Chapter 15 015 Son Steals Mother's Qi
Before Shu Jinyue could come up with a strategy to deal with the situation, there was already a commotion at the gate.
"This is Comrade Shu Jinyue's home."
"They live in Room 6. Yes, that's the east wing over here."
"Old Shu, is your Jin Yue at home?" Officer Liu from the neighborhood office said with a big grin, taking the initiative to talk to Shu Linong. "Your Jin Yue is really hard to find. I went through many levels to find her. Yesterday I found her name and home address directly at the place where she was working in the queue."
Shu Jinyue didn't know who Secretary Liu was, but when it came to his son Liu Dong, he almost became her brother-in-law, so how could she not know him?
You know, ever since Liu Dong and Shu Wenyun broke up, the Liu family and the Shu family have been at odds with each other. They usually don't even look at each other when they meet. But today, Secretary Liu was so enthusiastic and proactive. If you didn't know, you would think they were in-laws.
"Old Shu, you are really a hidden talent. Your family is becoming more and more successful now!"
Shu Linong’s face turned pale, he didn’t react, he wanted to say, aren’t you here... to catch Jin Yue?
Zhao Wanqiu hid her daughter behind her back, "What? What's the matter? Are you talking about Jin Yue?"
"That's right. If Deputy Director Yang from the city hadn't said he wanted to look for your Jin Yue, we would have lived on the same street and still been kept in the dark." Having said that, Secretary Liu introduced the leader with the slicked-back hair who was being stared at by everyone.
Yang Zhengkang nodded politely to the Shu family and briefly introduced himself. "Comrade Xiao Shu may not know me, but he should have some impression of my mother. When she brought my aunt to the provincial capital for medical treatment, she took the same train with you."
When Shu Jinyue heard the two old sisters coming to see a doctor, he immediately thought that it must be the lady who gave him the steamed buns on the train.
"Well, my mother said you reminded her to see a doctor, right?"
Seeing Jin Yue nod, he continued to ask: "I wonder if you could tell me on what basis you reminded my mother to see a doctor?"
After all, in this era, some symptoms of menopause are not considered a disease at all, and you just have to endure those two years.
As I said, everyone goes through this.
Just because his mother's complexion was rosier than that of ordinary people, he actually linked it to a strange disease. This sounds like nonsense whether in Western medicine or Chinese medicine.
But, it really happened——
"To be honest, my mother is indeed suffering from a strange disease now."
These days, he was looking for Shu Jinyue while searching for famous doctors, and at the same time actively arranging for Yang's mother to be transferred to another hospital. At present, Yang's mother has been transferred to the provincial hospital. Her sneezing condition has not improved and has even become more severe. She has begun to have difficulty breathing and needs oxygen. The hospital has even issued a critical illness notice.
"When I looked at the old lady's complexion, it didn't look like a normal rosy complexion. Instead, it looked like what Chinese medicine calls 'cheek red like makeup', which is a manifestation of yin deficiency and internal heat. Considering the physiological stage of the old lady's age, although I didn't feel her pulse, it was almost certain that she had liver and kidney yin deficiency."
Yang Zhengkang nodded. Seven out of ten Chinese medicine practitioners he consulted agreed with this view, proving that this was a consensus and should be correct.
But what does this have to do with sneezing?
Among the Chinese medicine doctors he consulted, the remaining three did not mention liver and kidney yin deficiency, but yang deficiency. Because they believe that Yang Qi protects the body from external damage and sneezing will occur when Yang is deficient. This is a principle stated in textbooks and anyone who has studied Chinese medicine should know this.
Now, both Chinese medicine practitioners say it is yang deficiency, and some say it is yin deficiency. These are two completely opposite diagnoses. Who should he believe? Once you adopt one of them, the treatment method will go completely in the opposite direction.
Seeing his expression change, Jin Yue did not continue to argue, but asked: "Old Madam Yang's strange illness has actually been going on for a while, right?"
"Yes, at first my mother thought I had caught a cold and didn't take it seriously. It wasn't until later when I couldn't stop sneezing that she thought I had a cold and took a lot of cold medicine."
"It's not a cold, so cold medicine is of course useless." Jin Yue said indifferently. She noticed that something was wrong with Yang's mother that night, but the other party did not give her the opportunity to explain in detail. She also got off the car early at night, so she did not witness the process of her illness with her own eyes, otherwise she would not have been delayed until now.
"The old lady's sneezing should start in the early morning and stop when the sun comes out, right?"
Yang Zhengkang was stunned. He hadn't even said it yet, but she already knew it?
