The first one saw the doctor and prescribed the medicine, Zuo Shaoyang looked at the prescription and felt that there was no problem, so he grabbed the medicine according to the prescription, the patient took the medicine, paid the money and left.

The second patient, a woman, sat down with two pills in her hand, put the medicine bag on the table, and said with a smile: "Zuo Langzhong, I heard that you are very good at curing colds, so I came to you to see." ”

"Really? Hehe, it's all the neighbors who give face," Zuo Gui heard this, and the smile on his face became stronger, and said, "Why are you uncomfortable?" ”

The woman spoke as if pouring beans into a bamboo tube, and said: "I had a cold a few days ago, and I was afraid of cold and fever, and my head hurt so much that I couldn't do it, and I found the illness of 'Renshoutang' Xue Langzhong, and he prescribed ephedra soup, and it worked well after taking two doses, and I was not afraid of the cold, my head didn't hurt anymore, and the fever went away, but I just felt that my body was not energetic, and I was lazy to do anything." The child's father said that my illness may not be cured, and it is best to take another dose or two, but the medicine has already been eaten, so I will go to Xue Langzhong to prescribe medicine. But he wasn't there, so he went to the doctor, and his apprentice Yan Langzhong prescribed me two doses of ephedra soup. I came out to go home, but I still felt unsteady when I walked, I was not afraid of the cold, nor did I have a fever and headache, and I was worried about whether it was appropriate to take this medicine again. I always wonder in my heart, I heard that you look at the disease very godly, and two days ago you also cured a few patients who were going to die, by the way, I also heard that the second shopkeeper of Huimin Hall came to buy with you, because the speech was ugly, and you hit it out with a broom, hehehe, I am not sure, I happened to pass by you, so I came in and took a look, you see, I am cured, do you want to take these two doses of medicine? Or do you prescribe some other medicine to regulate? ”

Zuo Gui didn't let his son and daughter talk about it outside, I believe they wouldn't say it, but there were many onlookers at that time, and it must have been spread out, and the patient knew his ability, and he was still happy in the end, stroked his beard a little proudly, and said a few words of humility, "I'll touch your pulse." ”

The woman hurriedly rolled up her sleeves and put her hands on the pulse pillow. Zuo Gui concentrated on the pulse, for a moment, changed another hand, then looked at the tongue again, and said: "It doesn't matter, your disease has been cured, this ephedra soup is too strong, don't take it, don't take other medicines, just go back and recuperate." ”

The woman was a little disappointed: "But why do I always feel so bad?" ”

"Well...... judging from your pulse and tongue, the disease is indeed almost cured, and it will be redundant to take medicine again."

"I'm not afraid of spending money, I have to cure the disease, if the disease is not cured well, and it gets worse, isn't it all the money gone? I don't feel good, I'm not refreshed, it's just that the disease hasn't been cured, how can I do it without taking medicine? ”

"Hehe, this ......" Zuo Gui stroked his beard and smiled dryly, he had not systematically studied the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the level of medical skills was more of an experience, that is, he knew what symptoms to use what medicine, when he could not use medicine, from what his master taught him and the experience of previous treatment, the disease was so good that there was no need to use medicine, as for why he could not use medicine again, he couldn't say theoretically, so he didn't know how to explain it to this woman.

Zuo Shaoyang came out of the counter and said with a smile: "Auntie, you feel that your body is not refreshing, this is because the righteousness has not recovered after a serious illness, people's righteousness has not fully recovered, they will feel uncomfortable, feel unrefreshing, after the external evil has been eliminated by the decoction, people's righteousness can be adjusted and recovered by eating and recuperating and other methods." After a few days of recuperation, you will fully recover. Rest assured. ”

The woman wondered, "But wouldn't it be faster to take another dose or two?" ”

"That's not good, it's three points of poison in medicine, for example, your illness is ten, you take two doses of medicine to be fine** points, count down one dose of medicine is good for four points, even if you still have residual evil now, there are only one or two points left, if you take another dose, it will exceed the scope of medicine treatment, and the extra two or three points of medicine will have nowhere to work, it will make it on your normal body, and it will damage your righteousness. As the saying goes, 'the illness stops', that is, there are no symptoms of typhoid fever after taking the medicine, so you must stop taking the medicine, otherwise it will be counterproductive. Especially the ephedra soup such a strong sweating agent, you can't eat more, stop when the disease is cured, don't be reluctant to give up the rest of the medicine or for fear that the disease will not be clean and eat more, many patients have damaged their bodies in this way, the disease has been cured, continue to eat, and the result will lead to other diseases. ”

"Then we should use other light medicines, shouldn't we?"

