Practicing Medicine in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 36 5 Lingzhizi

In the early morning of the next day, before the morning bell rang, Wu Yi woke up to the sound of chaotic footsteps.

"I think you won't be able to meet with Dr. Zhang today." Yan Ming's ears always came quickly.

"I heard that the emperor had a headache again last night, and Zheng Yun, the imperial physician, led a team of imperial physicians to treat him overnight, and he hasn't recovered yet."

While Wu Yishang was sleepy, when he heard the word "head wind", he just sighed flatly in his heart.

In the concept of modern western medicine, there is no such word as "head wind". If it has to be classified as a certain type of disease, western doctors generally call it "primary headache".

What is original hair, if you can't find the reason, it is called original hair.

Since the cause can't be found, the treatment is very difficult. The prescription list is filled with miscellaneous drug names, but they are just different types of painkillers to relieve the pain.

However, traditional Chinese medicine has another view on this common disease. They believe that many factors such as wind evil, qi stagnation, blood stasis, blood deficiency, phlegm turbidity, and yang deficiency can lead to the onset of head wind[1]. Internal injuries and seven emotions, all kinds of things, can all become the cause of the disease.

It is rare for Chinese and Western medicine, who have always argued with each other, to have the same opinion—this disease is an incurable disease. Although it cannot kill people, it can entangle you for half your life and make you restless day and night.

Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, as a well-known headache patient in history, has suffered from this disease for decades, so his eyesight was involved, which eventually led to difficulty seeing.

And this incurable disease, to a certain extent, can be regarded as a boost for Empress Wu to ascend to the throne in the future.

Fortunately, he is still a very reasonable king. If he is replaced by another cruel lord, he has a headache to the point where he can't take care of himself, and the head doctor who may be responsible will also have a cracking pain in his head.

Li Zhi knew that there was no cure for this disease, so he simply abandoned those embarrassing physicians and useless acupuncturists under his command, and pinned his hopes on those ethereal Taoist immortals.

And the imperial physicians who have no merit and no reward can only stay in the imperial medical office obediently, and boil a dose of Liusheng powder for the saint to relieve the pain temporarily.

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After a night of endless tossing, the imperial physicians did not dare to rest, and plunged into the medical scriptures.

Even if the teacher is so diligent and diligent, the students naturally cannot be left behind. The students of the same age came to the Imperial Medical Office early, and each went to study with the doctor who taught them.

The students who went out at about the same time stepped in through the same gate, but entered the rooms of different doctors.

Shen Hanshan is a deviant by nature, and most of the imperial physicians disdain him to be in the same category. In the small courtyard near the north of Taichang Temple, a half-dead locust tree is inserted obliquely. This is where he works and studies all year round.

As soon as he entered the door, before he bowed and greeted the doctor, he lowered his head and saw two little idiots gathered around him, not knowing what he was looking at.

Looking up again, Shen Hanshan is sitting on a big red flower wooden chair with a medicinal herb root in his mouth, his legs are crossed, and a thick copy of "Lei Gong Pao Shao Lun" is on the tip of his old green shoes. At a glance, he is undisciplined and doesn't look like a doctor.

Wearing a dark blue court dress from the eighth grade with such an unrestrained posture, it's no wonder that other colleagues don't like it.

"Come on, come on, you came just in time." Shen Hanshan waved his hand, pointed at Wu Yi's nose, but his eyes fell on the two little tuanzi, "The Imperial Physician summoned all the doctors, if you want to study the condition of the Holy Majesty, you are here Let's watch the princess and the crown prince here."

Wu Yi's eyebrows twitched—fortunately, you also know that one of these two little bears is the princess of the empire, and the other is the heir of the county prince's mansion.

There must be a lot of hidden guards hiding around Taiping, but it's hard to tell whether they are hiding behind the doorposts or on the top of the beams. In just one step from the courtyard gate to the house, Wu Yi saw three unremarkable guards. strange man.

Shen Hanshan ignored it, kicked the book into Wu Yi's hand with his toe, flicked his sleeves, slapped his butt and left.

Wu Yi hastily spread his hands, and caught the unlucky "On Thunder Cannonball" in mid-air.

He was clear in his heart, how could this unsociable imperial doctor be so easy to invite, he might go to a restaurant in Chang'an City to drink and eat meat, and he dumped the two pestering little guys to his students.

But where in the world is there any reason for students to tear down the teacher's platform?

Wu Yi could only cough lightly, pretending to agree.

As soon as Shen Hanshan left, Taiping stood up, led a new skirt embroidered with lotus root silk, and quickly circled Wu Yi.

"What makes the princess so happy?" Wu Yi passed his fingers through the corner of her skirt, and straightened her skirt smoothly.

"Brother Prince is going to supervise the country!" She pulled Wu Yi's hand and whispered into her ear, "We can go to Meizhou to play!"

No wonder he was so happy, after being locked up in a big resplendent cage for a long time, even a bird felt suffocated.

