Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 523: Treatment of War-related Cold Legs, Treating Lower Diseases with Upper Treatment
Fang Yan nodded and said to his little disciple:
"Your dialectic is quite accurate. Keep up the good work."

After receiving praise from his master, little Zhao Zhengyi became visibly happy.

Although he still can't treat diseases, he has learned the dialectical methods taught by Fangyan very well.

Fang Yan turned around and said to Mr. Zhang:
"I'll write you a prescription, and you can go back and get the medicine according to this prescription."

Mr. Zhang smiled and nodded and said:
"Great! Old Xie took your medicine and recovered very quickly. I hope I can get better in one go this time!"

Old Xie almost called Fangyan a miracle doctor. You have to know that this guy never saw a Chinese doctor before, and the big change he had was all because of Fangyan.

It would be better to say that he believes in dialects than to say that he believes in traditional Chinese medicine.

If it were any other doctor, Mr. Xie wouldn’t even go to see him.

Fang Yan smiled at Mr. Zhang and said:
"Your treatment is staged. Come back for a follow-up visit in a week."

After saying that, he started writing the prescription.

30 grams of five-clawed dragon.

15 grams of Poria cocos.

10 grams each of Pinellia ternata, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, and Fructus Viticis rotundifolia.

6 grams each of tangerine peel, fructus aurantii, cuneiformis seed, licorice, angelica dahurica, and gastrodia elata.

Finally, there are two centipedes.

Next, Fangyan wrote down the method of decocting the medicine and handed it to Mr. Zhang.

After receiving it, Mr. Zhang handed it to the guard behind him and said:
"Pick up the medicine according to the prescription when you go back."

"Yes." The latter took over and agreed.

At this time, the smoky-voiced Lao Gu said:
"Okay, it's my turn."

He hammered his knees and said to Fang Yan:

"I have had knee pain and swelling for more than a decade. It keeps coming back. I feel like I haven't gotten rid of the root cause of the problem."

Fang Yan observed his expression and asked him:
"Do you remember what caused it in the first place?"

This question made Lao Gu fall into memories. He thought for a moment before saying:

"I still remember that it was many years ago. I was still very young. At that time, we had to wade through rivers when marching to fight. One year in late autumn, I waded through a river. I remember it very clearly. My knee joints were swollen after crossing the river. But I was anxious to fight at that time and didn't take it seriously. It was only after the battle that I found that my knees were swollen like two big buns."

"At the time, I just felt very uncomfortable and bloated, so I asked a military doctor to help me take a look. He said it was some kind of bone-chilling dampness and asked me to use the Si Miao Wu Ling formula to treat it. At that time, there was a big war waiting to happen soon, so I didn't listen to him and asked him to deal with it quickly. The doctor used a syringe to draw out several tubes of translucent, sticky liquid that looked like glue."

"My feet were able to move at that time, and I didn't pay much attention to it, so I went straight to the next battle."

"A month later, when the troops were resting, I found that my left leg was stretched straight and couldn't bend. I was bedridden for a month. After that, my knee would ache every time the weather changed."

"More than a decade ago, the symptoms became more severe as I got older. Whenever winter came, my knees felt like they were being pricked by needles. When the condition was not too serious, I could apply Feng Shi Ning Qiang Di Song. When it was serious, I had to go to the hospital. After treatment, it worked for a while, but similar symptoms would reappear later."

Fang Yan nodded and continued to ask Gu Lao:
"What caused you to do this time?"

After saying that, I was afraid that he didn’t understand, so I added:
"I mean, did you do anything to catch a cold?"

Lao Gu showed a thoughtful look, tilted his neck and said uncertainly:

"I think should not be?"

At this time, Mr. Xie, who was listening on the side, took over the conversation and said:
"How come you didn't? You caught a cold a while ago. You said you got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and didn't wear a coat, so you got a cold from the draft."

Gu Lao asked in disbelief:

"Oh?! That counts too?"

Mr. Xie said:
"Of course forget it...right, Doctor Fang!"

At the end he himself was not quite sure, so he threw the question to Fangyan.

Fangyan nodded:

"Calculate."

Mr. Xie immediately hardened up and said proudly:
"See, I know it all."

Then he counted to his old friend and said:

"You, Gu, are always careless in doing things. You don't care about anything at all. All your problems are caused by your temper."

Lao Gu was immediately unhappy and said in a hoarse voice:

"Stop talking nonsense here. You and I are the same. A crow thinks a pig is black!"

"Hahahaha..." Mr. Zhang, who was standing by, laughed out loud when he saw the two people arguing.

Listening to the old friends around me quarreling, I feel like I’m back in my youth.

The two old men argued for a while but then felt it was boring and turned to look at Fangyan.

Lao Gu asked in dialect:

"Doctor Fang, do you think this can be cured?"

The dialect said:

"Let me take a look at your knees first."

Lao Gu asked curiously:
"Don't you need to feel my pulse or something like Lao Zhang?"

The dialect said:

"We already know the basic cause of your disease. There's no need to feel your pulse for now."

Then he pointed at his trouser legs:

"Come on, please lift up your trouser legs to above your knees."

After hearing this, Mr. Gu pulled up the legs of his cotton trousers and exposed his knees.

