Chapter 179 Miscarriage (Recurrent Miscarriage)
A woman wearing a gold hairpin and expensive clothes arrived at the front desk, accompanied by an old woman and a young maid.
As soon as the three entered, the young apprentice at the front desk assumed they were also there to see Li San Niang, since in the past seven or eight days, every woman who entered the clinic had specifically requested to see Li San Niang.
Sure enough, the little girl went up to ask to see the female doctor. The apprentice took the registration fee, gave the little girl a wooden sign, pointed to Li San Niang's last consultation room, and watched the three of them walk in that direction before looking away.
The woman with the golden hairpin was sitting in front of Li San Niang. Judging from her appearance, she was not young. Li San Niang took the number plate from the maid and smiled at the woman with the golden hairpin, "Madam, what's bothering you?"
"I have met the female doctor. My surname is Guo, and I am the fifth child in my family. I heard that there is a female doctor in this clinic, so I came to take a look."
Li San Niang asked again, "Where does Guo Wu Niang feel unwell?"
Guo Wuniang remained silent, but instead extended her hand to Li Sanniang, indicating that Li Sanniang should proceed with taking her pulse.
Li San Niang thought to herself, "Oh ho, this is interesting. Is this a test for her?"
Would Li San Niang be afraid?
Li San Niang immediately took Guo Wu Niang's pulse with three fingers, and in a short while, she understood why Guo Wu Niang had come.
Judging from Guo Wuniang's pulse, it was quite obvious that she had just had a miscarriage not long ago, but if it were that simple, there would be no need to come to Li Sanniang for a checkup.
Li San Niang closed her eyes and carefully examined the pulse again, also checking the other hand.
This led Li San Niang to discover something else.
This was definitely not Guo Wuniang's first miscarriage recently. Li Sanniang estimated that she had miscarried twice in the past six months, and her qi and blood were severely deficient. Although Guo Wuniang's face did not look pale, Li Sanniang suspected that she had applied makeup to cover it up.
Furthermore, the two miscarriages occurred very close together, and Guo Wuniang has not yet fully recovered. Moreover, Guo Wuniang's problem is not only spleen and kidney deficiency, but must also be accompanied by anxiety and insomnia.
“Guo Wu Niangzi must have seen other doctors before. Did any of those doctors prescribe any medicine for her symptoms?”
Guo Wuniang withdrew her wrist, but instead of answering Li Sanniang's question, she asked in return, "Female physician, have you figured anything out?"
Li San Niang hated patients who didn't admit their illness and forced others to guess.
But there was nothing she could do; after all, Li San Niang was a doctor.
Therefore, Li San Niang told Guo Wu Niang her judgment, and judging from the expression on Guo Wu Niang's face, Li San Niang was right.
"Alright, I'm sure you, Madam Guo, are well aware of my medical skills. Now, could you tell me if you've taken the prescription the doctor gave you?"
Guo Wu Niangzi nodded to the old woman beside her, who then took out several folded pieces of paper from her sleeve. Li San Niang took them, unfolded them, and looked at them.
These four prescriptions are all for postpartum women to recuperate and replenish their qi and blood, only they use different herbs and dosages.
Moreover, four sheets of paper with different handwriting could only have been written by four different doctors.
Li San Niang secretly wondered, could it be that Guo Wu Niang didn't trust any particular doctor, so she consulted multiple doctors, wanting to diagnose each one individually and choose the best one?
Ugh, patients who are evasive, don't tell the truth, and don't address the issues are the most annoying.
"Mrs. Guo, have you taken any of the prescriptions written by these doctors?"
Seeing that Guo Wuniangzi remained silent, Li Sanniang said directly, "If Guo Wuniangzi doesn't say a word, I can't help you. I hope you can take this number and get your money back."
Just as Li San Niang was about to take the number plate down from the wall, Guo Wu Niangzi finally spoke up: "Hmph, the first female physician in Chang'an City, I thought it was something special? Turns out it's nothing special."
Sitting in the back, Qiu Xiang felt that Guo Wu Niang's words sounded like she was looking for trouble, so she stood up. Li San Niang shook her head at Qiu Xiang, then turned around. She understood Guo Wu Niang's tricks a little.
There's no way I'm going to find fault; I'm just being arrogant.
Alright, Li San Niang knows how to deal with this arrogant type: just be shameless and "beg" her to see a doctor.
It's true, as a doctor, you encounter all sorts of patients.
“If you don’t tell me the truth, how can I help you?”
I see that these four prescriptions are all very similar, but they do indeed correspond to the symptoms my wife experienced after her miscarriage.
If I were to prescribe a remedy, I might not be able to come up with a more suitable prescription than these doctors.
My wife has suffered two miscarriages in the past six months, so she should listen to the doctor's advice, take her medication on time, and take good care of herself.
When Li San Niang uttered the words "twice miscarried," Guo Wu Niang's expression changed slightly.
After listening to Li San Niang's words, Guo Wu Niang adjusted the gold hairpin in her hair before facing Li San Niang and whispering, "The female doctor is quite capable. She was able to tell that this wasn't my first miscarriage. You know, the doctor I saw at Hua Shou Tang didn't detect this."
Li San Niang remained silent, waiting for Guo Wu Niang to speak.
It turns out that Guo Wuniang had been married for seven years, but she had not conceived for the first three years. She had taken a lot of bitter medicine, visited Taoist temples and Buddhist temples, and even brought a deity statue home to worship. Finally, four years ago, she became pregnant for the first time.
She miscarried before she was three months pregnant.
At the time, I just thought it was an accident. After I finished my postpartum confinement and rested for another six months, I started to actively try to have a child.
Fortunately, she became pregnant again three years ago. This time, Guo Wuniang's family was very careful, afraid of scaring the child away. They carefully cared for her for more than three months, but she still had bleeding one morning. They tried to save the pregnancy but failed and ended up having a miscarriage.
After two miscarriages, Guo Wuniang almost met her demise, which made her give up on becoming a mother.
Guo Wuniang's family was a well-known and prosperous family in Bianliang. Although Guo Wuniang was not from the main branch, she was not from a humble background either. She had a considerable dowry, and many members of her family held official positions. Therefore, her husband's family did not dare to gossip because Guo Wuniang had not conceived within three years of marriage.
In particular, her husband, Jiang Erlang, was very fond of her. When Guo Wuniang said she would not have any more children and suggested that a son be adopted from Jiang Dalang's family, he agreed.
Originally, this matter had been discussed in secret with Jiang's father, mother, and son, and they were just waiting for the right time to adopt him directly.
However, Jiang Dalang's wife somehow found out about this, and she was naturally unwilling, so a fight broke out, and the matter was dropped.
Two years later, feeling that she had recovered well, Guo Wuniang once again had the desire to have a child. Whether it was due to the effectiveness of her prayers or the right time, she actually became pregnant again.
But just like the previous two times, she miscarried again. This time, she miscarried right after being diagnosed with pregnancy.
Five months ago, in a state of despair, Jiang Erlang, undeterred, came to comfort Guo Wuniang. The two became inseparable, and soon Guo Wuniang became pregnant again, which was two months ago.
Then, this month, Guo Wuniang miscarried again.
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