The woman was extrely anxious, "Doctor, it’s not that I don’t want to wait in line, but these two family mbers can hardly restrain him, I’m afraid he’ll hurt soone soon."
"He’s already injured several people at ho."
The man’s expression was frenzied, and the people around naturally stepped back. Hearing the woman’s words, they moved even further away, whispering words like "lunatic" and "crazy."
Yun Jiao frowned, "This is a charity clinic, this illness of his, it probably didn’t just start today, why didn’t he seek help earlier? Why pick this mont to co?"
The woman hurriedly said, "Doctor Gu, I’m not here to save a few coins on the consultation fee; I will definitely pay that. I have no other choice."
"My master has been like this for nearly a month. I wanted to bring in a doctor, but the lady of the house just wouldn’t allow it, saying it’s madness and seeing a doctor wouldn’t help."
"Today, I finally had a chance when the lady went out, so I sent soone to Renxin Hall to invite you, but the people at Renxin Hall said you were here for a charity clinic."
As the woman spoke, she started crying, "Doctor Gu, I’m left with no choice but to bring him here to find you."
Yun Jiao understood after a mont’s thought. This woman was the man’s concubine, whereas the main wife at ho refused to let the man seek treatnt for reasons unknown, perhaps hoping he would die quicker or with him being crazy she could seize control of household affairs. The concubine, however, feared she couldn’t survive if the man remained this way, therefore she’s secretly seeking treatnt without the main wife knowing.
Seeing the man still struggling desperately, Yun Jiao glanced at Lin Shuo, "Brother Lin, can you calm him down for a while? I’ll treat him after I’ve seen these other patients."
Lin Shuo strode over, gently pressed several acupuncture points on the man’s body, and he went limp.
The two family mbers were exhausted and collapsed to the ground as well.
The woman, albeit worried, had no choice but to wait at the side.
Just then, a middle-aged man limped over to sit down, Shen Qing looked at this man excitedly, "Uncle Li—"
Uncle Li smiled at Shen Qing, Yun Jiao glanced at Uncle Li’s complexion and asked, "What’s the matter, where do you feel uncomfortable?"
Uncle Li sighed, "Yesterday morning at the dock, while unloading, who knew I’d be careless, and my left foot got run over by a cart."
"The wheel went over the top of my foot, luckily the cart wasn’t loaded, yet even so, the pain was unbearable, and it swelled imdiately."
"Afterwards, I bought so trauma ointnt to rub on it at ho, but it didn’t help, and today it’s even more severely swollen."
Yun Jiao gestured for Uncle Li to remove his shoes, Uncle Li’s foot was so swollen the shoes couldn’t fit, they were just loosely slipped on.
He stretched out his foot, and Yun Jiao saw it was swollen like a bun.
She said, "Can you move your toes? Move them so I can see."
Uncle Li gritted his teeth and moved his toes.
Yun Jiao stood up, put on a glove, and reached out to touch Uncle Li’s foot.
Uncle Li quickly pulled his foot back, "Doctor Gu, it doesn’t sll good—"
This delicate young lady, how could she touch his slly foot?
Yun Jiao smiled at him, "I need to see if your bones are broken."
In an era without X-rays, all one could rely on was experience after feeling with one’s hands.
Uncle Li, with a face full of fear, let Yun Jiao touch it.
Yun Jiao judged that the bone was not broken, it should be soft tissue, fascia, or muscle damage.
She nodded to Uncle Li, "It’s all right, the bone doesn’t seem broken." She was about to write a prescription when she saw Shen Qing standing beside, wanting to speak but hesitating.
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