Tian Cai enjoyed the meal with gusto, but Mr. Qian was a little absent-minded. He wanted to ask a few more questions, but seeing that Tian Cai was concentrating on eating and had no intention of talking, he held it back.
The old doctor they are looking for now has very ordinary skills. He is very famous in the area because of several sets of acupuncture techniques passed down in his family. That's why he was recommended by his subordinates. The old leader has taken two sets of the prescriptions he prescribed, but it can only be said that they are ineffective. The condition has neither improved nor worsened. The acupuncture skills that are said to be very powerful are actually average, far worse than those of Hong Siqing.
Now the old leader's condition is getting worse, and they are in urgent need of a good acupuncturist, but this must not be shown. After all, the old leader is still in office, and it would be bad if this kind of thing became a handle for opponents to attack him.
After dinner, Mr. Qian wanted to test the teacher, so he chased Tian Cai and asked her to treat him. If she really had some skills, it would be easier to recommend her.
Tian Cai was helpless, "What's wrong with you?"
Mr. Qian put his hands into his sleeves and looked at her with a smile, "It depends on your ability. You ask me and I answer. It depends on whether you can find the place."
Maybe because he lived with Grandpa Tian since he was a child, Tian Cai is more patient with the elderly. Old children are still children. Sometimes older people can be as unreasonable as children.
It seemed that she had to show some real skills, so she cooperated.
Tian Cai observed Mr. Qian's complexion and looked at his tongue coating. The tongue was light red with a thin white coating. She took Mr. Qian's wrist and her eyes could not help but pause on his wrist. She stretched out three fingers as if nothing had happened and put them on it to carefully check his pulse. The pulse was fast, the tight pulse rose and fell in an instant, and the pulse was more urgent than the rapid pulse. It was a slippery pulse.
Tian Cai went over the symptoms corresponding to this pulse in his mind, and considering his red and swollen wrist joints, he felt that gout was the most suitable one.
She asked Qian Liming to help take off the shoes and socks on both of Mr. Qian's feet. After making sure that his toes were not red or swollen and his joints were not deformed, she continued to check his ankle joints, and there was no problem either.
When Qian Liming saw that Tian Cai couldn't find the lesion, she became even more anxious than Tian Cai, the person involved, and sweat broke out on her forehead.
Watching him straighten Mr. Qian's trouser legs, Tian Cai suddenly said, "Old man, you have gout."
Mr. Qian was stunned for a moment, then he smiled smugly, "Your diagnosis is wrong, I don't have it."
"No, you do." Tian Cai picked up his wrist again, rolled up his sleeves, and pointed at the red and swollen wrist. "Your wrist joint is already showing symptoms of gout, and your pulse confirms this. Hasn't your wrist hurt lately? It's that kind of persistent, tearing pain."
Old Master Qian was stunned. It turned out that what Tian Cai said was true. His wrist had indeed started to hurt recently, but he didn't take it seriously. He just thought he had twisted it and it would be fine if he took care of it for a few days.
But a few days had passed and his wrist hadn't improved. He was planning to go to the county hospital after leaving Qian Liming's place!
I didn’t expect it to be gout?
"Then, Doctor Xiaotian, can gout be treated with acupuncture?" Old Master Qian breathed a sigh of relief, kneading his red and swollen wrist, and asked embarrassedly.
He originally didn't think the pain in his wrist was unbearable, but after hearing what Tian Cai said, he felt extremely uncomfortable.
"Yes," Tian Cai took out a needle from the needle bag, washed his hands and disinfected it carefully, then smiled at Mr. Qian. "Let me show you a few tricks."
"Then give it a try!"
Tian Cai inserted needles at Tianshu, Quezhongwan, Qihai, Shenshu, Dachang, Zusanli and Sanyinjiao points, and then used the newly learned Cai family unique technique to trigger the linkage, allowing the qi generated inside the needles to be linked together.
Old Master Qian felt very clearly that his wrist, which was originally in unbearable pain, was now tingling, and he couldn't help but immerse himself in it. Until the numbness faded, the pain came back, but it was much milder than before.
He couldn't help but clap his hands and praise, "Great!"
This little girl is really something!
Old Master Qian no longer doubted Tian Cai's medical skills. He wanted to drag him to his old leader right now, thinking that she would definitely have a solution!
Qian Limin couldn't wait to ask: "Second Grandpa, how is it?"
Mr. Qian nodded and said, "My status as an old leader is somewhat special. If I decide to ask you to treat me, I'm afraid you'll have to stay with me for a while."
Qian Liming felt relieved, thinking that the matter was halfway accomplished.
Tian Cai glanced at him and knew that Qian Liming must have had some ulterior motive in recommending her. She didn't mind being used, and there was nothing wrong with mutually beneficial things. In this way, Qian Liming owed her a favor.
"Isn't it in the county?" Tian Cai didn't like staying in someone else's house, so he decided to ask where the patient was first.
"I'm in the county for now and will be leaving in a few days. What's the matter, Doctor Xiaotian?" Although he asked this, Grandpa Qian didn't think there would be any problem with Tian Cai. There were too many people who wanted to rely on the old leader. If she was a person who knew the times, she would definitely not miss this opportunity.
Tian Cai thought of Mimi and decided to speak frankly. "In the county, I can go into the city every day for acupuncture. If I go somewhere else, it will be inconvenient to go."
Mr. Qian was happy and didn't ask her why it was inconvenient. He directly agreed, "Don't worry, it's in the county."
He also accepted Qian Liming's favor and asked Tian Cai to bring the medicine for him tomorrow. Qian Liming had to go to work in the afternoon, and Tian Cai also had to prepare to go back.
After greeting Du Chunyan, she followed the two out. When she reached the door, Mr. Qian said, "I can't agree on this matter on behalf of the old leader. His status is quite special. I need to go back and discuss it with others."
Tian Cai nodded indifferently. She knew that it was not a good deal to be the one who pushed for something.
After saying goodbye to the two, Tian Cai went to the supply and marketing cooperative again and bought some seasonings. The stock at home had been almost used up during the New Year period, but she didn't buy much. She had to come to the county every day for a long time recently and could buy seasonings at any time.
After buying things, she took the bus back to the commune. It was still light when she arrived at Kaoshan Village. From a distance, she saw Mimi lying at the door and sleeping again. She didn't know what was wrong with this little guy recently. When Tian Cai was not at home, it would jump over the wall and lie outside the door. The villagers told her more than once that this little guy was very human-like. When people who came to see a doctor or buy medicine saw it lying at the door, they knew that Tian Cai was not at home.
It never attacks people actively, and if it really hates the naughty kids who rush at it, it will scare them away by baring its teeth.
Tian Cai came from the village and was still some distance away from her own gate. Mimi was lying there bored, but when she heard her footsteps, she jumped up with a roar and ran over happily to greet her.
Tian Cai caught the big cat that pounced on him, rubbed its head lovingly, and then the man and the cat walked home side by side.
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