Ever since Liu Ankang came into contact with medical books, the more he read, the more magical they seemed to him.
Later, I often went to the nearby clinic to see a doctor and get medicine. Nowadays, people don’t go to the hospital for minor illnesses or pains. The clinic is convenient and cheap. You can see the doctor and get the medicine directly and leave.
Unlike a hospital, where each place is responsible for one thing, sometimes you don’t even know where to go when you go there alone.
Liu Ankang also tried to take his own pulse, but unfortunately he had no knowledge of any books on the subject and could not feel anything.
That day, the family of three supported each other and went to the clinic.
"Doctor, doctor, please prescribe some medicine for me. The three of us ate yesterday's leftovers, and today we have stomachaches, vomiting and diarrhea. We feel very uncomfortable." The speaker was a middle-aged woman, accompanied by a son and a daughter.
"It's hot now, and overnight food is easy to spoil. Remember to check it before eating it next time." The doctor said as he helped her write a prescription.
Because directly stating the symptoms without having to have a doctor's examination can save some medical fees, there are still many people who come directly to get the medicine!
"If you are not feeling well, why bring the child out? Can't you just get the medicine and take it back to boil it?" The doctor said disapprovingly, looking at the child beside her.
"I just want to ask you, is it normal that my son's symptoms are the most serious? Does he need to be prescribed other medicine?" the woman asked anxiously.
"He is the youngest, and it is normal for children to have more severe symptoms. I will prescribe some medicine to strengthen the spleen and stomach later. Give it to him after he finishes the medicine in my hand!" After the doctor said this, he wrote another prescription.
"Thank you, doctor, thank you, doctor." The woman took the medicine and prepared to walk to the counter to get it.
"She didn't eat anything bad, she was poisoned!" Liu Ankang said to the doctor.
"What nonsense are you talking about? The three of us have been at home all day. How could we get poisoned? Go away, kid, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." The woman said impatiently when she saw that the person who was talking was a child.
Her son is feeling unwell now, so she has to go back and prepare medicine.
"Child, how do you determine that she was poisoned?" the old doctor asked curiously.
He knew this child and would occasionally see him standing at the door watching him treat patients, but he was just a child and he didn't take it seriously.
"They were supporting each other when they came in. So they should be weak. I saw that this lady's steps were unsteady and she might be dizzy.
She had abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, and when she just stood up, her foot hit the stool without her realizing it. This was pain paralysis!
Taken together, it looks like arsenic poisoning," Liu Ankang said slowly.
The doctor thought about what he said and felt that it made sense. Because he was sitting inside the table, he didn't see any of this.
"But we have been at home all day. We prepared the food ourselves, and no one came to our house. How could we be poisoned? It was arsenic." The woman stopped when she heard what Liu Ankang said, because she felt that the symptoms matched.
Could it be that I was really poisoned? Could it be that the pot of meat I brought home yesterday was poisonous?
"What a vicious woman! She actually tried to poison me to death. I just said that when my mother asked me to bring a bowl of meat home yesterday, she was unhappy.
I didn’t expect it was poisoned. How could my brother marry such a vicious woman! ” The woman immediately burst into tears in the clinic.
"Okay, this is just a kid's guess. Come here first and let me check your pulse. Bring your two children over as well." The old doctor stopped the woman from crying and said.
"Yes, yes, yes. Doctor, please check on my son first. He eats the most meat. I brought back a bowl of meat from my mother's house yesterday. I added potatoes to stew for lunch today."
My son ate most of the meat. Can you please see if he can be saved?" the woman asked anxiously.
The doctor carefully felt the pulses of the three women in turn, then slowly said, "Don't worry. Your son's condition only seems more serious because he's so young. On the contrary, your pulse is the most serious."
"Ah? Why me? But I didn't eat any meat. I gave it all to the two of them. I only ate potatoes.
Is it possible that the broth is poisonous? Is it that the potatoes are soaked up by the broth, making it more toxic?
"No wonder the potatoes we ate today were sour. I thought they were rotten. I didn't give them any." The woman suddenly remembered that she seemed to have asked her son to add salt, but the family had run out of salt.
He woke up his son and asked, "Son, isn't there any salt in the kitchen? Where did you add it?"
Her son was shaken awake by her and whispered, "Under the cabinet."
"Oh, you poor thing!" The woman wanted to pat her son but couldn't bear to do so, so she patted her thigh. "It's all my fault, it's all my fault. Doctor, please save us."
"Give me the prescription just now. I'll write you two new ones. Go back and drink two bowls each. If you don't eat much, just spit it out and you'll be fine!" The doctor took back the prescription he had just written and wrote two new ones.
"Induce vomiting first, and then make this nourishing medicine when you feel better. You have hurt your body a little, so you must take good care of yourself from now on." The old doctor handed two prescriptions to the woman.
"Thank you, doctor, thank you, doctor!" The woman took the prescription and quickly thanked him.
"Don't thank me, thank this child instead." The old doctor laughed.
It seems that everyone who comes to get medicine will have to check the patient's pulse in the future to avoid mistakes like today.
Little did he know that his good deed was rewarded in that special era.
"Thank you all, thank you all." The woman said excitedly to Liu Ankang.
"Son, thank you so much! You and the old doctor saved our family's lives. Where is your home? I'll prepare a generous gift and come to your house to express my gratitude."
"No need, I just said it by accident." Liu Ankang said embarrassedly. He didn't expect that his guess would be true.
"Yes, yes. If it weren't for you, the three of us might be dead here today!" said the woman with a look of fear on her face.
"You get the medicine first, I'll leave first." Liu Ankang said embarrassedly and left.
"Hey, don't go. You haven't told me the address yet!" said the woman behind him.
Unfortunately, she was so weak that she couldn't catch up even if she wanted to.
"Okay, let's get the medicine first. They are all from this area. You may still find it by chance." The old doctor said to the woman.
Liu Ankang returned home with excitement, as if he had found his goal.
He did not find the medical book boring. Instead, he found it more and more interesting the more he read it. He had already memorized the properties and effects of various medicinal herbs in the book.
He had memorized some cases, but he still didn't understand why the medicine was used in that way.
There are many medicinal herbs with the same effects, but I don’t know when to use which herb, what the dosage is, what the corresponding diseases are, etc.
Liu Ankang has made plans for his life and plans to go to medical university in the future.
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