Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 210 Solve the doubts

She also wanted to further confirm who the person the maids were talking about who particularly wanted to learn how to make medicinal food was, but she didn't expect Mother Fang to stop their quarrel.

"What are you arguing about! Hurry up and get back to work. Are you all itching for trouble?"

There was no way to figure out the answer for the time being, so Song Ying sighed silently and waited for a while before stepping in and explaining his purpose.

When they returned to the courtyard, Doctor Lin was reading in the main hall. Song Ying's mood improved again and he greeted him excitedly: "Master, I'm back!"

As he spoke, he shook the food box in his hand and said, "I passed by the kitchen and took the food back."

"Then eat first."

Doctor Lin put down the book, stirred the charcoal fire in the brazier, and moved the brazier closer.

In winter, food must be eaten quickly, otherwise it will get cold easily. Song Ying had no objection and took out the food from the lunch box one by one.

Doctor Lin took the chopsticks and asked casually, "Did you give acupuncture to the patient today?"

"Have."

Doctor Lin's hand holding the chopsticks paused, quite surprised. She thought that Song Ying would have to stay in the clinic for ten days or half a month, and only after she became familiar with the clinic would patients be willing to accept acupuncture from her.

"Tell me about the situation." As she said that, she picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and started eating.

"She is the owner of a steamed bun shop across the street from the clinic. She has numbness in her waist and legs. She has used many plasters but none of them worked very well. My uncle suggested that I give her acupuncture."

Doctor Lin sighed and said, "It's not easy to be a woman."

Song Ying agreed very much. She just found out today that those vendors also had such illnesses. She used to envy the vendors in the city, and the villagers also envied them.

They are city people, doing business every day and making a lot of money, unlike them, the farmers, who can only dig for food in the fields all day long.

Only today did she realize that life is not easy for small vendors in the city, especially for women, who cannot find a female doctor for acupuncture when they are sick.

She began to understand why her master said that in Ninghui Hall that day.

After talking about the aunt in the bun shop, Song Ying thought of Lin Wenxuan's words, glanced at Doctor Lin, and asked nervously: "Master, with my current level, can I really give people acupuncture?"

Doctor Lin didn't even raise his head, but his tone was very firm: "It was that stinky boy Wenxuan who was so shocking, wasn't it?"

Song Ying honestly repeated what Lin Wenxuan had said today, and finally said nervously again: "The human body is so mysterious. I have never read a serious medical book, and I don't know the functions of each acupuncture point. Can I really give people acupuncture?"

"Don't listen to that brat's alarmist words. People who read too many books become stupid. They are restricted in everything they do. If you don't do it yourself, what's the point of reading more medical books?"

"But I've only been learning for more than a month." Song Ying was still nervous.

"What's wrong with more than a month? You have memorized the acupuncture song without any mistakes, and you know all the acupuncture points. Why can't you give people acupuncture?"

Song Ying choked. It felt that it made sense, but the human body's meridians and acupoints were so mysterious that it still sounded incredible that one could master it after only studying for more than a month.

"But everyone's situation is different. The prescription must be based on each person's age and physical condition, and the amount of medicine and dosage must be increased or decreased as appropriate. Acupuncture should also be needed, right?"

Doctor Lin nodded: "Some special patients do need it."

Song Ying became even more worried, "But now I can't tell which patients have special conditions."

"Don't you have your uncle? He can tell the difference."

Song Ying opened his mouth and said after a while: "What if Uncle Master can't tell it apart?"

"I knew I shouldn't have let you interact with that brat too much. Look how scared you are." Doctor Lin rolled his eyes. "Don't think too much about these things. Just follow the instructions in the ballad."

Since human lives were at stake, Song Ying couldn't help but think: "Isn't there a saying that it's better to have no books than to trust all books? What if they're wrong?"

Doctor Lin raised his eyes, looked into her eyes, and asked, "Who wrote the Biaoyou Fu?"

Song Ying didn't understand why she suddenly asked this, but he answered honestly: "It was compiled by Dou Mo, a great acupuncture master of the previous dynasty."

"Where's the Complete Book of Acupuncture and Moxibustion?"

"Written by the medical master Xu Feng."

Doctor Lin asked about the authors of several more ballads, and Song Ying answered them one by one.

Doctor Lin then said, "All acupuncture ballads were compiled by medical experts in the past, who studied the works of their predecessors and combined their own experience. They have also been verified by countless doctors. How do their experience and theories compare to yours?"

"How can I compare with them? Nowadays, any doctor or pharmacist has more experience than me."

Doctor Lin nodded and said, "Not only you, my uncle and I are also far less experienced than them. Why don't you believe in the ballads they wrote now?"

"It's not that I don't believe them, I'm just worried that I can't do it well." Song Ying hurriedly explained. If she didn't believe them, why would she learn their acupuncture songs?

"Whether it was the test that day or the acupuncture you gave today, you didn't make a single mistake. Why are you worried about not being able to do it well? Carry the book with you and read it before acupuncture. Or if you have trouble holding it, just ask your uncle. What is there to worry about?"

Song Ying was stunned. Yes, the rhyme compiled by famous medical experts had been verified, and he had memorized it completely. There were no mistakes when he performed the acupuncture, so he shouldn't worry.

Doctor Lin saw that she had listened carefully, and then he said earnestly: "You are just beginning to learn medicine, so you must believe what is written in the books. Don't consider errors and exceptions. That is not what you should consider at this stage. With your current experience and knowledge, you can't tell the difference at all.

Do what you need to do at the right stage. When you have learned more medical books, seen more patients, and accumulated more cases, you can then research which medical books are wrong and which diseases have better treatment methods. "

Song Yingru suddenly realized something and stood up and said, "Thank you for your teachings, Master. I understand now."

Doctor Lin was very pleased: "I understand. Let's eat first. The food will get cold soon."

While eating, Song Ying asked curiously, "Master, why do you have to learn acupuncture before teaching?"

"Reading too many books can make you a coward."

Song Ying immediately thought of Lin Wenxuan. It was true. Before today, she did whatever her master told her to do. But after hearing what Lin Wenxuan said today, she was shocked.

If she had heard what Lin Wenxuan said before giving the aunt at the bun shop acupuncture, she felt that she would not have dared to do it.

"Did your uncle give you any money?" Doctor Lin asked again.

Song Ying nodded.

“How does it feel to get the money?”

"Happy! Very happy! I make money from my medical skills!" When talking about this, Song Ying's heart was filled with bubbles and she felt so happy.

"Learning acupuncture first is the fastest way to start making money. First, you will be more motivated to continue. Second, if you don't understand something during the operation, you can look for the answer in the book and understand it more thoroughly."