Looking at the two maids who were about to cry, Mrs. Chen said, "Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet!"
She said as she wanted to get up. .
Shen Tianshu took a step forward and said, "Just lie down. I'll show you first."
Lung disease is a very common problem for older people.
But even some experienced traditional Chinese medicine practitioners will find this difficult.
Lung diseases in the elderly usually occur very insidiously and are easily ignored by people around them. By the time the situation becomes critical, it is already too late.
Fortunately, Shen Tianshu had treated Mrs. Chen once at the beginning of the year, so her illness at the end of autumn this year was not actually serious.
Now, compared to the condition of her lungs, maybe the problem of taking medicine randomly in the past half month is more serious.
Shen Tianshu sat sideways on the edge of the bed, but instead of checking for a pulse, he asked, "At the beginning of the year, I gave you a prescription. Do you insist on taking it after you come back?"
"After eating, I listened to you and kept eating until the beginning of summer!" Mrs. Chen said, "And after eating, I also feel much better. In the past, the beginning of spring and the beginning of winter were the most uncomfortable seasons every year.
"After taking the prescription you prescribed this spring, I didn't make the same mistakes I made every year.
"So when it happened again in the fall, I quickly asked someone to take the prescribed medicine again, but it didn't work."
Shen Tianshu nodded and said, "That medicine is meant to be taken in spring. It is not the right time to take it in autumn.
"And if you follow my instructions and take medicine until the beginning of summer in the spring, it stands to reason that you won't do it again in the fall.
"Can you tell me in detail, what are the symptoms in autumn?"
Mrs. Chen thought for a moment and said, "At that time, I just kept coughing and felt that my throat was itchy.
"It's a bit mild during the day, but at night the cough becomes severe, causing pain in both flanks and back.
“At first it was milder during the day, and I could barely catch up on some sleep.
"Then I couldn't even sleep during the day because of the cough. I just stayed up like this every day."
Shen Tianshu has been practicing medicine for so many years, and is well aware of the pain of such patients having difficulty falling asleep. It is no wonder that Dr. Zhao is almost treated as a guest when he prescribes a prescription that can help Mrs. Chen sleep.
"Is there phlegm?" Shen Tianshu asked.
"There's not much phlegm, but it's very sticky and difficult to cough out.
"Once you feel that there is phlegm in your throat, you will have to cough for a long time. In severe cases, you may even vomit."
Shen Tianshu asked her in detail about her appetite, bowel movements and other conditions at that time, and then took out the pulse pillow and started diagnosing her pulse.
Mrs. Chen's tongue was reddish, with less tongue coating, and a thready and stringy pulse. In addition, she had dry and itchy throat and dry and hard stools.
After Shen Tianshu checked his pulse, he went over the prescriptions prescribed by the previous doctors.
"Several doctors before have judged that you have insufficient lung yin, and most of them used prescriptions such as Yangyin Qingfei Decoction. They did not consider other aspects of the problem, so they treated the symptoms but not the root cause.
"Although it is said in the Nei Jing that the lungs govern coughing, there seems to be no problem in treating coughing.
"But in fact, it is mentioned in the Nei Jing that all the internal organs can make people cough, not just the lungs.
"It is mentioned in the Nei Jing that coughing in the liver causes pain in both flanks.
"So, your illness this time did not come from the lungs at all.
"It's because the liver yin is insufficient and the liver fire rises up and invades the lungs, causing the lungs to lose their purification.
"So the previous prescriptions have no effect. Now you should nourish liver yin, clear fire and purge the lungs, and treat both the symptoms and the root causes to achieve the goal."
As Shen Tianshu spoke, he asked someone to prepare pen and ink and began to prescribe.
In the prescription, she heavily uses medicinal materials that nourish liver yin and clear liver fire, such as white peony root, hay, clam powder, and peony bark. She also adds medicines that moisturize the lungs, such as Ophiopogon japonicus, sweet almond, and honey-roasted loquat leaves.
"First make seven copies of this recipe and eat it twice a day, once between Wei Zheng and Shen Zheng, and the second time between Xu Zheng and Haizheng.
"You must take the medicine according to the time. During the period of taking the medicine, you should avoid spicy and irritating food.
Avoid baked foods and try to eat more vegetables and fruits. "
Although in this season, there are not as many vegetables and fruits as there are in summer, it is not a problem for the Chen family.
Shen Tianshu handed the newly prescribed prescription to Pan Xia.
Panxia then asked: "Ms. Tong, the medicine you asked me to boil before has been prepared. Do you think you should give it to the old lady now or..."
"Serve it now." Shen Tianshu nodded.
"What kind of medicine are you taking now?" Mrs. Chen asked a little strangely.
When she asked this question, both Panxia and Yingqiu's eyes turned red again.
"What's going on?" Mrs. Chen became increasingly confused.
"Pan Xia is going to bring the medicine first, and Ying Qiu is going to tell the kitchen to make some easy-to-cook vegetable and lean meat porridge in the morning."
In fact, as an outsider, it was extremely inappropriate for Shen Tianshu to order the master's maid like this.
But she knew that if she asked these two maids, she would probably have to talk about this matter for a long time.
