Chapter 59: The Barrel Effect
She went to the pharmacy and wanted to write down the appearance of some herbs first, so that when she looked at the pictures in the book later, she would have a sense of the picture.
Unexpectedly, he ran into Rong Qi in the medicine pavilion, who seemed to be testing Rong Xing.
"The patient has a fever with rashes, is vomiting blood and has bloody stools. He also has pain in his waist, legs, and muscles. How should I prescribe a prescription?"
Just listening to Na Rongqi's quiet questioning, Na Rongxing started to busy himself in the herbal medicine cabinet, taking out herbs from two drawers one after another. Then he walked to the medicine scale with a serious face and distributed the herbs a little nervously.
After distributing the herbs, Rong Xing's tone became more serious than ever before:
"Pain in the waist, legs, and tendons and bones is caused by liver and kidney deficiency. Take one liang of ginger and fern decoction internally and apply an appropriate amount externally. It can nourish the liver and kidneys and strengthen the tendons and bones. For fever, rashes, vomiting blood, and bloody stools, take one liang of Guanzhong decoction internally, which is a heat-clearing, detoxifying, blood-cooling, and wind-calming herb."
After Rong Xing finished answering the questions, Gu Feixue at the door couldn't help but feel a little surprised. She didn't expect that Rong Xing was so capable. She thought he was just a little kid who knew martial arts.
But Rong Qi's voice seemed to fade: "Are you sure?"
Rong Xing was silent for a few breaths, then said firmly, "I'm sure."
Gu Feixue was waiting for Rong Qi's comment, but she didn't expect Rong Qi's voice to come from inside the door:
"Miss Gu, come in."
Gu Feixue touched her nose and felt very embarrassed. Why was she always discovered by the person she was eavesdropping on?
When she entered the inner room, she saw that Rong Xing did not grin or make faces at her like before.
Instead, he looked at the herbs sorted on the medicine scale with a serious expression, and his eyes did not seem as determined as he had just said.
"Miss Gu, the book you read yesterday happened to have these two herbs. Tell me, is Rong Xing's answer correct?"
Let her speak? Gu Feixue couldn't help but look conflicted. She had read the book, but she wasn't at the stage where she could prescribe medicine, right?
Then she recalled the characteristics of the two herbs she had seen last night, and combined them with Rong Qi's questions and Rong Xing's answers, she tentatively said:
"What Rong Xing said shouldn't be a big problem. Clover Fern is warm in nature and enters the liver and kidney meridians, so it's right to nourish and protect the liver first. Using it together with the heat-clearing and detoxifying Guanzhong can also balance the warming and cooling effects, but..."
Rong Qi's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked, "But?"
Gu Feixue glanced at Rong Xing standing beside her before carefully speaking, "But Guanzhong is slightly cold in nature and contains tannins, so it's contraindicated for certain groups. For example, pregnant women."
This answer made Rong Xing freeze on the spot.
Rong Qi showed a hint of satisfaction and said:
"Very good, it seems that Miss Gu has mastered the most important skills in medicine."
Gu Feixue felt a little embarrassed when Rong Qi praised her.
Especially when she saw Rong Xing's distraught and devastated look, she couldn't help but feel a little apologetic.
"Thank you for your praise, Doctor Rong. I just read it yesterday, so I naturally remember the taboos better."
Rong Qi shook his head slightly, looked at Rong Xing who was deeply shocked, and said mercilessly:
"In medicine, the most taboo is to ignore taboos. Even if you are well versed in pharmacology, if you forget what you should remember, you are a quack."
Rong Xing's eyes immediately turned red after hearing the call of "quack doctor". Gu Feixue had no chance to smooth things over.
Who would have thought that Rong Xing, who was only eight years old, could hold back his tears. Instead, his temperament calmed down a little. He looked at Rong Qi and said:
"Rong Xing will follow the master's instructions and will never make the same mistake again."
Even the look Rong Xing gave Gu Feixue no longer had the vague hostility he had before.
After Rong Xing was dismissed by Rong Qi, only Rong Qi and Gu Feixue were left in the medicine pavilion.
Gu Feixue was just feeling the atmosphere was getting a bit tense when she saw Rong Qi pointing to the wooden barrel used to wash the herbs.
“The truth is simple. A doctor should be like the carpenter repairing the bucket.”
After saying that, Rong Qi also left the medicine cabinet.
Gu Feixue chewed on it carefully for a while and finally understood the meaning of what Rong Qi said.
If a doctor is compared to a person who repairs a bucket, then the bucket is the patient and the water in the bucket is the patient's vitality.
The doctor's duty is to help patients whose weak links are too short, causing them to be unable to retain water and lose their vitality rapidly, to connect the weak links.
As the saying goes, "All medicines are poisonous." Curing some diseases requires sacrificing other healthier parts of the body.
That is to say, learn from each other's strengths and overcome their weaknesses.
What Rong Qi meant was that a qualified doctor would only use long boards, not parts that have hidden dangers.
Otherwise, taking planks from other short boards will only be a way to stop the problem.
Therefore, doctors should pay more attention to what medicines patients should not take rather than knowing what medicines they should take.
Gu Feixue's heart was shaken. Isn't this the modern barrel effect?
The nature of things depends on their shortest link.
Rong Qi is a wonderful person!
When Gu Feixue, who had gained a lot, came to her senses, she found that the sky outside the window of the medicine pavilion had already risen with morning glow.
When Gu Feixue hurried back to the Gu family, she heard the voices of everyone in the Gu family calling her in the yard.
After calming down, Gu Feixue pretended to have just returned from the toilet:
"Mom and Dad, Brother, I'm here. I just went to the toilet."
"Xue'er, you scared me. Why didn't I see you when I went to the toilet just now?"
Gu Feixue paused and could only laugh:
"After Xue'er went to the toilet, she played with Erya from the west side of the village for a while, which is why she came back late."
I thought the Gu family would not ask, after all, Erya doesn’t speak very fluently.
After returning to the Gu family, Gu Feixue felt that Gu Lang and Gu Tingchuan seemed to have noticed that there was something wrong with her, and they actually mentioned something that surprised her during breakfast.
"In a few days, Xue'er and Tingchuan will go to the private school in the city together."
Gu Feixue never expected that she would be arranged by the Gu family to attend an ancient school.
She didn't want to go to some damn private school with these little idiots from ancient times.
"Brother, I don't want to go to private school. Please talk to my parents and I will study at home."
However, Gu Tingchuan did not intend to help Gu Feixue this time. He also felt that it would be dangerous for Gu Feixue to run around all day after learning martial arts. It would be best if she could go to school to calm down.
"Xue'er, my parents have already made a decision on this matter."
Gu Feixue immediately had a look of despair on her face. If she went to a private school, wouldn't she have time to grow herbs and earn money?!
Not only does she read books during the day and at night, where does she find the time to grow herbs?
"What about Gu Sang and Gu Da?" Gu Feixue asked with the last glimmer of hope.
"I have already greeted the teacher yesterday. They will also go to the private school with you."
The current emperor is implementing benevolent policies, and both men and women can go to school.
But when Gu Feixue thought about it, the Gu family only had more than forty taels of silver left.
After deducting the rent for the four of them, wouldn’t the Gu family be left with much money?
Of course, she still had a few hundred taels of silver hidden, but if she took it out, her parents would definitely return it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
It seems we have to take a long-term view.
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