"That's really congratulations princess."

"It's not just me." Tai Ping proudly put his hands on his hips, "I've already asked Brother Hong, and I want to bring Jing'er, as well as Imperial Physician Shen, and you, Brother Imperial Physician!"

Wu Yiwei was stunned, and it was only natural that she brought along the imperial physician who served her. To agree with her to take Li Jing, a playmate named Sidu, who was actually a proton, was enough to show how much the elder brother of the emperor loved her.

He couldn't help but look at Li Jing who was squatting on the ground.

This child already knew a lot of rules in the palace, he had to accompany the princess when she squatted down, and he had to wait for a word of mouth when the princess got up.

Seeing that he was silent for a while, Taiping followed his gaze curiously, only to see Li Jing with drooping brows still obediently squatting on the ground.

When she got along with He'er, she never paid attention to priority and priority. They played together, made trouble together and were punished and trained. Wherever there was a princess accompanying the master and slaves, they were all crazy girls running around with bare feet, which made people worry.

Although this newcomer, Jing'er, is quite cute, she is a little too well-behaved, like a little follower who only follows her ass around.

Taiping observed quietly for a few days, and found that although this little follower was not as interesting as He'er, he never made small reports with his mother and brothers, no matter how he behaved or not, those who didn't make small reports were just good friends. !

"Get up."

She hit Li Jing on the head with a chestnut, and there was a crisp sound, like hitting a small watermelon with a ripe stem.

The child didn't have much strength, so he just made a noise. Although Wu Yi knew it, but seeing Li Jing's red forehead, he couldn't help feeling distressed.

"Does it hurt?"

Li Jing jumped up from the ground all of a sudden, and his gloomy expression suddenly brightened: "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, the princess is joking with me."

Seeing the two of them saying this enthusiastically, Taiping left her, the princess of a country, on the sidelines, couldn't help knocking over the little vinegar bottle in her heart, twisted Wu Yi's wrist, and coquettishly said: "I want to be a doctor too!" Blow."

Wu Yi couldn't laugh or cry, children always have to fight for power no matter where they are, he half-jokingly said: "Then you should beat yourself up, and I will brag about it for you too."

"It doesn't count if I knock on my own, you come." Taiping felt that he was fair, "Jing'er, you come and knock on my chestnuts."

Wu Yi hurriedly stopped these two endless little bastards, it's okay to joke around, but if it hurts a little bit, I'm afraid Li Jing won't live until tomorrow.

The three of you hid from me and chased you and frolicked for a long time before Li Jing smiled and pointed to a pile of unknown granular objects on the ground to show Wu Yi.

"Brother Yi, Imperial Physician Shen just showed us this medicine and asked us to guess what it is, do you know?"

Wu Yi looked down along his fingers, and knew that Shen Hanshan was teasing the children again.

"This one..." He coughed lightly, "It's called Wulingzhi, and it's a kind of medicinal material."

The two children who were not familiar with medicinal materials suddenly showed admiration in their eyes.

Taiping reached out and picked up a piece of Wulingzhi, put it in front of his nose and took a sip, it didn't seem to have any special smell, it looked like a strange fruit, and when Wu Yi wasn't paying attention, he threw a piece of it into his mouth. pieces.

"Bah bah..." Her mouth was astringent, and she immediately spat it out, holding Wu Yi's thigh and crying, "It's so unpalatable."

...Wu Yi was thinking about how to explain to the little princess under the two that this medicinal herb with a very high-sounding name was actually the poop of flying squirrels.

Some old Chinese doctors even like to joke and call it rat shit.

Although the princess who tasted a mouthful of rat feces didn't know what she ate, but she didn't want to let it go, she had to ask Wu Yi to make it clear.

"This is made from flying squirrel droppings."

Before Wu Yi could figure out a tactful and pleasant speech, Li Jing had already opened his mouth.

He smiled slightly at Taiping, his bright eyes curved like crescent moons: "It's a kind of mouse poop particles."

Wu Yi's head froze when he was thinking... If he read correctly, Li Jing still looked ignorant and didn't understand at all, right?

Taiping didn't notice Li Jing's inconsistency at all, and was immediately disgusted by these words, ran to the corner and squatted in front of the spittoon, desperately spitting out the [-] spirit grease that his tongue had just touched.

The small body was huddled together, wishing to vomit out all the internal organs.

Wu Yi shook his head secretly, while pouring a cup of light chrysanthemum tea for her, he knocked Li Jing on the head again.

This knock was to vent his anger for Taiping, the child knew clearly that Wulingzhi was the poop of a flying squirrel, yet he pretended not to know to tease Taiping.

I didn't expect this little bun to be stuffed with pure sesame seeds. The skin is thin and soft, so it's easy to handle, but when you cut it, it's all black!

Li Jing took this hit lightly, closed his eyes and shrank a little, like a kitten who was caught stealing, it was neither loved nor hated, so he could only grab the back of his neck and teach him a little lesson .