Traditional Chinese Medicine: Back to the years when educated youths went to the countryside

Chapter 259 Rheumatoid Arthritis
The two of them pushed their bicycles through the streets and alleys, and the time seemed to return to their childhood.Low buildings, slightly bumpy concrete roads, plane trees with branches on the walls, the laughter of children in the courtyard...

Everything is so textured.

Wu Guoshan led him to turn left and right, and finally stopped in front of a small courtyard.

This is already an urban area. There is a mottled hardened road at the entrance. There are no weeds growing at all. Some vegetables are planted outside the courtyard wall and in the gaps close to the road.But now in autumn, it seems that the owner has neglected to take care of it recently. The leaves are slightly yellowing, but the vines have grown crazy.

Wu Guoshan seemed to be very familiar with this small courtyard. After parking his bicycle, he turned back and motioned for Wang Chengzhou to follow.

Just as he arrived at the door, he heard a groan that was obviously suppressed. The voice was slightly old, and it was accompanied by a few local curse words from time to time.

I guess the pain was too much and I started to curse God to relieve my hatred.

Wu Guoshan frowned and walked in quickly.

"Ouch!"

However, as soon as he reached the door, he almost bumped into an attractive middle-aged woman.The woman screamed in surprise before stroking her chest and smiling: "It turns out to be Brother Wu, are you here again?"

"Xiu Qin."

Seeing her, Wu Guoshan immediately grinned, his old face showed the embarrassment that only a young man would have, he scratched his head and said:

"When did you come back?"

"Uncle Xu is at home, right?"

"By the way, what are you doing?"

Xu Xiuqin's face showed bitterness, her eyes dimmed immediately, and she forced a smile and said:

"Hey, it's not like my dad's rheumatism has struck again."

"I thought about going to the pharmacy to buy some aspirin to help him with the pain, but he had such a stubborn temper that he wouldn't take anything. It was really annoying."

"Brother Wu, please go in and help me persuade him."

When Wu Guoshan heard this, he sighed deeply and said melancholy: "Xiu Qin, when Uncle Xu fought against Japanese invaders when he was young, he could survive a bullet in his stomach. He must have the pride of the older generation. You let him take painkillers?" He will definitely not be happy with the movie." Then he quickly patted his chest and assured, "But don't worry!"

"Did you see that? This guy is an old Chinese medicine doctor I specially invited from the countryside. His treatment methods are incredible! I came here this time specifically to bring him to treat Uncle Xu."

"Don't worry, as long as he is here, I will keep Uncle Xu's medicine until the illness is cured!"

Hearing him brag about himself without changing his face, Wang Chengzhou was really embarrassed and contemptuous. He didn't expect that Lao Wu, who was in his 40s, still perfectly retained the temperament of bragging in front of women.

It’s true that men will remain young until they die!

"he?"

Xu Xiuqin was stunned for a moment, looked at Wang Chengzhou in disbelief, looked at each other, smiled kindly, and said half-believingly: "Old, old Chinese doctor?"

The young man in front of me is probably less than 20 years old at most. Such a person... can't be related to an old Chinese doctor, right?

"Really! He's really good! I've seen him treat people with my own eyes. Secretary Zhou from Pushan Township Commune had a heart attack and was so painful that he almost passed out. He was stabbed with just a few injections by this guy. Okay, it’s amazing!”

"Uh, Lao Wu, I hear the patient is already in a lot of pain. Now is not the time to worry about it."

Wang Chengzhou quickly took over the conversation, interrupted him to continue to promote his glorious deeds, and said sternly: "What is the level? We can't just talk about it. We have to treat him."

Wu Guoshan clapped his hands and gave a thumbs up, "Good boy, well said!"

Xu Xiuqin pursed her lips and smiled, but she glanced at the young man in front of her. She immediately stopped going to the pharmacy to buy medicine and led the two of them into the yard.

There are four red brick houses built in the small courtyard, with vegetables growing on the left and right. Four stone benches are neatly surrounding a stone table, which is placed under an acacia tree. It is cleaned so that not even a fallen leaf is stained. No.

The windows in the room are bright and clean, and a camp bed is placed under the inner window. There is also an enamel tea jar with a white background and green edges on the desk beside the bed. The water in the jar is still steaming, which is obviously when the woman goes out. Just poured.

There was an old man lying on the camp bed, holding on to the edge of the bed with one hand, gritting his teeth and holding it in, but painful moans still slipped out from between his teeth from time to time.

He had the rare alertness of an old man. When he heard the footsteps, he immediately turned his head. His thin face showed a bit of strength, just like his stature. He was not tall, but gave people a very powerful feeling. .

"You kid, why are you here again?"

The old man endured the pain and spoke a little awkwardly, almost speaking out word by word.

Wang Chengzhou checked again and again, only to realize that he was not talking about himself, but Wu Guoshan.

I couldn't help but want to laugh a little.

But if you think about it carefully, you are right. At Lao Wu's age, he is not a brat in front of the old man.

"Of course I'm here to see you when you're old."

Wu Guoshan smiled shyly, squeezed forward quickly, and said with a heavy expression: "Uncle, your illness seems to be more serious this time than last time."

