A Blessed Daughter - Chapter 421

A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 421 – Teach everyone the acupuncture techniques (1)

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The prescription was not fixed. Depending on the different complications that appeared in each patient, the physicians would make adjustments and respond based on their years of experience.

Wei Jinyi and Xiumei were not idle either. Although the two of them didn’t understand medicine, there were still plenty of things they could do— helping to carry supplies, handle herbs, assist Wei Ruo, and even act as her bodyguards.

Xiumei was already used to such work, but watching the refined and gentle Wei Jinyi personally do these tasks left her somewhat astonished.

She had heard from the people in the residence that the Second Young Master rarely interacted even with those within the household, let alone with outsiders, and that he always seemed indifferent to everything.

Yet now, he was helping the young lady with work that was normally done only by servants. It seemed that the Second Young Master truly regarded their young lady differently.

After three consecutive days of tireless effort from six doctors— including Wei Ruo— from the first day of the New Year to the third, the conditions of the first eight patients who received treatment had all greatly improved.

Among them, Head Constable Xing, who had been the first to receive treatment and had a strong constitution, had fully recovered and appeared no different from a healthy person.

Once the doctors confirmed that the prescription was indeed effective, the next step was to begin large-scale decoction of the medicine and deliver it to all the patients within and outside the city.

However, a large quantity of medicinal herbs had yet to be procured —Madam Yuan was still trying to find a way.

At present, all the herbs they could use were from the existing stock in the city. They had already gathered everything available from every pharmacy, big and small.

Because of the ongoing conflicts with the Japanese pirates and years of warfare, the entire Taizhou Prefecture had long suffered from a shortage of medicinal materials. Even being able to gather this much was only thanks to the efforts of Lord Yuan and Madam Yuan, obtaining more was extremely difficult.

But with only these herbs, it was far from enough. In just a few days, nearly half of the stock had already been used up, and what remained was only enough for about ten more people.

Yet the number of those infected was far greater— from what they knew, at least a hundred people had already contracted the illness.

And there were surely many others who had not yet reported their condition to the authorities— the total number was certainly not small.

This realization silenced the doctors who had just been feeling relieved and happy.

Doctor Cheng said in anguish, “We finally found a cure, only to be defeated by the lack of herbs! Every day, more people die from this illness. If only we could administer the medicine right away, many of them could still be saved!”

The other doctors also showed looks of distress.

Seeing their low spirits, Wei Ruo said,

“Even though we don’t have enough medicine for now, we still have acupuncture. The results from the eight patients earlier have already proven that my acupuncture method is effective. It can at least help ease their symptoms to some extent.”

In her words, the other five doctors all turned to look at her.

Doctor Cheng said,

“But you’re only one person, Young Master Xu. With patients spread all across the city, how could you possibly treat them all?”

Wei Ruo replied,

“I’m not the only one— you’re all here too, aren’t you?”

Doctor Cheng said,

“But none of us understand the acupuncture method you use.”

Everyone present knew acupuncture— it was a basic skill for any doctor— but their levels varied. Some were more skilled, others less so.

Wei Ruo said,

“I’ll teach you the acupuncture method I used on the patients. That way, I won’t be the only one treating them.”

At those words, everyone looked at her in disbelief.

This young master was actually going to share her unique acupuncture technique with them?

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