Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 489: Fangyan opens the clinic again, the -year-old spirit of the running pig (monthly ticket plus more)

There were four people in total, one of whom brought his mother with him.

The other two came on their own.

Fangyan actually expected that the patient would go to the doctor's home for treatment.

Since they had found his wife Zhu Lin and his master Lu Donghua before, Fang Yan guessed that as soon as he was over the college entrance examination, the patient would most likely come to him.

After all, they also said that they didn’t come to see me because they knew that I had to take the college entrance examination.

But Fangyan didn’t expect that people would come here impatiently just after the college entrance examination.

But fortunately, there are not too many people at the moment.

The patients spoke in dialect:

"Doctor Fang, we came to you because we really had no other choice."

"Several of us have been to other hospitals for treatment, but the results were not good, so we thought of coming to you."

"I wonder if you could help and show us a picture."

It can be seen that the patients were also very nervous, afraid that Fangyan would not give them treatment.

But they soon saw Fang Yan nodded and invited them:

"Okay, come inside."

"I'll show you guys, but I can't get the medicine after I'm done here."

"You have to go to a pharmacy or hospital to get Chinese medicine yourself."

Several patients were overjoyed and said quickly:

"Okay, okay, it doesn't matter where I pick up the medicine, just show me."

At this time, Fang Yan was about to take the patient home, but Director Feng suggested to him:
"Comrade Fangyan, why don't we just ask them to come to our street office?"

"It might be inconvenient to let others go to your house because you have several dogs in your yard."

Director Feng was obviously trying to help Fangyan find a solution. After all, it was not a good idea to let a patient into your home.

But it’s so cold and it’s impossible to leave people outside, so the best way is to let the patients go to the street office across the street.

That's a public place and it also has heating.

Fangyan treated patients there and did not have to take the patients home, thus avoiding disturbing their families.

After hearing what Director Feng said, Fang Yan also felt that what she said made sense.

So he nodded and agreed.

Director Feng then invited the four to go to the street office opposite.

After entering the street office, Director Feng found an empty table in their office and used it as a dialect diagnosis table.

Then the young people working in the street office were asked to assist Fangyan.

It depends on whether Fangyan needs any help.

In fact, for these few patients, it doesn't matter whether the dialect needs an assistant or not, but with an assistant, it seems a lot more professional.

Then Fangyan took a stack of newspapers and put them on the table, and then took a blank notebook and a pen.

Then he began to ask about the patient's condition.

First, the first patient currently suffers from joint pain, local burning, redness and swelling.

The symptoms disappear when it's cold outside, but the pain starts as soon as the indoor temperature rises.

And the pain becomes more severe as time goes by. After a night's sleep, the pain in the joints wanders, to the point where it is difficult to get up.

In addition, in the past few days, I have also experienced symptoms such as swollen joints, thirst and discomfort.

Fangyan took a look and found that his tongue coating was yellow and dry, and his pulse was slippery and rapid.

This is called "rheumatic fever" in traditional Chinese medicine and belongs to the category of "heat arthralgia" in traditional Chinese medicine.

It often occurs when the body's vital energy is weak, and rheumatism and heat take advantage of the opportunity to invade the body.

It blocks the meridians, causing poor circulation of Qi and blood, leading to burning, swelling and pain in the joints.

If his condition is not treated in time, it will continue to worsen, all his joints will become swollen, and he will not be able to move freely, and in the later stages it will trigger heart disease.

This is a rheumatic fever disease with the main pathological feature of evil qi attacking the joints.

Now, when clearing the heart, you should use Rebi Decoction to dispel wind and dampness, clear heat and cool blood.

So Fangyan quickly prescribed Rebi Decoction.

The dosage of this prescription is very large, intended to expel evil spirits.

Generally, the symptoms will be alleviated after taking the medicine for three consecutive days, but you cannot stop taking the medicine at this time. You have to wait until the disease is cured before stopping taking the medicine. Therefore, Fangyan also specifically reminded the patient to pay attention.

Since the patient came to Fangyan, he certainly had great trust in his medical skills. He immediately agreed and promised to follow the doctor's advice.

Then he treasured the prescription written by Fangyan and kept the gift he brought.

The gifts he brought were also very simple: two bottles of wine, two bags of sugar, and a few pounds of dried peanuts.