"shit!"

The old man wanted to turn over, but he lay back down in pain, "Do you still need to explain what happened to me?"

"By the way, who is this little guy?"

Wang Chengzhou took a step forward, but did not rush to introduce himself. Instead, he said bluntly: "Old sir, open your mouth and let me see your tongue."

Mr. Xu was stunned and didn't know what song he was singing.

Facing his doubtful gaze, Wu Guoshan quickly explained, "Uncle, I know that your disease will attack from time to time, so I have been thinking about you and looking for a good doctor for you."

"I invited this guy specially for you." "His name is Wang Chengzhou. He is a health worker in Wangjia Village, Wangjia Production Brigade, Pushan Township. He is very capable!"

"Village health worker?"

Xu Xiuqin was stunned for a while. She didn't expect that Wu Guoshan had been bragging to him for a long time about how awesome the young man in front of him was, but it turned out to be just a village health worker...

Is this reliable?

"Oh?"

Xu Shilong didn't care about his identity at all. He patted the bed and said:

"Young man, what are you waiting for?"

"Come here and treat me, old man!"

"By the way, open your mouth, right?"

As he spoke, he opened his mouth and even exposed his tonsils.

When Wang Chengzhou saw it, he knew it in his heart.However, I still held his hands and checked his pulse for a while.Then, he asked: "Old gentleman, how do you feel?"

"How else can it feel?"

Xu Shilong gritted his teeth and straightened up, raised his two swollen palms, and curled up his legs. After completing a series of actions, the cold sweat on his forehead had already fallen, and his face became a little whiter. "As soon as we arrive, When it's cloudy and rainy, my joints are in unbearable pain, and it's even difficult to bend and stretch."

"Yesterday, I couldn't stand it any longer. I sat under the locust tree with Lao Wang next door and played chess for a while. As a result, I couldn't change my mind when I got up this morning."

"If you ask me, this thief is against me, so it's okay. What's he doing on a cloudy and rainy day?"

The old man probably couldn't stand the pain any more, so he started complaining willfully.

Looking at her suffering father, Xu Xiuqin wanted to cry and laugh at the same time, with a sad face.

Wang Chengzhou looked at her with a smile and said, "Auntie, please go to the pharmacy."

However, as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Xu Shilong became furious and shouted:
"Why are you going to the pharmacy? Are you buying some Laoshizi painkillers?"

"I told you, I won't eat it!"

"I won't eat that thing even if it hurts me to death!"

Wang Chengzhou was surprised for a while and asked strangely: "Old sir, why are you so resistant to taking painkillers? Do you know that they have serious side effects?"

"What, what side effects?"

Xu Shilong was even more stunned, not understanding what he was talking about.

"That is, aspirin can easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort and even cause allergies. In severe cases, it can also damage liver and kidney function."

"How did I know that thing!"

However, before he finished speaking, Xu Shilong interrupted him and shook his head.

"Then, why is that?"

Wang Chengzhou couldn't help his curiosity and asked.

"Hey!"

Xu Shilong sighed, and for a moment, he seemed to have recalled something, with endless nostalgia and deep hatred flashing in his eyes, "I don't care about side effects or not."

"Just thinking about this painkiller makes me feel full of guilt."

"Back on the battlefield, my brothers fell into a pool of blood one by one. Not to mention luxury goods like painkillers, we couldn't even find a bandage to stop the bleeding! I could only cover the bloody holes on his body and look at him He died little by little in my arms, until his body became cold, and he was still muttering whether it was time to harvest the rice in his hometown..."

"Tell me, if I am corrupted by these sugar-coated bullets and go underground in the future, how will I meet my old brothers?"

Wang Chengzhou couldn't help being stunned, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Wu Guoshan's eyes heated up, he turned his head, wiped it several times before turning around and said with a smile: "Uncle, this guy won't prescribe aspirin for you, he is our Chinese medicine doctor."

Wang Chengzhou then stood up and said seriously:

"Don't worry, old man! As long as I'm here, you won't need those things."

"I just asked Aunt Xiuqin to go to the drugstore and buy some moxa and ginger."

"You have rheumatoid arthritis, with cold and dampness blocking the collaterals, and deficiency of qi and blood. Because it has been delayed for too long, it is difficult to treat, and strong medicine must be given."

When Xu Shilong heard this, he immediately laughed, nodded and said:
"You are very capable. I have seen many doctors before, and they said the same thing as you."

"It's just that the strange thing is that you all mentioned the same disease, but they couldn't cure me."

"Are those guys just working hard and just teasing me?"

Seeing the old man blowing his beard and glaring at him, Wang Chengzhou's heart moved, and he thought of some reasons.

However, now is not the time to explain, so Xu Xiuqin can only go to the drugstore to buy those two things, and give him moxibustion while writing the real prescription.

In fact, for such a disease, there is a classic prescription in "The Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" called "Aconitum Decoction". With a few additions and subtractions, it is not difficult to treat Xu Shilong.

Is it possible that the reason why it has been delayed until now is that those doctors are afraid of the poison of aconite and dare not give it a try?
(End of this chapter)