Chapter 34 Danggui Sini Decoction
When Qu Tutong learned that Li Yuanji did not bring the imperial physician, his expression darkened, but he did not say anything. He just bowed to Li Yuanji and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Your Highness..."
Li Yuanji looked at Qu Tutong, and then at Yin Qiao, who was lying on the bed with his life or death unknown, and he felt bad.
He had not expected that something like this would happen on the road, so he set out on the journey without waiting for the imperial physician.
"Xie Shufang, go and summon all the doctors in Hangu Pass."
Li Yuanji gave an order outside the tent.
Xie Shufang agreed and immediately went to summon all the doctors in Hangu Pass.
Not long after, Xie Shufang entered the tent with seven or eight doctors.
The doctors wanted to salute, but Li Yuanji waved his hand to dissuade them, "Hurry and treat General Yin."
The doctors quickly agreed and went up to check Yin Qiao's pulse.
After taking the patient's pulse, the first doctor pulled his beard, frowned and said nothing.
Li Yuanji's heart sank.
Qu Tutong, who was sitting beside the bed accompanying Yin Qiao, looked even more gloomy.
The second doctor hurried forward, and after taking the patient's pulse, his expression was exactly the same as the first doctor's.
After several doctors took turns checking Yin Qiao's pulse, they all frowned and remained silent.
Qu Tutong was a little anxious, "What is Kaishan's condition like? Please tell me something."
The doctors looked at each other, but still remained silent.
Qu Tutong glared and was about to get angry.
Li Yuanji hurriedly said, "Just tell us what the condition of General Yin is. If you can't cure him, we won't blame you."
In ancient times, treating the powerful and wealthy was also a dangerous job.
If the disease is cured, everything will be fine. If it is not cured, you may be implicated.
Some people may think this is unreasonable, but this is the privilege of being a powerful person, and this is the benefit of being a powerful person .
After hearing what Li Yuanji said, several doctors slowly spoke.
"Your Highness, Duke Qu Tu and Duke Yin are suffering from wind evil entering their bodies. The illness is developing too fast and too suddenly. I and others are really powerless to help."
The doctor finished speaking with a gloomy look on his face.
Yin Qiao's illness progressed too quickly and too urgently, and with what they had learned so far, it was impossible to cure him.
Otherwise, they would not have missed this opportunity to get close to a duke.
Qu Tutong suddenly stood up and wanted to question the doctors.
Li Yuanji hurriedly asked: "No solution at all?"
The doctors pondered for a moment and looked at each other.
One of the doctors hesitated and said, "Duke Yin is already unconscious. Even if we prescribe a prescription, he will not be able to take it."
"What about hard injection?"
Li Yuanji asked.
Several doctors shook their heads.
It is extremely unlikely to administer medicine to a patient who is unconscious, as there is a high chance that the medicine will be inhaled into the lungs.
In Yin Qiao's case, if there is any problem with his lungs, he will immediately feel cold.
"Do you have a recipe?"
Li Yuanji asked again.
Several doctors shook their heads again, "Ordinary prescriptions cannot treat emergencies. We don't have any prescriptions for emergencies."
Qu Tutong was completely furious. "You can't even treat a wind evil in the body. What kind of doctors are you?"
Li Yuanji did not stop Qu Tutong from getting angry because he also felt it was a bit unreasonable.
It's a bit unreasonable that seven or eight doctors can't prescribe a prescription to deal with the evil wind entering the body.
He also knows three or four prescriptions for treating evil wind entering the body.
Li Yuanji suddenly woke up and said, "Yes, I know three or four prescriptions for treating wind evil entering the body."
Li Yuanji was delighted and hurriedly shouted to the doctors, "Do you know Danggui Sini Decoction?"
The doctors were being scolded by Qu Tutong and kept their heads down in silence. They were also stunned when they heard what Li Yuanji said.
One of the doctors immediately said, "I have heard of it. It seems to be a prescription in the Treatise on Febrile Diseases. However, the Treatise on Febrile Diseases is in the library of the former Sui Dynasty . When His Royal Highness the King of Qin captured Luoyang and sent people to transport it, it seemed to have fallen into the water. I have no chance to see it."
"No, it didn't fall into the water. It's kept intact in Xiuwen Hall. It was borrowed by the princess before and is now in my house. I've read it in my spare time.
I still remember the recipe of Danggui Sini Tang.
Do you think the Danggui Sini Tang recipe is appropriate for the condition?"
Li Yuanji's face became even happier.
He just read the Treatise on Febrile Diseases on a whim, without any purpose, and he did not expect that it would be useful at a critical moment.
But Li Yuanji did not rush to write a prescription. Instead, he asked the doctors whether it was suitable for his condition.
Although the doctors cannot even prescribe a prescription for treating an emergency, they still know which medicines can be used together, what effects they have, and what diseases .
Li Yuanji didn’t understand what it meant to regulate the five elements or regulate yin and yang, but the doctors certainly did.
That is the basic knowledge they learn in medicine.
When the doctors heard Li Yuanji's words, their eyes lit up.
One of the doctors hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, could you please repeat the medicine used in Danggui Sini Decoction so that I can help you make the judgment."
The doctor didn't ask how much medicine to use.
Because in this era, knowledge, prescriptions, etc. are all very precious knowledge.
A lot of knowledge, prescriptions, and even a family's secrets.
Unless someone has opened a school to teach disciples and you go to him to seek advice, otherwise, if you try to pry into his secrets, you will become his mortal enemy.
