"I got married at seventeen, and after that, I was pregnant three tis in a row, but couldn’t keep any of them."
"It was only on the fourth pregnancy that I gave birth to Xiao Bao. Since giving birth to him, after a few days had passed and my body had cleaned itself, my nstrual cycle never returned."
Yun Jiao then said, "Stick out your tongue and let take a look."
The woman, who was already weak after speaking for a while, leaned her head against her husband’s shoulder and slowly stuck out her tongue.
Yun Jiao took a look; the tongue was pale with a greasy white coating.
She released her fingers, "Your illness began with a prolonged depletion of the spleen and has now led to an extre deficiency of both qi and blood, resulting in your vital yang energy being on the brink of collapse."
The woman and her husband did not understand, so the husband asked, "Doctor Gu, can this illness still be treated?"
Yun Jiao pondered for a while, "It can be treated, but it will take at least three months of dication before there’s any improvent."
The woman likely ca from a poor family, often not having enough to eat, which led to prolonged depletion and further malnutrition.
In other words, her current condition originates from malnutrition.
Yun Jiao bowed her head and started writing a prescription, drafting two: one was for taking finely powdered ginseng and amber mixed with water.
The other was a decoction for warming and nourishing the blood vessels. Knowing the family couldn’t afford the dicine, Yun Jiao simply prescribed thirty doses and stamped it with a red seal.
Then she added, "From now on, make sure she eats her fill. If possible, have her eat an egg every day. After a year or two of nurturing, she can be as healthy as anyone else."
The man and the woman were both pleased. The woman, leaning against her husband, mustered a weak smile.
Ah Tie handed the prescription to the man, whose expression turned anxious again, "How much Silver Coin will these two prescriptions cost?"
Yun Jiao gave Shen Qing a knowing look. Shen Qing pulled them aside and whispered, "Take this prescription to Renxin Hall for the dicine; it’s free of charge."
"Just keep it quiet to avoid causing a commotion."
The man looked incredulous, "No, really?"
He had heard about free dicine during charity clinics, and he ca today hoping for a bit of luck but hadn’t expected it to actually happen.
Shen Qing felt sympathy for him, "Just go to Renxin Hall and hand the prescription to the attendant."
The man thanked Shen Qing and then turned to thank Yun Jiao.
Yun Jiao instructed, "After getting the dicine, the attendant will tell you how to take it, so make sure you rember clearly."
She paused, "Once the dicine is finished, bring her back to Renxin Hall, and I’ll have another look. Her condition requires at least three months of dication."
The woman and the man wiped their tears and thanked them repeatedly. The man then carried the woman on his back and left.
Yun Jiao sighed and continued to consult other patients.
Just then, soone suddenly shouted, "Doctor, doctor, soone has fainted!"
Yun Jiao looked over and saw that an elderly man in Doctor Ye’s queue had fainted.
Doctor Ye quickly got up, examined him, and hurriedly said, "Carry him to the passage under the city gate."
Soone carried the man away, and Doctor Ye ca straight over to Yun Jiao, "Doctor Gu, did you bring your Huo Shui? Could I have a bottle? That man has heat exhaustion."
Yun Jiao quickly instructed Ah Tie to fetch the dicine.
Then she glanced at her own line, which was still long.
She quickly asked Shen Qing to write numbers on a piece of paper and instructed those with numbers to find a shady place to rest to prevent heat exhaustion.
Yun Jiao herself couldn’t hold on any longer and went to the passage under the city gate to catch a breeze.
The passage under the city gate was both tall and deep, not only blocking the sun but also allowing a breeze to pass through, making it very refreshing.
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