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Chapter 474 Daming Imperial Hospital

After returning to the palace, Queen Xia looked at the secret book titled "Hunyuan Jindou" with a serious expression.

She doesn't know martial arts and has never been exposed to it.

But it doesn't mean that there are no experts around her. After reading it once, Queen Xia put down the secret book, and a kind-looking old woman walked out from behind her: "Madam."

"Madame Rong, could you please take a look at this?" Queen Xia handed the secret book over and asked the old woman to help take a look.

This old woman was Empress Xiaohui Shao's person. Empress Shao had conflicting educational philosophies with Empress Zhang, and the relationship between the two was not harmonious.

When Queen Xia entered the palace, Empress Dowager Shao was thinking of her granddaughter-in-law, so she arranged some of her capable assistants to come over.

Rong Mama read the secret book carefully, thought for a while before speaking: "To answer your question, this secret book comes from Taoism, and the characteristics of Taoist mental methods are to cultivate both the inside and the outside, to combine hardness and softness, and to attach importance to the delicate balance of the body, just like an ancient tree leaning against the sky, following nature, and harmonizing yin and yang."

"This secret book is also like this. It regulates the Qi and nourishes the spirit. For the Empress, practicing is naturally good."

"That's good!" Queen Xia nodded and said gently, "Please ask Rong Mama to teach me."

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Under the guidance of Madam Rong, Queen Xia began to practice slowly, but she had no martial arts foundation at all and needed to start from scratch, which was a very difficult process.

However, what Empress Xia had the most was free time and various panaceas. Especially when Emperor Zhengde heard that the Empress was practicing internal skills, he immediately became interested and would personally teach her every few days.

When Emperor Zhengde learned that the internal energy method came from Liu Qing, his heart trembled even more.

He recalled the conversation at Yong'an Zen Temple that day. With Ou Qing's character, he would never do anything meaningless.

But there have been too many disappointments, and even Emperor Zhengde did not dare to reveal this at this moment. He was afraid that the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment, and he was even more afraid that he would lose his mind and blame Ou Qing.

Therefore, he could only spare more time to guide Queen Xia in her practice.

Even when Empress Xia was anxious, Emperor Zhengde would remind her in time to maintain her attitude so as not to go crazy.

The practice began in November of the twelfth year of the Zhengde reign and continued until February of the thirteenth year of the Zhengde reign. Liu Qing had been pregnant for more than two months before Empress Xia was able to enter the stage.

However, the advantages of Taoist techniques are evident after one has gained entry. As long as one follows the rules, there will be no uncontrollable accidents.

In the Ou Mansion, Ou Zanghua sat alone in the study, feeling a little melancholy.

Now, of the three mistresses of the Ou family, Liu Qing has been pregnant for more than two months, Qu Feiyan is expected to give birth at the end of the month, and Yue Lingshan has already given birth to three children. In total, Ou Zanghua already has six children.

The fertility rate of the third-rank officials in the Ming Dynasty was raised simply by Ou Zanghua.

Fortunately, he was somewhat capable and had saved up some money, so he was able to raise six children well. However, if there were more children, he would inevitably lack energy and neglect one of them.

Suddenly, Ou Zanghua realized something.

Among his three wives, Liu Qing is five feet six inches tall, which is equivalent to 1.72 meters, a lady with long legs.

Yue Lingshan is four feet nine inches tall, or about 1.64 meters. Huashan Dairy is a top luxury product in the Central Plains martial arts world, and its production is extremely scarce.

But Qu Feiyan is only 4 feet 6 inches, 1.54 meters, the standard height of a southern potato.
Coupled with her previous pregnancy reactions, Ou Zanghua had to think of the worst.

Suddenly, he didn't care about anything else. He didn't even get in the carriage and rushed out on horseback.

The Imperial Medical Office in the capital was built during the Yongle period. It was located in the south of the Imperial Observatory in the east of the Que. There were three pairs of west-facing gates. There were vermilion screen walls behind the gates, with the three characters "Imperial Medical Office" painted in black on the plaques.

There are many houses surrounding the gate. On the left is the land temple, facing north, and on the right is the hearing office, facing south.

Coincidentally, the direct superior of the Imperial Medical Service is still the Ministry of Rites.

So, when the Minister of Rites rode his horse to the Imperial Medical Bureau, the director Li Zongzhou was stunned. As soon as he came out of the room, he saw Ou Zanghua in casual clothes stepping over the threshold and entering.

He immediately stepped forward, bowed and said, "I am Li Zongzhou, the director of the Imperial Hospital, and I pay my respects to Lord Ou!"