Mrs. Chen also saw that something was wrong, nodded to the two maids and said, "Go!"
The two maids then went down.
"What happened?" Mrs. Chen asked Shen Tianshu.
Only then did Shen Tianshu tell Mrs. Chen everything that happened after he and Li Zian arrived here yesterday.
Then he talked about the mistake Yingqiu made last night.
"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have spoken out of anger.
"Now that Miss Xue and Doctor Zhao are locked up, we can only wait for you to deal with this matter."
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Chen actually laughed after hearing this.
After she laughed, she added: "These two girls have been spoiled by me.
"Mainly because these years at home, they are the only ones who have been by my side.
“And as this person gets older, he tends to become soft-hearted.
"If you think about something big happening, why don't you force them to do anything?
"Now I know that the old saying is absolutely true, spoiling a child is like killing a child!
"I thought I would keep them safe all day long, and when I was about to die, I would arrange a good home for them, but who knew I would cause you trouble?"
"We don't have any trouble, but I'm afraid Miss Xue won't let it go, right?"
"Don't worry about her." Mrs. Chen waved her hand and said, "Just ask someone to send her home after the Chinese New Year."
In fact, Mrs. Chen has no feelings at all for Xue Shanya, her niece.
In terms of status in Mrs. Chen's heart, Xue Shanya is not even as good as Panxia and Yingqiu.
After all, Panxia and Yingqiu have been with Mrs. Chen since they were less than ten years old. She really loves them as her granddaughters.
In Mrs. Chen's heart, the only thing she misses about her mother's family is her elderly brother.
The reason why I have often helped my parents' family in recent years is to enable my brother to live a good life for a few days in his later years.
It is precisely because of her presence that the children of the Xue family will always support Mr. Xue as if he were an old man. Otherwise, he may have a miserable life.
The reason why Master Xue sent his daughter Xue Shanya to Mrs. Chen this year was actually not because he was worried that Mrs. Chen would pass away suddenly and his family would not be able to take advantage in the future.
It's because Mr. Xue's health is getting worse day by day, and he is afraid that he won't be able to survive this new year.
Although no one else in the Xue family knew it, Mr. Xue knew very well that once his father was gone, the relationship between his family and Mrs. Chen would be completely severed.
So he hurriedly sent his daughter over while the old man was still alive, hoping that she could hook up with Young Master Sun of the Chen family as soon as possible and bring the relationship between the two families closer together.
Who knew that when Xue Shanya was still on the road, Mrs. Chen packed her grandson directly and sent her to Mr. Chen San’s army.
The euphemistic name is to let the grandson go to practice, but in fact it is mainly to avoid Xue Shanya.
So in fact, when Xue Shanya first came here, Mrs. Chen always treated her very little.
It's bland.
It was only in the past two months that he suddenly became close to her in order to lure out his wife.
Xue Shanya still felt good about herself, thinking that Mrs. Chen was finally moved by her sincerity.
If she hadn't been a little reserved, she would have openly called herself the granddaughter-in-law of the Chen family.
Regarding Doctor Zhao's matter, Mrs. Chen was not as angry as Shen Tianshu imagined.
"Although that child Shanya has a lot of problems, she wouldn't dare to do such a thing to me even if she had ten courages."
After Mrs. Chen said this, she could clearly feel Shen Tianshu's disapproval even though she was separated by a curtain.
She smiled and explained: "I'm not saying that she is timid or kind-hearted, but the Xue family still relies on my help to survive.
"She's not engaged to Jingke either. If she kills me at this time, what good will it do to her?"
After hearing this, Shen Tianshu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Mrs. Chen was not confused, otherwise this matter would be really difficult to handle!
But then I thought about it, her son was far away at the border and could not come back all year round, and her family members only had plans for her. It was no wonder that Mrs. Chen loved her two personal maids so much.
At least they were sincerely good to her and loyal to her.
Just when Shen Tianshu was about to say something else, he heard footsteps coming from outside, and Pan Xia came back with the freshly heated soup.
Mrs. Chen looked at the medicine bowl and asked, "Is this the medicine used to detoxify datura flowers?"
"It's just to help detoxify. Fortunately, I didn't eat too much."
Shen Tianshu took the medicine bowl, stirred it with a spoon for a while, opened the curtain himself, tasted a little, and then fed it to Mrs. Chen.
Pan Xia thought Shen Tianshu was doing it to test the temperature and didn't think about anything else at all.
However, Mrs. Chen could tell at a glance that Shen Tianshu was worried that someone in the Chen family had evil intentions towards her, so she wanted to try the decoction first to see if there was anything wrong with it!
After finishing a bowl of soup, Mrs. Chen held a piece of candied fruit in her mouth and asked vaguely: "I thought I heard you just now, the prince is here too?"
"Yes, we disguised ourselves, and he escorted me all the way here." Shen Tianshu helped Mrs. Chen tuck the quilt and said, "You are still ill now, so rest first. It will be convenient to see him later. "
When Mrs. Chen heard this, she immediately understood.
She reached out and patted the back of Shen Tianshu's hand and said with a smile: "When I first met you, I felt that the prince was unusual in treating you. It seems that he has fulfilled his wish now!"
