"Uncle, you seem to have a temper. After I examine you, I can also give you some cooling medicine to calm your temper. Please don't be shy, Uncle."
Tong Su's casual remark made Xia Xiaoshu so angry that his vision blurred, before she finally smiled and handed Jin Wenting to Xia's mother to hold.
He stepped forward, lifted Sun Tiehu's wrist to take his pulse, and examined his tongue. After a moment, he asked him softly if he had been feeling unwell recently.
Sun Tiehu said in a muffled voice, "I don't feel uncomfortable, but I always feel uneasy and can't calm down. I'm very anxious... Also, my mouth always tastes bitter, and my urine is yellowish."
I need to pee...
Xia's mother's expression changed. Asking someone about urinating? She was a girl! She was so embarrassed that she wanted to rush forward and pull her daughter away, but she knew she couldn't do that, and sighed sadly.
Jin Wenting jumped down from Xia's mother's arms, stumbled backward and squeezed into the crowd, slipping to Tong Su's side.
The "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber" mentions lily disease: "It is a condition where one desires to eat but cannot, is often silent, wants to lie down but cannot, wants to walk but cannot, sometimes has a delicious taste when it is delicious, sometimes cannot smell the smell of food, feels neither cold nor hot, has a bitter taste in the mouth, and red urine. No medicine can cure it, and if medicine is taken, the patient will vomit and have diarrhea. It is a condition where one is like a spirit, with a normal body shape and a weak and rapid pulse."
Tongsu stood up.
"I took his pulse, which was thin, rapid, and restless, especially at the two cun positions. I examined his tongue, which was reddish-brown in texture and had a thin coating. His condition was extremely similar to the lily disease mentioned in the 'Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber,' so it was due to insufficient yin and blood, and excessive fire in the heart and lungs. The treatment should focus on nourishing yin, clearing the lungs, calming the mind, and soothing the spirit."
The villagers were illiterate and could only understand words like "tongue coating" and "urination." They couldn't understand anything else, such as the Golden Chamber.
It was clear from her confident and certain demeanor that she was about 50% convinced that Sun Tiehu was indeed ill.
Sun Tiehu trembled, a glimmer of hope appearing in his eyes. His mother, overwhelmed with emotion, clutched her chest and wept, trying to relieve her anxiety.
Some busybodies ran over, insisting that Sun Tiehu stick out his tongue for them to see: "It's red! Come on, Tiehu, go pee over there and see..."
"Get the hell out of here!" Sun Tiehu laughed and cursed, kicking the few idlers to the ground. They weren't angry and ran away laughing.
Uncle Xia stared coldly at Tong Su, then turned to look at Sun Tiehu, who was now completely relaxed, and said fiercely, "But why is he wandering around at night? You only mentioned that he has blood deficiency and excessive heart and lung fire. What does that have to do with running around every night?"
Tong Su said, "His wandering at night is also a ailment called 'sleepwalking syndrome.' The symptoms of sleepwalking syndrome match those of lily disease, which is a disease caused by deficiency of yin in the heart and lungs with internal heat. His condition is due to stagnation transforming into fire, scorching the yin and blood of the heart and lungs, resulting in intense pathogenic fire. Therefore, he experiences palpitations, irritability, bitter taste in the mouth, dark urine, and a red tongue coating during the day. At night, the pathogenic fire intensifies, forcing his soul to wander aimlessly and disturbing the yin aspect, thus causing sleepwalking."
Sun Tiehu nodded frantically: "Yes, yes, that's exactly me! Qingzhai is right!"
Listening to Tong Su's well-organized and logical explanation, and with Sun Tiehu's eager agreement, the villagers were even more convinced, their faces showing admiration as they began to discuss it animatedly.
"She really is from the city! She knows so much! I think she's even more knowledgeable than a doctor!"
"I've heard of night wandering before when I worked in the county. It's something like having a dream at night and then getting up and wandering around. I didn't believe it back then, and I didn't even think about it when Sun Tiehu caused this trouble. But now that Qingzhai has said it, it does seem to make sense!"
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