice of a doctor is actually very simple. As long as you do what a doctor should do and cure diseases and save lives, you can increase your cultivation. The more patients you diagnose and cure, the more your cultivation will increase. The more difficult and complicated the disease, the faster your cultivation will increase..."
Li Nuo showed a look of realization and said, "Is that so..."
In fact, in terms of spiritual practice, doctors, Legalists and Confucianists have many similarities.
Legalists increase their cultivation by solving cases. If they make a wrong judgment, their cultivation will be reduced.
Doctors improve their skills by practicing medicine. If they use the wrong medicine and kill someone, their skills will be reduced.
The higher the status of a legalist, the more his cultivation will increase; the more difficult the disease a doctor treats, the faster his cultivation will increase.
When the Legalists reach the late stage of their practice, they find it difficult for ordinary people to improve their practice. When the Medical practitioners reach the late stage of their practice, treating minor illnesses will have little effect on their practice.
To practice medicine, one must first read medical books and understand medical principles.
Then use the medical knowledge you have learned to cure diseases and save lives, and when the time is right, you will naturally enter the state.
In this way, in fact, when Li Nuo was treating the mother of the Minister of Revenue, he was already practicing medicine invisibly, and the patients he treated in Huichun Hall provided him with the finishing touch to his breakthrough.
At this time, another patient came in, who came specifically to see Dr. Sun.
Doctor Sun left temporarily, and Li Nuo felt the new power in his body alone.
He tried to make a small wound on his finger, and then let the medical energy flow to the wound. In just a moment visible to the naked eye, the wound healed.
For a doctor at the first level, the abilities are actually of little use. The true qi can only be used on oneself, and the effect is not great.
If the wound were any bigger, it might not heal.
Only after breaking through the fourth realm can one use true Qi to heal other people's injuries.
Now that the doctor has arrived, the next thing to do is to improve his skills.
Unlike the Legalists, who could chop off countless people’s heads with just one judgment.
A doctor can only see one patient at a time, and patients are not always available, so one can only practice by spending time.
Throughout history, those doctors who have reached a high level of practice all had a certain amount of luck.
The great doctors of the fifth and sixth realms either save people from disaster with their own efforts during times of great epidemics, or promote great progress in medicine, and their contributions will last for generations.
Under normal circumstances, for a medical practitioner, reaching the fourth level of practice is almost the end.
When Li Nuo and An Ning formed the Anti-Theft Bureau and implemented it across the country, they achieved success in one fell swoop.
I don’t know if the medical skills of doctors will improve if we can promote medical reform in Zhao State.
After all, the significance of the latter is much greater than that of the former.
No doctor has ever done this in history. Unlike the Legalists and Confucianists, who have the ability to reform, the particularity of the doctors' true energy means that they are mainly service-oriented and have no ability to bring about major changes.
However, Confucianism and Legalism know nothing about medicine, so it would be extremely difficult for them to promote reforms in medicine.
Unless someone is a doctor who is willing to bring about change and has the ability to promote change...
When Li Nuo thought of this, his eyes suddenly turned towards the examination table.
It seems that there is some trouble with Doctor Sun.
Inside the clinic, a middle-aged woman looked at Doctor Sun and spoke aggressively.
"Aren't you a great doctor? Can't you even cure a headache?"
"I got a lot of medicine and spent a lot of money, but it turned out to be useless!"
"Can it be cured? If it can't be cured, return the consultation fee and medicine money to us!"
"Are you mute? Speak!"
Doctor Sun was speechless after hearing what the woman said. He wanted to refute, but just as he was about to open his mouth, the woman's voice became even louder.
"Why, did I say something wrong?"
"You charge such a high consultation fee, prescribe such expensive medicine, and fail to cure the disease, and you still don't allow people to complain?"
"How can you have the nerve to charge us so much money?"
Next to the woman, a well-mannered man rubbed his brows, then pulled her sleeve and said, "Forget it, stop talking. It's not good here. Let's go somewhere else..."
The woman waved his hand away vigorously and shouted, "No, he must return the money to us today, otherwise I won't leave!"
Doctor Sun's face turned red with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Gao Yong, return her money to her!"
Doctors cannot cure all diseases. Headache is a difficult disease to treat and the cause is unknown. Even a medical saint cannot guarantee a cure.
Besides, he had made an exception and used the medical Qi to treat him.
But the true Qi can only work temporarily. The pain went away in the clinic, but it still hurt after he went back. What can he do?
Logically speaking, he had prescribed the medicine and even used his medical energy, so the money should not be refunded.
But he really didn't want to bother with this shrew.
