The biting cold wind passed through the empty corridor of the county hospital, blowing the white curtain of the outpatient department, which was already a little dirty, and it made a loud noise, making the empty corridor extremely empty.

Zuo Shaoyang stood at the door of the pharmacy, with his hands in his trouser pockets, his neck shrunk, and he looked at the cold hospital outpatient department with some sadness. In recent years, Chinese medicine has been in a recession, and there are fewer people who usually come to the hospital for treatment, and now that the year is over, there are even fewer people.

After graduating from the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, after a painful job search journey, he finally applied for a job at this TCM hospital and worked as a pharmacist in a pharmacy. originally wanted to become a doctor in the outpatient clinic, although he had passed the national medical qualification examination and obtained the qualification certificate a long time ago, but for some reason the unit has not assigned him to clinical practice.

At this time, an old woman came out of the door curtain from the outpatient department, her back was bent, her hair was a little scattered in the cold wind, she rubbed her hands on her temples, bent over, put a prescription in front of her eyes, looked at it with great difficulty, and slowly walked towards the bargaining place.

Zuo Shaoyang knew that she would come to get the medicine soon, so he turned around and entered the pharmacy, stood behind the window, gently stomped his somewhat stiff feet, took out his hands and sighed, rubbing each other. There was no air conditioning in the pharmacy, only a small electric heater, which was placed in the corner of the wall, making a humming sound, not only did not raise the temperature in the room by anything, but it was annoying to listen to.

After a few moments, the footsteps came near, and the small window revealed the woman's face, full of thin folds. She moved her frozen face for a moment, trying to squeeze out a smile: "Please take some medicine, thank you!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang took the prescription sheet, read it carefully, then put the prescription on the table, pressed it with a paperweight, took out a few pieces of kraft paper and spread it on the table, took a small medicine scale and began to grab the medicine.

After grasping the medicine, Zuo Shaoyang said: "Auntie, how can the medicine be decocted?" ”

"Yes! This medicine has been taken before. ”

"Oh, that's good, remember, wait until the medicine is cooler before drinking."

The old woman was a little surprised, looked at him and asked, "Wait until it's cold before drinking?" Why? ”

"Auntie, the medicine that the doctor prescribed to you is called 'Wu Zhu Yu Soup', which is for the treatment of liver and stomach deficiency and cold syndrome, you usually retch and have headaches, right?"

"yes, well, lad, how do you know?"

"I saw you rubbing your temples with your hands when I came just now. Hey. ”

"Hehe, what you said is right, as soon as I finish eating, I want to vomit, but I can't vomit anything, just some sour water, the top of the head is always painful, and taking painkillers doesn't work. By the way, my hands and feet are cold, and I have diarrhea. ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled and said: "That's right, "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" says: 'Retching, spitting, headache, Wu Zhuyu soup master.'" This is the cure for your sickness. ”

"Then why do you drink it when it's cold? I'm already sick to my stomach, and it's a cold day, wouldn't it be better to drink it while it's hot, and it's warm? ”

"Auntie, you don't know, this medicine is taken in a special way. Your disease is liver and stomach deficiency and cold, and Evodia is a medicine for great heat, you must wait until it is cold before drinking, so that the medicine can better exert its effect. As the saying goes, 'cure the cold with heat, and cool with action'. This is called the 'anti-adjuvant' medication method. ”

The woman blinked, still looking puzzled, and asked, "Anti-Zuo?" What does it mean? ”

"It's the other way around, -- Originally, your illness is cold, and the cold is hot, and you need to be treated with hot medicine, but if you drink it hot, it will cause the cold disease inside to be alert, and it will not be able to cure the disease smoothly. Wu Zhuyu soup is a hot medicine, let it cool and drink it, the disease in the stomach thought it was a cold medicine, it itself was a cold disease, naturally not afraid, and when it was discovered, the medicine had already subdued the disease,"

When the woman heard this, she smiled and said, "I understand, hot medicine and cold medicine cure cold diseases!" This is like two armies fighting, the soldiers of the two armies must wear different clothes, it can be seen at a glance, once they fight, they will definitely fight to the death. But if our army wears the enemy's clothing and only uses the signs that it can recognize, the enemy army will be easily paralyzed, and when our army blends into the enemy army and blooms in the middle, the enemy army will be in chaos, and then the battle will be won. Right? ”

"That's right. Auntie, you're a teacher, right? ”

"Right? How do you know that? ”

"You can explain an abstract problem with a visual metaphor, which is a common method used by teachers. Also, between your fingers, there's white chalk ash. ”

The old woman hurriedly rubbed her fingers with her hands, a little embarrassed: "Hehe, I came here just after class, and I forgot to wash my hands." - Young man, you are very observant. ”

"We study Chinese medicine, pay attention to the treatment of people, the first way to diagnose the disease is to look at the diagnosis, if the observation is not careful, we will not be able to fully grasp the patient's symptoms."

