Chapter 25 Pediatric Pneumonia

"The little miracle doctor is here?!" Seeing Zhang Zhang walk to the door, the middle-aged man was surprised and hurriedly greeted him.

The mother of the child beside the hospital bed also hurriedly stood up, and shouted again and again: "Little miracle doctor, please save my son!" ”

Zhang Li nodded lightly, walked quickly to the bed, and began to observe the child's symptoms.

I saw that the child's face was flushed, and he was a little irritable, and a pair of small hands were scratching and pulling at the clothes on his body.

Zhang Zhang chuckled in his heart, knowing that this situation was quite bad, if this child's illness continued to develop, I am afraid that his life would not be guaranteed!

Zhang Li looked at the child's tongue and found that the tongue was very light, and the tongue coating was thin and white. After another pulse, I found that the pulse was thin, that is, the pulse narrowed and thinner and the rate accelerated, which is a symptom of yin deficiency and internal heat in traditional Chinese medicine.

After the pulse cut, Zhang Zhang asked, "Are you the parents of the child?" ”

The middle-aged man in the blue shirt nodded, "Yes!" I am the father of the child," and pointed to the woman, "This is clumsy." ”

Zhang Li bowed slightly, and asked again, "When did the child get sick?" ”

The man said, "It's been three days!" ”

Zhang Zhang was a little annoyed: "What? It's been three days?! Why did you just deliver it today?! ”

As soon as these words landed, the woman rushed to the middle-aged man and grabbed his clothes: "Li Laosi, if my son has three longs and two shorts, I won't live!" Before I die, I will take you to my son's funeral! ”

Zhang Li was shocked: This, this woman is too strong! Could it be another Mrs. Confucius?

The middle-aged man didn't resist, he slumped down in his chair and muttered, "I'm not alive anymore...... I'm not going to live anymore......"

Zhang Zhang frowned and said, "The child is still saved, you are ......"

The middle-aged man jumped up from his chair suddenly: "Ah! Little miracle doctor, my son is still saved?! ”

Zhang Zhang said: "Although the situation is very bad, it is not hopeless, I will do my best!" ”

The couple was overjoyed, and immediately stood cautiously beside Zhang Li, looking at Zhang Li with anticipation.

Zhang Zhang glanced at the man and said, "This ......" thought about it, but he couldn't figure out the man's identity, but he didn't know what to call him.

The man hurriedly said: "The little doctor can call me Shopkeeper Li, I am the owner of the Lijiatoukou store in the West Market." ”

Horses, mules, and donkeys were generally referred to as "Toukou" in the Ming Dynasty, and the shops that sold and rented these livestock were called Toukoudian.

Zhang Zhang nodded: "Well, shopkeeper Li, you can tell me in detail about the child's illness." ”

The people who do business are originally very careful and sharp-toothed, and they were worried about his son's condition, so the shopkeeper Li was a little out of shape. Now that he heard that the child was still saved, Shopkeeper Li immediately told the whole story of the child's illness.

Shopkeeper Li took his wife Bai to pay a birthday greeting to his parents-in-law three days ago, and after he came back, the child fell ill that night. The Bai family's parents are well-known wealthy businessmen in Penglai County, and the shopkeeper Li's shop was funded by his parents-in-law, so the Bai family just called him by his name, and it is obvious that the status of the shopkeeper Li in the family is not very high.

The child first had a fever that night, thirst and excessive drinking, frequent urination, and clear as water. Dozens of times a night, then loose stools, listlessness, dry mouth and lips, burning skin without sweating.

Early the next morning, Mr. and Mrs. Li sent the child to a medical shop in the city for diagnosis and treatment.

Before the shopkeeper Li finished speaking, Bai Shi rushed to say: "I have long heard of the name of the little divine doctor, and I asked him to find a small divine doctor to treat him if the medicine did not work on the first day, but he said that the little divine doctor is young, I am afraid it will ......."