Outside the clinic, there were already people watching the fun. This shrew could afford to lose face, but he couldn't.
The middle-aged man obviously felt ashamed, looked at the woman and said, "Forget it..."
The woman put her hands on her hips and said angrily, "What do you mean by that? He must return the money today, otherwise I will never forgive him!"
Hearing this, the man sighed, pinched his eyebrows again, and said nothing more.
At this time, a figure came over, looked at the man, and asked, "How long have you had a headache?"
Before the man could say anything, the woman saw another young man standing up and immediately turned her attention to him, saying, "Who are you? I tell you, no matter who comes today, our money must be returned to us!"
"Shut up."
Li Nuo glanced at her. The woman was so angry that the guy in the clinic dared to say that to her that she was about to curse, but she found that she couldn't open her mouth.
Not only could he not open his mouth, he couldn't even move.
The only part of her body that could move was her eyes.
The middle-aged man was very surprised to see that his wife actually stopped talking after the young man spoke. This was not like her temper. If it were any other time, she would have definitely thrown a tantrum.
Li Nuo looked at the man again and asked, "How long have you had this headache?"
The man said: "It has been several years. I have seen many doctors and taken many medicines, but they can only work temporarily."
Li Nuo felt his pulse and judging from the pulse, there was nothing wrong with his body.
However, the pulse cannot represent everything. Many diseases cannot be diagnosed by the pulse.
He looked at the man's face again. He looked haggard and his eyes were bloodshot.
Li Nuo continued to ask: "What's your job?"
The man said, "I work as a clerk in the government office."
When doing clerical work, if you often use your eyes and look down, eyestrain and problems with the cervical spine can also cause headaches.
Li Nuo asked, "Is the paperwork busy?"
The man shook his head and said, "Not too busy."
Li Nuo was not surprised. If it was a problem with the eyes or cervical spine, Dr. Sun would be able to cure it.
In Li Nuo's mind, he began to search through countless cases.
In his memory were all the cases that the imperial physicians had encountered in their lifetime.
Perhaps a certain imperial physician had no way to treat a certain disease at the time, but after the integration of the code, with everyone's wisdom gathered and reviewed again, some new inspiration might emerge.
At some point, Li Nuo looked at the man again and asked, "When do you usually have a headache?"
The man thought for a moment and said, "Usually it's after leaving the government office and before going to bed."
"Doesn't it hurt in the government office?"
"It doesn't hurt."
Li Nuo thought for a moment and asked, "Does it hurt on rest days too?"
The man was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "Yes."
Li Nuo continued to ask: "Will you also feel pain during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, New Year's Eve and Lantern Festival?"
The man looked at Li Nuo in surprise and nodded again.
Doctor Sun also stared at Li Nuo blankly. Could he tell all this just by taking Li Nuo's pulse?
This is not a skill that only doctors have, but only Yin-Yang masters have...
Besides, what kind of strange disease is this? Why does it choose a specific day to occur?
Li Nuo didn't ask any more questions and quickly wrote a prescription.
Doctor Sun couldn't help but lean over to take a look, his eyes a little surprised.
This is a sleeping pill prescription, and the dosage he used is extremely large. Although it does no harm to the body, it will cause the person to fall asleep in a very short period of time, and will last for at least six hours.
Doctors would not prescribe this kind of prescription unless the insomnia is extremely severe.
He can't possibly think that the headache will go away when he falls asleep, right?
After writing the prescription, Li Nuo released the woman from her confinement.
The woman stared at him with wide eyes and asked in horror: "You, what did you just do to me?"
Li Nuo glanced at her and said, "Nothing, I just want you to be quiet for a while so as not to disturb me while taking your pulse."
The woman was furious and stretched her neck, subconsciously about to curse, but when she thought of what had just happened, a trace of fear appeared on her face and she retracted her head.
Li Nuo handed the prescription to the man and said, "Follow this prescription and take the medicine for three days first. After three days, we'll see how it works."
The man looked at Doctor Sun, who glanced at Li Nuo and said, "Just follow what this doctor says."
It is a medical rule that one cannot arbitrarily interfere with other people's diagnosis and treatment.
Besides, there is no harm in taking this prescription.
Then, Li Nuo looked at the woman and said, "Remember, starting from today, take the medicine on time every day at 4 p.m."
The woman was slightly startled and asked, "Me?"
Li Nuo nodded and said, "It's you."
He explained: "This medicine needs to be guided by the Yin energy in a woman's body in order to stimulate its efficacy. After you take the medicine, he will sleep next to you at night and will naturally absorb the medicinal power emanating from your body..."
The woman looked at Li Nuo suspiciously and said, "I don't know any medical skills, please don't lie to me..."