After Ou Zanghua returned the greeting with a bow, he immediately said, "Doctor Li, please don't be polite. I apologize for disturbing you. I also ask you to find all the medical books on obstetrics in the Imperial Hospital. I need to check them now."

"all?!"

"All!" "Your humble servant obeys your command." Upon seeing this, Li Zongzhou asked the people around him to lead Ou Zanghua into the library of the Imperial Hospital. At the same time, he called ten imperial doctors to move books for Ou Zanghua.

While flipping through medical books from various dynasties, Ou Zanghua asked, "Doctor Li, if a pregnant woman has a difficult delivery, what should we do?"

Li Zongzhou was slightly stunned, and said: "My Lord, I am not good at obstetrics, so I can't answer your question."

"Then find an obstetrician to answer!"

"Yes!"

A moment later, Li Zongzhou brought in three female doctors, one of whom was an acquaintance, Doctor Tan.

After hearing Ou Zanghua's question, Doctor Tan immediately thought of the third wife of the Ou Mansion, and immediately became concerned. She said, "Master Ou, if there is a difficult delivery, we have three ways."

"One is harassing moxibustion, which involves burning special herbs on the Hegu acupoint to stimulate abdominal contractions and achieve the effect of inducing labor."

"Secondly, meridian massage combined with tendon massage can relieve pain and promote the smooth passage of the fetus through the birth canal."

"Third."

Doctor Tan looked at Ou Zanghua's expression and said with gritted teeth: "If the above two methods are useless, we can only rely on the midwife's experience."

"Have you carefully counted the effectiveness of those three methods?" Ou Zanghua sighed and asked slowly.

Doctor Tan shook her head slightly: "Not yet..."

"It's okay, I'll just record it down from now on." Ou Zanghua said, and then he remembered something and asked, "Have any of you read The Bamboo Annals?"

Everyone shook their heads. They were doctors, so how could they have the time to look at that thing?

Ou Zanghua asked the other imperial doctors to go out, leaving only three female doctors, Li Zongzhou, and Wu Jie.

Wu Jie was the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau and a doctor whom Emperor Zhengde trusted very much. He treated Emperor Zhengde many times.

"There is a passage in the Bamboo Annals that says Xiuji's back was cut open and she gave birth to Yu at Shiniu. This means that Dayu's mother Xiuji's back was cut open and she gave birth to Dayu at Shiniu."

Ou Zanghua looked at the five people and asked, "Do you think this is feasible?"

After hearing this, the five people began to think about it.

A female doctor asked carefully, "Does anyone know how to open the abdomen?"

"Yes," Wu Jie stroked his beard and said slowly, "It is recorded in the Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Various Diseases that if the intestine is severed by a wound, there is a chance of life or death, depending on the severity of the disease. If only one end of the intestine is visible, it cannot be connected. If there is abdominal pain, shortness of breath, and inability to eat or drink, the large intestine will die in a day and a half, and the small intestine will die in three days. If both ends of the intestine are visible, they can be quickly connected. First, use a needle and thread to connect the severed intestine, then take chicken blood and smear it along the edge, do not let the air leak, and then push it in. If the intestine is only out and not connected, make barley porridge, take the juice, hold it to wash the intestine, and soak it in water."

Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Various Diseases was written by Chao Yuanfang, the imperial physician of the Sui Dynasty. It is also the first book in the field of philology that specifically discusses the causes and symptoms of diseases.

Li Zongzhou also added: "The famous doctor Wei Yilin of the previous dynasty wrote in "The Effective Prescriptions of the World Doctors: Treatment of Intestine and Stomach Injuries" that if the stomach is injured, the belly is broken, and the intestines are exposed... For broken intestines and belly, apply the powder of the flower stamens to the thread, gently sew it from the top with your hands, and do not wait for the feces to come out, twist it with clear oil, and put it in the stomach, and the disease can be cured."

As he spoke, Li Zongzhou ignored Ou Zanghua and walked into the bookshelf, found the book "The World's Physician's Effective Prescriptions", and said excitedly: "It's right here, everyone, take a look!"

Ou Zanghua quickly stood up and took the medical book to read it. It said:

If the belly is cracked, use hemp thread as thread, or pick mulberry bark as thread, or apply flower core stone powder on the thread. The belly must be sewn from the inside, and the outside should not be sewn. Leave the outer skin open and mix it with medicine to make raw meat.

He was a little surprised. He didn't expect it to be so detailed.

He looked up at Li Zongzhou and asked, "Who is good at surgery?!"

Li Zongzhou said: "Bao Yi Shou Zheng Zhenren Bai Feixia!"

Wu Jie said: "Imperial Physician Xue Ji!"

Doctor Tan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Zhao Benhe, the doctor from the Beijing Camp!"

"Please come quickly!"

(End of this chapter)