Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 22 The Doctor's Kindness

Hearing what Mr. Lu said, the middle-aged woman hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Then you just need to prescribe me a kidney-tonifying prescription. I haven't finished taking the other medicines at home."

When the people around heard this, they immediately understood that this person was just worried about the money.

Of course, it will be cheaper if you prescribe fewer medicines.

Mr. Lu shook his head and said:

"According to the rules, we need to write all the prescriptions together when we write them, because we don't know what the prescriptions they write are like."

"If we fail to cure you, it will be our responsibility."

The middle-aged woman said quickly:

"No, no, I won't blame you."

She glanced at Fangyan and said:

"I'm not an unreasonable person. Others didn't see my problem, but this young comrade not only saw it, but also described my symptoms. It seems he is a capable person."

"I just heard him say that the medicine those people prescribed before was fine, they just forgot to prescribe a kidney tonic. If that's the case, why should I waste that money?"

"We rural people are willing to save as much as we can. Money is very important at home. If I hadn't been really ill this time, I wouldn't have come to the city to see you."

Seeing the other party insisting again and again, Mr. Lu had no choice but to nod:

"If you're just worried about the money, I do have some power and can apply to have this portion of the medicine waived for you."

"Ah? Then this... this is so embarrassing..." The woman was obviously tempted. If the cost of the medicine could be partially waived, she would of course be happy to take it all.

But some other people are curious, when can Tongrentang apply for reduction of drug costs?
As he spoke, Mr. Lu picked up an opened bill, wrote a line on it, and then handed it to Fang Yan:

"You write the prescription for the patient you are treating."

Fang Yan looked at the words above, was stunned at first, then nodded and started writing a prescription.

Mr. Lu wrote on the paper above that all the medicines for strengthening the spleen and liver would be charged to him, and it was not an application for exemption.

Fangyan hesitated for a moment, and realized that this was a problem caused by what he had just said.

So without saying anything, I quickly wrote out a complete prescription.

After checking it once, Mr. Lu did not make any changes and handed it directly to Jia Dapeng who was standing beside him to negotiate the price and settle the bill.

Jia Dapeng calculated the bill and asked the woman to pay. The other party confirmed several times that only the money for his kidney-tonifying medicine would be charged and other deductions would be made. Only then did she take the prescription and pick up the medicine.

Everyone here is literate, not only those who collect money but also those who pick up medicine, they have all read the instructions written by Mr. Lu above.

Everyone understood it tacitly, but no one said it out loud. After the woman picked up the medicine, Fang Yan reminded her of the precautions for decocting the medicine before he left, and then personally delivered it to her door.

After everyone left, Fang Yan went to ask at the price counter and found out that Mr. Lu had paid a few cents for the medicine.

Fang Yan took out money from his own pocket and was about to settle the bill, but Mr. Lu stopped him, saying that he was willing to pay and asked him not to worry about it.

Hearing him say this, Fangyan didn't act pretentiously and agreed.

Back to the consultation seat, Lu Donghua explained to Fang Yan that the main reason why he did this was a matter of principle. He couldn't treat a patient well while the patient couldn't cure such a minor illness because of money. In addition, this patient was the first patient Fang Yan saw today, so he had to cure her. The money for the medicine was nothing.

Fangyan can only say that people in each era have different ideas. If it were the era before he traveled through time, they would not care what the patient said and would just prescribe all the medicine for him, giving him just the right amount.

How she decides to eat when she gets back is her own business.

On the contrary, in this era, Lu Donghua is able to be so responsible. He hears the patients' needs because he is afraid of spending too much money, so he is willing to pay for the medicine for others.

Fangyan can only say that the quality of doctors of this era is indeed higher than his own.

Next, another patient came to see the doctor. The process was the same as before. Fangyan made the diagnosis first, and then Dr. Lu followed up with a follow-up visit. After confirming that there was no problem, he prescribed medicine in Fangyan again. Since it was just a cold caused by taking a cold shower, this minor problem was quickly solved.

Just when we were about to close for work at noon, a patient with a slightly more serious condition came in. He was a nine-year-old boy who had suffered from facial paralysis for a day and was brought to see the doctor by his grandmother.

His parents work in the oil company and are often exploring in the desert Gobi, so there are only grandparents taking care of him at home. The old people don’t have much common sense, and when they first discovered that he had facial paralysis, they tried their own folk remedies, but found that not only did it not get better, but it got worse. At noon today, they found that the child couldn’t even eat lunch, so they reluctantly took him to the nearest Tong Ren Tang for a check-up.

The person who was most happy to see that they were patients with facial paralysis was Jia Dapeng, who had been waiting to learn acupuncture. Two patients came at noon today, and the others came to buy finished medicines. Mr. Lu only worked for half a day every day and went home in the afternoon.

I thought I wouldn't be able to study today, but unexpectedly, a patient came over just when I was about to finish work.

Jia Dapeng hurriedly went up and brought a chair. Before Fangyan could even diagnose him, he said hurriedly:
"Facial paralysis requires acupuncture. Acupuncture heals quickly. Last time, an old man had facial paralysis. After a few acupuncture treatments by Lu, he felt much better. He came back the next day for a few more acupuncture treatments, and he was completely healed."

"I don't want the injection!" The boy heard what Jia Dapeng said and immediately ran away in panic.

When the old lady saw her grandson was about to run away, she hurriedly said:

"This child is afraid of injections, why don't you just get some medicine?"

"We can wait, it doesn't matter if it's slow."

It can be seen that the old lady is quite considerate of her grandson's thoughts.

Hearing her say this, Jia Dapeng was a little dumbfounded. He should have kept silent if he had known this earlier.

Fang Yan stood up at this time and looked at the child with crooked eyes and crooked mouth. He walked in front of him and squatted down, observing him carefully. Then he took his hands on the child's Cun, Guan, and Chi, and said while checking his pulse:
"Little brother, acupuncture is not an injection."

"Facial paralysis is best treated early, otherwise it will only get worse the longer you wait. And with acupuncture, as long as the technique is good, you won't feel any pain."

"If you don't believe me, you can ask grandpa." After saying that, he glanced at Lu Donghua.

He is not kidding children. As long as the needle is inserted quickly enough to break through the skin and the acupoint is accurate enough, the patient will feel swelling and numbness instead of pain.

And the most important thing is that the doctor should give the patient a positive attitude, tell him that he has the ability to make him feel no pain.

This theory is also recorded in Suwen. Baoming Quanxing Lun:

"Any true acupuncture must first treat the spirit."

Treating the patient's mind means that the doctor uses his words and actions to adjust the patient's mentality, so as to calm the patient's emotions to a great extent and relieve the patient's fear of pain.

Similar remarks can be found in similar passages in "The Great Physician's Sincerity" and "The Holy Book of Ji".

When Mr. Lu heard Fangyan's words, he immediately nodded in agreement:
"Yes, acupuncture is different from injections. Ours doesn't hurt."

The child originally wanted to run away, but when he heard the two doctors say so firmly that it didn't hurt, he became quiet, half-believing and half-doubting.

(End of this chapter)