"Breaking news, huge news!"
Hu Qiming posted an eye-popping emoji in the group chat.
This piqued everyone’s curiosity.
"What’s the news?"
"Did a dical dispute break out at your hospital?"
"We’re all busy. Spit it out, don’t keep us in suspense."
Hu Qiming didn’t keep them hanging and eagerly shared, "Just now, an associate chief physician from the ophthalmology departnt of the City People’s Hospital ca to our hospital to formally report that one of our surgical chief physicians is having an affair... And not just with one person! You won’t believe it. He’s not only involved with a head nurse but is also entangled with a resident doctor... He always looks so prim and proper, but who knew he was such a player behind the scenes..."
Li Baojie: "That’s pretty normal. We’re just recent grads, so we haven’t seen much yet. I had dinner with a senior colleague from my hospital a couple of days ago, and he told so inside stories. So are even wilder than what you just said. But I’m curious, are you sure it’s okay to post this in the group chat?"
Miaoli: "Delete it, quick! Before the hospital cos after you."
Hu Qiming: "Heh heh, no worries. The cat’s out of the bag. Everyone in the hospital knows already, even so of the patients. There’s no way to cover it up. Just watch, it’ll be trending online today."
...
Li Xu looked at the ssages on his phone. He hadn’t expected Gu Xiaoya to make her move so quickly.
And she’d done it without leaving herself any way out.
’She must have completely given up on her marriage, her anger reaching its peak to do sothing like this.’
He sent Gu Xiaoya a ssage: "You can do it. I support you."
Gu Xiaoya quickly replied: "Thank you. I finally found the courage to take this step. I’m doing fine."
He offered a few more words of comfort.
Li Xu put down his phone and went back to his book.
Today’s intelligence was an ordinary piece of information.
It was an analysis of a patient’s symptoms.
Li Xu had co to a realization now.
The system’s daily intelligence wasn’t really divided into ’ordinary’ and ’precious’.
Even a seemingly ordinary piece of information could be a great source of inspiration for him.
It was like having an infallible teacher guiding him step-by-step through diagnosing patients.
Li Xu benefited greatly.
...
Zhang Shufen stared at the roiling black liquid in the decoction pot, her brow furrowed.
It had been three days. She had been ticulously preparing and taking the dicine according to Dr. Guo’s instructions, but the results were far from what she had hoped.
The sweating had lessened slightly; she went from changing her clothes five or six tis a day down to three or four.
But the bone-chilling cold still clung to her like a shadow, and she couldn’t take off her heavy down jacket.
"The effect is so-so," she murmured, stirring the decoction with a ladle, her voice full of disappointnt.
Her husband walked over and gently squeezed her shoulder. "Don’t worry. Didn’t the doctor say to co back for a follow-up after three days? I’ll go with you tomorrow."
The next morning, in the internal dicine consultation room at the District Hospital of Traditional Chinese dicine, Guo Yu examined Zhang Shufen’s tongue and pulse, his frown deepening.
"Strange..." he muttered to himself. "Her pulse is a bit stronger than last ti, and her tongue coating has improved. Why aren’t the symptoms significantly better?"
Miaoli, who was beside him looking through the dical records, said, "Director, the prescription is correct for her condition. Cinnamon and Aconite Decoction is used for excessive sweating. Logically, it should have..."
"Theoretically, yes," Guo Yu interrupted her, turning to Zhang Shufen. "Are you certain you prepared the decoction exactly as I instructed? Simring the Aconite for 40 minutes first?"
Zhang Shufen nodded hastily. "I set a tir. It was exact to the minute."
Guo Yu pondered for a mont, then suddenly asked, "Where do you live?"
"In the Sunshine District on Construction Road."
"Well..." Guo Yu hesitated, seeming to choose his words carefully. "Do you know of a place in your community called Li’s Traditional Chinese dicine Clinic?"
Zhang Shufen was taken aback. "Of course. Doctor Li at that clinic is very well-known in our area."
Guo Yu said, "I suggest you go and see him. Although I don’t believe my diagnosis was wrong, but..."
He gave a wry smile. "Sotis, a fresh perspective might be better."
Zhang Shufen hadn’t expected Guo Yu to proactively recomnd another doctor.
