My Dragon Baby and Billionaire Husband-Chapter 524: It’s Si Yuan! Nobody wants to mess with her! 1
"Alright then." Lou Manman didn’t hang up the phone; she went to find Si Mingjing and conveyed the doctor’s message.
Mingjing was in the yard watching Fengyin play. Hearing this, she took over the phone and said, "A prescription? It’s not that I can’t give it to you, but chronic gastritis has many causes, and each condition requires a different prescription and dosage. So even if I give you the prescription, it might not be helpful for you when treating patients with gastritis in the future."
After all, the doctor on the phone was a Western physician, and Western medicine is an entirely different discipline from traditional Chinese medicine. Prescribing medicine to patients without proper understanding could be reckless.
"I see," the doctor said, not wanting to give up. "Esteemed Chinese medicine expert, do you have time? I’d like to invite you to dinner and hear you discuss how traditional Chinese medicine classifies gastritis. Frankly, I suffer from it myself. They say doctors shouldn’t treat themselves, so could I trouble you to diagnose which type I have?"
It wasn’t convenient for Si Mingjing to dine and discuss this in detail with the doctor.
She explained thoroughly over the phone, "Traditional Chinese medicine divides gastritis into six types. You can try to determine which one applies to you.
The first is ’cold-evil attacking the stomach,’ referring to cold invading the stomach. Just as people are averse to cold, so is the stomach. It often strikes suddenly, and the patient, to alleviate the cold in the stomach, will spontaneously want to consume warm foods or liquids. This type of gastritis requires avoiding raw and cold food; otherwise, it adds cold upon cold.
The second is ’dietary stagnation.’ If one indulges in excessive eating and drinking, habitual indigestion can easily lead to bloating and stomach heat, mainly presenting as painful bloating that cannot be relieved. Due to food stagnation, patients often have difficulty with bowel movements.
The third is ’liver qi assaulting the stomach.’ Frequent anger and abundant liver fire can also affect the stomach, often accompanied by pain under the sternum. In severe cases, it can extend to the liver. Patients belch frequently, and bowel movements are unsatisfactory.
The fourth is ’blood stasis obstruction.’ This is different from ordinary stomach pain, presenting with distinct pain. Some may also have symptoms of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, such as vomiting blood or black stools.
The fifth is ’stomach yin deficiency,’ mainly caused by a deficiency of yin and fluids. Patients experience a dull stomach ache and often feel a dry mouth and tongue, along with constipation.
The sixth is ’spleen and stomach deficiency-cold.’ Patients generally experience pain as soon as they are hungry, but the pain significantly eases after eating.
You can try to diagnose yourself with this information. Which type do you believe you have?" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
The doctor correctly judged over the phone, "I’m the third type."
Mingjing said, "Then the focus should be on soothing the liver and regulating qi. You can use Bupleurum Liver-Clearing Powder. This powder contains bupleurum, peony, Szechuan lovage, and cyperus, which soothe the liver and relieve depression. It also includes tangerine peel, bitter orange, and licorice to smooth qi and harmonize the middle. I’ll give you a prescription now; please write down the ingredients and dosages."
The doctor quickly grabbed a pen from his desk, tore off a sheet of A4 paper, and said, "Go ahead."
Mingjing listed the herbs and their respective dosages, instructing the doctor to get the medicine from a Chinese medicine pharmacy.
"Try it out first. However, I haven’t taken your pulse in person and based this prescription only on the symptoms you described, so it might not be perfectly accurate. When you go to the Chinese medicine store to purchase the medicine, it’s best to consult with the store owner as well. Generally, those who run Chinese medicine stores have some understanding of traditional Chinese medicine. If, after taking your pulse, he feels the prescription isn’t right, call me again."
As soon as the doctor was off work, he went to his alma mater, Shendu University of Traditional Medicine.
The only Chinese medicine store in Shendu was run by the retired dean of their medical college.
