Shen Dahe placed his hand on the table, while Yun Jiao took his pulse and slowly asked, "Uncle, how long have you had this illness?"
Gu Lian answered for him, "It’s been six or seven years, I suppose."
"Back when your father was still around, he also prescribed dicine, and it got sowhat better, but it never fully cured."
Yun Jiao nodded, as asthma, even by the twenty-first century, was sothing modern dical techniques could not completely cure.
In traditional Chinese dicine, asthma is divided into cold asthma and hot asthma, and the reasons for its onset are complex. So are due to insufficient kidney energy, so due to lung heat, and others due to bronchial changes, among other causes.
Modern dicine typically only uses anti-inflammatory treatnts or hormone drugs to expand the bronchi as an ergency asure. It treats the symptoms but not the root cause.
While observing Shen Dahe’s complexion, Yun Jiao asked questions like whether he felt thirsty or what color his daily phlegm was, and if it had any foam.
After asking the questions and taking his pulse, Yun Jiao also checked Shen Dahe’s tongue coating and got a sense of the condition. It was due to the kidneys’ inability to absorb energy.
She had seen her grandfather’s case records of treating illnesses, which included instances of successful cures.
It would require making an asthma ointnt, concurrently taking Jin Gui Shen Qi Tang to nourish the kidneys, and using Ziheche to strengthen lung energy.
Ziheche is placenta.
Yun Jiao thought for a mont and said, "This illness, it’s not that it can’t be treated."
"It’s just a bit troubleso. I need to make an ointnt, which will take about two days."
"How about this, Aunt waits a few days and cos to my shop to get the dicine. I’ll tell you how to use it once you have it."
Gu Lian looked at Yun Jiao, hesitant to speak.
The family currently has no money for dicine.
She knew Yun Jiao wasn’t short of money, and the pharmacy was her own, but she didn’t think it was reasonable to take things for free.
Yun Jiao saw the look of both sha and longing on her face and naturally understood Gu Lian’s concerns.
She smiled and said, "Aunt and Uncle, don’t think too much about it. The dicine won’t cost much."
"Besides, we’re family; it’s nothing."
Seeing her husband’s discomfort, Gu Lian blushed slightly and nodded, "Then thank you very much, niece."
Yun Jiao then got up, "It’s getting late, and Xiao Chuan hasn’t finished his howork today. We’ll take our leave first."
"I’m busy now, so I don’t have much ti to co over. Aunt, you should visit my place more often."
Gu Lian was very grateful and, along with Shen Qing, escorted Yun Jiao to the door.
Uncle, with his chest heaving and making a bellows-like sound, also took steps to walk.
Yun Jiao beca anxious. In such a state, why bother seeing us off? It only complicates things.
She hurriedly said, "Uncle, don’t co out. Go rest."
Gu Lian and Shen Qing escorted them to the carriage and then turned back.
Shen Qing glanced toward Gu i’s room from the courtyard and said softly, "Mom, why is Sister i avoiding coming out?"
Gu Lian thought for a mont. i Er is a good person, using all her silver to treat Shen Dahe and laboring daily at ho to earn money by washing clothes.
Yun Jiao is also a good person; she’s now even a guest of honor at the Prince Mansion, and she treats this aunt with great respect, even giving her husband free treatnt and dicine.
Both nieces are good; I just don’t know what conflict drove them to not even see each other.
Moreover, Yun Jiao hasn’t ntioned having Gu i co to her place.
Gu Lian couldn’t figure it out and decided not to dwell on it. She waved her hand and spoke in a low voice, "Maybe there’s sothing going on; we shouldn’t concern ourselves too much."
Returning to the house, Gu Lian saw the things Yun Jiao had brought.
"Oh, these are top-quality fine cotton cloth; why bring so much?"
Shen Qing said, "Mom, there are also pastries, dried fruits, and brown sugar."
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