Hua Nier was hesitant. She didn't want to feel pain anymore, especially after enjoying the comfort she was experiencing. But her maternal instinct made her reluctant to let her child suffer, and she wanted to feed the child as soon as possible.
Mu Huaixi would have definitely advised patients to put themselves first, but now that she is pregnant, she can understand a little bit of the feelings of being a mother.
So she was not anxious, nor did she try to persuade him, but instead twisted the golden needle and waited for her choice.
"If I choose to feed the baby, can I do it tomorrow?"
"No, you need to take the medicine for at least two weeks. If you want to get better quickly, the pain will stop for about a week, but you'll need at least a month before you can breastfeed. If you want to breastfeed as soon as possible, you'll need to take the medicine for at least three weeks, and the pain will continue."
Hua Nier hesitated. She looked at Mu Huaixi's bulging belly and said, "Doctor, how about you ask my mother-in-law for me?"
Mu Huaixi glanced at her, asked Xiaohua to go out and ask, and put away the needle.
As soon as her golden needle was pulled out, Hua Nier gasped for air, her chest felt stuffy and swollen, and the agonizing pain came again. She raised her head with difficulty and pleaded with Doctor Mu, "Doctor, can you not remove this needle? I, I am in so much pain..."
Mu Huaixi shook her head. "Golden needles can't be kept for long. Where are you from? If you can come here every day, I can give you acupuncture regularly."
"My home is further west in Furongqiao Commune. I definitely can't come here every day," Hua Nier said with a disappointed look on her face. She regretted asking someone to ask her mother-in-law just now. She didn't want to be in pain anymore!
She could bear the pain before, but after enjoying the pain relief from the golden needles, she really couldn't bear it anymore!
Hua Nier could only pray secretly, but to her surprise, her mother-in-law chose to let her recover quickly and promised to go back and persuade her sister-in-law not to let the child go hungry.
"Wuwuwuwuwu, mom, you are so good to me," Hua Nier cried and screamed in pain, not knowing whether she was in pain or touched.
Wang Xiaohua glanced at her and quietly moved closer to Mu Huaixi and Feng Juan. "Her mother-in-law heard that the medication would take three or four weeks, so she chose the one with a shorter duration."
"......" Mu Huaixi didn't expect that the price of the medicine would determine her fate. Looking at the crying Hua Ni'er, she said, "Boil some hot water and apply a compress on her. I'll go out and get some medicine."
There are many prescriptions for treating mastitis. Mu Huaixi used the one recorded on the stone tablet by the Taoist doctor, which was called "Xiao Xianxiong Decoction". This is actually a prescription recorded in "Jinkui Yaolue", but it was copied by that Taoist doctor.
Trichosanthes kirilowii, also known as Mountain Golden Pao, looks like a gourd or a watermelon hanging on a vine. According to the Shennong's Herbal Classic, "Trichosanthes kirilowii is bitter and cold in nature. It cures thirst, fever, irritability, and severe fever. It also replenishes deficiency, soothes the stomach, and heals broken bones."
The entire body of Trichosanthes kirilowii can be used as medicine, and its peel, kernel, pulp, and root can also be used as medicine. The pulp moistens the lungs and dispels dryness, the kernel promotes bowel movements, the peel widens the stomach and opens the chest, and the root moistens the lungs and promotes fluid production.
Xiao Xian Xiong Tang uses the entire root of Trichosanthes kirilowii. The Golden Chamber only distinguishes between large and small roots, without specifying the dosage. However, through years of practice, Taoist medical experts established a dosage of Trichosanthes kirilowii for mastitis at 4 to 6 liang (approximately 200 grams) to clear heat and dissipate stagnation. Furthermore, due to the sweltering heat of the mountains, the formula incorporates ingredients like dandelion and Viola yedoensis, enhancing the medicinal effect without sacrificing the essential ingredients.
