Just after the Little New Year, the temperature dropped sharply.
This wave of cold air directly caused several children in the village to fall ill. Families with children often heard children coughing and crying at night, which made adults feel worried.
More and more children came to see the doctor, and many of them bought ready-made medicines directly. Fortunately, Tian Cai had made a batch of pills before, and none of them contained dew.
After meeting Yang Weihong, she felt that she could try to increase the efficacy of the medicine without relying on dew. After all, if the dew disappeared one day, she would be at a loss.
This was an experiment done on Yang Weihong before. Tian Cai went to Qingshan Village to give her acupuncture twice, and she recovered very well. It seems that she can already do some light housework at her parents' home.
However, thinking of the expressions of Mrs. Yang Dasao and Mrs. Yang Ersao, she felt that Yang Weihong would not be able to stay at home to recuperate for long. From what they said, Li Fugen came to apologize and sent a lot of things, which touched the Yang family members.
After Tian Cai learned the news, he looked at Yang Weihong's expression again and felt that there was a sense of resignation in it.
She made two types of this batch of pills. One type was added with a small amount of dew. She made less of this type, only two bottles, and she planned to use it for serious illnesses. The other type did not contain any dew at all. When combined with acupuncture, she was confident that the symptoms could be eliminated as soon as possible.
Li Guangxia and Qiu Ju came that day, but it was Dandan who came to see the doctor instead of her.
Dandan is a nickname. Aunt Guangxia named her granddaughter Sun Dan. This is the second baby delivered by Tian Cai. She is now more than five months old.
Qiuju came over with the child in her arms, looking solemn. After she unwrapped the layers of quilts, Tian Cai saw Dandan, who was feverishly red.
She reached out her hand and took the temperature on her forehead. "How long has the fever lasted? Are there any other symptoms?"
"He started running a fever last night. I applied a cold towel to him for a while as you taught me. The temperature went down at first, but it came back in the second half of the night. I didn't notice any other symptoms." Qiuju clenched her fists and looked at the baby on the examination bed with worried eyes.
Tian Cai took out a thermometer from the medicine cabinet, wiped it with an alcohol cotton pad, and then put it in Dandan's armpit. "Don't worry, it should be the same as this cold. I'll check the temperature later. If it doesn't work, I'll give you an injection."
While feeling the pulse, he added, "Next time the child has any problems, send someone to call me over. It's so cold and the wind is blowing."
Li Guangxia felt very pleased after hearing this and nodded in agreement.
After checking, the child had no other symptoms, but his pulse was tense and like a rope being pulled, indicating a cold. After a while, she took out the thermometer and found that the temperature was not very high, only 38.5 degrees.
Qiuju saw her take out a bottle from the medicine cabinet, pour out a fever-reducing pill, break off a small piece and dissolve it in water, then put it in a small spoon. She didn't know where she touched the child's body, but Dandan, who used to spit out if the taste was a little wrong, actually swallowed it.
Tian Cai fed Qiuju the medicine and two sips of water, then told her, "During the child's fever, give her plenty of water to avoid dehydration. I'll give her an injection first so the medicine can take effect faster."
Tian Cai asked Qiuju to carry the child to the kang in the inner room, as it was warmer there and the child could avoid catching a cold by taking off his clothes.
Qiuju saw Tian Cai holding a long needle and quickly stabbing it into Dandan's body. There were needles on her chest, arms, and even legs. The cold light was so flashing that people were afraid to get close.
As for the child, not only did he not cry after getting so many injections, he even yawned and fell asleep.
Tian Cai pulled a corner of the blanket over her belly, counting the time silently in his mind, and pulled out the needles one by one when he felt it was about time. By this time, Dandan's body temperature had dropped a lot, and she was no longer hot to the touch.
She prescribed two more pills and wrapped them in a piece of paper. "Did you see the size I cut just now? Just make a piece about the same size each time and dissolve it. Feed it to the child after meals. Give her plenty of water. If anything happens, send someone to call me."
Qiuju tidied the child's clothes and blanket, then took the medicine bag and said with gratitude, "The child looks much better. I'm not so panicked anymore. Thank you so much, Doctor Tian."
Tian Cai just saw that she was worried about the child's illness and didn't think anything of it. Now seeing that her face was flushed and her eyes were a little dazed when she spoke, he hurriedly took the child and handed it to Aunt Guangxia, and pulled Qiuju's wrist to touch it.
"Wow, your condition is much worse than Dandan's!"
Qiuju looked confused. "I don't feel uncomfortable, just a little cold."
Aunt Guangxia reached out and touched Qiuju's head with the back of her hand. "It's even hotter than your daughter's. Tell me, isn't that strange? How did you feel that Dandan had a fever when it was so hot?"
Tian Cai took her pulse again and confirmed that both mother and daughter had a cold. Then he took the same medicine. Hearing this, he couldn't help laughing, "This is probably the mother-daughter connection!"
"You should lie down and get an acupuncture injection. It will work quickly. You still have to take care of the children when you get home!"
Qiuju was originally afraid of needles, and after hearing what Tian Cai said, she thought it made sense. Besides, she had been pricked when she gave birth before, so she took off her clothes and lay on the kang without any psychological burden.
Tian Cai disinfected the needle and inserted it into her body one by one.
Li Guangxia watched Tian Cai's skilled movements and sighed, "There are quite a few people suffering from colds these days. It's all thanks to you in the village. Yesterday, I saw Juanzi from Luo Laoer's family go to the commune for a shot. Didn't you say you could get one here too? Why didn't she come over?"
Tian Cai smiled and said, "Although I can give injections, I usually prescribe pills. She might be afraid of the bitter taste."
She could probably guess the actual reason. Luo Juan had come here for pulse diagnosis when she was just pregnant. When Second Aunt Luo brought her here, she thought she didn't know her. Unexpectedly, Luo Juan's divorce became such a big deal later. Most people in the village didn't know that Luo Juan had been pregnant. Apart from a few people in the Luo family, only Tian Cai knew about it.
In the past year, Tian Cai has never seen anyone from Uncle Luo's family come here for medical treatment. They all go directly to the commune or the county.
I heard from Qu Ting before that Aunt Luo went to talk to her specially, and she was asking her in various ways whether she could treat some common diseases since Qu Ting had also gone to the commune to study for two months.
"If you could become a doctor after just two months of study, doctors wouldn't be so scarce!" Qu Ting couldn't help but complain. "What do you think Aunt Luo means by this? Is she insulting me? I only know how to prevent some infectious diseases now. As for treating wounds, simple ones are fine, but I'm afraid of larger ones!"
When Aunt Luo learned that Qu Ting could not see a doctor, she was unwilling to come to Tian Cai for the sake of face. Only when Luo Juan caught a cold did they choose to go to the commune's clinic.
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