Chapter 15: Little Help
"Ahhhhh It hurts, it hurts..... go away, go away...."
It was a child's shrill cry, which caught people off guard and made people's eardrums ach faintly.
Liu Meibao subconsciously raised her hand and rubbed her ears, and saw that the curtain of the back hall was suddenly opened, and a round boy ran out of it, although his small arms and legs were short, but in a blink of an eye, he ran to the door, and was about to step out of the threshold, only to be hugged by two women who came behind him.
"Little Ancestor...", the women coaxed the children with anxious and worried faces.
The boy was no more than seven or eight years old, and he ate white and fat, and at this time his trouser legs and arms and sleeves were rolled up, and he was hugged and waved his hands and feet, kicked, and cried and cursed.
"Don't burn me, it hurts," he repeated his shout.
The woman who held him wept as well.
"Bao'er, my mother knows that it hurts, but she has to be cured," said one of the women with tears in her eyes.
A middle-aged man followed out, followed by the shopkeeper of the pharmacy, Song Langzhong in the four mouths of the old man.
"How is this good..."The middle-aged man only rubbed his hands on the side, said anxiously, and looked at Song Langzhong, "Song Langzhong, you see how this is good...."
"The little master is so noisy, but he can't moxibustion anymore..."Song Langzhong shook his head and sighed.
"But the child's illness," said the middle-aged man, rubbing his hands.
As soon as his words fell, he saw that the crying child's face suddenly turned red, and he reached out and grabbed it, obviously unable to breathe.
"Quick, quick," the crowd panicked.
Song Langzhong immediately stepped forward, opened the silver needle box from the table of another sitting doctor, pinched a silver needle, and quickly gave the child a few acupuncture strokes, and the child finally passed through one breath.
This child is asthma, Liu Meibao, who has been watching, nodded, which is commonly known as asthma, this disease is not easy to treat.
"Song Langzhong..."Seeing that the child calmed down, the women all looked at the doctor with teary eyes.
"Treating the symptoms is not the root cause..."Song Langzhong sighed and said, "I still have to do moxibustion...."
As soon as he heard this, the child, who had been quiet, suddenly fluttered again.
Moxibustion... Liu Meibao couldn't help but take a few steps forward and saw the obvious scar on the child's leg, this is scar moxibustion....
No wonder this child can't stand it, this kind of moxibustion is directly on the skin with fire to ignite moxibustion, the fire burns the skin, it will inevitably be in severe pain, even adults can't stand it, let alone children.
The child was obviously frightened by the burning, and he was crying in the hall to death, and the crowd was helpless.
It is so troublesome to see a child, children are not like adults, they know how to endure pain and suffering, Song Langzhong shook his head helplessly, this kind of trouble, he really can't diagnose and treat.
"I can't cure it, why don't you go to Fucheng and try it." He hesitated for a moment and said.
Even if they arrived in Fucheng, but it was also a diagnosis and treatment, they had already gone to see it, the family immediately panicked, and hurriedly begged to think of a way again, they couldn't go to Fucheng every day for moxibustion, so the child couldn't afford to toss, and the illness was even more serious.
The shop was very lively.
"The child is afraid of pain, why don't you give him anesthesia?"
A voice sounded abruptly and reached everyone's ears.
"Anesthesia?" Song Langzhong replied casually, "Do you want to drink Ma Buddha San for such a young child?" ”
When he said this, he frowned and looked over, and saw that it was a girl in a kudzu shirt who was puzzled outside the door.
Although Liu Meibao has been here several times, it is the first time that Song Langzhong has seen him, so he doesn't recognize it.
Song Langzhong is good-tempered, although he thinks that this little girl doesn't know how to ask nonsense, he still wants to explain again, but he sees that the girl has already nodded.
"Yes, I know children can't use it," she said, "but it can be done with acupressure, although it is not as good as medical anesthesia, but it always relieves pain..."
"What is acupressure?" Song Langzhong was a little puzzled.
Shiatsu anesthesia is a modern term, so how to say it in ancient times? Liu Meibao was stunned, thought about it, and stretched out her hand to make a simple gesture on her forehead.
"It's just pressing the waist point of the Shenting Sunfish, gently rubbing it, and then pressing it, although it can't completely relieve the pain, it's better than doing nothing." She whispered.
Song Langzhong's eyes lit up slightly.
"Girl, will you?" He asked.
All the eyes in the hall were turned to Liu Meibao, and Liu Meibao was suddenly looked at by so many ancients, and she was a little embarrassed.
"Wouldn't you, sir?" She was a little puzzled and couldn't help asking.
This is the usual method of traditional Chinese medicine passed down through the ages, although she is a modern person, although she has studied traditional Chinese medicine, but because she has learned, she feels more weak in front of these real ancient Chinese medicine doctors, and she feels a little like playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong.
These words sounded like deliberate ridicule in the ears of others, but Song Langzhong was not annoyed.
"Little Lao'er learned from his father, just some superficial fur, ashamed and ashamed..."He sighed.
Xie County is a small county town, there is only such a barely regular Langzhong, and the rest are some foot doctors, which are not as skilled as those Langzhong in big places.
"If the girl knows ....." The woman holding the child on the side was very clever, and she was helpless by the child's crying, so she hurriedly said, "Please also ask the girl to help..."
Liu Meibao hesitated.
"In that case, please ask the girl to help, this child's illness can't be delayed..."Song Langzhong groaned slightly, and also said, while giving up his hand to invite.
Liu Meibao couldn't help but look at Qingya, who stared at Liu Meibao with wide eyes, not understanding what they were talking about at all.
"Girl, help." The woman hugged the child and said with tears, "Our Liao family is the only seedling, if there is a good one, the family will not survive..."
"Alright then, I'll try." Liu Meibao nodded in response.
Hearing her promise, the family was very happy and hurriedly invited to the back hall.
"I'll come when I go." Liu Meibao said to Qingya.
Qingya nodded stunnedly and watched the girl follow the person in.
"Your girl will still heal?"
The two guys sat in the hall and the doctor was busy asking Qingya, very surprised.
Qingya En'en was confused, and no longer paid attention to them, just staring at the back hall door.
In the back hall, watching Song Langzhong pick up Ai Zhu again, the little boy who was easily coaxed to quiet suddenly began to cry again.
"Don't be afraid, kid, ah." Liu Meibao hurriedly squatted in front of him and whispered, habitually wanting to call herself an aunt, and only then did she remember that she was only a teenager now, "Sister press it for you, it won't hurt..."
Presumably, in order to moxibustion for this little child, the family has used various methods, so the child didn't listen to Liu Meibao's words at all, and still cried endlessly, shouting to let the doctor go and let the doctor go.
A room full of adults was helpless, women were crying, and men were pacing and sighing.
Liu Meibao didn't care, squatted in front of the child, no matter how crying he still spoke, and asked him how old are you, have you gone to school? What books have you read.....
Seeing that it was just such a girl talking to herself, the scary Lang Zhong did not move, the little boy gradually stopped crying, and looked at Liu Meibao vigilantly with blinking eyes, Liu Meibao had already asked if he wanted to listen to a story at this time.
Xiao Tong's eyes were obviously interested, but he still didn't speak, but grabbed the arm of the woman next to him tightly and looked at Liu Meibao.