Practicing Medicine in the Tang Dynasty

Generally speaking, the prescriptions issued by the Imperial Medical Office will be sent to the Feng Medical Bureau for decoction, and the leftover drug residues of the decoction will be kept for three days, and they will be piled up and sealed according to different prescriptions and time for checking. use.

The purpose of doing this is to prevent unruly people from tampering with the medicine and keep it as evidence for inspection; secondly, it is to verify whether the medicine sent out is consistent with the prescription, so as to find possible mistakes in the process of decocting medicine and rubbing pills .

The dose of Yuehua pills that Li Hong took had to be boiled with white chrysanthemum and mulberry leaves, and then blended with donkey-hide gelatin. It is blended into an indescribable taste in the air that has been dried by low fire all the year round.

Wu Yi searched for a moment among the divided medicinal residues, and soon found the one that belonged to Li Hong.

He picked up two spoonfuls and spread them in the palm of his hand. The still warm medicine dregs were slightly moist in his palm. It was obviously fried tonight.The other hand waved twice like a small fan, and the unique taste of the medicinal materials drifted away.

Bupleurum, Digupi, Gonggongye, these are medicinal materials for relieving low-grade fever.

Radix Pseudostellariae, Fuling, and Ji Neijin all benefit Qi and invigorate the spleen, and treat fatigue and poor appetite.

These medicinal herbs were nothing more than that, Wu Yi carefully planed the medicine dregs in his hand, and found that there were also several medicinal herbs such as bletilla striata, agrimony, and lotus root.

These flavors are all astringent to stop bleeding, and are used to treat bloody sputum.

Wu Yi's heart twitched for a moment, and he had a rough understanding of Li Hong's condition.

He had never met Li Hong again since Meizhou and his party. Although he guessed from a dose of Yuehua Pill that he had already contracted tuberculosis, he didn't know that his disease was progressing so rapidly. Symptoms of hemoptysis have appeared.

These irrefutable drug residues were grandly placed in the medical bureau, and anyone who was a little careful could see Li Hong's illness. This should not be a flaw that Zhang Qiren, who is always strict and cautious, would fall into.

Feeling confused for a while, he lowered his head and sniffed carefully, as if there was a slight smell of fermented wine in his nostrils. Although it was light and non-existent, it blew into Wu Yi's heart more bitterly than the cold wind on the fifth day of Yuanchun.

But the dregs of the medicine that had gradually cooled seemed to be boiling again in his palm, making his hands tremble slightly due to the scalding.

Alcohol is a big taboo for tuberculosis. If brewed wine is used as medicine, it will also have the effect of invigorating blood circulation. Drinking it many times will help dampness and heat. It can be said that medicine is like poison.

The smell of alcohol is easy to dissipate, and it is not harmful to ordinary people. Even if someone tries the medicine, he will definitely not make a mistake; and the person who prescribes the medicine uses a small amount, unless he checks it carefully, he will not be able to tell easily.Over time, these tiny dosages will slowly corrode Li Hong's weakened body like tiny and pervasive bugs.

It would be a pity that the person who prescribes the medicine puts so much effort into it if such an exquisite mind is defeated by the medicine dregs.

A chill came into my heart, and just about to run away, I heard a loud shout from behind: "Who trespassed on the hospital?"

Before Wu Yi could argue further, the drug boy who was still soundly asleep just now got up from the table, with a clear candlelight in his eyes, and an unconcealable smug expression on his face, like a bird perched on the ground. The kitten at night finally caught his long-awaited prey.

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In the early morning of the next day, the news that Wu Yi was imprisoned in Dali Temple spread throughout the Taixue.

Yan Ming was so anxious that he jumped into the frying pan like a drop of water, and he couldn't stand for a moment. He didn't even ask Chen Jiwen, and went straight to Shen Hanshan, wanting to discuss it with the imperial physician.

Before the person entered the door, he was tripped by a man standing upright in front of the door, and almost fell to the ground.

He took a closer look, it wasn't Li Jing but who it was, was also knocking on Shen Hanshan's door anxiously, wishing he could plunge into the room.

As soon as the eyes of the two people were wrong, they both knew the purpose of the other party's visit, and they didn't say much, they knocked and kicked open the door of Shen Hanshan's room abruptly.

Only then did Shen Hanshan walk out of the house unsteadily, his whole body was like a pickled vegetable, without any energy from head to toe.

Li Jing knew that he had drunk too much last night, so he hurriedly handed him a cup of tea to soothe the hangover. Yan Ming couldn't hold back anymore, he almost grabbed Shen Hanshan by the collar and shouted, "Your apprentice is in jail!"!

When Shen Hanshan finally brought back his soul from the wine country, Li Jing said in a hurry: "Brother Yi was arrested in the Feng Medical Bureau yesterday, and he is now in prison at Dali Temple. This matter is related to His Royal Highness's medication. Everyone has been alarmed. If the doctor does not intervene, I am afraid that brother Yi's crime will be more dangerous!"

