Chapter 90: Chapter 77: Lung Cleansing and Detoxifying Decoction (Part 3)

“Xiao Wang, don’t take any more calls. Tell them the infusion room is full, let them go to the clinic.”

“Director Ma, why are there so many colds today? It’s not even the change of season yet.”

“How would I know? But it looks like it’s a positive case.”

“Positive? That mutated virus?”

“Something like that. Don’t worry, it’s not very toxic. You’ll be fine after a week.”

“But didn’t experts say this thing is deadly?”

“Deadly my foot, it’s only deadly for those with underlying health conditions.”

“Oh, oh.”

…

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“Do you have any antipyretics?”

“Only members can buy.”

“Can’t I buy without a membership?”

“Getting one doesn’t cost you anything, and today is a promotional day, the more you buy, the more you get.”

“I just want to buy ibuprofen, nothing else.”

“Too many people have been buying ibuprofen these past two days, it’s hard to restock, we only provide it to members.”

“You…”

“…”

…

Lu’s Clinic.

“Is it whole body pain or localized?”

“Whole body, but my head hurts the most.”

“When you have a fever, do you feel cold or hot?”

“Cold.”

“Do you sweat?”

“No.”

“Is it a dry cough or one with phlegm?”

“With phlegm.”

“Green or yellow?”

“Green, but mostly white.”

“Do you usually feel dry mouth?”

“Yes, yes, yes.”

“Any vomiting?”

“Yes.”

“…”

Lu Jiu pressed his thumb against this uncle’s wrist, and during the diagnosis, he kept hearing the dialogues of the Five Viscera in his mind.

“Can’t take it anymore, just kill me!!!” said Liver Wood.

“Don’t be impulsive, Liver Wood, help Fei Jin first,” said Spleen Earth.

“Heart Fire, exert a bit more effort, I’ve got it,” said Fei Jin.

“Okay, don’t let go, I’ll burn it to death!!” Heart Fire said.

“Heart Fire, I feel it’s fiercely resisting, it’s afraid,” said Spleen Earth.

“Hydronephrosis, do it,” Heart Fire said.

“Dare to touch my little essence storehouse, humph, won’t let you get away!” Hydronephrosis was also agitated.

It seemed the Five Viscera were already at work.

Combining the four diagnostic methods along with the reactions of the Five Viscera, Lu Jiu basically determined that this uncle was infected with the cold-damp epidemic.

This thing had troubled everyone for over three years, and who would’ve thought it would attack again at the end of the year, truly disgusting.

“Hmm, it seems like an infection. I’ll prescribe you some medicine,” Lu Jiu said.

“Really… I thought the symptoms were alike, but the antigen test still came out negative,” Xiao Xu said, covering his head weakly.

“Hang on a moment…” Lu Jiu smiled.

The medicine Lu Jiu was going to get for Xiao Xu was none other than Lung Cleansing and Detoxifying Decoction, which had performed outstandingly during these three years.

This prescription is a combination of Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang, Wu Ling San, Xiao Chai Hu Tang, and She Gan Ma Huang Tang. Don’t be intimidated by its over twenty ingredients, thinking more than thirteen ingredients means the doctor won’t touch it.

In these three years, Lung Cleansing and Detoxifying Decoction is the only formula for treating mild, severe, and critical conditions.

Even the Lung Detoxifying Granules created by National Master of Chinese Medicine Zhang Li weren’t as effective as this prescription.

You could say that after infection, no matter your condition, as long as you’re not dead, drinking this medicine can have a certain effect.

This actually embodies the traditional Chinese medicine concepts of same disease different treatment, different diseases same treatment.

No matter which strain you were infected by, whatever symptoms you show, as long as it’s the cold-damp epidemic, this medicine can work.

This is because all your symptoms are caused by this cold-damp epidemic, and each person’s constitution differs, so the symptoms vary, but essentially everyone is infected with cold-damp.

Whether it’s mild or severe, it’s just the degree of harm the cold-damp epidemic causes, but it’s still the same entity; this prescription is specifically for adjusting the Five Viscera to the cold-damp epidemic.

When Lu Jiu first saw this prescription, he marveled at its brilliance, but then he found out it was developed by a uncertified Chinese medicine practitioner named Ge Wen.

Even when he created this prescription, he hadn’t even seen the virus, just shut himself at home for six to seven days, studied the Five Elements and Six Qi, and came up with it.

Lu Jiu was dumbfounded when he found out.

Can Chinese medicine really work like this?

Now, having diagnosed the cold-damp epidemic, Lu Jiu immediately thought of this prescription.

Ephedra, baked licorice, apricot kernel, plaster, cinnamon bark, Alisma, Poria, Atractylodes, Poria, Bupleurum Root, Baical Skullcap, pinellia, ginger, Aster, Tussilago, Belamcanda, Asarum, Chinese yam, bitter orange, dried tangerine peel, agastache.

With all twenty-one ingredients gathered, Lu Jiu handed them over to the uncle in front of him.

But just then, four or five people suddenly arrived outside the clinic, each looking very weary, one of the women with disheveled hair and vacant eyes.

“Doctor, can you give injections here?”

Lu Jiu couldn’t help but laugh, “This is a traditional Chinese medicine clinic.”

“Forget what kind of clinic, I’m feeling terrible right now, doctor, quickly take a look.”

“Aiya~ Aiya~ Aiya~”

“Can acupuncture in Chinese medicine cure it?”

“A bit of medicine would be fine too, it’s killing me…”

This…

Seeing this, Lu Jiu had a brainwave.

“Alright, you all sit here first, I’ll go prepare the decoction for you.”

With Lung Cleansing and Detoxifying Decoction, treating one person is treating, treating two people is also treating.

Lu Jiu simply took the medicine and started boiling it, letting these people drink it on the spot, since this thing no longer required diagnosis.

“Hurry up, doctor.”

“I know, I know, once I start boiling it, it’ll relieve your pain.”

“Hey? Doctor, that’s my medicine.”

“I’m boiling it for you, just drink it here.”

“Alright then.”

Lu Jiu lit the stove, threw the medicine in, then took out the finest needle, and began acupuncture anesthesia on each of the patients who were groaning in pain.

At Lu Jiu’s current level of acupuncture, pain relief was a piece of cake.

Within a few minutes, those who were groaning earlier no longer felt any headache.

“It’s miraculous, are you still in pain? My head feels fine now.”

“Hey? It can actually work, even shaking doesn’t hurt now.”

“Is Chinese medicine this amazing?”

“Oh dear, had I known Chinese medicine could treat this, I wouldn’t have stood in line at the hospital for over an hour, what a waste.”

“Doctor, my body still hurts, give me a couple more needles.”

“…”

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