Volume 4: Transformation into Mystery Chapter 574 High Diagnosis Fees
After checking the skinny middle-aged man's pulse, Li Xuanfeng pondered for a moment, then took out a pen and paper and began to write:
One Luo Han Guo, 10 cents of Houttuynia cordata, 5 cents of Imperata root, 5 cents of Perilla stem, 5 cents of Morus alba bark, 10 cents of lily, 5 cents of wild chrysanthemum, 5 cents of Isatis root, and 5 cents of licorice.
Li Xuanfeng handed the prescription to the skinny middle-aged man and instructed: "After taking the medicine according to the prescription, boil it at home and boil three bowls of water into one bowl of water."
"Take it once a day for a month, and your typhoid fever will be cured. You can also drink ginger boiled water to dispel the cold."
This prescription is recorded in the Five Elements Medical Book.
Li Xuanfeng knew that since this skinny man had already seen several doctors, he must have tried all the ordinary prescriptions, so he looked in the Five Elements Medical Book and finally found a milder prescription for him.
This skinny man has been suffering from typhoid fever for more than half a year. It is no longer advisable for him to take strong medicine, otherwise his body may not be able to bear it.
Hearing Li Xuanfeng's words, the skinny man suddenly looked a little embarrassed. In the past six months, he had already taken several herbs in this prescription, but the combination of the prescriptions was different.
The skinny man knew that the medicinal materials in this prescription were not cheap, and if Li Xuanfeng asked him to take it for a month, it would add more burden to the family.
If this prescription can cure his typhoid fever, it will certainly be worth it, but if it is still useless after a month, then a lot of money will be wasted.
Although Li Xuanfeng said that the man would be fully recovered in a month, all the doctors who had treated the skinny man before were equally confident that their prescriptions could cure his typhoid fever, but they were severely slapped in the face by the result.
Seeing the skinny man's expression, Li Xuanfeng immediately knew that he was doubting whether this prescription was effective for his typhoid fever.
However, Li Xuanfeng did not care about the skinny man's thoughts. He did not explain or move his body. Instead, he stood up and picked up a medical book to read.
Li Xuanfeng would not say any words of guarantee to make the skinny man believe. If he was willing to believe in this medicine, he could believe it. If he didn't believe it, he wouldn't force him.
Seeing Li Xuanfeng's actions, the skinny man was extremely surprised. He didn't expect that this doctor would not persuade him to believe in the efficacy of the prescription, and seemed to mean that he could choose whatever he wanted.
You know, when the previous doctors saw his expression, they actively advised him to use their own prescriptions and even patted their chests to make guarantees.
Unfortunately, when they found that the prescription was ineffective for the skinny man's typhoid fever, they looked away and avoided what they had said before.
This was the first time that the skinny man had seen Li Xuanfeng with such an attitude.
Thinking of this, the skinny man gritted his teeth slightly , his eyes gradually became firm, and finally decided to give it another try, trusting Li Xuanfeng's prescription.
"Okay, get me the medicine."
After hearing the skinny man's words, Gao Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately took the prescription and went to the medicine cabinet to get the medicine.
When Gao Sheng saw the skinny man's suspicious look just now, he was quite worried that this man would not believe Doctor Li.
Gao Sheng quickly prepared ten doses of medicine according to the prescription and brought them over. He said to the skinny man, "I'll get you ten doses of medicine first. Come back for more when you're almost done with the decoction."
The skinny middle-aged man nodded and asked, "How much is it in total?"
When Gao Sheng heard him ask about the price, he immediately cast a puzzled look at Li Xuanfeng.
Because Doctor Li had not yet given him a price for the herbs, Gao Sheng didn't know how to quote the price.
Gao Sheng couldn't help but feel a little strange. Doctor Li didn't look like someone who was serious about opening a clinic to make money. He hadn't even set the price of the medicinal materials since the clinic opened, as if he had forgotten about it.
If you are an ordinary businessman, the first thing you need to do is calculate how much profit you want to make and then set the price.
Seeing Gao Sheng coming, Li Xuanfeng smiled at the skinny man and said, "You are the first patient of this clinic, so the diagnosis fee is waived. As for the medicinal materials, Gao Sheng, you will follow the price of the pharmacy in the future."
Hearing Li Xuanfeng's words, Gao Sheng was slightly stunned. Should the price in the pharmacy be used as the basis?
The clinic now buys all the medicinal materials from the pharmacy, without any discount. If the price of the pharmacy is used as the basis, then there would be no profit at all.
However, Gao Sheng couldn't ask Li Xuanfeng in front of the skinny man at this time, so he said, "Then it's two hundred coins, a total of two hundred coins."
The skinny man was also very surprised to hear Li Xuanfeng say that the price of medicinal materials was based on the pharmacy. He knew very well that the medicinal materials in general clinics were more expensive than those in pharmacies.
Although it is not much more expensive, it is still a lot of money for ordinary people who live in financial difficulties.
It is precisely because of this that many people go to the clinic to see a doctor and then just ask the doctor to write down a prescription and then go to the pharmacy to buy the medicine, so they can save some money.
Then the skinny man took out two hundred dollars and handed it to Gao Sheng. He clasped his fists and bowed slightly to Li Xuanfeng, then left the clinic with the medicinal materials.
It is still unknown whether Doctor Li's prescription is effective. The skinny man did not show any respect at all. He just clasped his fists to express his gratitude to Li Xuanfeng for not charging the diagnosis fee.
