This doctor is not short of money

Chapter 236
There are piles of medicinal materials lined up on the desk. Du Heng pointed to these medicinal materials and said, "Look, these are the medicinal materials."

The pharmacist walked up to him, lowered his head and observed each one, and occasionally picked up one or two tablets, squeezed them, put them under his nose and smelled them.

"Dean, the processing method of this skullcap is wrong. These skullcaps are not cooked thoroughly, nor are they dried naturally, but smoked with sulfur."

The pharmacist grimly reported his discovery.

Sulfur can smoke medicinal materials, but there are requirements, not every medicinal material is suitable for sulfur smoking.

"There is also this citrus aurantium, which has also been smoked with sulfur." ​​He bit it lightly, and spit it out after a little taste in his mouth. "The sour taste is too strong, and the medicinal properties have been destroyed."

The prescription Wu Buwei gave contains a total of 7 kinds of herbs, and now two of them have problems.

But looking at the actions of the pharmacist, there was no intention of stopping at all.

"And this, Tu Muxiang, is a bit damp."

As soon as the prescription doctor finished speaking, Du Heng immediately said, "Wait, you said this is Tumuxiang? Isn't it Baizhu?"

"It's Tumuxiang, I can't make a mistake about it. But isn't Tumuxiang also a medicinal material for treating diarrhea, what's wrong?"

"Because Tumuxiang is not prescribed in the prescription at all, but Atractylodes macrocephala."

The pharmacist looked down at the medicinal materials on the table, "There is no Atractylodes macrocephala in it."

Du Heng took a deep breath, "Keep watching."

"Others, such as rhubarb and hawthorn, have no major problems. It may be that they are not well preserved and are a bit damp."

"Okay, sorry, you can get off work."

The doctor at the pharmacy did not leave in a hurry, but stopped and said, "Seeing these medicinal materials, I just remembered something. Since last month, the amount of medicines taken by the village doctors from our health center has decreased a lot, and it can even be said that except for liquid , everything else has stagnated. And these days, a representative of a company that sells Chinese herbal medicines has been calling me every day.

Their quotation was indeed two points lower than the market price. I was a little tempted, so I contacted it.However, after checking the medicinal materials, they found that their medicinal materials were similar to today's medicinal materials.Most of the medicines are processed in the wrong way. Although it does not affect the use, the efficacy of the medicine is much worse, so I don't touch it again.

When I saw these two medicinal materials just now, I felt that they were very similar to what I saw.Combined with the amount of medicine taken by the village clinic recently, I have a guess.Dean, do you think they will contact the village doctor directly? "

Being reminded like this, Du Heng really thought it was possible, so he asked the doctor in the pharmacy, "Is it mandatory for the village doctor to go to the health center to get the medicine?"

Du Heng is really not very familiar with this point, he must ask clearly.

The pharmacy doctor shook his head, "There is no such regulation. It's just that a single village doctor takes a small amount of medicine, so the unit price is a little higher. Therefore, some commonly used medicines are purchased by the health center, and then we distribute them to each other. Village doctor. This can reduce a lot of costs, and the final selling price can also be relatively lower.”

Du Heng pondered for a moment, "Okay, I understand."

The doctor at the pharmacy saw that Du Heng didn't want to continue talking about this issue, so he turned around and left, and went home after get off work.

Watching the pharmacy doctor leave, Du Heng sat on the chair and looked at the patients on the treatment bed, lost in thought.

It's not that he doesn't want to talk about this topic, the main reason is that there are still patients and three guys around, and if they talk too much, maybe they will say something when they go out.

But the news from the pharmacy doctor, as well as the medicines on the table, showed that this problem was not simple, and if it was not handled carefully, it might lead to some unfavorable consequences.

Seeing that his companion hadn't gone to the bathroom for a long time, and seeing Du Heng lowering his head, he didn't know what to think, so he asked, "Doctor, can we go back?"

Du Heng woke up suddenly, looked at the patient's condition and said, "Wait for another hour, and then take another dose of medicine to strengthen it."

The guys looked at each other, then obediently waited aside, chatting to pass the time.

And Du Heng fell into deep thought again, thinking how to solve this matter.

When Wang Shuqiu came in, he was still thinking about things with his head down.

"Hey, what are you thinking?" Wang Shuqiu knocked on the table lightly.

Du Heng looked up at Wang Shuqiu, with a smile on his face, "Off work?"

"Nonsense, I'm here to pick you up, go home."

"Wait a while, there is another patient here."

Wang Shuqiu looked back at the few people chatting at the door, pursed her lips and smiled, "How long is it? If it takes longer, I will go to your dormitory for a while."

Du Heng looked at the time, "Twenty minutes, you can go back after drinking the medicine."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you in the car."

"Ah."

Du Heng went out with Wang Shuqiu, and then went to prepare the patient's soup.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the decoction room, I saw Wu Buwei sitting at the door of the decoction room with a book in his arms, steaming from the medicine pot inside the decoction room.

After so long without Wu Buwei, Du Heng thought that Wu Buwei had gone back from get off work, but he didn't expect this kid to be so hardworking, squatting down to read a book.

"Why don't you read it in the office and come running to read?"

Wu Buwei put away the book and stood up when he heard the voice, "Brother Shi." He scratched his head as he spoke, "Patients are chatting with their family members in the office. I think you are also thinking about something, so I came out and just put the The medicine is boiled."

"Then you can read the book, I can cook the medicine by watching."

Wu Buwei lost interest in reading at this time, but asked suspiciously, "Senior brother, why did the same prescription for this patient just now have such a big gap? Is it because you added acupuncture?"

Du Heng shook his head, "That's not true. The purpose of my acupuncture and moxibustion is indeed to stop diarrhea quickly and make the patient's stomach more comfortable. The bowl of soup and medicine played a key role. As for the main reason why it didn't work before, it was because they There is something wrong with the medicine you drink."

When the pharmacy doctor said it just now, Wu Buwei wasn't there, so he didn't know the reason why, now that Du Heng said it, he was also full of question marks.

"Did you see the pile of herbs on my table?"

"See, what's the problem?"

"There are some problems with the processing of some medicines, and some medicines have become damp, which affects the properties of the medicine. In one, you used Atractylodes macrocephala for the prescription, and the medicinal material used is Tumuxiang. Although both of them are It is used to treat diarrhea, but the potency of Tumuxiang is far inferior to that of Atractylodes macrocephala, and after replacing it with Tumuxiang, the combination of medicinal materials in the early stage is a bit out of date."

Wu Buwei was also aware of the difference between the two medicines, so he frowned and said, "The price of Baizhu is about 500 yuan for 50 grams, while Tumuxiang is much cheaper than Baizhu, only about 500 yuan for 10 grams, and even cheaper At 7 or 8 yuan, could it be that the clinic that prescribes the medicine is trying to save money on this?"

(End of this chapter)