"Sit down."
Yun Heng greeted her and handed the registration form to her, asking her to register while looking at the child in the woman's arms.
It looked like a boy, with fair skin and big eyes. He seemed very well-behaved, not crying or making a fuss. His big eyes were looking at Yun Heng and the clinic curiously, as if he was observing this new environment.
After the woman filled out the registration form, Yun Heng asked, "Is the child feeling unwell?"
"Um."
The woman nodded and said, "The child cries every night. He's very well behaved during the day, but around 11 o'clock at night, he starts crying non-stop. I don't know why, and he cries for over three hours at a time, and I can't stop him no matter what I do."
Yun Heng had just looked at the child, and he was indeed very well-behaved and didn't look like he was feeling unwell. After hearing what the woman said, Yun Heng almost knew what was going on.
"How many days has it been?" Yun Heng asked.
"About four or five days."
The woman said, "At first I thought it was just the child feeling unwell occasionally, but when it's been like this for a few days straight, it's really worrying. I also looked it up online, and many people said it was colic, with no real cure. They said you could pat the back or abdomen to relieve it, but we did that, and it didn't seem to work."
"Let me take a look first."
Yun Heng reached out and grabbed the child's arm, placed his thumb on the child's wrist, and simply felt the pulse.
Babies have thin wrists and the distance between the Cun, Guan and Chi pulses is short, so it is inconvenient to use the conventional three-finger diagnosis method. Therefore, for children, the thumb diagnosis method is generally used, that is, the thumb covers the Cun, Guan and Chi pulses of the child to feel the child's pulse.
"Tell me more about what your child does when he cries at night."
"Have you changed your milk powder recently?"
After feeling the pulse, Yun Heng confirmed it again and said, "Well, it should be intestinal colic."
Infant colic refers to sudden, loud crying that can last for hours or occur in fits and starts. As the baby cries, their face becomes red, the area around their mouth becomes pale, their abdomen becomes swollen and tense, their legs curl upward, their feet become cold, and their hands clench. Holding, comforting, or feeding doesn't alleviate the pain. Eventually, the baby stops crying after exhaustion or passes gas or a bowel movement. This phenomenon is commonly known as infant colic.
This is pain caused by strong contractions of the smooth muscles of the baby's intestinal wall or intestinal gas. It often occurs at night and mostly occurs in infants under 6 months old.
Yun Heng briefly told the woman some common sense about colic.
"Doctor Yun, why is the child suffering from colic for no reason?" the woman asked in confusion.
As Yun Heng wrote the diagnosis, he said, "From a modern medical perspective, there are many factors, some of which we can't even pinpoint. For example, milk powder allergies, overfeeding, the baby being prone to crying and fussing, and inhaling large amounts of air while feeding or getting excited, etc., all of which can cause colic. From a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective, infant colic is mostly caused by abdominal distension."
As he spoke, Yun Heng handed the written prescription to the woman.
"Go back and feed the child for a few days."
The woman took the prescription and took a look at it. Yun Heng's prescription only contained one medicine, Simo Decoction, a pure Chinese medicine preparation available on the market.
Seeing the woman's doubts, Yun Heng smiled and explained, "Si Mo Tang is a Qi-regulating agent in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It can break up stagnation and reduce adverse reactions, replenish Qi and strengthen the body. At the same time, it promotes Qi without consuming it, and has the wonderful effect of balancing both the evil and the good. It won't have much impact on the child either. It's very effective for this symptom. Go back and take it for a few days. If it doesn't work, come back and see me."
The woman came to see Yun Heng because she was worried about the effects of Western medicine on her child, as she was worried about the effects of the medicine. She had just thought it was a bit strange that there was only one medicine, but she had heard that Chinese medicine doctors often prescribe many medicines. After hearing Yun Heng's words, the woman stood up and said, "Thank you, Doctor Yun."
"You're welcome."
Yun Heng stood up and watched the woman carry the child out of the clinic before sitting down again.
"Receive gratitude from the patient's family**, time +1."
Yun Heng called out the panel, and there was indeed a prompt on it.
Nowadays, it is difficult for doctors to gain the gratitude of their patients, but Yun Heng is usually very polite when treating patients, and his explanations and instructions are very detailed. Nine out of ten patients who come to Yun Heng for treatment will say words of thanks like "Thank you, Dr. Yun" when they leave, and such words of thanks will often give Yun Heng 1-3 minutes of simulation space usage time.
While looking at the panel, another patient came in. Yun Heng stood up again, greeted him politely, and then sat down.
In the entire community hospital, there were no water dispensers in the three doctors' clinics. Only the vaccination room and the infusion room had water dispensers. When He Haipeng came out of the infusion room to get some water, he saw a patient coming out of Yun Heng's clinic and another patient walking in. His face, which was already expressionless, became even gloomier.
Yesterday he was still complaining that Yun Heng had no patients and could not share the pressure. Not long after he finished scolding, with the gratitude of the Kahns, Yun Heng's patients began to increase. Although it was still not as good as his and Zhou Suyun's clinics, it was a great improvement compared to the previous deserted clinics.
Peng Min has a bad reputation, but precisely because of his bad reputation, people like Peng Min can thank Yun Heng, which makes it easier for other people to trust Yun Heng. From yesterday to today, people in several communities near the Xiya Community have been talking privately, saying that a young Chinese medicine doctor with good skills has come to the Xiya Community Hospital, and Peng Min has even sent a banner to him.
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