Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 41 Infantile Malnutrition
Fangyan walked forward and lifted up the child's clothes.

I immediately saw that his abdomen was bulging with obvious blue veins exposed. I touched it with my hand and it was very hard.

Then Fangyan forcibly pulled the child's hand over and looked at the condition of his palm. The first knuckle was white and the fingerprints were purple.

Fang Yan turned to look at Mr. Lu and said:
"In my opinion, it should be infantile malnutrition."

He pointed at the child and said:

"His face is yellow and his hair is dry. His diet is abnormal. His abdomen is swollen, his veins are exposed, and his fingerprints are purple. These are all symptoms of infantile malnutrition. As for why he is so manic, I guess it's probably because of the internal fire in his heart and liver."

"Stagnation of internal organs, heat in the gastrointestinal tract, and dysfunction of the spleen are symptoms of malnutrition."

Infantile malnutrition is more common in children under five years old, especially those under three years old. The disease develops slowly and generally affects the growth and development of children. In severe cases, it can cause death.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that malnutrition is a chronic wasting disease caused by improper feeding or other diseases that damage the spleen and stomach, making it unable to nourish the internal organs, meridians, tendons, bones, and skin. If it is not eliminated for a long time and the essence of water and grain is not transformed into sufficient, it will turn into malnutrition.

After Fang Yan finished speaking, he looked at Mr. Lu, intending to let him make the judgment.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Lu nodded and said:

"Well, I think it should be malnutrition, but his energy is more vigorous than that of ordinary children, so it is different from the lethargy of other children with malnutrition."

After saying this, he looked at Fang Yan:

"Tell me, how do you plan to treat it?"

Fang Yan hesitated for a moment and said:
"If he cooperates, we can use acupuncture on the four seam points."

"But it looks like there's no other way, so I think we should just use a prescription. There are many ways to treat it, such as Xiaogan Lipi Decoction, Ganji Powder, Fei'er Pills or Bazhen Decoction, Xiaoer Huashi Pills and Xiaoru Pills are also OK."

Without waiting for Mr. Lu to answer, Mr. Chen asked:
“Which one works faster?”

Mr. Lu answered:
"Insert the needle."

"It's what Fang Yan just said about pricking the four seam points."

Mr. Chen nodded and said:

"Then use the fastest one. I'm afraid something might go wrong if it takes too long."

Before Mr. Lu could answer, the little kid with his mouth covered began to wriggle like a maggot and started yelling:
"I don't want injections! I don't want injections!"

If Old Chen hadn't still had some strength left, this kid might have run away by now.

This is a common condition in pediatric treatment.

Usually, if a child is disobedient, adults can force him to obey, but this kid is different. He really has endless energy, and Old Chen doesn't dare to use too much force. After all, this is his grandson, not his own grandson. If he does something wrong, the boy's father will come to make trouble for him, and he really won't be able to explain himself.

So the grandfather and grandson were in a stalemate.

Fang Yan was speechless when he saw this scene. This kid was really troublesome. It was completely impossible to give him an injection in his current condition.

At this time, Old Chen was helpless and could only speak to Fang Yan:

"Doctor Fang, please prescribe some medicine. This child is too naughty. It's not good if he gets hurt."

Then he immediately added:
"Oh, right, prescribe that kind of medicine that works quickly!"

Fangyan nodded, wrote a prescription according to the previous one, and then asked Old Chen to pay. In fact, under normal circumstances, as long as the Sifeng point is punctured with acupuncture and the yellow water inside the acupoint is squeezed out, the child's malnutrition symptoms will be relieved soon.

But the boy refused to cooperate. If he really did it, he would get hurt, which would not be worth it. Fang Yan did what he should do, and he did not feel that he did anything wrong.

After seeing Old Chen and his grandson out, Jia Dapeng smacked his lips and said:
"In fact, if he had persisted a little longer, we could have held down the brat, but it's a pity that the old man couldn't bear to touch his precious grandson."

Mr. Lu glanced at Jia Dapeng and said:

"If I were young, I would definitely hold the little brat down and do it, but I won't do that now. In this situation, if I don't please him, it will easily cause trouble. If I save him in vain, I will be resented for my kindness, and it will not be worth it."

"This child looks like a troublemaker. If any of us force him to be cured, he will definitely remember it forever. Let him go. Treating an illness depends on fate."

Fang Yan nodded. This was the fact. A three-year-old child could already remember things. If you were hated by such a super-strong child, you would be doing something bad with good intentions. Taking him to see a doctor and prescribing medicine would be considered the most you could do.

If I really wanted to be like those doctors in TV dramas, who would give their patients the best treatment even if they were hated by others, Fangyan couldn't do that.

He believed that there were such good doctors in the world, but these good doctors usually did not end well. He had read a lot of news about them before traveling through time.

Medical disputes are most likely to occur at the hands of this type of doctors. They are at a great disadvantage. Fangyan cannot do what they do. Even if he wants to treat patients, he has to protect himself first.

If possible, he really doesn't want to touch these super heroes.

We received three or five more patients at noon, and the time passed in the blink of an eye.

When he got off work, Mr. Lu asked Fangyan to follow him home, saying that there were some cold dishes and stewed soft-shelled turtle bought yesterday at home, which he could just heat up and eat.

Fangyan didn't act pretentiously and just followed them in. Now the security guards knew him well and didn't even check his ID. They just said hello and let him in.

When he arrived, Fang Yan discovered that there was a person standing at the door. He walked closer and found that it was his second senior brother Ding Jian. He said that he was going to Shandong with the disciples of the martial arts team to compete. It would take half a month, and he came to say goodbye to his master.

So the three of them had lunch together at noon.

I drank a little alone.

Fangyan's body doesn't drink much, but his alcohol tolerance seems to be quite good. Second senior brother Ding Jian drank so much that his face turned red, but Old Lu and Fangyan were fine.

In the end, it was Mr. Lu who asked Fang Yan to give Ding Jian acupuncture to help him sober up.

There is a pit on the earlobe. If you prick it with a needle, the person will sober up quickly.

When it was time to sober up, only Ding Jian and Fang Yan were left. Ding Jian quietly told Fang Yan that if that mantis fist came to attack and the master couldn't withstand it and got injured, he should call the eldest senior brother directly, because the eldest senior brother was in the army and would make sure that guy would pay the price.

Then he gave Fangyan a phone number and address, as well as a name called Xu Jinsheng.

Fang Yan nodded. After learning martial arts, he felt that Mr. Lu was in very good physical condition. The previous actual combat also showed that he was very fast now, and a young man couldn't react in time.

In this state, he really couldn't imagine how powerful the Mantis Fist was and how it could defeat Mr. Lu now.

However, since it was his second senior brother's instruction, he agreed anyway.

Anyway, Mr. Lu is with him every day at work, so he should know that the guy is coming to cause trouble.

Ding Jian watched Fangyan learn the remaining four forms for a while in the afternoon. He was still surprised at Fangyan's learning speed and called Fangyan a genius.

He also told Fangyan that he would be back in half a month, and if Fangyan needed someone to fight with, their martial arts team could provide him with someone to spar with.

This is much better than when Mr. Lu was young and he traveled around the world looking for people to learn from.

(End of this chapter)