Fangyan didn't refuse. If he continued to treat patients without charging consultation fees like Tongrentang, who knows how many more people would come to see him in the future.

It's also good to collect things.

Then there was the second patient, and this patient was the opposite of the previous one.

The patient just now was fine when the temperature was low, but became ill when the temperature was high.

This means that everything is normal when the temperature is high, but problems occur when the temperature is low.

Twenty days ago, she discovered that the tips of her fingers were cold, and the numbness and pain gradually spread to her palms, and the skin on her fingers turned white. In winter, when her fingers got cold or came into contact with cold water, she would experience obvious chest and rib distension, irritability, and dry and bitter mouth.

The temperature has dropped recently and she caught a cold again due to work, which caused her fingertips to spasm.

After examining Fangyan, she found that her pulse was stringy and her tongue was red.

This is related to Qi and blood in traditional Chinese medicine.

Qi stagnation and blood stasis, pale fingertips, numbness and tingling are symptoms of blood stasis.

Qi disease comes first and is the root of the disease, while blood stasis comes later and is the symptom of the disease, so the treatment should be to soothe the liver and regulate qi, and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

Her condition is called Raynaud's disease in Western medicine.

It is more common in women, especially those who are neurotic. The male to female ratio is 1:10, and the age of onset is between 20 and 30 years old.

Later the patient herself confirmed that she had indeed seen a Western doctor, and the hospital diagnosed her with Raynaud's disease, and she is currently taking Western medicine.

Fangyan asked him to stop taking all Western medicines because he was afraid that the drugs in the prescriptions he prescribed would restrain and cancel each other out.

I prescribed a prescription to soothe the liver and regulate qi, and then prescribed another insect prescription to help promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

After receiving the prescription, the patient immediately thanked Fangyan and left his gift. The man brought a live rooster with its legs tied with straw ropes, which showed that he bought it from the market.

Next came the last patient, the old lady who was brought here by her son.

After questioning in dialect, she said that she is 75 years old this year. According to her own account, when she was 30 years old, one day, she found cramps around her stomach and a conflict of energy. This happened from time to time every year for more than years.

She had gotten used to it, but recently, the anger had moved from her stomach to her brain. Now her head was buzzing like wheels turning, which gradually caused her ears to become less able to hear clearly. Now she felt drowsy all day long, but could not fall asleep.

After hearing this symptom, Fang Yan frowned and asked:

"So... your condition has lasted for more than 40 years?"

The old woman nodded and said:

"Yes, forty-five years."

Then the old woman's son spoke into the dialect:

"My mother has been enduring all her discomfort. In the past, her living conditions were poor and she couldn't afford to spend money on medical treatment. Now that she is old, she can't stand it anymore. We went to the hospital some time ago, but it didn't work."

"We heard that you are very good at treating illnesses, so we rushed here."

Fangyan rubbed his brows. Based on what the old woman said, it was very consistent with the description of "Bentun Qi" in "Jinkui Yaolue".

Some time ago, Fang Yan received his last patient at Tong Ren Tang, Mr. Chen. He also had the situation of cold and yin energy in his lower abdomen rushing up to his head like a running pig.

But he found himself for treatment shortly after he fell ill, while this old lady had fallen ill more than 40 years ago and had been enduring it until she was 75 years old when the anger got to her head, and then she started looking for someone to treat her.

The last time Fangyan saw someone dragging their feet so far was that 60-year-old old lady with facial paralysis.

At that time, the old lady with facial paralysis also treated herself for a long time and tried her best to barely cure her 60-year-old illness.

Facial paralysis is a disease that does not affect your daily life much once you get used to it, but the problem is that the person in front of you has an attack of "running pig gas" that rushes around in his stomach, which is very uncomfortable.

She actually lived from the age of 30 to 75.

The time I have suffered from this chronic illness is almost longer than my two lifetimes combined.

This pig-like energy is almost turning into a spirit.

If I could cure all these diseases, it would definitely be another outstanding medical case in my hands.

Fang Yan calmed down, without showing any other emotions, and said to the old lady:
"Open your mouth so I can see your tongue."

PS: After finishing this chapter, I still owe you 18000 words.

No more today. Please come early tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)