I practiced medicine in ancient times

"Auntie, please stick out your tongue for me to see. I saw that the last prescription you wrote indicated a history of exogenous cold, but there was no aversion to cold and a tight pulse.

However, now the tip of your nose is red, which is a sign of cold turning into heat, and wind-heat invading the lungs. The reason for the cold turning into heat is that the lung qi in the body is out of balance and cannot be released and descended, resulting in the stagnation of wind and cold evil qi and the transformation into heat.

At this time, you should have symptoms such as cough, yellow phlegm, red and swollen throat, and yellow runny nose.

I give you two choices. One is to prescribe some boiled medicine for you to drink. You will see the effect after one day and you will feel better within three days.

The second one is to give you a free treatment, but the effect is not as good as the first one.

Go cut some fresh bamboo and light it on fire, then use a bowl to collect the water from the two ends of the bamboo, which can cure your cough and phlegm. "Xu Qingyi first looked at the prescription and pulse case written by Wu Yao and others. After her eyes changed, she glanced at Li in front of her. Her facial features were clearly magnified in her eyes. Xu Qingyi's eyes flashed with a sharp light. She clearly saw the symptom of Li's nose tip being red, which was a typical manifestation of wind-heat invading the lungs.

The ears and nose twitched slightly, and there was chest tightness and shortness of breath. These are all manifestations of wind-heat invading the lungs.

"Aunt, which treatment method do you choose?" Xu Qingyi asked.

"Oh, then let's try the second method first and see how it works." Li hesitated for a moment and finally chose the free treatment.

She knew the situation at home, and it would be a great help for her to have a free treatment method. She nodded, indicating that she was willing to try this method.

"Qingyi, don't you need to take Aunt Li's pulse?" Wu Yao on the side hesitated for a moment and whispered in Xu Qingyi's ear.

"Brother Wu, observation, listening, questioning and palpation are the first, and questioning and palpation are the second.

Observation is to observe the patient's complexion, appearance, tongue coating and other external manifestations to make a preliminary judgment on the condition. Smell is to listen to the patient's voice, breath, and smell his body odor to further understand the condition.

I can already tell the first two, so there’s no need to check your pulse.”

Xu Qingyi hadn't finished talking yet. The most amazing thing about doctors with excellent medical skills is that they can understand the condition of the patient without taking the pulse. They only need to observe, smell and diagnose the patient and then prescribe medicine. However, to this extent, extremely high medical skills are required.

Of course, this only applies to some relatively simple diseases. For some complex diseases, all three steps must be verified and finally confirmed, and the right medicine must be prescribed.

"Next one." Xu Qingyi shouted after Li left.

An old man with a sad face walked over on tiptoe and sat in the seat that Li had taken. He looked very old, with wrinkles all over his face and a tired look that made people feel sympathy. He placed his hands on the table with trembling hands, as if he was looking for support.

"Uncle, where do you feel uncomfortable?" Xu Qingyi's voice was calm and warm, like a spring breeze blowing across the lake, making people feel at ease.

"I have pain behind my heel. It's uncomfortable to walk and it's not convenient for me to work." Uncle Ma said with a frown.

"Oh, so that's it! Uncle, take off your shoes and let me see them, then look at the tip of your tongue, and stand up." Xu Qingyi first checked the prescription that Wu Yao had written for Uncle Ma last time.

Rheumatism and arthralgia written on the pulse record.

However, after examining Uncle Ma's tongue, Xu Qingyi found no bruises, spots, or blood stasis, indicating it was not qi stagnation or blood stasis.

There are no symptoms such as heel pain, burning sensation, redness and swelling in the painful area, and tenderness, so this is not due to accumulation of dampness and heat.

Uncle Ma also did not have symptoms such as sore heels, weak waist and knees, and weakness, which showed that he did not suffer from liver and kidney deficiency.

"Doctor Xu, is my case very serious?" Uncle Ma saw that his illness took longer than the Li family's. The doctor either looked at his tongue or his heels and asked many questions. Uncle Ma also became a little panicked.

“The problem is that some problems are not that serious. If you have money, you can take medicine to treat them. If you don’t have money, you can also use a free method to treat them.

But this method can only provide simple relief, it cannot cure the disease, but it can allow you to work in your daily life. "After Xu Qingyi observed and examined Uncle Ma's condition, he soon understood what was going on with him.

Heel pain may be caused by bone spurs.

"Then I will choose free treatment. Please tell me, Doctor Xu." When Uncle Ma heard that there was a free treatment, although it could not cure the disease, it could relieve pain and allow him to work in his daily life. How economical it was, he nodded without saying a word.

"Take a green brick, place it on firewood until it is extremely hot, then pour a proper amount of vinegar on the brick, wrap it with a cloth, and step on it with your heels.

If the temperature is high, you can suspend your heels above the vinegar bricks for fumigation. When they can withstand the heat, put them on a cloth and iron them. Pay attention to the temperature to prevent burns. Usually, you can see the effect after seven days of treatment. "Xu Qingyi told Uncle Ma the treatment method.

"That's it? So simple?" When Uncle Ma heard it, he immediately thought it was too simple, but he didn't know if it would work.

"It's free, you'll know if you try it." Using bricks to treat heel pain is inconspicuous, but the principle is that Gen Palace, Zhong Palace, and Kun Palace are earth, and Gen is a mountain, so use earth to treat Gen. The "gen" in heel has a "gen" radical, so this method is used.

However, it is very effective. For poor people like Uncle Ma, if it is a free treatment that can produce visible results, they will definitely give it a try.

This is also the way Xu Qingyi thought of to increase his own popularity.

Next, Xu Qingyi treated this group of people and found that they all had some common minor illnesses, such as colds, coughs, headaches, etc. However, these minor illnesses became more and more serious as they delayed treatment, and they came to see a doctor only when they could not bear it any longer.

But for the poor people, these diseases are enough to make them suffer unbearably. If they are not careful and develop into serious illnesses, they will directly take their lives.

Xu Qingyi patiently asked about each person's condition, carefully observed their symptoms, and then prescribed some simple and effective folk remedies for them.

They can get most of the things needed for folk remedies at home, so they don't need to spend extra money.

It took more than a quarter of an hour in total before Xu Qingyi finally saw off this group of people.

"This......." Hou Chuan was dumbfounded when he saw that Xu Qingyi not only treated this group of people extremely quickly, but also prescribed medicine that did not contain any proper medicinal ingredients. Yet, these patients still believed her.

He and Wu Yao looked at each other, somewhat unsure of what was going on.