Chapter 95: Genius Revealed by Combining Two Medicines
The man's name was Zhao Qi, and he kept on rambling: "You just praised this medicine so much, and now you're waiting for me! Give me your money back! And you, apologize! Or I'll report you!"
Shen Jiang snatched the bill from him, which he was waving excitedly. Mr. Lu had prescribed a three-day supply, 20 grams per dose, which amounted to 60 grams of Dragon's Blood. The Dragon's Blood accounted for the bulk of the bill, totaling 18,000 yuan, not including myrrh, frankincense, and other items. All in all, it came to nearly 20,000 yuan.
This was only three days' supply of medication, and it was indeed a considerable expense. Although the patient's family's words were emotional, they were understandable.
Shen Jiang frowned. Old Lu hadn't known that these otherworldly herbs were so potent. Although he'd reduced the amount of medication, he'd still been using too much. The blood clotting agent they had at their clinic was quite potent, so they could easily prescribe a half-dose of the usual dosage.
But that wasn't why Shen Jiang frowned. According to Elder Lu's prescription, the female patient should be fully recovered after taking all three doses. She simply wondered why Elder Lu hadn't included Panax notoginseng in the recipe. Panax notoginseng can also dissipate blood stasis and stop bleeding, and it can also replenish blood. Pairing it with Sanguisorba officinalis would be more effective, allowing the dosage of Sanguisorba officinalis to be reduced.
She has also been a family member of a patient and knows that an expensive medical bill can sometimes overwhelm a family.
The patient's family members were still chattering and swearing, and Shen Jiang frowned again.
She could understand the patient's distrust of the high medical bills. But Zhao Qi's harsh words, whether because he had just lost face at the reprimand from Mr. Lu or because he truly wanted to help others open their eyes, were probably the only ones who knew.
The woman with back pain rushed in to stop her husband: "Stop arguing. I don't want this medicine anymore. Let's go home."
"A quack like this is unqualified to practice medicine here. Don't you realize they're taking advantage of us?"
Zhao Qi was very excited and rudely shook off his wife's hand that was holding his arm. His face was full of anger. He didn't control his strength well for a moment, and Ding Xing bumped into the corner and couldn't get up.
She gasped and her face turned pale.
"hiss!"
"Hey! Honey, are you okay?" Zhao Qi squatted down and tried to help her up.
"Don't move me! It hurts! My waist seems to be broken, help!"
The incident happened suddenly, and the patients who were watching the show nearby immediately scattered like birds and beasts, fearing that they would be blackmailed by the couple.
Lu Chongfeng tried to check on Ding Xing, but Lao Jin stopped him and shook his head, signaling him not to act rashly. He hadn't expected Shen Jiang to actually lean over and check on Ding Xing. As Lao Jin was startled, Lu Chongfeng pushed him aside and leaned over to check on the patient.
Lao Jin looked at them with a complicated look.
These two ignorant fellows dared to approach such a difficult family, as if they were afraid that this matter would not be blamed on them. If this Jurchen woman was injured in a vital part, Shen Jiang's clinic would be blackmailed and closed down because of this incident!
"She injured her waist." Shen Jiang said in a deep voice.
Mr. Lu nodded and said to the panicked Zhao Qi, "Call an ambulance first. Don't panic, we're here."
The patient's husband was so frightened seeing his wife lying on the ground, unable to move, that he said, "Okay, okay, I'll call 120 right away."
Before one crisis subsided, another one arose. The clinic was as bustling as a vegetable market.
Shen Jiang and Lu Chongfeng each took the patient's pulse and ignored the noisy sounds.
Shen Jiang quickly felt relieved: "It's not a big deal, the bones are not broken."
Lu Chongfeng nodded, looking at her with admiration in his eyes: "That's right."
The patient was nearly in tears because she couldn't move at all. At that moment, her mind flashed back to the image of a broken back and paraplegic. Hearing them speak, her heart, which had been pounding in her chest, finally settled down.
"Doctor Lu, please save me!"
"Honey, don't worry, the ambulance will be here soon. Let's go to the hospital and take some X-rays for a thorough examination."
Lu Chongfeng had seen the man's expression change before, so he didn't try to dissuade him.
He was a doctor at a major hospital, so he knew that Western medicine would first require them to undergo a series of tests. If there were any bone problems, they would perform surgery. If not, they would simply take good care of the patient. In cases like this patient's pain, they could give him a painkiller, if appropriate.
In reality, this patient's problem remained the same: Qi stagnation and blood stasis. Even with surgery, the blood stasis in her waist could not be removed. Only Traditional Chinese Medicine could truly cure her. Simply increasing the dosage would disperse the newly formed blood stasis along with the old, effectively removing the blood stasis, creating new blood, and relieving the pain.
But they keep saying that he is a quack. Will they believe what he says?
Lu Chongfeng's face was torn. This wasn't someplace else; this was Mingxin Hall. It hadn't been easy for the Shen Jiang family, grandparents and grandchildren, to run this small clinic. They must have put a lot of thought into finding good medicine. If anything went wrong, he would be harming this young girl, Shen Jiang.
Just as Shen Jiang was about to speak, Lao Jin pulled him away and gave him a good lecture.
Doesn’t this young doctor know that as a doctor, the first thing he has to do is to protect himself!
After waiting for more than ten minutes, the ambulance still hadn't arrived. Lying on the ground, Ding Xing felt like hours had passed. The pain was excruciating, more intense than any other back pain she'd experienced. If Dr. Lu hadn't said her bones were fine, she would have thought her waist was broken in two.