"Danggui, cinnamon twig, peeled, peony..."
Li Yuanji had no intention of keeping the knowledge to himself, nor did he treat the Treatise on Febrile Diseases as his secret, so he told the medicinal materials needed for Danggui Sini Decoction without hesitation.
When the original author Zhang Zhongjing wrote "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", he did not put it away as a secret among his family. There was no reason for Li Yuanji to hide it.
"Danggui and Guizhi...they are medicines used to treat wind evil. I wonder if they can cure Yin Gong's emergency?"
"According to pharmacology, it should be the right medicine for your condition, but Lord Yin can't take the medicine now."
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After listening to Li Yuanji's recounting of the medicinal materials, several doctors spoke one after another.
Li Yuanji looked at Qu Tutong.
Qu Tutong was obviously stunned for a moment. Seeing that Li Yuanji didn't say anything, Qu Tutong thought for a moment and gritted his teeth and said, "If Your Highness has a way, just give it a try."
At this point, we can only try our best to save the situation.
Li Yuanji looked at Qu Tutong to seek his opinion.
If he insisted on his own way and killed Yin Qiao, and no one testified for him, he would have a hard time explaining himself to Li Yuan and Li Shimin.
No matter how much Li Yuan loved his son, he would never let his son play with the life of a duke.
No matter how magnanimous Li Shimin was, he would still bring a group of counselors and generals to ask him whether he intended to harm others.
If Qu Tutong nodded, if something really went wrong, he could help him share some of the pressure, and he could also testify for him to prove that he did not intend to harm anyone.
Li Yuanji immediately said to the doctors, "I will now tell you about the Danggui Sini Decoction that I know about. Go and prepare and boil the medicine quickly. Also prepare and boil the prescriptions that you know about for treating wind evil invading the body, and keep them ready for use."
Human life is of paramount importance and should not be treated lightly.
Li Yuanji had only read medical books for a few days and knew a few prescriptions. He did not think his medical skills had reached the point where he could look down on these doctors, so he asked the doctors to prepare the common prescriptions they knew as a backup.
The doctors had different expressions.
Some people were amazed at how easily Li Yuanji taught them a prescription.
Someone wanted to remind Li Yuanji that Yin Qiao couldn't take the medicine now.
Li Yuanji did not care about their thoughts and decisively told the doctors the prescription of Danggui Sini Tang.
"I've already told you the prescription. Go down quickly to prepare and boil the medicine."
Li Yuanji ordered.
The doctors all bowed and hurried down to prepare and boil the medicine.
After the doctors left, Qu Tutong gritted his teeth and asked, "Who will be the one to be fed later, Your Highness, or I?"
Qu Tutong thought that Li Yuanji was trying to force it into his mouth.
Li Yuanji glanced at Qu Tutong and said, "Don't force him to drink. Let him get up and drink by himself."
Qu Tutong was completely stunned.
He looked at Yin Qiao who was unconscious on the bed, and then at Li Yuanji.
How does an unconscious person get up and take medicine?
Li Yuanji waved to Qu Tutong, indicating that Qu Tutong should go out with him.
Qu Tutong glanced at Yin Qiao lying on the bed with concern, hesitated for a long time, and followed Li Yuanji out of the tent.
Qu Tutong came out of the tent, and Li Yuanji said straight to the point: "I have read in medical books that people who have fallen into a coma due to wind evil are still clear-headed. They can hear everything we say, but they just can't wake up.
I'll stimulate Yin Qiao from time to time to see if I can wake him up.
As soon as he wakes up, we will give him medicine."
Qu Tutong stared, not knowing whether to believe it or to doubt it.
Li Yuanji continued: "I heard about this from a book. I have never seen it, nor have I tried it, so I can't guarantee that there will be no accidents."
Qu Tutong asked hurriedly: "Can't we just pour it in directly?"
Li Yuanji explained: "He is unconscious now and may not be able to swallow. If we pour the medicine into his lungs, it may be inhaled into his lungs. In his current condition, if water enters his lungs, he will die soon."
Li Yuanji didn't know whether Qu Tutong could understand or not, but as long as Qu Tutong understood, it would be fine if he didn't force him to listen.
After listening to Li Yuanji's words, Qu Tutong's face became gloomy.
After a long while, Qu Tutong said in a deep voice: "At this point, this is the only way."
Li Yuanji nodded and warned: "If I stimulate him too deeply, Yin Qiao will wake up and will probably take action. You will need to hold him down then."
Qu Tutong clasped his fists and said, "I understand."
After a pause, Qu Tutong continued, "Kaishan was in an important position during this expedition. Now his life is in danger. We need to send someone to report to the commander's tent and ask him to select another capable person as soon as possible to avoid delaying the war."
Yin Qiao was the commander-in-chief of the left army of this expedition and held an important position.
He is now in critical condition and in a coma.
The army cannot stop because of him alone, and the war cannot be temporarily suspended because of him alone.
Therefore, it must be reported to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin must be asked to make a decision as soon as possible.
Li Yuanji nodded and said, "I will send someone to inform the commander's tent."
Li Yuanji waved to Xie Shufang and ordered him to send a messenger to the general's tent to report the news.
After giving the order, he followed Qu Tutong into the tent again.
Wait until the doctors have prepared and boiled the medicine.
Li Yuanji smiled bitterly in his heart and walked to Yin Qiao's bed.