Yan Ming's ear report came more carefully: "The current minister of Dali Temple is Zhang Wenguan, the concubine of Zuo at that time. The Duke personally handles the case and investigates it to the end. If Wu Yi falls into his hands, he will definitely be severely tortured, to the point where he may be tortured into a trick!"

Shen Hanshan listened to a sentence with his left ear and uttered a sentence with his right ear, and he barely understood why.

"Mr. Zhang has always enforced the law impartially, and his subordinates have never been wronged. If Wu Yi was wronged, he would not be charged with the wrong crime." He yawned lazily, as if this earth-shattering event was not enough Let him sober up.

Li Jing was about to say something more, when Shen Hanshan sat unsteadily in front of the desk, rubbing his sore forehead.

"Besides, how can I, a little imperial doctor, have any weight in front of Dali Siqing?" He broke the sore bones that seemed to be misplaced, and the joints clicked, as if a chess piece had been settled.

Yan Ming didn't read the implication of these words, but Li Jing was already very familiar with Shen Hanshan's rhetoric.

Sure enough, Shen Hanshan blinked, took out a medicine box from the corner, and put it in front of the two of them.

"Which one of you took his place today and went with me to ask for the princess's peace pulse?"

Yan Ming had a vague understanding of Shen Hanshan's meaning, and Li Jing had already come to his senses and said, "Since brother Yan Ming is under Dr. Chen's school, he would have to ask Pei Wang's peace line today. If the doctor needs someone to run errands, just call I'll just go!"

Shen Hanshan glanced at him with a smile, and after a while, he said quietly: "It seems that it's not me who made the money, but Wu Yi who made the money. I took in a fool, but he took in a shrewd one. The world is unfair. !"

It was only then that Yan Ming felt the flavor of Shen Hanshan's words, but Li Jing had already taken the lead. Thinking about it carefully, Li Jing and Taiping had some sort of friendship. The little students are more reliable.

It was only on his side that he figured out what was going on in his heart. Over there, Shen Hanshan and Li Jing had already rushed to the Tai Chi Hall one after the other, and he was the only one left, staring blankly in the Imperial Medical Office.

He could only secretly hate himself for being powerless, with all kinds of feelings rushing up in his heart, and he could only pin his hopes on that eight-year-old child.

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On the other hand, Li Jing, who Yan Ming placed high hopes on, was also a little uncertain.

Under the edict of Empress Wu, he ventured to see Taiping, which was beyond the edict.If Empress Wu finds out about this matter, it won't be something that can be easily resolved by kneeling down and punishing her.

And Taiping has always had a spoiled temper, so she may not remember a little "brother doctor" who played with her when she was young.

He made up a dozen or so words of intercession in his heart, and even the medicine box on his shoulders didn't feel heavy anymore, as if something heavier was pressing on him, making him a little out of breath.

On the contrary, although there was no trace of anxiety on Shen Hanshan's face, he took two steps and one step under his legs like the wind was blowing. In just a moment, two people, one big and one small, had already rushed to the Tai Chi Hall.

Before Li Jing stepped into the palace gate, a wet nurse grabbed her back foot: "Little son, the empress has an order first, and you will never be allowed to see the princess again. Don't make things difficult for the mothers!"

He knew in his heart that these old mothers were also obeying orders, but he was so anxious that he couldn't spare any energy to deal with the nurse. Taking advantage of the nurse's surprise, he slipped in like stepping on a banana peel, carrying A big medicine box half as tall as a person, but it runs as fast as the wind.

Seeing this, the wet nurse hurried over, and summoned one or two guards, who ran behind Li Jing like an eagle catching a chick, and made a gesture to take him down.

This side is full of people chasing after each other, while Shen Hanshan has already stepped into the palace quickly, and went straight to find Princess Taiping.

Since Yang's case, the child's temperament has become much calmer and more stable. Seeing that Shen Hanshan is not as close and warm as he was when he was a child, he only smiled slightly, and two dimples appeared on the corners of his lips.

"The doctor came here in a hurry, presumably because of the case of Wu Yi being forced into Dali Temple."

When Shen Hanshan heard this, he put down half of the burden in his heart, as long as Taiping still remembered this little student who played with her, then Wu Yi still had a chance of life.

So she also let go of her calm expression, and showed a casual smile: "Princess, what you said is absurd, your mother wants me to come every day to ask for your peace pulse, but I just follow the queen's order and take care of the princess' body. "

Taiping also unhurriedly stretched out his right hand, and held it in front of Shen Hanshan: "Taiping still has important things to do, and Imperial Physician Shen must quickly diagnose the pulse."

The two were going back and forth, and they were acting out a scene of pleading for peace. The corner of the palace door was lifted by a gust of wind, and Li Jing broke into the eyes of the two of them so unexpectedly. .

"I have seen the princess."

He saluted hastily, there was a rush of footsteps behind him, and he was about to open his mouth to pour out all the thoughts in his heart, when Taiping withdrew his wrist from Shen Hanshan's hand, and then he took the golden thread pinch from the mahogany he used. A half-old Maitreya Buddha mask was taken out of the dowry.

"Jing'er, don't worry, I'll go to the queen mother to intercede."