"Honey, where is the ambulance?"
Zhao Qi hesitated: "Today is the weekend, and the ambulance is stuck in traffic..."
The round trip from here to the nearest tertiary hospital took an hour and a half, not to mention the traffic. During that time, his wife had to maintain this miserable state. He looked at his wife's pale, sweaty face, and regret filled his heart. If he hadn't just cursed her out of control and accidentally let her go, she wouldn't have fallen like this.
Zhao Qi complained, "What were you doing coming up here just now..."
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately attracted a group of contemptuous looks from the people around them.
Ding Xing, lying on the ground, had a dazed look in his eyes and was wailing weakly, "Help... Help!"
Zhao Qi couldn't bear to watch it any longer. If this continued, his wife would suffer too much. He didn't know when the ambulance would arrive. Even if it did, if there was a traffic jam on the way to the hospital, his wife would be in so much pain. His eyes fell on the old Chinese doctor in front of him.
"Doctor Lu, is there any way you can help my wife feel better?" Zhao Qi's face was filled with anxiety. "It'll take at least two hours for the ambulance to get her to the hospital. Look at her like this... how pitiful."
Lu Chongfeng felt sorry for her and was about to speak when his old friend Lao Jin covered his mouth.
Shen Jiang simply said, "Use the medicine that Mr. Lu just prescribed to save her."
Ding Xing's eyes lit up instantly: "Really? Quick, drive it!"
Now, anything is fine, as long as it can help her escape this miserable state, even if it's the most expensive medicine.
Zhao Qi looked hesitant and seemed to be wavering again.
Seeing this, Shen Jiang did not urge Zhao Qi to pay the bill, but went straight to the pharmacy to get the medicine.
The most important thing is to save people first, don’t waste time in places like this.
Old Jin was almost furious at her recklessness. What a clueless young woman! This wasn't a question of whether to accept the money or not. If this family resorted to the same old tricks again, Shen Jiang would be in big trouble.
Seeing Shen Jiang staying up late to get medicine, Lao Jin was not idle either. He immediately asked his apprentice to pass him a letter of waiver, and arranged for Lao Lu's students to print it out.
"It's okay if you want to take the medicine, but you must sign this disclaimer first, so that you won't do anything weird and harm the doctor." Old Jin said with a dark face.
The patient's husband wanted to say something, but Ding Xing, as if seeing hope, snatched the disclaimer and signed his name on it.
Seeing this, Zhao Qi finally shut up.
Shen Jiang took the medicine to the pharmacy and quickly boiled it. It was soon cooked and she brought it back from the kitchen. Before she left, she had specially added a magic circle to the bowl of medicine. Once Ding Xing took the medicine, the magic circle would take effect along with the potion, accelerating its effectiveness.
Shen Jiang had been decocting medicine in the pharmacy and had no idea that Lao Jin had made another preparation for her.
By the time Ding Xing took the medicine, the ambulance had not arrived yet.
Ding Xing could clearly feel an indescribable force rapidly flowing through his blood, passing through his limbs and bones, and finally stopping at a certain place.
As time passed, Ding Xing's expression became noticeably more relaxed.
"Honey, how do you feel?"
"I... don't seem to be in so much pain anymore." Ding Xing slowly stood up with the support of her husband.
Seeing the person who was lying on the ground unable to move recover after drinking a bowl of hot medicine, the other patients were suddenly more excited than the two of them.
"Doctor Lu, I also have back pain. Can you take a good look at it?"
"Doctor Lu, you are like the reincarnation of Hua Tuo! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it."
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Everyone was talking around Mr. Lu, and Mr. Jin also had a look of surprise on his face.
He knew his old friend's level and believed that taking his medicine would improve his condition. But now, the effect of this medicine was so rapid that it could be said that Old Lu had secretly gone to learn from him?
Lao Jin: "Bring me the prescription he wrote."
Shen Jiang recited it to him directly. She added the Panax notoginseng later and reduced the amount of Sanguisorba officinalis. In the end, the price of this medicine was about three thousand, which was half cheaper than what Mr. Lu prescribed at the beginning.
Old Jin pondered for a moment, then came to his senses. He was now truly furious: "Good for you, Old Lu! You really did go to further studies behind my back. How did you come up with such a wonderful recipe?"
Shen Jiang covered her mouth and laughed.
This couldn't be entirely blamed on Mr. Lu; he didn't know the Panax notoginseng in her shop was also a rare treasure. If it were Panax notoginseng from outside, it probably wouldn't have had such a good effect.
When Mr. Lu heard the prescription, he said, "This is not right. There is no Panax notoginseng in the prescription I prescribed."
He quickly realized, "This is Shen Jiang's modified prescription. Panax notoginseng is a medicine for the Yangming and Jueyin blood systems. It's good at dissolving blood stasis without harming new blood. When combined with Xuejie, it's very effective without damaging the body. Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"
Zhao Qi bowed to Dr. Lu with a guilty look on his face and apologized, "I'm so sorry, Dr. Lu. I was too impulsive just now."
Mr. Lu didn't even think of arguing with him. Seeing his embarrassed look, he just said, "Go and pay the bill."
"Oh yes, I'll go and pay right away."
Zhao Qi went to the front desk to pay, but found that the bill in his hand was half the price of the previous one. He hurried back to apologize again: "Doctor Lu, I am willing to pay. Please prescribe medicine for my wife."
Mr. Lu: “…”
What's wrong with this kid? Does he have to admit with his own mouth that he didn't think too much about it?
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