After smelling the scent of steam, he said thoughtfully.
“Gui Zhi, Shao Yao, Gan Cao, Sheng Jiang, Da Zao, Pao Fu Zi.”
“This is Gui Zhi Fu Zi Tang.”
Upon hearing this, Liu Liangren became instantly excited: “Master of Medicine, you truly live up to your reputation. This prescription is indeed Gui Zhi Fu Zi Tang!”
“Take this poor Daoist to see the patient.” Sun Simiao secured his biochemical mask and nodded slightly at him.
The two rows of wards in the backyard were clearly renovated to resemble the Shenyang Hospital.
Pushing open the door to one of the rooms, Fang Er couldn't help but frown.
There was only one patient in the room, dressed in splendid brocade, with four maids attending him.
The maids had no protective measures at all. Although they were taking good care of him, it was evident that they were forcing smiles.
“Get out!”
Sun Simiao was also very angry, pointing towards the door and shouting at the four maids.
“No, who the hell are you! Why are you kicking people out?” The person reclining on the bed seemed not to be too seriously ill and spoke with undiminished vigor.
“Silence, this is the true person Sun, Master of Medicine!”
Liu Liangren quickly stopped him upon seeing this and gave the man a meaningful look.
Sun Simiao’s name was already known to households far and wide through newspapers. He founded his sect on the art of medicine and was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Jiren. In the eyes of the people, he was a divine physician.
Upon hearing this, the man immediately became ecstatic, threw off the quilt, and jumped out of bed.
“True person Sun, save me, save me quickly!”
“Just name your price for the consultation fee!”
Fang Er: ………..
This guy didn’t look like he had the plague at all!
“Lie down!”
Sun Simiao frowned and gently pushed the man, who stumbled back onto the sickbed.
After a pulse diagnosis, Sun Simiao’s expression under the biochemical mask became even more grim.
“This illness has been four days?”
“Master of Medicine, you are truly a divine physician, it has been exactly four days!”
Sun Simiao asked casually. After receiving the answer, he lifted the man’s clothes to continue his examination.
But soon, he became furious and reprimanded him.
“It seems that not only Gui Zhi Fu Zi Tang was used, but acupuncture was also applied.”
“Absurd!”
“And cupping therapy as well?”
“This illness causes excessive sweating, depletion of vital fluids, and damage to the original Yang. How can cupping therapy be applied?”
“It’s like a leaky wooden barrel, and you’re poking more holes in it. Are you trying to kill him?”
Fang Er and Zhang Gongjin were stunned. Holy cow, are they treating this person or killing him?
They didn’t understand the medical principles, but they understood Sun Simiao’s analogy.
Hearing this, the man on the bed immediately jumped up and cursed Liu Liangren.
“You good-for-nothing surnamed Liu, I’m paying you twenty taels of silver a day to do whatever you want with me, and you take me for a fool?”
“If you don’t give me an explanation today, I’ll have my men smash this shop of yours!”
Liu Liangren shivered in fear and quickly explained, “Master of Medicine, you are right. It is our lack of skill. I will have someone remove the acupuncture and cupping therapy for today.”
“Hmph!”
Sun Simiao, angry, flicked his sleeves and pushed the door open to leave.
He stood in the courtyard for a moment, and upon hearing a cough, he quickly followed the sound.
Pushing open the door, he saw a young man lying on his side on the sickbed, his head hanging over the edge. A maid was squatting beside him with a spittoon.
The young man coughed with difficulty, and then spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm with blood streaks. Only then did his coughing subside slightly.
After observing, listening, and inquiring, he confirmed that the young man was indeed infected with the plague.
However, this time he did not ask Liu Liangren but beckoned to Changsun Ling’er.
“Ling’er, come here and try it.”
“Yes, Teacher!”
Changsun Ling’er bowed respectfully and then stepped forward to the bedside. Her right hand, wearing a rubber glove, gently rested on the young man’s pulse.
After a moment, she said softly.
“The pulse is superficial and heavy, with no strength upon palpation.”
“Internal dampness and turbidity, with a thick, greasy tongue coating.”
“Wind-cold stagnation, with fever, chills, and no sweating.”
“The prescription should be Renshen Baidu San, with the addition of Cao Guo, Bing Lang, Jing Jie, and Fang Feng, and the removal of Sheng Jiang and Bo He.”
After speaking, she stood up and bowed to Sun Simiao again.
“Teacher, are there any errors in my diagnosis?”
Sun Simiao nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Liu Liangren beside him.
“Fetch the dregs of the medicine!”
Liu Liangren dared not refuse and quickly retrieved a paper package from outside. Upon opening it, it contained the dregs left after decocting the medicine.
In those days, people were also afraid of riots by patients. The dregs were proof of the medicine used, and they dared not discard them carelessly.
Changsun Ling’er knew this was another test for her and stepped forward to identify the dregs.
“Qiang Huo and Du Huo are the monarch herbs.”
“Chai Hu is the minister herb.”
“Jie Geng, Zhi Ke, Qian Hu, Fu Ling, Ren Shen, Gan Cao, and Sheng Jiang are the adjuvant herbs.”
As she identified the herbs, she sorted them into groups according to their functions.
After checking, she said with confusion.
“This is not right.”
“The minister herbs are missing one dang Gui and one Sheng Jiang.”
“The adjuvant herbs are missing Cao Guo, Bing Lang, Jing Jie, and Fang Feng.”
Sun Simiao frowned upon hearing this. He stepped forward and fiddled with them, finding that the prescription was indeed incorrect. Just as he was about to speak, he discovered other problems.
He picked up the paper package and walked outside.
He returned shortly and glared at Liu Liangren.
“Shopkeeper Liu, the prescription is incorrect, perhaps your junior physician is unskilled.”
“But the medicinal materials are all of inferior quality masquerading as the genuine article! What is your intention!”
Fang Er: ???????
Holy cow, they are still daring to use fake medicine?
He said coldly, “What is going on?”
Sun Simiao, without waiting for Liu Liangren’s reply, said, “Jie Geng is best produced in Hengshan, but what is used here is from Jiangnan.”
“Gan Cao is best from Liang Wai Cao, but what is used here is also from other regions.”
“Fu Ling and Chai Hu are also the same.”
“The most audacious thing is that the main ingredient, Qiang Huo, is a complete fake! It is disguised as Di Yu!”
Zhang Gongjin was so enraged that he almost died. This was his territory, and such a thing happened. Wasn’t this a slap in the face?
He flew into a rage and kicked Liu Liangren to the ground. Then, stepping on his chest, he ordered his guards.
“Guards!”
“Tie this scoundrel up and seal this pharmacy as well!”
“No, no, don’t, you’ve wronged me!”
Liu Liangren struggled and shouted.
“My lord, I… I am just a shopkeeper. This has nothing to do with me…”
“Yes, it has nothing to do with me, it’s all the owner’s orders…”
Before he could be tied up, the man was on the verge of urinating himself in fear.
Zhang Gongjin lifted his foot, and Liu Liangren rolled over and knelt on the ground, kowtowing as if pounding garlic.