The doctor went to his former teacher’s Chinese medicine store and asked the medical student working part-time, "Is the old dean in?"
"Dr. Se, Professor Yan is in. He’s reading in the back room."
"I’ll go in and see him."
The doctor’s name was Se Ming. When the old dean saw him, he squinted and asked, "Se Ming, you’ve come?"
"Old Dean, I’m here to get some medicine."
Se Ming explained that he had received a prescription for a stomach ailment. Knowing the Old Dean had been studying traditional Chinese medicine since retiring, he showed him the prescription. "Old Dean," Se Ming said, "could you look at this prescription and see if there’s anything wrong with it? The TCM practitioner who prescribed it suggested I also find an experienced TCM practitioner to take my pulse and check the dosages."
"Oh, is that so? Let me see."
Professor Yan put on the reading glasses that were lying next to his chair. After looking at the prescription, his eyes filled with curiosity, "Who prescribed this for you? Come clean, was it Her Majesty the Queen? Did you meet Her Majesty the Queen?"
Professor Yan hadn’t even met her, yet his hospital’s gastroenterologist had not only seen her but had also received a prescription! Envy, jealousy, and resentment filled his eyes.
"Her Majesty the Queen? What Her Majesty the Queen?" Se Ming was confused and explained, "It was prescribed to me by a TCM practitioner who treats Prince Bo’s stomach ailment."
Professor Yan slapped his forehead. "Isn’t that Her Majesty the Queen?"
Se Ming jumped up excitedly. "What? That was Her Majesty the Queen? I didn’t know! The voice on the phone sounded like a woman’s. My goodness, was that actually Her Majesty the Queen?"
It was said that Her Majesty the Queen was a leading figure in traditional Chinese medicine. She had reportedly cured not only cancer and diabetes, which explained how she so effortlessly treated Prince Bo’s stomach ailment.
Professor Yan asked, "Did Her Majesty the Queen say anything else to you?"
"She told me to find an experienced TCM practitioner to take my pulse and check if there was anything wrong with the prescription. If there was an issue, I should call her."
Professor Yan immediately grabbed Se Ming’s wrist to take his pulse. Regardless of any actual issue, he planned to use this as an excuse to call Her Majesty the Queen.
After taking Se Ming’s pulse, Professor Yan seized the opportunity to tell him, "Call Her Majesty the Queen now. I want to talk to her in detail about your pulse. How could someone prescribe medicine without taking your pulse first? This is a serious matter."
Se Ming, completely unaware that he was merely being used as a means to an end, called Prince Bo’s residence again. The call was quickly transferred by Si Mingjing.
Se Ming pressed the speakerphone button to facilitate communication between Professor Yan and Her Majesty the Queen. Professor Yan took the opportunity to chat with Si Mingjing for a full half-hour, his interest clearly piqued.
Professor Yan pretended not to know the person on the phone was Her Majesty the Queen and affectionately called her "girl."
"Girl, so you’re interested in Western medicine. Actually, Western medicine has many insights when it comes to treating stomach diseases. We can exchange ideas when you’re free. You can come to Shendu University and attend some classes, or visit the lab to see how Western medicine performs surgical treatments on patients."
Si Mingjing was indeed very interested.
What she found most intriguing about Western medicine was surgery. Particularly in emergency situations, she believed Western medicine offered much that was worth learning and emulating.
She had once seen a news report about a patient with pericardial effusion where a doctor performed an emergency pericardiocentesis, quickly saving the patient’s life. However, if I encountered such a situation, I might be helpless, she reflected.
"Sure, how about tomorrow?"
"Of course, you’re welcome anytime."
Professor Yan was like a big bad wolf trying to lure a little white rabbit. "If you’re interested in surgery, you can also go to the hospital to watch doctors perform operations. Observing live would allow you to learn and understand much more. I can arrange all of this for you. Girl, shall we add each other on WeChat first?"