After seeing the skinny man leave the clinic, Gao Sheng immediately asked, "Doctor Li, these herbs were bought from the pharmacy. If the price is the same as the pharmacy, we will not make any profit at all."
Li Xuanfeng shook his head and smiled, "Don't worry, although the medicine is not expensive, Li's diagnosis fee is quite shocking."
After hearing what Li Xuanfeng said, Gao Sheng didn't know what to say anymore. He could only silently say in his heart that next time when he bought medicinal materials, he couldn't go to the pharmacy, but had to go to the market where the prices were much cheaper.
Although Gao Sheng knew that the medicinal herbs in the market needed to be selected, after studying for a few days, he was confident that he would be able to select the herbs by himself in the near future.
After the skinny man left, two more patients came to the clinic that day.
One person's illness was still typhoid fever, but it was far less serious than that of the skinny man. Li Xuanfeng prescribed him a more common prescription.
The prescription given to the skinny man before focused more on gradually clearing out the cold that had been accumulating in the body for a long time and alleviating the deficiency in the body.
For common typhoid fever, you just need to quickly clear the cold from the body and stop the cough.
The other person broke his arm after falling from a height, and there were large purple and black patches and swelling on his arm.
Li Xuanfeng stretched out his hand and grasped the man's arm. After knowing the extent and location of his fracture, he grabbed it with both hands and suddenly broke it!
The patient suddenly groaned in pain, and even a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead . He was about to blame Li Xuanfeng for using too much force, but found that his arm was only slightly painful and he was able to swing it freely.
He immediately realized that Li Xuanfeng had straightened his fractured bone, and he bowed with gratitude.
Li Xuanfeng then prescribed some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing herbs for the man, and asked him to boil and take them for three days.
Li Xuanfeng did not charge any diagnosis fees for the three patients that day.
When the light of the sunset in the sky shone into the clinic, Li Xuanfeng smiled slightly and asked Gao Sheng to hang a wooden sign at the door of the clinic with six large words written on it.
The diagnosis fee is two hundred yuan!
Starting from tomorrow, he will charge for the diagnosis.
Hearing the six words that Li Xuanfeng was going to write, Gao Sheng immediately shook his head and smiled bitterly. For an ordinary doctor, the diagnosis fee was only one hundred dollars at most, and even a less famous doctor would only charge half a hundred dollars.
Although Gao Sheng had heard that Doctor Li's diagnosis fee was quite shocking, he had not expected it to be so shocking. It was enough to scare away patients who came to the clinic...
At this moment, Gao Sheng had to smile bitterly in his heart. The clinic had finally received business on the first day. Did Doctor Li want to turn away all the subsequent business?
Finally, Gao Sheng had an idea and added another line of words on the wooden sign: The price of medicinal materials is the same as that of the pharmacy.
Seeing the line of words added by Gao Sheng, Li Xuanfeng shook his head and smiled. It seemed that he, the owner of the clinic, did not want the clinic to have more business as much as Gao Sheng did.
Li Xuanfeng saw through Gao Sheng's thoughts at a glance.
He was thinking that even if there were not many patients coming to the clinic, he could still run the clinic by selling medicinal materials.
When Gao Sheng goes to buy medicinal materials in the future, he will definitely not buy them directly from the pharmacy, but will look for places with lower prices.
However, Li Xuanfeng did not let Gao Sheng erase the added line of words. Instead, he laughed and scolded him for meddling in other people's business, and asked him to finish his work and go home. Then he closed the door of the clinic.
Gao Sheng was already quite familiar with Li Xuanfeng's personality, and knew that he was not laughing or scolding out of anger. He felt extremely happy in his heart, and he could finally do his part for the clinic.
After returning home, Gao Sheng excitedly told his wife about this, and his wife also strongly agreed with his approach.
The next day, although a few people came to the clinic because of Li Xuanfeng's reputation for crippling several bullies, as Gao Sheng expected, they were all scared away by the wooden sign hanging at the door...
When the patient who came to the clinic to see a doctor saw the two hundred yuan diagnosis fee, he immediately turned around and left without any hesitation.
In the end, only one person entered the clinic to buy medicinal materials that day.
This person's illness had been diagnosed and treated by other doctors before, and now he was just taking the medicine according to the prescription.
Because I lived near Li's Medical Clinic, and I saw a wooden sign saying that the prices of medicinal materials were the same as those in the pharmacy, so I came in to buy medicine.
However, after comparison, this person found that the price of medicinal materials in this clinic was exactly the same as that in the pharmacy, and he was immediately quite surprised.
After learning about this, the person who entered the clinic to buy medicinal materials suddenly felt that there was something contradictory about this clinic. It set such a high diagnosis fee, as if to turn away patients, but used the same price for medicinal materials as the pharmacy, as if to attract patients.
However, this person pondered for a long time but still couldn't figure it out, so he just shook his head, smiled and left.
The reason why he felt it was extremely contradictory but couldn't figure it out was that he would never have thought that these two lines of words were not written by the same person.
Li Xuanfeng really wanted to turn away a large number of patients to prevent the clinic from being too noisy, but Gao Sheng wanted to welcome more patients.
Because of the wooden sign, the reputation of the Li Family Clinic quickly spread in the neighborhood again, and many people soon heard about this new doctor who had the most expensive diagnosis fee in Qingshan City.
