The Martial Doctor-Chapter 110 - 107: Decoction for Expelling Stagnant Blood
The pulse is strong, indicating excessive yang and blood deficiency. There is internal heat, which must be expelled!
The internal stagnation of heat can make the person delirious!
The formula for Resolving Stagnant Blood is recorded in the "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet." It was initially used to treat women with stagnant blood in the abdomen, but was later found to be miraculously effective in treating rabies.
All of these are recorded in medical texts. Lin Miao has no personal experience, so he can’t guarantee its effectiveness.
But for this child, if he refuses treatment, there seems to be no other option but death.
...
"Earthworm beetle, what does he want that for?" Mr. Jia was tending to his "little darlings" at home when he heard Lien Yurou’s report and asked in surprise.
"I don’t know either; a rabies patient came to the diagnosis point..."
"A rabies patient? Quickly, take me there!" Mr. Jia’s face lit up with joy upon hearing this. He was just worried he couldn’t find a case to test his ’fight poison with poison’ method.
Rabies is also one of the diseases he was researching treatments for, how could he not be ecstatic.
"Mr. Jia, Mr. Lin has already taken this patient and prescribed a formula," Lien Yurou reminded him.
"What? What formula did he prescribe? What good formula could he possibly have? This is nonsense..." Hearing this, Mr. Jia became furious.
People always said Mr. Jia was unpredictable in mood, and Lien Yurou didn’t quite believe it before, but now seeing his angry demeanor, she believed it.
"Rhubarb, peach kernels, and earthworm beetle, ground into powder, made into honey pills, taken with wine and water!"
"What kind of formula is this, what’s the pharmacology behind it, I’ve never heard of it, which book is this recorded in?"
"How about the dosage?"
"He didn’t say..."
"This formula is so strange..." Mr. Jia pondered for a moment, then suddenly scratched his head in excitement, "Using earthworm beetle as medicine does intrigue me, but how does he know it can be used as medicine?"
"He also said the earthworm beetle tastes salty, is cold in nature, can dissolve blood clots and remove stagnation, and reconnect bones!"
"What are you saying? Did Mr. Lin really say this?" Mr. Jia was taken aback.
"Yes, he said it in public; how could it be false?"
"Does your master know that I am probably the only one who has this thing in the entire Dongshan City, is that why he sent you over?" Mr. Jia asked.
"Yes."
"Come, quickly come with me!" Mr. Jia went back to his room, took out a black box, and together they headed to the convenient medical diagnosis point.
...
"My brother, if you are willing, once the medicine arrives, I can give it a try; if you’re not willing, then so be it." Lin Miao did not insist. Although he agreed to take the case, whether the patient’s family was willing to trust him for treatment is another matter.
Doctors require patient cooperation to treat illnesses.
If the patient doesn’t comply, even if the medicine is prescribed, misuse or non-use can’t be controlled by the doctor.
Just because a doctor takes a case and prescribes a treatment doesn’t necessarily mean the patient will recover.
Rhubarb and peach kernels, these two medications, were available in his small pharmacy, and honey and yellow wine are always available.
All these are not lacking; only the earthworm beetle is missing.
In spring or summer, even in early autumn, they can be found, but now it’s the dead of winter, where can they be found?
The plan was to find some way next year to have someone help catch some, but now he is like a clever housewife who can’t cook without rice.
He could only rely on Mr. Jia, the master of poisons, who played with bugs and toxins. Perhaps he had this thing.
Although earthworm beetles aren’t really toxic, it’s hard to say whether he has them.
A commotion was heard at the door.
"Where is the person? Let me see..." Mr. Jia, exuding an unapproachable aura, arrived, and the onlookers outside the door automatically made way.
"It really is rabies." Mr. Jia, with his sharp eyes and years of medical experience, took one look and immediately determined that the child had rabies.
"Mr. Lin, what do you say? If it doesn’t work, hand this patient over to me?" In his excitement, Mr. Jia ignored the rules and directly tried to take the patient from Lin Miao.
Guan Biyun slightly frowned; this was originally against the rules, but if the patient was transferred to Mr. Jia, Lin Miao would have no pressure, so she didn’t intervene.
Lin Miao couldn’t directly oppose, nor did he want to directly conflict with Mr. Jia. The ultimate choice lay in the hands of the little boy’s father.
The diagnosis of rabies was incurable, even in his previous life’s knowledge. However, since ancient medical texts recorded cured cases, he was willing to try.
"And you are?"
"I’m Mr. Jia, from the capital." Mr. Jia directly showed his high-level physician’s certificate, and the knowledgeable people around immediately recognized it and exclaimed.
"Physician Jia, please save my son!" The little boy’s father immediately turned and knelt before Mr. Jia.
"First I must say, I have a method called ’fight poison with poison,’ but whether your son can endure it depends on fate!"
"Fight poison with poison?"
"This rabies is caused by external evil entering the body. My method also uses evil to attack evil to achieve a cure but doesn’t guarantee effectiveness. So, if your son dies, you can’t blame me." Though cold, Mr. Jia was honest and spoke frankly.
The little boy’s father was momentarily torn in his mind, glancing secretly at Lin Miao because it seemed even if Lin Miao’s prescription couldn’t cure, it wouldn’t immediately kill...
Who to trust?
This was a life-and-death choice, and he was choosing for his son.
Perhaps have Mr. Lin treat first, and if it doesn’t work, then seek this capital’s Mr. Jia... 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
"Mr. Jia, do you have the earthworm beetle?" Lin Miao asked, because if there weren’t any earthworm beetles, there was no choice.
"Lin, have you thought it through?" Mr. Jia raised his eyebrows; Lin Miao’s question meant he was assuming all the pressure.
Without the earthworm beetle, the boy’s father had no choice, but if he had it, there was a choice.
"Do you have it or not?"
"Of course I do." Mr. Jia handed over a box from his sleeve. Lin Miao opened it and confirmed that it was indeed earthworm beetles, sufficient in quantity, so he nodded.
"Mr. Lin, please save my son." Seeing this, the little boy’s father immediately bit his lip and knelt before Lin Miao again.
"Xia Zhu, follow my instructions for the dosage, quickly grind into powder, mix with honey, and make pills, one pill per qian."
"Yes, Mr. Lin!"
The tools for grinding and pill-making were ready, and other powdered medicines were already prepared, leaving only the earthworm beetles, so quickly the pills were made.
Taking a pill, using a bowl of yellow wine, Lin Miao pinched the patient’s mouth open, inserted the pill, and then poured in the wine.
Now all we can do is wait.
If effective, very soon the little boy will urinate, and if the urine is like dark wood color and the stool is like fish intestines or pig liver color, it indicates the toxins are being expelled. The first occurrence will be heavily colored and odorous, gradually lightening until normal.
