“Lu’s Clinic”

Wow, is it really this popular?

Peng Yan truly didn’t expect that Lu Jiu’s clinic would have so many people lined up early in the morning.

He thought maybe throughout the whole day, there would only be three or four patients at most.

Huh?

Could it be that it’s Lu Jiu’s grandfather seeing patients, which is why there are so many people waiting?

However, just as this thought popped up, he arrived at the clinic’s entrance.

From a distance, he could see two people inside the clinic, one dispensing medicine, and one seeing patients.

And the one seeing patients was Lu Jiu.

This…

Peng Yan knew Lu Jiu’s medical skills were excellent, but he didn’t expect Lu Jiu to be so good that by eight o’clock there were already twenty or thirty people waiting outside.

At this rate, Lu Jiu’s income for the year might not be lower than when he was at Jinling Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Of course, that’s compared to him; if compared to some attending physicians, it’s not even close.

But if you can have the income of a big city while living in a small town, who would actually want to leave their hometown?

Suddenly, Peng Yan felt that Lu Jiu’s choice didn’t seem wrong.

“Lu Jiu.”

With a sense of admiration, Peng Yan entered the clinic and immediately called out to Lu Jiu, who was currently checking a pulse.

“You’re here, just in time—I need an extra hand. Help my grandfather with dispensing the medicine,” Lu Jiu said.

“Come on, am I a guest or your worker?” Peng Yan retorted displeased, but he still walked over to the medicine cabinet. “Hello, Grandpa, I’m Lu Jiu’s classmate, Peng Yan.”

Lu Mountain chuckled, “Don’t listen to him. Grab a chair and take a seat, I can handle it.”

Peng Yan laughed, “It’s fine, that’s just how we are. I’m just sitting around doing nothing anyway, so I’ll handle the medicine. You take a rest.”

Lu Mountain laughed, “Alright then, I’ll leave this to you and go prepare the decoction for those patients over there.”

Peng Yan smiled, “Got it!”

Without waiting for Peng Yan to take a long break, after finishing a pulse diagnosis, Lu Jiu gave the patient a couple of instructions and immediately started prescribing.

“Peng Yan, dispense the medicine: bamboo leaves, kudzu root, fangfeng, platycodon, cinnamon bark, ginseng, baked licorice, roasted aconite, Chinese dates, and ginger.”

Peng Yan immediately understood.

Oh, Bamboo Leaf Decoction, a classic formula for warming yang and benefiting qi, dispelling wind, and promoting the release of the exterior.

This girl’s face is flushed, and she’s holding her head—it indeed matches the symptoms for Bamboo Leaf Decoction.

…

“Dispense the medicine: baked licorice, Danggui, poria, white peony, Atractylodes, Bupleurum Root…”

Carefree Powder, soothes the liver and relieves depression, nourishes the blood, and strengthens the spleen.

…

“Dispense the medicine: plaster, Anemarrhena, baked licorice, Japonica Rice.”

White Tiger Decoction, clears heat and generates fluids.

This is absolutely a classic formula for treating diabetes.

Peng Yan had also seen his mentor use this formula.

Just one dose, and the patient’s blood sugar lowered very quickly.

…

“Dispense the medicine: a pound of roasted barley.”

Hmm, roasted barley.

Hmm? Roasted barley?

Just one ingredient?

Peng Yan immediately turned to Lu Jiu, “What else?”

Lu Jiu replied, “That’s it.”

Peng Yan was puzzled, “One ingredient? What’s it for?”

Lu Jiu said, “Didn’t I just say that it’s for breast engorgement during lactation, roasted barley can transform the milk into menstrual flow and discharge it.”

What?

Roasted barley has this effect too?

Peng Yan said, “Four-Ingredient Decoction won’t work?”

Lu Jiu answered, “It’s expensive and doesn’t taste good.”

Expensive?

You’re telling me Four-Ingredient Decoction is expensive?

Danggui, Chuanxiong, white peony, and Rehmannia glutinosa—none of these ingredients are expensive.

A prescription only costs ten or so dollars, eating it for a week wouldn’t exceed a hundred—is that expensive?

At first, Peng Yan could understand Lu Jiu’s approach to prescriptions, but the further it went, the less he understood.

Especially this use of roasted barley to replace Four-Ingredient Decoction, at least in his knowledge, he didn’t think the two could be substituted for each other.

But roasted barley is indeed cheap, a pound costs about ten bucks, and taking it home to roast and then brew for tea, you could drink it for four or five days easily.

“Alright, it’s your clinic, you make the call.” Peng Yan didn’t say much, and obediently dispensed roasted barley for the patient.

While Peng Yan was busy dispensing medicine, Lu Jiu was already seeing the next patient.