"Yes, yes! You have a good name, young man, and you will be a good doctor in the future! ”

"Thank you Auntie for the compliment. - The medicine is for you, by the way, after you drink this medicine, remember to lie in bed for twenty or thirty minutes, this doctor told you, right? ”

"No?" The old teacher was even more surprised, "After drinking Chinese medicine, you have to lie down for half an hour?" What does this mean? I've never heard of it. ”

"Not every Chinese medicine has to lie down, but after drinking Wu Zhu soup, you have to lie down for a while. Because Evodia soup has a side effect, you will feel dizzy, chest tightness, and sometimes nausea after drinking it, which is a normal phenomenon that will occur after taking this medicine, and there is no need for special treatment, just lie down for a while. ”

"Really? No wonder I used to drink like this after drinking this, every time it was like this, I thought the medicine was wrong, so I came to the doctor to ask, it was Director Wang of the Department of Internal Medicine of Chinese Medicine, he didn't introduce me as carefully as you, just said that it was okay, and it was over. ”

"Hehe, maybe Director Wang is too busy to talk about it."

"Busy? Hum! He's busy ......" The old teacher glanced sideways at the outpatient clinic, lowered his voice and said, "He's busy playing computer games!" I asked him, and his boss was impatient, staring at the computer screen and just saying 'it's okay'! You didn't even look at me, I thought to myself, why is it okay, after drinking your medicine, dizzy and chest tightness and want to vomit, you are still fine! I was so angry in my heart, thinking that he was busy with something else, so I left, and went to the door to take a look, and on his computer screen, it was a deck of playing cards! What is he busy with? I'm busy playing on my computer! Alas! If only the doctors were as patient as you are, boy! ――If there's anything else to pay attention to, please tell me more? ”

Zuo Shaoyang hesitated for a moment, but still said: "The side effects of this medicine are quite big, it is best to add a little Coptis chinensis, Coptis chinensis can weaken and control the toxic side effects of Evodia, and it will reduce the side effects and symptoms a lot." However, there is no such compatibility in the Wu Zhuyu soup, and I am not a doctor yet, so I can't prescribe medicine to you. So ......"

"It's okay, I trust you! You're definitely right. You add some coptis to me, and I'll give you money. ”

"No, no! Auntie, you get Director Wang to ask him to add it, my pharmacy can't directly prescribe medicine to you. It is good to say that Chinese patent medicine is another decoction with flavor, and it must be prescribed by a doctor. You just told him that I heard that Coptis chinensis can reduce the side effects of Evodia soup, and if you want to add a little Coptis chinensis, you don't need more, just three grams. ”

"That's right, okay, you give me the prescription, and I'll go to Director Wang."

The old teacher took the prescription and turned to go to the outpatient room.

Zuo Shaoyang took out the kraft paper and put it on the table, took the medicine scale and turned around to weigh Coptis chinensis, just weighed the medicine, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps, the pharmacy door was pushed open with a bang, and a cold wind swept in, rolling the kraft paper on the table to the ground.

"Zuo Shaoyang! What are you doing? "The one who pushed the door in was Director Wang of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine. His face was full of anger, and he was followed by the old teacher, looking terrified.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "Director Wang, what's wrong with me?" ”

"What's wrong with you?" Director Wang shook the prescription slip in his hand, "Let me ask you, I made a mistake here?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly said: "No, your prescription is very correct." ”

"Then why did you add medicine to my recipe?"

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly smiled and said: "I didn't, Director Wang, you misunderstood, I just suggested that you can have a little Coptis chinensis in Fangli, because Coptis chinensis and Wu Zhuyu are compatible with each other, which can alleviate ......"

"I use you to teach?" Director Wang didn't know where this nameless fire came from, and said sharply: "When I was treating people, you were still spinning in your mother's stomach!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled and said coldly: "You are an old doctor and a leader, I respect you, but please also respect me!" ”

"Do you respect me? Do you respect me if you add medicine to us? ”

"I'm just suggesting!"

"What advice? Don't forget that you're only a pharmacist now! If you are not even a doctor, what qualifications do you have to prescribe medication? ”

"I've passed the qualification exam, and I've got the book, I have the qualification to practice medicine, but the hospital hasn't adjusted my position!"

Director Wang raised his voice: "What do you mean?" Are you the leader of the strange house, not Bole, don't appreciate you, Maxima? I don't know you're a miracle doctor? Hum! Even if you are a miracle doctor, when you sit in the hall in the future, you can toss as much as you like, don't add medicine to the prescription I prescribe! ”