Bai said as he slapped the shopkeeper Li. Shopkeeper Li looked embarrassed, and hurriedly slammed it to the ground: "The little miracle doctor is not strange, they all blame me for being blind...... For the sake of the three generations of my Li family......"

Zhang Zhang smiled slightly, but he didn't care.

I didn't expect that I had a lot of fans in the women's circle, and it was not surprising if I thought about it carefully, I had cured the gynecological diseases of several female dependents of large families before, and it should be these female relatives who quietly spread their reputation.

Shopkeeper Li must have heard that he was less than twenty years old, and he was afraid that he would be famous, which is also human nature, and he is not to blame for the tension.

Zhang Zhang pondered for a moment and said, "This child's illness is a fever syndrome, which is caused by the invasion of external evil into the heart, and I will try my best to cure it." ”

In fact, this child's illness is pneumonia, according to the words of Western medicine in later generations. The high fever caused by pneumonia is quite dangerous for children, even in modern times. In the absence of antibiotics in the Ming Dynasty, tension was not completely certain, so it can only be said to do your best.

Shopkeeper Li heard Zhang Li's words, and hurriedly said: "The little divine doctor will do his best, if he cures my son's illness, even if I am bankrupt, I will not hesitate...... Pity my Li family's thin bloodline, I only got this boy at the age of forty, the little doctor must save my son......"

The doctor is benevolent, and Zhang Li's later generations received the family's education on medical ethics at a very young age, so he didn't have any other thoughts because the shopkeeper Li didn't trust him before.

Zhang Zhang nodded and asked Kang Xing'an to fetch the golden needle.

The first needle is taken from the Shaoshang acupoint, which is located on the outside of the thumb nail of the hand.

The second needle tension turned the child over and punctured the large vertebral point. This large vertebral point is located in the depression under the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra on the midline of the back, near the spine at the junction of the neck and back.

Shaoshang acupoint is the well point of the lung meridian, the puncture bleeding has the effect of clearing heat and awakening the mind, and the large vertebrae is the six yang meridians of the hands and feet and the intersection of the pulse and the meridian acupoint, which has the effect of dispelling wind and dissolving the surface, dissipating evil and clearing heat, and the effect of the two acupoints with antipyretic is very obvious.

After about a quarter of an hour of twisting the transfer needle, the child's high fever had obviously faded, his spirit had improved, and his hands were no longer scratching.

Seeing that their son's condition had improved in just a quarter of an hour, Mr. and Mrs. Li were pleasantly surprised, and their excitement was beyond words.

After the needle was over, Zhang Li wiped the sweat on his head and said to Kang Xing'an: "I'll prescribe a prescription, you hurry up and go to the pharmacy to grab the medicine." ”

"Great!" Kang Xing'an was accustomed to being a medicine boy, and he hurriedly answered loudly.

Zhang Zhang pondered for a long time before he said: "Coptis chinensis, skullcap, dried ginger, Banxia, citrus aurantium, Sichuan tulip, sulforaphane ......"

Then he talked about the amount in detail, and after Kang Xing'an wrote it down, he walked out of the house quickly and went to grab the medicine.

Looking at the expectant eyes of the shopkeeper Li and his wife, Zhang Zhang smiled faintly and said, "The child is no longer in trouble, and he is lucky......

Before the words landed, the shopkeeper Li and his wife fell to their knees with a thud, crying with joy: "Thank you for the life-saving grace of the little divine doctor!" ”

Zhang Li hurriedly helped the two of them up and comforted them.

Shopkeeper Li touched the silver on his body, saw that it was only four or five taels, and said with some embarrassment: "Little Divine Doctor, wait for me to go back to get the money, and then I will offer twenty taels of silver to thank the Little Divine Doctor for saving my son's life!" ”

Zhang Zhang shook his head and stopped him: "A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way." Although the child's condition is critical, fortunately, the medicinal materials in the prescription are not expensive, plus the cost of the golden needle, ten taels is enough. ”

There is a principle for Zhang Li's admission fee: the official eunuch's family treats the disease, and the more the consultation money, the better; Shengdou small people treat diseases, only charge the cost; And a solid family like Shopkeeper Li, but he is not a wealthy family, but he doesn't knock people casually, it's almost fine.