Doctor Sun also looked at Li Nuo in confusion. He knew medicine, but he had never heard of such a thing. Could it be that this was the secret recipe of the doctors of Daxia?
Although the woman did not know medicine, she still recognized his medical skills after seeing him accurately describe her husband's condition.
She put away the prescription and said, "Your prescription had better be useful, otherwise, we will come back..."
Li Nuo shrugged indifferently and said, "I won't charge you for the consultation this time. If this prescription is effective, you can come back and pay the consultation fee..."
Watching the couple leave, although Doctor Sun was extremely curious, he refrained from asking.
For doctors, prescriptions are confidential.
If it were any other doctor, he might have turned against him because of his behavior of secretly looking at the secret recipe just now.
If he asked again, he would feel that it was a bit too much...
He was not in a hurry to ask questions. Whether this method was effective or not would be clear in three days.
The man with a headache was also curious about this.
He came to see the doctor after getting off work at the yamen at noon. After getting the medicine, his wife went home and he still had to go to the yamen.
The yamen closed at 5 p.m. and he returned home at about 3:30 p.m.
I originally wanted to ask about my wife's medicine, but I learned from the maid that my wife took the medicine at 4:00 p.m., felt extremely sleepy, and went back to her room to sleep.
Hearing this, he inexplicably felt relieved.
He took a comfortable bath, read a book for a while, and spent an extremely pleasant night. When he was about to go to bed, he suddenly realized that his head didn't seem to hurt tonight?
He looked back at his wife who was resting on the bed, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
The young doctor was really amazing. After his wife drank the medicine, his headache went away, and it was effective even from such a distance...
He had a comfortable sleep, and when he got up to go to the government office early the next morning, he found that his wife was still asleep.
He was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his finger and carefully tested her nose.
Alive...
He breathed a sigh of relief and got up to wash up.
Before he left home, the woman on the bed woke up slowly, rubbed her eyes dazedly, and asked, "What time is it?"
When the man saw that she was awake, the last bit of his worry disappeared, and he said, "It will be morning soon. I have to go to the government office."
The woman was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief: "I slept for more than six hours?"
After taking the medicine yesterday, she felt drowsy and didn't expect to sleep for so long.
After coming to her senses, she asked her husband again: "By the way, does your head still hurt?"
The man laughed and said, "It's amazing. Since I left the clinic yesterday, I haven't had a headache since then..."
The woman also showed surprise on her face.
That young doctor is much more capable than that old one, no wonder he dares not charge for consultation.
She now had more confidence in curing her husband's headache. It seemed that she had to take the medicine on time today...
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Huichun Hall.
These past two days, Li Nuo taught classes to students at the academy at noon and saw patients at Huichun Hall in the afternoon.
As those students improved more and more in the six arts, the time Li Nuo spent teaching them each day became shorter and shorter.
Calligraphy, painting, music, horse riding and archery are not things that can be improved simply by attending classes. Li Nuo can only give them guidance in the general direction, but they still need to practice more on their own.
He had only one realization from his consultations over the past two days.
That means doctors really make money.
Taking the two doctors in Huichuntang as an example, the consultation fee for seeing them is one or two taels of silver.
In other words, no matter whether they can cure the disease or not, they must accept the one or two taels of silver.
In fact, there is no situation where the disease cannot be cured.
Even if there is no guarantee that the disease can be cured, tonic medicine will always be prescribed. After all, tonic medicine will not do any harm to the body, and it is expensive. Just prescribing a few doses of medicine will cost dozens or even hundreds of silver coins.
This is just the consultation fee for two doctors.
If you want Doctor Sun to see you in person, the consultation fee will be ten taels of silver.
In addition, if you mainly need massage, bone setting, acupuncture treatment, etc., there will be another price.
Fortunately, there are no high-tech medical equipment in this world, otherwise, after a series of examinations and using medical Qi to recuperate the body, even a rich person would become poor again.
Fortunately, the doctors here don’t cheat the poor.
The high medical fees keep ordinary people out.
A shop assistant's monthly salary was about two taels of silver. Even if he could afford to see a doctor, he couldn't afford medicine.
Classical literature says that doctors are there to save the world and the people.
But in fact, doctors have long been separated from the people.
The top doctors serve the royal family, the next level doctors serve the powerful and wealthy, and ordinary people have no access to any medical resources at all.
This also further strengthened Li Nuo's idea of piloting medical reform in Zhao State.
If this method is feasible, I can follow it directly when I return to Daxia.
While Li Nuo was thinking, Doctor Sun stared at him blankly in front of the medicine cabinet.