While Mu Huaixi was dialectically prescribing a prescription, he recalled the contents recorded on the stone tablet and couldn't help but sigh how great it would be if he could communicate with this senior in person!
No matter how detailed the records on the stone tablet are, they cannot compare to teaching by example. Fortunately, she has five senses and may be able to communicate with her predecessors.
She wrote the prescription and was about to go get the medicine, but she saw Feng Juan approaching with a red face, "Doctor Mu, how about I go get the medicine!"
"Okay," Mu Huaixi nodded readily. Her medicine cabinet had already been made and labeled. She had also taught them how to use the medicine plunger, so there shouldn't be any mistakes.
She dismissed the joke and said, "You two have been memorizing the Pharmacopoeia for a while now. This time, I'll leave the prescription to you. Discuss it with me. I'll have to check it at the end."
Fengjuan and Xiaohua nodded in unison and ran out with the prescription.
Mu Huaixi smiled and shook his head, then turned to comfort the dazed Hua Nier, "Don't worry, I will check it at the end and won't let you take the wrong medicine."
In fact, she doesn't often prescribe medicine for such a long time, but the physical condition of the mother is special, and mastitis is not a serious disease, so she would rather go slower to ensure safety.
She came out of the treatment room and gave some instructions to Hua Ni'er's family, and then she saw Yu Xiuhong waiting in the corner with a bamboo basket on her back.
"You're here?"
Mu Huaixi nodded at her and motioned her to go into the clinic, but she hesitated. "My feet are not clean. How about here?"
"What's the big deal? So many people come into the clinic every day." Seeing that she still didn't move, Mu Huaixi dragged her to the backyard helplessly.
"There's water and rocks here, you can do it yourself. Let's go inside and have a good chat." Mu Huaixi held her stomach and joked, "I can't squat down now, you can do it yourself."
Yu Xiuhong didn't dare ask her to help her. She quickly used a stone to scrape off the thick mud on the edge of her old rubber shoes. When she was about to scoop up water to wash the shoes, Mu Huaixi stopped her, "The shoes are fine like this. Wash your hands, otherwise it will be uncomfortable."
Yu Xiuhong went up the mountain to collect herbs since spring, and left her child at home with her mother-in-law. Perhaps because she had a foundation in the past, she could recognize herbs even faster than Xiaohua and Fengjuan.
She comes here every week, sometimes receiving more goods, sometimes less. Mu Huaixi also informed the finance department and they would make an invoice for her every time to prevent the three women in the family from having trouble making ends meet.
After they met more often, Yu Xiuhong was able to chat with her for a few minutes, and she learned that the village did not take back her family's land, and also gave her daughter basic points. Her mother-in-law was depressed for a while after her son froze to death, and her hair turned white, but she looked stronger than before, no longer cried, and often thought of ways to add some food to her granddaughter.
After all, Yu Xiuhong lost too much blood during childbirth and later suffered the blow of losing her husband, so she had little milk.
She now understood that Dr. Mu must have something to say to her, so she followed him into the clinic.
"Sister Honghong is here." Wang Xiaohua was also familiar with her. When she came in, she pulled her aside to talk warmly and brought her some tea. "Try it. This is the honeysuckle you gave me last time. We made it into Mi Ze."
"Honey is much harder to come by than honeysuckle," Yu Xiuhong said, but she also knew Xiaohua. She took a sip and praised, "It's a sweet herbal tea, delicious."
Mu Huaixi asked Fengjuan to check the things that Yu Xiuhong brought. She now waited for Fengjuan to make a judgment before speaking. Finally, the two of them recorded the price together, and then asked Jiang Wenyuan to sign, and Yu Xiuhong could go to pay.
After collecting the medicine, Mu Huaixi told the story of finding the Taoist doctor's tomb in the mountains. "The stone tablet is full of prescriptions, but it doesn't record the name of this senior. I remember you said you also knew a Taoist doctor, so I wanted you to help me find out her name."
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