This patient just had an ordinary cold.

However, during diagnosis, Lu Jiu noticed there was a fresh scar on his arm, pink and tender like a new bud.

After asking about the recentness of the wound, Lu Jiu called out to Peng Yan.

“Prescribe, Bupleurum Root, Baical Skullcap, ginseng, pinellia, baked licorice, ginger, Chinese dates. For external application, add gentian, white silkworm, honey.”

For external application?

Peng Yan was taken aback once again.

The first prescription he knew, Xiao Chai Hu Tang, specifically treats wind-heat colds.

But this external application with gentian and white silkworm left him confused.

When did Lu Jiu learn about these trauma treatments?

He knew a little about white silkworm, it’s often used for whitening, but as for gentian’s efficacy, he had truly forgotten.

No choice, since internal medicine rarely uses this herb, and no matter how good his memory was, things learned in university, if not used in years, remembering the nature, channels, and various effects is virtually impossible.

After all, not everyone can have as comprehensive an herbal knowledge as Lu Jiu.

“Dr. Lu, I’m back again.”

As Lu Jiu finished and was about to call in the next patient, Wang Li walked into the clinic, smiling warmly.

When they opened in the morning, Lu Jiu saw Wang Li waiting in line, “Uncle Wang, how’s your back holding up lately?”

Wang Li laughed, “Ah, ever since you gave me several rounds of therapy, my back is neither cold nor sore, and now I feel much stronger when doing physical work. People in our building say I don’t seem like someone who’s had spinal surgery at all.”

Spinal surgery?

Peng Yan’s eyes focused on Wang Li.

Lu Jiu chuckled, “As long as it works, you lie down, and I’ll continue with the acupuncture.”

Wang Li smiled, “Sure thing.”

Acupuncture?

Peng Yan knew Lu Jiu was somewhat skilled in acupuncture, but not exceptionally so.

Back in college, the two had classes on acupuncture together, although Lu Jiu mastered it much faster than he did.

Nothing could be done about it; this guy remembered acupoints and meridians so well, all he lacked was technique.

Yet even now, Peng Yan still couldn’t achieve the sensation of qi consistently with each needle. Occasionally, on a good day, he might hit the qi sensation once or twice.

But since delving deep into herbal formulas, his acupuncture skills had become rusty, not even as fluent as during his university days.

Wang Li lay down on the small bed with practiced ease, and Lu Jiu had already prepared the needles.

It was the Weizhong Acupoint again, but at this time of day, it wasn’t the optimal time for acupoint opening, so the effects wouldn’t be as good as the initial try.

But over these days, as Wang Li came intermittently, with each acupuncture session, Lu Jiu could sense Wang Li’s qi flowing more freely. Undoubtedly, his meridians, under the flow of qi and blood, were gradually clearing the blockages, and the Du Meridian was slowly recovering.

So, even without using the acupoint opening method, employing more Mountain Burning Fire technique to replenish yang would soon allow Wang Li’s lumbar spine to recover to a state where it wouldn’t obstruct his daily life.

Hmm?

Pink?

That’s… attained qi.

That quickly?

Peng Yan noticed after Lu Jiu inserted the needle into the Weizhong Acupoint, the skin around the needle tip on the man’s leg crease turned a faint pink circle. He immediately realized this was the attainment of qi.

But then, in the next moment, the finest needles separate on the left and right legs began to tremble by themselves.

This, qi fullness causing self-motion?!

Peng Yan’s eyes widened.

Their teacher had said that those who can make the needle handle shake have top-tier acupuncture skills because they can draw the qi when inserting the needle, and draw so much that it can make the needle move on its own.

Thus, it’s called ‘qi fullness causing self-motion’!

Since when did Lu Jiu know this trick?

Peng Yan found himself increasingly unable to understand Lu Jiu.

First, it was trauma treatment, and now came an acupuncture move that’s a real specialty.

How is it that in just a year or two without seeing him, the changes are so… holy moly, Mountain Burning Fire!?

Halfway through his amazement, Peng Yan suddenly saw Lu Jiu grasp the needle handle and begin twisting and thrusting it.

While Peng Yan wasn’t great at acupuncture, he had an eye for recognition. Just like many lower-level players watch games and spot where professional players are amazing or make mistakes, the same logic applies here.

Although he couldn’t perform Mountain Burning Fire, he had at least seen it.

But what is Mountain Burning Fire?

It’s one of the top-tier tonifying and reducing techniques.

Things that many top-notch traditional Chinese medical doctors may not know, how come Lu Jiu knows it?

Peng Yan couldn’t figure it out.

He truly felt a bit lost now.

Is this still the Lu Jiu he knew!?

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