Through observations over the past few days, he became deeply aware of a fact.
Except for his inferior cultivation, this twenty-year-old young man was better than him in everything else. He was born to be a doctor.
Just as he was stunned, two figures strode into the clinic.
The woman walked straight to Li Nuo's examination table and said happily, "Miracle doctor, my husband's headache has not hurt in the past few days!"
The man's mental state looked much better than three days ago.
The woman took out a hundred taels of silver from her bosom, placed her hands on Li Nuo's examination table, and said, "Little doctor, this is your consultation fee, please accept it!"
Li Nuo returned the 100 taels to him and said, "My consultation fee is ten coins. Just give me ten coins."
The woman said, "No, no, no, you must accept this hundred taels. We have seen countless doctors over the past few years, but none of them could cure his headache. The remaining money is our way of repaying the miracle doctor..."
Li Nuo said: "Sorry, this is my rule."
The woman wanted to say something else, but the man grabbed her wrist and said, "Since the miracle doctor has such a rule, let's go out and exchange some copper coins."
The smallest amount of money they had was loose change, so they had no choice but to go out and exchange it for copper coins.
Doctor Sun walked over in a daze, with a confused expression on his face.
No, it’s really cured, right?
He has studied medicine all his life. It is obviously a knockout drug. How can it cure headaches?
The patients took it themselves!
What is the cause of the Yin energy... He felt that the medical knowledge he had learned for decades had been completely overturned.
Li Nuo knew what Doctor Sun was thinking, and said with a smile: "Mr. Sun wants to ask me how I cured him, right?"
Doctor Sun nodded repeatedly, then shook his head and said, "If this involves the medical secrets of your sect, Doctor Li should not tell us."
Different schools of medicine have different methods of treatment.
For example, the Yaowang Valley lineage is better at prescribing medicines. Many of their prescriptions are secret and are not passed on. They usually refine decoctions into pills. Even if some of the efficacy is lost, they will not let others get the prescriptions.
The last time he came to ask, it was already very presumptuous.
How could he have the nerve to do the same thing a second time?
Li Nuo shook his head and said, "There is no such thing as a secret. Medical skills can only be improved through mutual communication. If Doctor Sun can use it to save more people, it will be a great merit for me..."
Upon hearing this, Doctor Sun could not help but stand in awe.
This is his sincere respect for a doctor.
At the beginning, our medical predecessors did the same thing.
But later, for some unknown reason, the medical family gradually developed into what it is today, and all medical schools, including Yaowang Valley, began to keep their secrets...
Many precious medical skills have even been lost as a result and disappeared in the long river of time.
Li Nuo looked at Doctor Sun and said with a smile: "In fact, my treatment method is very simple. There is no Yin Qi as the guide. Those few doses of medicine are just stronger knockout drugs..."
Doctor Sun was surprised and asked, "Then why..."
Li Nuo laughed and said, "Why would his headache be cured?"
Doctor Sun nodded repeatedly.
Li Nuo said, "When the couple came to see the doctor, I noticed that whenever the woman chattered, her husband would frown. But when I restrained her, his frown relaxed. So I guess his headache was caused by his wife..."
He went on to explain: "Later, when I learned that he only had headaches when he came home from work, or on holidays, I became more certain of this, because during these times, he was with his wife..."
Doctor Sun was stunned and asked, "So, you let the woman take sleeping pills so that she wouldn't make noises in her husband's ears?"
Li Nuo nodded and said, "The government office closes at 5 p.m., so I asked her to drink the medicine at 5 p.m. When her husband came home, she had already fallen asleep due to the effect of the medicine. When she woke up, her husband would have gotten up to go to the government office. Therefore, during this time, she had no chance to nag him..."
Doctor Sun stood there in a daze.
It turns out that the disease can be cured this way?
The Minister of Revenue's mother's illness was cured by him, and he also found a new way...
I would never have thought of this method of curing diseases even if I had thought about it for a hundred years.
However, he quickly came to his senses and asked, "What if his headache is not caused by this reason?"
Li Nuo glanced outside the clinic and said with a smile, "In fact, I have encountered such a case before. By asking him those questions, I can already determine the cause of his illness. Even if I made a wrong diagnosis, it would just let the woman sleep for two more days. Anyway, I didn't charge any consultation fee, so I'm not afraid that she will ask me to return the money..."
Outside the clinic, the couple stood there in a daze upon hearing this.
The man looked incredulous, while the woman was filled with shame.
In the clinic, Doctor Sun moved his throat but said nothing. In the end, he just clasped his fists towards Li Nuo and said, "I am grateful for your advice..."
(End of this chapter)
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