Chapter 17
Sima Lantai is going to Bai Mansion in Sifang Lane, Dongzou Street. The Bai family tea merchants have been there for generations, and their family's business mainly supplies the north.
He asked the relationship between the Yi family of the Ministry of Personnel to find Sima Lantai. After all, as his status as his family was not enough, he went to Sima's mansion to hire someone directly.
The patient is Bai Shicheng, the head of Bai's family. His illness has been delayed for three or four years. During this period, he has seen countless famous doctors. Not only has he not recovered, but he has gradually become worse, so he invited Sima Lantai.
The second master of the Bai family was waiting in front of the door. Before Sima Lantai's car arrived at the door, Bai Erma hurriedly walked up.
Sima Lantai is serious and well-known. Mr. Bai dared not speak much, for fear that the young master of Lantai would be abrupt, and just asked An and led the way in front of him.
Mo Tong handed the carriage to the servants of the Bai Mansion and followed his son with a medicine box on his back.
In early summer, all the peach and plum trees bear green fruits, and only the pomegranate flowers bloomed vigorously, burning half of the yard red like a fire.
Uncle Bai is only over 40 years old, but his years of lung disease have caused him to be sick and his mind is exhausted.
"I heard for a long time that my son Daming from Lantai was not very hard to walk, and I would have been to greet him in person." Mr. Bai was very weak and could only speak with a breath: "It's rare that the young man would come to the humble house so late, and I am very grateful."
"The official is not polite. If you have symptoms like you, you will have difficulty breathing at night." Sima Lantai was half clear when he saw Uncle Bai's appearance. If he didn't come, Uncle Bai would probably suffer again that night.
Bai Shicheng's original wife, Ge, was next to him. After hearing Sima Lantai say this, he couldn't help but recite the Buddha and said with tears in his eyes: "Young master is indeed a miracle doctor. This is how my master is. The late at night, the more he becomes, the more he becomes, he becomes so angry that he can only sit all night. He almost ended up late last night..."
Thinking of the danger last night, Ge couldn't help but feel cold.
Uncle Bai couldn't breathe last night, his eyes turned pale and he almost died.
"I'll take a pulse first." Sima Lantai's tone was gentle, which made the Bai family feel a little calmer.
The sunset melts gold, and the bamboo shadows on the west window are projected on the ancient shelf of the golden nanbo. The fragrance is deep and needles can be smelled in the house.
Sima Lantai half-hung his eyes and took his pulse for a while. He took his hand back and looked at the eye drop box. Mo Tong hurriedly took out a fine cloth bag from it, which contained something extremely strange in style. It was connected by a golden silk as thick as a cucumber vine in the middle, and one end was connected to something like a horseshoe cup, with a thin layer of film on the mouth, and the other end seemed like a big clip.
Sima Lantai put the end of the horseshoe cup on Bai Yuanwai's chest and the end of the clip on his ear. The horseshoe cup changed several places and moved it from the front chest to the back.
Ge and Bai Erye looked at each other and said nothing, but the shock in their eyes was obvious.
They only know that they need to see a doctor, listen, ask and talk, but this is the first time they have seen this method.
When Sima Lantai took the thing away, Mo Tong hurriedly took it over and carefully put it back into the cloth bag.
"Young Master, do you want to hear about my master's illness?" Ge asked carefully.
What she actually wanted to ask more was whether her husband could be saved, because before Sima Lantai, several famous doctors had already concluded that Bai Yuanwai's life would be almost done.
But this is really hard to say, let alone in front of the patient.
"No need, wait for me to talk about the pulse case," Sima Lantai said: "The official's disease was just a dry cough at first, and it was a little feverish. During this period, it must have used evacuation prescriptions, and it will no longer have fever in the short term, but the cough will be even worse in the morning and evening. It must have taken cough suppressants, and the situation will be good and sometimes bad. Then it will be accompanied by asthma and chest tightness, which will be fine during the day and worse at night. It is afraid of heat and likes coldness, so the doctors in the past must have been treated according to fever."
"Young Master is really a miracle doctor. It's true that this is the case, it's not bad!" Bai Yuanwai said excitedly: "To be honest, I feel like my chest is burning from the Spring Equinox every year, and I have to eat ice every day to relieve it."
"No wonder, the more you eat ice, the more you damage your lung qi, and the condition will naturally worsen." Sima Lantai nodded slightly: "What's more, Yuanwai's body is getting weaker and he can't eat cold ones."
"So, from the perspective of Mr. Wu, what is the source of the disease I am suffering from? Are there any treatments?" Mr. Bai asked. To be honest, he no longer has any hope.
Although Xiangsheng is a human instinct, the feeling of dying last night made him know how serious his illness was, so he no longer dared to take a chance at this time.
"The disease of the official is actually caused by cold. In addition, the diet is not appropriate. The symptoms at the beginning are mild and I didn't care much. After a long time, the treatment was not done properly, which led to the obstruction of the lung meridian and gradually difficulty breathing. It is still possible to treat it now, but even if it is cured, it cannot be the same as before the disease is not. You must be prepared." Sima Lantai explained truthfully.
"This... can it really be cured?" Bai Yuanwai's family was a little reluctant to believe it after hearing this, for fear that they would be happy again.
"I will leave the medicine for three days and come for a follow-up visit in three days." Sima Lantai said as he took out a few prepared medicines from the medicine box, all of which were pearl-sized meatballs, with different colors. He explained the usage and dosage, and then got up and said goodbye.
Both Ge and Bai Erye were sent out. Ge hurriedly asked for the medical treatment. Mo Tong said, "No, my son is treating the disease like this. I will pay after the follow-up visit."
The Bai family did not dare to be strong and sent Sima Lantai's master and servant outside the door diligently.
When he came back, Ge's face added a little joy and said to the second master: "The young master of Lantai came from Xianyuan Mountain. He knew the symptoms of the uncle without asking anything, and the medicine he left behind was also unique."
"Since you can cut it right, the medication will definitely work." Bai Erye said: "After dinner, let the elder brother take the first medicine to see how it will be tonight."
At this time, the sun had set, the lights were raised in the mansion, and dinner was ready.
Ge personally served her husband and ate half a bowl of rice porridge, and waited for a while before taking the medicine.
Because of the incident last night, Ge must stay by her husband's side and refuse to go to bed.
This night was no big difference from the past. Bai Shicheng still felt chest tightness and breathless, so he still had to sit up.
Fortunately, it is not as dangerous as last night, and it seems that it is not as afraid of heat.
"It's a good thing if it doesn't get worse." It was almost dawn, and Bai Shicheng said to Ge: "I feel a little hungry. Please ask the kitchen to cook a bowl of porridge for me."
Of course Ge was happy. It is said that the disease comes like a mountain of falling, and the disease goes like a thread to get rid of it. Now, the condition is somewhat relieved after only taking one meal of medicine, which shows that it is effective.
On the second day, Bai Shicheng took three medicines in total. At night, he suddenly started to cough. Ge and the maid who served him beating his back and chest. After a long time of struggle, Bai Shicheng spat out a mouthful of blood, and the people in the room were frightened and lost their opinions.
"Why is the master vomiting blood?! What should I do?" Ge hurriedly said in a panic: "Go and call the second master!"
Chapter completed!