"Because the second half of the night is the yang in the yin, and when the sun comes out it is the time when the yang rises. When the yin and yang intersect, the struggle between good and evil is naturally the most intense."
Everyone around was stunned when they heard this. Secretary Liu subconsciously thought that this was feudal superstition. If he had said such things a few years ago, he would have been caught. But when he saw that Deputy Director Yang didn't say anything and seemed to be listening with great interest, he held back again.
What does Deputy Director Yang do? He is specifically responsible for this struggle work.
Shu Jinyue was not being "careless", she was testing Yang Zhengkang.
Yang Zhengkang didn't know whether he didn't see her probing or he was concerned about his mother, so he asked, "Western doctors have checked her whole body and ruled out infection and allergic diseases. There are no local lesions in the lungs and nasopharynx. But I don't know why my mother's condition is getting worse and worse. She was even given a critical illness notice last night?"
Wow!
Critical illness notice!
The onlookers were all shocked. At first they thought it was a story. It was just a sneeze. How could a sneeze make one critically ill?
Jin Yue didn't expect that the old lady's condition would progress so quickly. But she didn't show it on her face. "Is it because the old lady has difficulty breathing and chest tightness? Does she need oxygen?"
Yang Zhengkang nodded.
"Liver and kidney yin deficiency has nothing to do with sneezing. Many people know that respiratory problems should be considered lung problems. Traditional Chinese medicine also says that the lungs open up to the nose. Sneezing is indeed a manifestation of lung qi deficiency, but traditional Chinese medicine also has a concept called the child stealing the mother's qi."
The kidney is the child of the lung. If the child is weak, the mother needs to work harder to nourish the child. Eventually, the disease is no longer limited to kidney deficiency, but will affect the lung qi.
Yang Zhengkang was confused by what was going on with the topic "son and mother". He had a feeling that she must have something in her mind since she could not only accurately predict his mother's illness but also easily come up with such profound and obscure theoretical knowledge.
I asked immediately, "According to Comrade Xiaoshu, my mother is suffering from a strange sneezing disease caused by not paying attention to her menopausal symptoms?"
Jin Yue nodded. Even an outsider could understand it this way.
Yang Zhengkang nodded again, "No wonder, no wonder."
"I remember that among the several Chinese medicine doctors we invited, some of them boldly tried and said that it might be due to lung qi deficiency. They used a lot of medicines to replenish lung qi, but the sneezing still could not be stopped. It turned out that they did not find the real location of the disease."
Jin Yue sighed inwardly. Everyone knows about liver and kidney yin deficiency and lung qi deficiency, but not many people know about the son stealing the mother's qi. When people see lung deficiency, they just know to nourish the lungs without delving into the causes of lung deficiency. Isn't this a cramming treatment method? It would be strange if it could be useful.
Originally, a sneeze is not considered a difficult and complicated disease, but the old Chinese medicine practitioners who came from traditional classical studies were all sent to the cowshed by people like Director Yang, and there is no successor. The remaining ones are young Chinese medicine practitioners with poor classical foundation, or even those who have switched to Western medicine and learned Chinese medicine halfway through their careers.
The thinking of this type of people is to treat the symptoms rather than the cause, and mechanically replenish the deficiency.
"The old lady's illness is actually not complicated. She just needs to take some Liuwei Dihuang Pills and..."
Before Jin Yue finished speaking, Secretary Liu burst out laughing, "Jin Yue, you kid, what nonsense are you talking about? How can you feed this stuff to an old lady?"
The more I look at him, the more amused I find it. Why does Liuwei Dihuang Pills seem to be associated with impotence and premature ejaculation? The misunderstanding of Chinese patent medicine among the people was spread by people like this.
Yang Zhengkang, on the other hand, realized that he had underestimated Liu from the beginning after hearing what she said. He glared at Liu and said, "Comrade Xiaoshu, you decide. I'll go get ready right away."
Jin Yue mentioned two ready-made medicines for replenishing lung qi. When combined with Liuwei Dihuang Pills, they are convenient to take and easy to stick to.
However, Yang Zhengkang hesitated and still felt uneasy. "I will buy the medicine, but I have another unwelcome request. Comrade Xiao Shu, can you go and check my mother's pulse?"
Shu Jinyue would of course not refuse, but before going, she had to make it clear that she was currently just a barefoot doctor in the countryside and did not have the qualifications to practice medicine in the city.
"Comrade Xiaoshu, rest assured. I already know your situation. Your contribution to rural primary health care over the past three years is truly admirable. I volunteered to ask you to diagnose my mother's pulse today. I will be personally responsible for any problems that arise."