"Auntie, medicine is to cure diseases, if you are not sick to take medicine, you will eat out of illness, cereals, fruits and vegetables are also very good medicines, this is called 'food therapy', in fact, many of our medicines are used for both medicine and food, on the one hand, fill in the stomach, on the other hand, it can cure diseases and prevent diseases and strengthen the body. You are typhoid fever, you are just recovering from the disease, you can drink more hot porridge, hot porridge can play a role in slightly sweating, help eliminate the residual evil in the body, you can also eat more walnut meat, black tea, more ginger, green onion white cooking, these foods are to help disperse the wind and cold. Don't eat greasy and indigestible things like big fish and meat, and don't eat spicy things. Pay attention to keep warm and avoid colds, and recuperate for a few days until the body's righteousness recovers, and you can fully recover. ”

The woman nodded frequently and said gratefully, "I understand when you say that, thank you for reminding me." Thank you! The sorrow of the woman's heart was gone, and she was gone.

Zuo Gui looked at Zuo Shaoyang with some consternation: "Where did you learn all this?" ”

"Doctor Lao Ling taught me, and I also wrote it to you in the medical book - the great poison cures the disease, and it is six out of ten; often poison cures diseases, seven out of ten; Small poison cures, eight out of ten; Non-toxic treatment, nine out of ten; Grains, fruits, and vegetables, eat and nourish them. If you don't do it, you will hurt it. ”

Zuo Gui was stunned, Zuo Shaoyang wrote a medical book to him, he didn't have time to read it, he hadn't seen this part yet, he heard Zuo Shaoyang say this, stroked his beard and pondered it carefully, nodded and said: "Well, yes, it's very good, it seems that what this old bell doctor taught you is really useful." ”

Fennel interjected: "That's right, the previous Feng Langzhong still wanted to spend money to buy our prescription for treating stroke, which already shows that the prescription that my brother learned is very valuable." ”

"yes." Zuo Guile was holding a tea jar to drink tea, and Liang hurriedly came over and said, "The tea is cold, I'll make you another jar?" ”

"Hmm!" Zuo Gui nodded, "I originally wanted to go to Washi to set up a stall after getting up, but it happened that patients came, and I treated three patients in the morning and earned more than 30 yuan in medicine, which is a good start." ”

Fennel smiled: "Yes, Dad, the patients who came just now said that they heard that our Guizhitang has excellent medical skills, so they came here." The aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, I just said it, my father cured several critically ill patients in a row, and everyone knew about it, so there were more people who came to our Guizhitang to see the disease, and we can be regarded as having a good future. ”

Zuo Gui shook his head and said, "What is this?" It's too early to say that. ”

Fennel said: "Dad, there is something that you must be happy to hear!" ”

"Oh?" Zuo Gui raised his eyes to look at her.

Fennel told her brother Zuo Shaoyang about the Hengchang Medicine Store Zhu Medicine Cabinet entrusting her younger brother Zuo Shaoyang to concoct a few flavors of medicinal herbs.

Zuo Gui listened, his white eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and he had the intention to say that he would not chew it badly, but under the joy, it was not like his son's positive surname, so he didn't ask what medicinal materials were concocted, nor did he ask how to concoct them, but only said lazily: "Since you are asked to do it, you can do it." ”

Zuo Shaoyang agreed, entered the processing room, and began to concoct medicinal materials.

After eating at noon, Hou Pu came, and said that he would go to see the ground at noon today, and the two were about to go out, when they suddenly heard someone shouting outside the door: "Brother Zuo!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang looked up and saw a dark-skinned woman standing outside the door, carrying a basket on her back, petite, looking at herself with a spring breeze on her face, it was Miao Peilan, a firewood girl.

"Perran, you're here, come inside!"

Miao Peilan stepped into the lobby, and after greeting Zuo Gui and Liang's salutes, she said to Zuo Shaoyang: "I went to dig medicine last afternoon and this morning, and I dug a back basket, and I just sold it in the tile market, how many pennies do you guess it sold?" -- Fifteen cents! Hee-hee"

Miao Peilan didn't like to talk, but at the moment, she was smiling and laughing, obviously very satisfied with this result, Zuo Shaoyang couldn't help but be happy for her, and said, "You are so capable!" ”

"This is all taught to me by Brother Zuo, if you didn't teach me to pick herbs, how could I earn so much money." In her eyes, earning fifteen cents a day can already be regarded as a small fortune. Miao Peilan put down the back basket on her back, and there were medicinal materials in the small back basket, and said, "Brother Zuo, these are the medicinal materials you want, I saw them when I was collecting medicines, so I picked them for you by the way." ”

Zuo Shaoyang took it out and took a look, and sure enough, it was the medicine that he had told him on the mountain last time, such as Lu Lutong, which was not used as medicinal materials in the early Tang Dynasty. "Great, I'll give you money!" ”

"No, no, I don't need money, I'll pick it for you by the way. If you want to give money, I won't help you pick it in the future. ”

Zuo Shaoyang sneered: "Then how embarrassing." ”

"What's this, you can't use much medicine alone anyway. You teach me to pick medicine, and I'll pick a little bit for you by the way. ”