After a short time, Anzi bought all the medicinal herbs back, and after the decoction was given to the child, the child lost three points.

Because it was a child's illness, Zhang Li was afraid that the disease would recur, so he left the child in his own room for observation, which was a bit of a hospitalization.

Three days later, under the careful treatment of Zhang Li, the child has become well. Zhang Zhang opened the prescription again, and instructed the shopkeeper Li on the usage and precautions, and then sent the thankful shopkeeper Li away.

Hengxing Xing, the largest commercial house in Dengzhou Prefecture, opened in Yaqian Street, Penglai County.

In just seven or eight years, Hengxing Bank has gradually gained the first place in Penglai County and even Dengzhou Mansion because of its abundant supply and strong official background.

In the account room of Hengxing Bank, a middle-aged man in a blue brocade robe was standing under the head of an old man with his hands down.

The old man was about fifty years old, wearing a beautiful blue halo brocade shirt, an ochre spider belt tied around his waist, and a large emerald wrench on his hand, and the most impressive thing was the old man's eyes, because his eyes were particularly small.

"Woo ——!" The old man angrily grabbed the teacup on the table and smashed it to the ground.

"Uncle Ming-" The blue-robed man looked frightened, and his voice trembled slightly!

The small-eyed old man named Uncle Ming said angrily: "Qing'an, this batch of goods can't be sold, so you can eat it out of your own pocket!" ”

The blue-robed man named Qing'an fell to his knees with a thud: "Uncle Ming, little nephew, little nephew, where can I eat!" There are 14,000 taels of goods, and my little nephew can't eat it even if he is bankrupt! ”

Uncle Ming frowned, and his tense face relaxed, obviously he also knew that Qing'an was not able to eat this batch of goods at all.

After a moment of silence, Uncle Ming said: "Qing'an, I finally asked for this batch of goods from the patriarch, and I said that it would be cleared in four months, and now you are suing me that I can't sell it at all?" ”

Qing'an had a bitter face, and almost cried: "Uncle Ming, the little nephew has also issued no less than 50,000 taels of tiger whips for the family in the past two years, and there has been no mistake, who would have thought that this time it would be ......"

Uncle Ming said: "You have always been fairly safe, what is going on?" ”

Qing'an hurriedly said: "The little nephew is responsible for the sales of the eastern goods of Dengzhou Mansion, and the largest tiger whip has always had a stable source of customers. Lord Li, the prefect of Dengzhou Mansion, buys more than 10,000 taels of silver tiger whips every year, but this time he returned the goods, saying that he would not want them again in the future...... As a result, Lord Li's return, Dengzhou officialdom and big families followed suit, and the tiger whip on my side couldn't be sold at all......"

Uncle Ming frowned and said, "At the beginning, our Fan family didn't make a lot of money in order to open up the sales channels on Lord Li's side, why didn't he say he didn't want it?" ”

It turns out that Hengxing is opened by the Fan family!

The Fan family, the head of the eight Jin merchants. Its history is a history of blood and tears of the people of the Ming Dynasty!

Jiannu was short of grain, salt, iron, gunpowder, cloth, and silk, and these Fan families delivered them to their doors!

And the specialties of the Jiannu control area, known as the tiger whip, deer antler, mink, Dongzhu and so on, are also received by the Fan family!

Therefore, Jiannu feeds the war with war, and the more you fight, the stronger you get!

In a few years, Jiannu didn't need to sell the goods at all, just relying on the goods looted from the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty every year would be enough to exchange for the materials they needed!

This qiē is given by Jin Shang!

After the founding of the Manchu Dynasty, in order to commend the "merits" of the Jin merchants, the eight most powerful Jin merchants were named the "Eight Imperial Merchants"!

The Fan family was the head of the later "Eight Imperial Merchants"!