I practiced medicine in ancient times

There are two prescriptions that are both medicine and food. One is for yam and winter melon soup, which is for lunch, and the other uses one or two ounces of coix seed, half a ounce of lily, and a little rice to cook into porridge.

Now the solar term Grain Full has arrived.

If these two prescriptions are used in conjunction with the solar term Grain Full, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort and can also assist the efficacy of the prescriptions.

After entering the Grain Full period, the temperature gradually rises and the rainfall gradually increases. The air is humid and dampness is the most likely to damage the spleen and stomach functions.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen is responsible for transportation and transformation, and likes dryness and hates dampness. Dampness and heat are prominent, causing dampness and heat to trap the spleen, which can be seen in symptoms such as bitter and dry mouth, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and yellow and red urine.

Also, "dampness and heat make people spend long summers, and weak body due to qi deficiency is injured by heat, causing shortness of breath in the chest, fatigue in the limbs, irritability, less appetite than usual, prone to sleep, dry mouth or diarrhea."

Hot and humid weather makes people feel generally unwell, dizzy and have a headache, tiredness and love to sleep, irritability and sweating, loss of appetite, chest tightness and shortness of breath or low fever, thick and greasy tongue coating, bland taste in the mouth, etc. These are the manifestations of what people often call "bitter summer" or "summer impotence".

The spleen and stomach are the foundation of acquired constitution. When the spleen and stomach are deficient in qi, the heat and dampness in summer can easily take advantage of the deficiency and block the spleen and stomach in the middle burner, resulting in dysfunction of ascending and descending, and inability to transport and transform. This manifests as a series of symptoms of spleen deficiency and dampness, such as dizziness, poor appetite, nausea, fatigue, and loose stools.

Therefore, during the Grain Full solar term, we should eliminate dampness and strengthen the spleen.

"This prescription should be taken once in the morning and evening, and stopped during menstruation.

These two prescriptions are both medicine and food. One can be stewed into soup at noon, and the other can be cooked into porridge at night.

In the future, once a month, I will ask Bai Yan to examine your body by hand to see if the tumor has shrunk.

After that, I will prescribe you a medicine for your illness according to your condition. As for the latter two prescriptions of medicine and food, you don’t need to take them after Grain Full. After the next solar term, I will prescribe you another medicine and food prescription corresponding to the solar term. "After prescribing the medicine, Xu Qingyi handed the three prescriptions to Madam Li one by one and explained them clearly.

"Is this prescription so simple? That..." Mrs. Li was a little hesitant when she saw that the prescription Xu Qingyi prescribed for her was a bit simple.

"Madam Li, although Qingyi's prescription is concise, it does not mean that it is ineffective. On the contrary, it just reflects Qingyi's superb medical skills.

She is well aware of the interactions and complementary combinations of medicinal materials, and knows how to use the least amount of medicinal materials to achieve the best therapeutic effect. Although her prescriptions are concise, each medicinal material is carefully selected and matched.

It is the right medicine for your condition, you can drink it without worry. " Doctor Wen, who was standing by, also saw the prescription Xu Qingyi wrote for Madam Li. He saw that every medicine she prescribed was just right, and she connected several medicines in series to maximize the efficacy of the medicines without wasting a single drop. He secretly admired her in his heart.

Doctor Wen also knew that every medicine prescribed by Xu Qingyi was carefully considered, and it not only met the needs of the condition, but also maximized the efficacy of the medicine and reduced unnecessary waste.

However, some doctors sometimes prescribe expensive and unnecessary medicinal materials in pursuit of drug efficacy, wasting a lot of precious resources.

However, Xu Qingyi's prescription made her see the essence of Chinese medicine, which is "simple prescriptions have good effects", using the least amount of medicinal materials to achieve the best therapeutic effect.

"In that case, I'll go get the medicine first.

Doctor Wen, next time you come to see me, please bring Doctor Xu and Doctor Bai with you." Madam Li signaled her maid Xiao Cui to take out a few purses and handed them to Xu Qingyi, Doctor Wen, and Bai Yan one by one. She nodded and left the clinic.

"This..." Xu Qingyi looked at the purse in her hand, then she looked at Doctor Wen.

She weighed the purse in her hand and found that there was probably about one or two taels of silver.

No wonder doctors like to treat the wives and daughters of wealthy families, because it is generous and profitable.

“Since it was given to you by Madam Li, you should accept it.

I see that your prescriptions are just right, you combine several herbs in series to maximize their efficacy. This prescription technique is not inferior to that of us old doctors. Qingyi, you are so young, but you have such profound medical attainments, which is really rare.

Unfortunately, our clinic cannot assess the qualifications of prospective doctors. If you want to take the exam and practice medicine, you have to enter the county clinic after the beginning of next spring. This will delay you for another half a year, Qingyi." Doctor Wen said at the end, and she shook her head with some regret.

Qingyi smiled slightly and said modestly: "This is all because of your good teaching, Doctor Wen. I just read more medical books and looked at more cases, so I have some experience. Compared with the rich experience of Doctor Wen, Doctor Li, and Doctor Wu, I am still far behind."

"I heard that Baiyan has been studying with you, Qingyi, lately, and has been studying very late every day. Now he has finished reading the contents of the first volume of the Qing Nang Medical Classic? But are you planning to assess your disciple next month?" Doctor Wen was very satisfied with Xu Qingyi's humble attitude, but when she thought of Baiyan's performance today, and heard from the disciples and apprentices that Baiyan had been studying hard with Qingyi recently, she became concerned and asked a few questions.

The clinic is full of talented people, there are disciples with good talents, and even more doctors who have graduated. Not only will their clinic become more famous in the future, but they will also have more reputation.

"Bai Yan is indeed very hardworking. She studies hard every day and makes rapid progress."

"As for the assessment, she just wanted to test her learning results, not to compete for a ranking. If she can pass the assessment for this disciple's promotion, she will pass. If she can't pass, she can take it again in the second half of the year."

Doctor Wen nodded, very satisfied with Xu Qingyi's answer. She knew very well that a person's success was not achieved through one-time efforts, but through long-term accumulation and unremitting persistence.

“The assessment and promotion of a disciple is not as simple and easy as that of an apprentice. It is not as simple as memorizing the Thousand Herbs Sutra.

This year's disciple assessment is scheduled for the last two days of June, and registration can be done at Manager Hou's place on June 15th.

The assessment at that time will be presided over by me, Doctor Li, and Doctor Wu.

As for the content of the assessment, it will not be the same every year. It varies from person to person, from time to time, and from disease to disease. Many times, the assessment is based on questions that we ask off the cuff. Of course, the content of the assessment will not go beyond the syllabus, and it is basically based on the contents of the first volume of the "Qing Nang Medical Classic".

It is not enough to just read, learn and memorize the contents of the first volume of "Qing Nang Medical Classic", one must also use and apply it flexibly.

Whether you can be promoted to a disciple depends on your adaptability during the assessment and whether your medical foundation is solid.

However, you must remember that knowing is knowing, and not knowing is not knowing. " Doctor Wen warned Bai Yan.