"Come on." He pointed to his obviously swollen knee. After seeing his swollen joint, Fang Yan had a basic idea of ​​his condition.

Judging from what the old man said before, the traditional Chinese medicine treatment he received was effective, but it was not long-lasting.

In other words, there is nothing wrong with other people's dialectics, but they have not treated the root cause.

So what is its root?

Judging from what he just said, it should be on the knee.

Because I was wading through the river in late autumn that year, the cold air penetrated into my bones, causing swollen joints.

Then they didn't do the proper treatment, they just did an emergency treatment.

So this situation only occurs when you get older.

However, the previous Chinese medicine treatment according to this plan did not achieve the effect of eradicating the disease.

In other words, there is a greater probability that there are other reasons.

Mr. Fu Shan of the Qing Dynasty said: "If the lower part of the body does not heal, then you must treat it from the top."

"Suwen Wuchang Zhengda Lun" says: "If the qi is reversed, the disease is in the upper part, treat it in the lower part; if the disease is in the lower part, treat it in the upper part."

The Lingshu Zhongshi Pian also says: "If the disease is in the upper part, treat it from the lower part; if the disease is in the lower part, treat it from the higher part."

There is a theory in traditional Chinese medicine that calls for treating upper diseases by treating the lower parts, and treating lower diseases by treating the upper parts.

Therefore, according to the dialect analysis, Gu was old, his spleen and stomach were weak, the food he ate was not digested into fine particles after entering his stomach, and the damp and turbid air flowed down and gathered in the acupoints.

The spleen governs the limbs, is responsible for transporting moisture and hates dampness.

He is old and had a cold some time ago, which made him weak during that period. As a result, the spleen and stomach in the middle burner were weak, and the moisture gathered and turned into water, which flowed to his joints.

So actually the root of the problem is the spleen and stomach.

In order to confirm his guess, Fangyan asked him whether he had any urination problems or less than usual in recent times.

This time, I got a positive answer from Mr. Gu that he had indeed been urinating less recently.

Even if I urinate, the amount has become less.

Therefore, Fangyan was certain that there was definitely something wrong with his spleen.

Of course, as we age, our kidney energy weakens, which also has something to do with it.

Fang Yan expressed his guess and analyzed it bit by bit to Mr. Gu. After all, even if they took the medicine back, they would definitely give it to other Chinese medicine doctors for review.

Fangyan simply explained the matter clearly in front of them.

Lao Gu thought that he and Lao Xie had the same problem, but now he realized that it was a problem with their spleens.

But he immediately asked Fangyan curiously, they just said that Lao Zhang had spleen problems, and that his complexion was pale and his nose was dark, but how come he couldn't see that at all?

After he said this, everyone looked at him speechlessly.

After holding it in for several seconds, Zhu Qian, the great-granddaughter of Old Xie, said weakly:

"It's so dark, you can't tell."

It should be said that Lao Gu's face looks dark due to long-term exposure to the sun. His face is the darkest among the few people.

When the little girl said this, both Mr. Xie and Mr. Zhang laughed.

Even Lao Gu himself couldn't hold it in any longer.

Finally, he said stubbornly:
"My skin is natural, and it will be like this for the rest of my life."

He changed the subject and said to Fang Yan:

"Okay, Doctor Fang, since you have figured out what's wrong with me, please prescribe some medicine for me."

The dialect said:

“You should use the method of replenishing qi and lifting it to nourish qi, strengthen the spleen and move dampness. When the qi is strong, it will naturally circulate throughout the body and the water vapor will be transformed. When the qi transforms into water, the swelling in the joints will naturally subside.”

Although Lao Gu could not understand, he had to speak in dialect. He said all this to the guards behind him. Even if the guards could not remember it clearly, they could still get a general idea and provide ideas to the Chinese medicine doctors who were reviewing the prescriptions.

Then Fangyan gave a prescription:

45 grams of raw Astragalus, 12 grams of Stephania tetrandra, 10 grams of cinnamon twig, 15 grams of red peony root, 10 grams of Chuanxiong, 45 grams of Coix seed, 30 grams of Poria, 15 grams each of Alisma orientalis and Angelica dahurica, 30 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 10 grams of roasted licorice, 10 grams of Angelica dahurica, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 6 dates.

Then, considering that the old man's kidney qi was a little weak, 10 grams of red ginseng, 30 grams each of the four kidney herbs, and 4 walnuts were added.

After writing the prescription, Fang Yan handed it to the guard behind Lao Gu.

After the other party took it, he put it away carefully.

Seeing this, Old Xie said to his two old friends, Old Gu and Old Zhang:
"Okay, today's treatment is complete. You two old guys should go back and take your medicine."

Upon hearing this, Fangyan immediately said:

"Let's have lunch at home. It's a good time to have some fun during the weekend."

Zhu Lin also said:
"That's right, now that we're here, let's eat here."

Others in the family echoed:

"Yes, yes."

Everyone who came was a guest, and it was almost time for lunch, so why would we chase them out?

By the way, Fangyan also wanted to ask about the bunch of rewards he had just received.

PS: The 6000-word basic chapter has been updated.

I got another 100 monthly votes, so after updating this chapter, I still owe you 108000 words.

There will be more updates later.

(End of this chapter)