When he found out where he was sent to work in the countryside, he had already made a general investigation into Shu Jinyue's public experience over the past three years and knew that she was indeed curing illnesses and saving lives, otherwise how could she bring so many people to her mother.
"Once you are cured, I will arrange for the Health Bureau to issue you a certificate. It's a special matter."
Jin Yue’s heart skipped a beat. Here it comes!
What she wanted was for him to say this in public. With this, she would have no worries when practicing medicine in the future.
***
Teacher Shu and Zhao Wanqiu were worried, so they followed Jin Yue to the hospital.
The old couple sat in the shiny black car and looked at their former neighbors from a different perspective. They had mixed feelings. "Jin Yue, we have to go now that they've come. But if we go, you'll find an excuse saying you can't treat it. We won't get involved in this mess."
"Yes, listen to your mother. We can't afford to offend her."
Jin Yue didn't want them to worry, so she nodded. In fact, she was not afraid. Old Madam Yang's illness was not a difficult one. The reason why it couldn't be cured for a long time was simply that she hadn't met a good Chinese medicine doctor.
What she is thinking about now is whether she should seize this opportunity, take a further step, and find a way out for herself.
Yang Zhengkang is undoubtedly the "ceiling" figure that their family can currently contact. In front of him, even Liu Dong's father, who never looks at them straight in the eye, can shamelessly try to make friends with him. Even the director of the street office, who rarely shows up, actually passed a cigarette to Teacher Shu.
She thought boldly, if she could cure old lady Yang, could she take the opportunity to talk to Yang Zhengkang about work? She doesn't have high demands. She is willing to go even to a pesticide factory. She would stay there first and then slowly find a way to switch to medical care.
Thinking about this, several people came to the Provincial Hospital. Zhao Wanqiu was a senior nurse after all, and she was not afraid of seeing a bunch of directors in white coats or deans. However, Teacher Shu was so nervous that he swallowed his saliva and forced himself to stand in front of Jin Yue.
"Little girl, you're here." Old Mrs. Yang leaned against the head of the bed and forced a smile on her face.
And the moment he saw her, Jin Yue finally understood why other Chinese medicine practitioners were unsure of her condition. Her face was now terribly pale, and the blush on her cheekbones had disappeared without a trace. If someone was not careful, they would have considered her to be suffering from yang deficiency.
Once Yang deficiency is diagnosed, using drugs to replenish fire and enhance Yang is undoubtedly like throwing a match into a medicine barrel.
She said nothing, just chatted for a few words, then sat down beside the bed, took the old lady's left hand, and concentrated on taking her pulse.
Overall, the pulse condition was basically consistent with the symptoms described by Yang Zhengkang. Her diagnosis was correct, but the effect of the pills was slow. Seeing the old lady so ill with her own eyes, she couldn't wait and directly prescribed a combination of Liuwei Dihuang Decoction and Bufei Decoction, and added or subtracted a few herbs according to the symptoms, and asked the Yang family to take it quickly and try it.
***
Only after walking out of the gate of the Provincial Hospital did Zhao Wanqiu dare to breathe heavily. "I'm so scared. These people are not..."
"Be careful with your words." Teacher Shu's tense face relaxed. "How confident are you today?"
"very."
"Are you sure?"
Jin Yue made up a story and said that he had encountered the same illness in the countryside. Anyway, the old couple didn't understand and it was easy to fool them.
Back in Liuye Hutong, the entire No. 16 Courtyard was talking about the arrival of a big leader in the Shu family, and that Shu Jinyue was invited by the big leader to go to the provincial hospital to treat patients.
"Teacher Shu said Jin Yue can treat illnesses, and I thought he was bragging."
"That's right. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. Jin Yue is such a idiot."
"The disease I went to see today was not a common cold, but a strange disease that many experts couldn't cure!"
"You know what, it was she who suggested the method of detoxifying Aunt Li's pesticide yesterday. Maybe she can really do it."
"Forget it, that's just soapy water that Aunt Li drank. If she really drank pesticide, I don't think she can do anything about it."
"Traditional Chinese medicine requires inheritance. The Shu family and the Zhao family haven't known this for three generations. At most, she learned a few tricks in the countryside and is now practicing. Do you still take it seriously?"
“…”
Everyone was talking at once, and when the family of three returned to the gate, everyone stopped talking. Aunt Zhao hurriedly asked about the condition of the big leader's mother and whether it was serious. The others who were watching asked Jin Yue to help take a look. One said he had a headache, and another said he had diarrhea. They all asked Jin Yue to tell them what the disease was and what medicine they should take.
In short, there are more people who just watch the fun than those who believe it.
But it doesn't matter. Jin Yue knows that within three days at most, there will be news from Old Lady Yang...
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