Chapter 382: Gourd Story - Fake medicine cures real diseases
Half a month later, the drug store officially opened for business. The couple looked at the dark queue and sighed: "This is too much."
People waiting for treatment were lined up from the east end of the street to the west end. The two of them had just started to study medicine and were not proficient in medical skills. Moreover, the lame old man taught the treatment of more idiosyncratic diseases such as carbuncle and bruises.
Ling, if people nearby hear the news and come here, there won’t be so many patients, right?
After receiving more than a dozen patients, the couple discovered that something was wrong. Most of the patients in line had fever and cough, but few had carbuncle. Moreover, their symptoms were similar. In other words, there was a plague in the local area, and they treated them.
No. Ye Dimin patiently explained to the patient: "I'm sorry, our husband and wife don't treat this kind of disease. You have to find Dr. Wang. He studied "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases" and ask him to prescribe a prescription.
, and then take it to my pharmacy to buy medicine."
The patient's divine reply surprised him: "It doesn't matter, just write me a note and ask the clerk to give me some medicine collected by the immortal ape. The fairy medicine can cure all diseases, and I rely on it for my illness. Without your prescription shopkeeper
No medication allowed."
If the medicine is not right for the patient, it is poisonous. You cannot prescribe it randomly based on just a few words from the patient. Ye Dimin shook his head and refused. How did this happen? Naturally, it is inseparable from the propaganda of a few talented people from Tongjiang Academy. Literati are very particular.
The words are not surprising, and there are too many contents in the play and book that are exaggerated, and the medicine collected by the monkeys is promoted as a magic medicine that can cure all diseases. The villagers do not have much medical knowledge, and they can only read the play and the book.
They all said that, so they believed it. In addition, due to the sudden epidemic, all the symptomatic medicines on the market had been sold out, which became their life-saving straw.
"The medicine doesn't work"
When the plague comes, the patients panic,
Drug sources are dry and drugs are administered indiscriminately.
Feeling hot and sweating,
But he came here to get carbuncle.
What can be done if the medicine does not work?
Gao Yundan seeks the immortal ape Cui.
For a moment I was frightened,
Prescribing medicine indiscriminately can put lives at risk.
The scope of the plague is very wide, not only in Xianju, but also in surrounding counties and cities. The situation is even more serious. Buying medicine from further places, on the other hand, the water far away cannot quench the thirst nearby. It is better to risk giving myrrh and wait for death. The people of Yedi will not give it.
They asked the patient for a prescription. As soon as the carbuncle patient took the medicine, they exchanged it with high-priced silver. Carbuncle is a chronic disease, and it doesn't matter if it lasts for a few days. Under the huge profits, some patients
So I gave him medicine. Some people have strong resistance to the epidemic and will recover on their own in time. Some people are more confident due to psychological suggestion. The medicine is not suitable for the disease, but the psychological suggestion is particularly powerful. I took the elixir,
My illness will definitely get better. The power of faith turned into the motivation to resist the disease, and soon the illness eased or healed on its own.
At this point, the customer interrupted his story and said: "I have encountered a similar situation. In the year of the A flu, the root and rice vinegar were robbed. I happened to have the A flu and grabbed two packages at a high price.
, I took it as a panacea, and within a few days I got better. Later, scientific data said that it had no killing effect on the virus."
"Yes, there is someone close to me who was so scared that he died within two months after hearing that he had cancer. It doesn't matter, he is still living well." Another guest continued: "Sometimes,
The power of the mind can do more than drugs."
During the discussion, it was time to eat again. Seeing that everyone was discussing the treatment of diseases, Jin Huabin suggested: "How about making a medicinal meal for the main course today?"
High blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, and high blood sugar are common diseases of affluence after modern living conditions improve. Most of the guests who come here are overweight. So he replied: "Give us a medicinal meal that can reduce the three highs."
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Jin Huabin took the guests to dig some wild kudzu and burdock from the back mountain, and some asparagus from the vegetable field, and made a health soup for them on the spot.
"Remembering Wang Sun, Kudzu, Burdock and Asparagus Soup"
Pueraria lobata has a cooling property to unblock the meridians, burdock has a bitter taste and can disinfect swelling. Asparagus has a neutral property and strengthens the spleen and stomach. The combination of these substances can clear away heat, promote dampness and harmonize the blood vessels.
The soup has strong medicinal properties and is not very delicious, but it is good for health. After listening to the introduction of the poem, I drank it happily.
During the epidemic, the price of the medicine was increased higher and higher, and finally it reached the point of twenty taels of silver per pack. This was a private behavior of the patients, and Ye Dimin had no good solution. Patients after taking this medicine suffered from many diseases.
It's great. The monkey's elixir has a miraculous effect on the epidemic. This news spreads farther and farther, and becomes more true.
Monkeys deliver medicine once every ten days, rain or shine, and this has almost become a sight in the drug store. It’s monkey medicine delivery day again, and people all over the street are watching. As soon as the monkey’s medicine arrives, there are several seriously ill patients.
He knelt on the ground with a thump and said to Ye Dimin: "Thank God, the monkey god has brought medicine. Please be kind and compassionate, doctor, and give me some."
The medicine is ineffective, and the monkey has just been delivered and has not been processed yet. Not to mention the plague, it has little effect on carbuncle. However, there is no right medicine. Although it is not beneficial after taking this medicine, it is not effective.
It's not harmful, but it can provide psychological support to the patients. In response to their begging, the couple softened their hearts, selected some medicinal herbs with tonic effects, and gave them some.
The patient left with great gratitude. The next morning, he sent a banner with gongs and drums, telling him that after taking the doctor's medicine, his patient's fever subsided and his condition improved significantly. The couple knew that
, this was just a hint, stimulating the will to live in his body, not the effect of the medicine. But it is a fact that the patient's condition improved, no matter how hard he tried to explain that the medicine was not working, it was useless, and more patients poured into the pharmacy one by one.
It is a doctor's virtue to not use the medicine indiscriminately if it is not suitable for the symptoms. The couple always adhere to this bottom line. However, medicines from the drugstore continue to flow to the market. Ye Dimin strictly ordered the clerk: "You are not allowed to prescribe medicine without a prescription."
patient."
The waiter babbled and said, "Look, Dr. Wang in the town and Dr. Li in the county have all prescribed monkey medicine. Zhou Yuanwai gave the order. How can the businessmen turn away customers?"
What else? It’s better for us to make the money ourselves than to let resellers earn it. We explain to those who come to buy medicine that this medicine is ineffective against the plague, and they insist on it, so we sell it to them.”
"Medicine is a Business"
To be a doctor, you have a bottom line,
Be a businessman and make money.
The purpose of buying medicine is to cure chronic diseases.
It is also worth three taels of silver.
The doctor next door has made an exception,
What's the point of sticking to it alone?
For a moment my heart was shaken,
Money is the medicine of business.
I insisted not to sell, my father-in-law insisted to sell, the patient insisted to buy, and I was responsible for the effect. When I was in trouble, the county magistrate sent someone over to say that my family was suffering from an epidemic and asked him for some medicine collected by the immortal ape.
He is the parent official, and he also said in the letter that he is responsible for the effectiveness and needs to give comfort to his relatives. Should he give this medicine or not? It is against medical ethics. If he does not give it, he will offend the parent official. How can he open a pharmacy in the future?