Tian Cai nodded in understanding. "I can see that there are varying degrees of edema in the body. I'm afraid there's something wrong with the kidneys. How serious is it?"
Perhaps Tian Cai's relaxed and natural attitude infected a few people. Zhang Cheng and Zeng Wen gradually relaxed, and even Zhang Dazhi no longer had the tension he had just felt.
"It's nephritis. It's been seven or eight years since I was diagnosed. I've been hospitalized three times during this period. Each time, I got better after taking injections and medication. I've also been taking medication regularly since I returned home."
"He got tired a while ago and his condition suddenly got worse. The most obvious thing is that he looks much more swollen than before. There's a dent when you press on his leg."
A while ago, during the spring plowing season, Zhang Dazhi had already trained two apprentices, but one of them broke his leg and had to take a leave of absence. Zhang Dazhi could only work at the maintenance station despite his sick body. The work was intense and took place day and night, and he became ill from exhaustion after a few days.
He saw that there were still many machines that needed maintenance, and he knew that he could not collapse at this time, so he relied on taking medicine to endure until the end of spring plowing. He collapsed directly at the maintenance station and was later sent to the hospital where he saved his life.
After being hospitalized, I took a lot of injections to reduce edema as usual. I don’t know if my body had developed drug resistance or my condition had worsened, but there was no effect after several days of taking the injections. In addition, other symptoms became more and more severe, including soreness in the waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus. Not only did I have blood in my urine, but even my stool was not formed and I had constant diarrhea.
Tian Cai knew the man's condition wasn't looking good. She flipped through the medical records the others had brought and said calmly, "I already understand the basic situation. Let's take your pulse first, and then we'll prescribe medication or acupuncture based on your condition."
Zhang Dazhi quickly put his wrist on the table.
Nephritis is still relatively common. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the causes of nephritis are nothing more than weak kidney qi, weak kidney yang, and insufficient kidney yin.
Generally speaking, nephritis is caused by the invasion of external pathogens, which damages the spleen and kidneys, resulting in damage to the spleen's transport function and the kidneys' opening and closing functions.
Zhang Dazhi suffers from both spleen and kidney deficiency, which manifests as swelling all over the body, fatigue, dizziness, limb pain, etc.
After taking Zhang Dazhi's pulse, Tian Cai checked his tongue and limbs. His limbs were severely swollen. When he pressed lightly with his fingers, the swelling was so deep that it went beyond his fingers. Zhang Dazhi's entire face and neck were swollen.
The tongue is pale, the pulse is floating, white, deep and weak.
After Tian Cai finished the examination, he relaxed a little, "His condition is not the worst yet, it's not a big problem."
Because he said it so casually, several people didn't react for a moment and thought Tian Cai was joking.
When Zeng Wen realized what she was saying, she almost cried with excitement. She held her uncle's hand tightly.
"Doctor Tian, what did you just say? Did I hear it wrong?"
Tian Cai smiled and said, "I said the patient's condition is not serious. It won't be a big problem to treat him. He will be well soon."
She stood up and walked to the pharmacy. "And I have the herbs right here. I can prescribe you a prescription right now. We'll reduce the swelling first, then strengthen the kidneys and strengthen the body. This is a process, so don't worry. You'll see the results soon."
"I think you're all prepared to stay here for a while, so let's get the medicine first. Yeah, I estimate that drinking it for two days should be enough."
While Tian Cai was moving back and forth in front of the medicine cabinet, preparing medicine with a small dustpan, Zeng Wen and the others were still immersed in what Tian Cai had just said.
Is it that easy?
Why does nephritis not seem to be such a deadly disease according to Dr. Tian?
Zhang Dazhi glanced at his niece nervously, "Wenwen, let's—"
"Uncle, let's listen to Dr. Tian. You wait here to get the medicine. I'll go ask some fellow villagers nearby if they have a vacant room for us to stay in for a few days."
Zeng Wen interrupted him and said with a firm look that she would never allow the hope she had worked so hard to obtain to be shattered.
Since you are already here, just focus on receiving treatment and don’t worry about anything else.
Tian Cai turned around after hearing this and said, "Go south and there are several houses over there that can vacate a room. It's enough for you two grown men to stay in. As for this female comrade..."
Tian Cai looked at her,
"My name is Zeng Wen!" Zeng Wen said hurriedly.
"Oh, Comrade Zeng, you can live in my house. The sheets and quilt covers in this room are all new. Just draw the curtains when you go to bed at night. It will be completely fine for you to live here."
Although the bamboo house is a bit old, Tian Caixia still likes to live in it. He can give the girl the bed in the pharmacy. When the curtain is drawn, there will be good privacy.
Even though the inner room was empty, Tian Cai didn't want anyone to live there. That place and the bamboo house were her private space. It was okay for someone to come and take a look occasionally, but if someone really stayed there, she would feel like her private territory was being invaded.
Very uncomfortable.
"That's great, I'll stay here tonight!" Zeng Wen said happily.
She thought of this on the way. Nowadays, every family has many children, and it is not easy to find a fellow villager to vacate a room, let alone two rooms. She thought that she might have to sleep together with a girl from another family.
I heard that some people in the countryside don’t like to keep clean and there are lice on their bedding.
Just thinking about this, Zeng Wen felt itchy all over.
So Tian Cai invited her to sleep on the examination bed at night, and she readily agreed.
The examination bed looks very clean. Although the sheets are a bit old, they emit a faint medicinal fragrance.
Moreover, Comrade Tian Cai gives people a very clean impression. At least she doesn't have to worry about lice.
Considering that they had just arrived in Kaoshan Village and had no place to boil medicine, Tian Cai boiled the first pot of medicine in his own small clay pot.
Zhang Cheng went out for a walk and came back with Qu Yang following behind him.
Tian Cai smiled as soon as they met. Unexpectedly, Aunt Qu also came to her senses and asked, "Live in your sister's room?"
Qu Yang nodded nonchalantly, "She and my brother-in-law aren't coming back anyway, so the room is empty anyway."
It’s better to earn some money.
Qu Yang didn't say the last sentence, but Tian Cai understood what he meant and laughed immediately.
Does this mean that she has boosted the GDP of Kaoshan Village with her own efforts?
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The few of them slept exceptionally well that night and woke up in the morning to the chirping of insects and birds.
Tian Cai added some tranquilizing herbs to Zhang Dazhi's medicine, allowing him to have a rare good night's sleep.
Zhang Dazhi noticed something different as soon as he got up. The tightness that usually came from his arms and legs seemed to be gone?
He moved his arms and legs, and then, unwilling to believe it, stretched out his fingers and pressed on his legs. Although small pits still appeared, they were much different from the previous depth, and the pits returned to flatness much faster.
Zhang Dacheng felt it was a little unbelievable. He hadn't had this feeling for a long time. Even if he continued to hang intravenously in the hospital for a few days, it would be difficult to achieve this effect. He couldn't help but become more confident that Tian Cai could cure him.
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