About a cup of tea later, Zhou Xun removed the silver needle from Wang's acupuncture point. The man who had been coughing and wheezing incessantly did not cough at all for half a day.
Zhou Er said excitedly, "Brother, is our mother better now? Look, she hasn't coughed for half a day!"
Zhou Da, watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but feel a surge of hope. For years, every winter, his mother would suffer from coughing and wheezing, each attack more severe than the last. Seeing his mother grow increasingly haggard and frail, Zhou Da began to imagine the worst.
Seeing that his mother no longer suffered from the heart-wrenching coughing and wheezing today, a glimmer of hope ignited in Zhou Da's heart!
At this moment, Zhou's eldest daughter-in-law came over with a hot water bottle, and Zhou Xun immediately asked her to put the hot water bottle in Wang's quilt.
Holding the hot little stove in her arms, ironing her whole body, Wang felt more relaxed than ever before.
Zhou Xun: "I just used silver needles to clear the acupuncture points. I will write you a prescription later. You can go to the town clinic and get it according to the prescription. Boil three bowls of water into one bowl of water and take it every morning and evening!"
The Zhou brothers nodded hurriedly. At this moment, Zhou Xun's words sounded like holy paper in their ears.
Zhou Xun said to Wang: "Mother-in-law, how are you feeling? Are you feeling better?"
Wang nodded and looked at Zhou Xun excitedly.
Zhou Xun continued, "Your illness isn't as serious as you think. I'll give you acupuncture for five days, and then you can take some medicine and recuperate for a few days, and you'll be fine!"
Wang excitedly grabbed Zhou Xun's hand and asked with tears in her eyes, "My dear, is this true? Don't try to fool an old woman like me!"
"Mother-in-law, don't think too much. Your illness is also related to burning charcoal in the room for a long time. After you recover, don't burn charcoal braziers in the room!" Zhou Xun warned.
Zhou Da took Zhou Xun's words as his guiding principle. He never thought that his good intentions would be the cause of his mother's illness every winter.
Zhou Da no longer hesitated, picked up the charcoal brazier and left the house.
After comforting Wang, Zhou Er followed Zhou Xun and his group back to the next door.
Li Yan returned to the house first, brought out a pen and paper and handed them to Zhou Xun.
Zhou Xun took the paper and pen from Li Yan and wrote down: "1.5 qian of dried tangerine peel, 2 qian of pinellia tuber, 2 qian of poria cocos, 1 qian of licorice root, 1 qian of almond, 7 fen of white mustard seeds!"
After Zhou Xun finished writing, he dried the ink on the paper and handed it to Zhou Er, who was waiting nearby, and said, "Take this prescription to the pharmacy in town and get seven prescriptions!"
Zhou Er took the prescription and said hesitantly, "There's only one small clinic in our town, and I don't know if they have the herbs listed here. How about I just go to the county town?"
Zhou Xun waved his hand: "The herbs above are the most common herbs. They are all available in the shop. You don't have to go all the way to the county town!"
After listening to Zhou Xun's explanation, Zhou Er did not stay any longer and hurried out of the house with the prescription.
After everyone left, Guo Dalang sent Zhou Xun back to his room to rest.
After Zhou's wife put her mother-in-law to bed, she took the food from home and went next door.
Mrs. Zhou placed the pheasant and vegetables in front of Li Yan and said uncomfortably, "We don't have anything good to treat you at home, so I picked some vegetables that I grew myself. These are the pheasants that your uncle and his men hunted in the mountains last time. I kept a few to pickle and give some to you to try. Tomorrow I'll ask your uncle and his men to go to the mountains and hunt some fresh game for you to try!"
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