In all her experience with doctors, this was the first ti one hadn’t insisted on their own treatnt plan.
"Alright."
Zhang Shufen nodded.
Actually, even if Guo Yu hadn’t ntioned it, Zhang Shufen was already planning to go.
...
Ever since visiting Gu Xiaoya at the City People’s Hospital, Li Xu had spent the last few days at his clinic.
He had diagnosed more than ten patients.
Most were minor ailnts like colds and fevers.
So diagnoses were guided by the system’s intelligence, while others he made based on his own skills. And while he couldn’t promise an instant cure, once he prescribed the right treatnt, his patients recovered.
His reputation grew day by day.
When Zhang Shufen arrived, there were two patients in the clinic.
She waited for half an hour.
She noticed that Li Xu was very ticulous when examining patients.
Sotis, just taking a pulse would last seven or eight minutes.
Combined with the consultation, a single patient’s appointnt would take more than ten minutes.
When it was her turn,
she sat down across from Li Xu.
Li Xu wiped his hands with a moist towelette and said gently, "Please, tell what’s been going on."
Zhang Shufen began to recount her condition, starting with the cold she’d had three months ago.
Li Xu listened quietly, occasionally jotting notes in his casebook.
When she ntioned that the prescription from Guo Yu wasn’t very effective, Li Xu’s pen paused.
"May I see the prescription Director Guo gave you?" he asked.
Zhang Shufen took the well-preserved prescription slip from her bag.
Li Xu read it carefully, his brow gradually knitting.
"Cinnamon Bark, 10 grams; white peony, 10 grams; processed Aconite, 6 grams..." he read softly, then suddenly looked up. "A prescription for sumrti?"
Zhang Shufen nodded. "Dr. Guo said that because it’s sumr and hot, the dosage of Aconite had to be small. He was afraid of... sothing about ’raising Yang and depleting Yin’... I’m not really sure."
Li Xu humd thoughtfully and gestured for her to stick out her tongue.
Her tongue was pale with a thin, white coating.
Next, he placed three fingers on her wrist, applying moderate pressure to feel her pulse.
"The pulse is deep and thready, but a bit stronger than Director Guo described..." Li Xu murmured to himself. "You said the sweating decreased a little after taking the dicine?"
"Yes, from five or six tis a day down to three or four," Zhang Shufen replied. "But I’m still especially sensitive to the cold."
Li Xu released her wrist and suddenly asked, "Do you have air conditioning at ho?"
"Yes, but I don’t dare turn it on," Zhang Shufen said with a bitter smile. "The mont I do, I start shivering from the cold."
Li Xu nodded. As he wrote in his casebook, he explained, "Director Guo’s diagnosis was completely correct. It is indeed excessive sweating, and the prescription was appropriate for the condition. It’s just..."
He paused for a mont. "The dosage was too conservative."
This conclusion was one he had reached based on a reminder from his intelligence.
Otherwise, based on his own knowledge and experience, his judgnt would have been the sa as Guo Yu’s.
The weather is hot in the sumr.
If warming tonics are used too aggressively, it can lead to ’raising Yang and depleting Yin’.
When prescribing, one would reduce the dosage of ingredients like Aconite, Ginseng, and Astragalus Root.
But the intelligence from a few days ago had offered a reminder—sotis, you can’t be too cautious with dication.
Severe illnesses require bold prescriptions; chronic diseases need heavy doses.
Zhang Shufen’s condition called for a heavy dose.
"Hmm?"
Zhang Shufen was confused.
"In the sumr heat, doctors often worry about overusing warming tonics, so they reduce the dosage of warming herbs like Aconite and Ginseng," Li Xu explained. "But your case is special. Your Yang Qi has been severely damaged, and your body’s defensive layer is unstable. A dosage this small is like trying to put out a fire with a cup of water; it’s nowhere near enough to warm the Yang and secure the exterior."
He tore a sheet from his prescription pad and handed it to her. "I’ve adjusted the dosage. Please give this a try."
Zhang Shufen took it and saw that, compared to the previous prescription, the dosage for many of the herbs had been increased.
The amount of processed Aconite, in particular, was now 30 grams.
Five tis the original amount.
She didn’t quite understand.
But she trusted Li Xu, so she took the prescription and left.
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