imperial psychologist

Chapter 39 Medical Dao and Medical Skills

On the other side of the palace, under the eaves of the Imperial Hospital, Bai Yi sat in his seat a little restlessly.

I don't know why since just now, and my heart has been flustered and bored.

He looked up at the sky outside, but it must not be that something happened to Bailing...

"Bo Yi!"

Bai Shijun's voice sounded somewhat stern, and Bai Yi came back to his senses, and found that his father's brows were already frowning.

Knowing that he was wrong, he lowered his head slightly, "Go on, I'm listening."

Bai Shijun was really annoyed, "If you don't want to stay here, it's better to leave as soon as possible. The doctor, Yi Ye! The patient's condition is changing all the time. If the doctor is so half-hearted, and his subordinates make mistakes, how can they treat you? Illness is simply harming people!"

Bai Yi understands the truth, how could he not understand it.

He glanced at his father inadvertently, and he couldn't help being shocked when his eyes met.

Bai Shijun at the Imperial Hospital and Bai Shijun at home seemed to be completely two people—he just sat there so straight, his eyes reflected the skylight outside, which was clear and bright.

Bai Yi coughed lightly, and straightened up, "I'm sorry, I was a little worried about the situation in Bailing just now, so I was distracted. You can continue talking, and it won't happen later."

A moment of sadness flashed in Bai Shijun's eyes, he simply closed the medical book in front of him, stood up again, "Follow me."

Bai Yi followed behind Bai Shijun, passed through the desks piled up with documents and books in the imperial hospital, and walked towards the deeper courtyard.

Wang Jixuan, who was sorting out the case file, looked at the father and son and let out a smirk.

The decent imperial hospital is located a hundred meters away from the Meridian Gate, just across an alley from the daily office of court officials.The imperial hospital in the palace is actually more like a duty room, with an imperial doctor and four doctors on duty each time.

Here is a two-entry yard plus a huge ice cellar.The outer room is used for the office and rest of the doctors on duty that day, and the inner yard is full of medicine cabinets and books.

As for some more rare and difficult-to-preserve medicinal materials, they are carefully preserved under the cellar and will not be used easily.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Bai Yi felt a little dazed.He is very familiar with the smell here. From his office to the cafeteria, the medicine dispensing table of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine is the only way to go, and he passes there every day.

Bai Shijun took his son to a gate and took out a key from his waist to unlock it—the lock was very clean, which shows that there are probably a lot of people going in and out of this square on weekdays.

"Here are some commonly used medical books and classics." Said, Bai Shijun handed over the key in his hand, "You keep the key. Doctor, I mean it. I can't explain what I mean. To practice medicine, one must understand the experience of the predecessors, which means that one must first read the medical books thoroughly, and then go to practice to accumulate experience, in order to truly comprehend the so-called medical way."

Bai Yi silently took the key, smacked carefully at Bai Shijun's words, and then followed his father into the house.

Bai Shijun roughly introduced to Bai Yi the distribution of classics here and the general order in which to start studying later.From the herbal medicine to the formulation of prescriptions, from acupoints and meridians to acupuncture and massage, Bai Yi listened half attentively and half curiously.

Then Bai Shijun took him to another room, which was different from before. There was a wooden sign with his name hanging in front of each bookshelf.

"Here is the record of all the concubines and heirs in the palace, since they entered the palace or were born." Bai Shijun said softly, "Of course you are not qualified to read these volumes now, and some fathers are not qualified either. But I still want to take you to see these displays, because the ancients said, "the doctor is art", whether it is diagnosis or treatment, it is actually a kind of skill. People who care about patients and regard patients as a whole. That's why medical skills are called 'benevolent skills'."

Hearing this, Bai Yi felt a little emotional.

Bai Shijun's understanding of medicine is not outdated even after a hundred years.

Seeing Bai Yi thoughtful, Bai Shijun felt relieved, stroked his beard and said, "Why did you say you didn't want to study medicine before, and I didn't force you. Because the path to medicine is extremely difficult, not only do you have to practice hard for the rest of your life, What’s more, you have to deal with all kinds of sudden changes at any time. If you can’t understand these principles, even if you learn a little bit at the beginning, you will definitely not be able to stick to it!”

Looking at Bai Shijun again, the indifference in Bai Yi's eyes also faded a lot.

He himself has deep feelings about the suffering of the medical journey.

Just as Bai Yi was about to say a few thoughts, there was a sudden commotion outside.Then I heard Wang Jixuan yelling "Bai Shijun" outside, with a little impatience in his voice.

Both father and son were a little surprised and walked out at the same time.

At the gate of the courtyard, Wang Jixuan was leading a short and fat eunuch standing there, and the eunuch was pacing back and forth anxiously.

Seeing that Bai Shijun came down, Wang Jixuan said leisurely to the fat eunuch, "That is the doctor on duty today, I will turn to him for taking medicine."

The eunuch hurried forward and scolded Bai Shijun, "What's the matter, why hasn't the 'Xiao'er Zhibao Pill' that Ning Concubine asked for has been delivered in the past few days? The little prince is six months old. Crying so much that people can't sleep every night, I told you guys last time, I can't wait for this!!"

Bai Shijun: "Elder-in-law, calm down, the Tai Hospital also has the procedures of the Tai Hospital—"

"Don't talk to me about these useless things!" The eunuch stomped his foot, "I'll just ask if I can get this medicine today!"

"I can get it, I can get it." Bai Shijun nodded, "Eunuch is waiting here."

Bai Shijun turned around and went to the pharmacy, and when he came back, he had a bluish-white porcelain bottle in his hand, which was folded with a red soft cloth.

While delivering the medicine, he said, "The quality of the cinnabar received recently is not very good. I rushed to give it to the concubine earlier, so this medicine has been in short supply..."

The word "cinnabar" fell into Bai Yi's ears like a thunder!
As soon as the words fell, Bai Yi immediately snatched the bottle of "Xiaoer Zhibao Pill".

The eunuch became anxious for a moment, pointed at Bai Yi, and asked Bai Shijun, "Who is this? Ah, who is this?"

Bai Yi looked sternly, looking at his father and Wang Jixuan, "The six-month-old prince that the father-in-law said is the child of Concubine Qu?"

Wang Jixuan's expression turned pale, "Why do you ask this, give me the medicine!"

Bai Yi: "Answer me first."

The eunuch raised his eyebrows, "Yes, how can the imperial concubine have the energy to take care of the prince now? It has always been placed in the Xianfu Palace, under the care of the concubine Ning, what's wrong?"

Bai Yi was startled, "So the child cries at night, and you feed him cinnabar?"

Wang Jixuan sneered, "Doctor Bo, Mr. Nian has just entered the imperial hospital, please explain to him."

The sudden change in Bai Yi's face made Bai Shijun a little at a loss. He pulled Bai Yi aside and explained carefully, "It's common for children to cry a lot. Cinnabar has the effect of calming the nerves and nourishing the blood. I won't cry at night any more."

"...still calming the nerves and nourishing the blood?" Bai Yi only felt his hands and feet become cold, "Rushing face and lethargy are all the obvious symptoms of mercury sulfide poisoning. After taking it for a long time, an adult can't bear it. You use it. On a little six-month-old baby?"

(End of this chapter)