for a whole day could be fixed by a young man like him. Inside, Colonel Zhuo Hongjun felt somewhat indignant about this."Well, it was just luck; I had seen a similar medical case before!" Xiao Yu nod...Chapter 503: Recovery

When Xiao Yu heard that Yuan Chao had not yet eaten, he took the mop from Yuan Chao's hand and asked him to go eat. While Yuan Chao was eating, Xiao Yu started cleaning.

Around noon when Xiao Yu finished cleaning, Erxi and Zhang Hui, Li Qing arrived at Wan Sheng Hall one after another. Seeing that Xiao Yu had come to the hall, they hurriedly greeted him; Xiao Yu nodded in response.

"Grandmaster Xiao, you're back!" As soon as Xiao Yu sat down at his consultation desk and poured himself a cup of tea, Dai Lao's voice rang out from the entrance.

"Yes! I came back last night," Xiao Yu replied with a nod.

After Dai Lao had taken his seat, Xiao Yu looked at him and continued, "Grandmaster Dai, how is it Do you still feel comfortable living here"

"Haha, thank you for your concern, Grandmaster Xiao. I'm doing well, and there's a chef from the north who cooks really good food! It suits my taste very well!" Dai Lao chuckled after hearing Xiao Yu's words.

"That's great," Xiao Yu nodded with satisfaction.

These days, the weather in the deep sea alternated between cold and hot, causing an increasing number of people to catch a cold. In just one morning, nearly twenty patients suffering from coughs and colds were treated at Wan Sheng Hall; most of them were elderly or children.

Xiao Yu and his team didn't finish treating all the patients until noon. After lunch, Xiao Yu sat back in thought. The elderly patients who came to see him weren’t too difficult, but the kids had a real aversion towards herbal medicine because it was hard for them to swallow.

Today at lunchtime, Xiao Yu used acupuncture and massage to treat these children instead of giving them herbal medicine. He wanted to think of a method that would help small patients receive treatment here without so much suffering.

Sitting quietly in his seat, Xiao Yu was deep in thought when suddenly an idea flashed through his mind. He came up with a possible solution.

Xiao Yu acted immediately. He wrote out a prescription and had Erxi prepare the medicine for him. Then he turned around to take out a mortar from under the medicine cabinet which he had purchased during the early days of Wan Sheng Hall but never used until now. It was finally finding its purpose.

Xi Yue put the herbs that Erxi had collected into a mortar and then sat down on his chair, starting to operate the mortar with his foot. Erxi and Yuan Chao couldn’t figure out why Xi Yue was busy grinding these herbs.

The Old Master Dai watched Xi Yue curiously as well. As he approached Xi Yue, he took a look at the herbs that were being ground up. He realized that these were all ingredients used to treat the common cold caused by changes in weather and an imbalance of body temperature. In other words, they were meant to regulate one’s internal balance.

Today, most of the prescriptions for their patients had been this type of medicine. Therefore, he was even more puzzled as to why Xi Yue would need to grind these herbs up.

About an hour later, Xi Yue finally finished grinding all the herbs.

"Master Xi, you’re grinding these herbs to..." After seeing that Xi Yue had finished grinding the herbs, the Old Master Dai still couldn’t understand why he was doing this and thus asked him.

"Erxi, prepare another set of ingredients according to the prescription!" Xi Yue instructed Erxi. Then, turning towards the Old Master Dai, he said: "Nowadays, children can’t stand drinking Chinese medicine, so I want to grind these herbs into a powder to make sachets. The amount in one sachet won’t have much effect on adults, but it should work well for kids!"

Upon hearing Xi Yue’s words, Erxi and Yuan Chao all displayed an expression of sudden understanding. The Old Master Dai nodded thoughtfully, feeling a sense of admiration towards Xi Yue. He had been practicing medicine for decades without ever considering such issues; he simply treated patients passively and prescribed them herbal remedies without thinking about the suffering that children endure when drinking Chinese medicine.

Perhaps this could be one reason why Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has gradually declined! If things continue like this, it’s possible that TCM might become extinct in decades to come.

After all, today's parents are extremely indulgent towards their children. When they see their kids suffering from taking Chinese medicine, they opt for Western medicine instead. Gradually, these parents will take their kids to see Western doctors and develop the habit of doing so. As a result, when these children grow up, no one would want to seek treatment from TCM practitioners.

However, Xi Yue’s method was different. Although it was only for treating a simple cold, if parents saw that their kids could recover without taking any medicine or getting injections and suffered no discomfort at all, then gradually these children might develop the habit of seeking TCM treatment when they grow up, which would give TCM another chance to flourish.

At this moment, Erxi handed Xi Yue another set of ingredients. Xi Yue still put them into the mortar and started grinding them.

"Master Xi, stop grinding! Don’t you know There’s a new small pulverizer specifically designed for crushing herbs. The crushed herbs it produces are almost identical to what we grind out. I’ve tried using this machine before, and there hasn’t been much impact on the efficacy of the medicine!"

Seeing that Xi Yue was still grinding herbs due to this reason, the Old Master Dai told him.

The Old Master Dai didn’t want to use the pulverizer when his son bought it back home. But now young people don’t like using mortars either, so he tried crushing some herbs with the machine and found that its efficacy was almost identical to grinding them. Consequently, he accepted this method since it could save a lot of manpower.

Hearing what Elder Dai said, Xiao Yu's face showed a hint of joy and he said, "Oh, there are small crushers specifically for pulverizing medicinal materials They’re available for sale"

Upon hearing that the medicinal properties hadn’t diminished much, Xiao Yu hurriedly asked.

"Doctor Xiao, I know where to buy one. When I was working at that pharmacy before, I once bought it for the boss!" Xiaoxi said from beside him when he heard what Xiao Yu had said.

"Oh, then go and buy one for me!" Xiao Yu told Xiaoxi. After saying that, he took out five thousand yuan from his bag and gave it to Xiaoxi.

"Doctor Xiao, I don’t need so much money; fifteen hundred is enough!" Xiaoxi said upon seeing the money handed over by Xiao Yu.

Hearing what Xiaoxi had said, Xiao Yu took out one thousand seven hundred yuan and passed it to him. "Take a taxi there!"

Xiaoxi received the money from Xiao Yu’s hand and left. After about an hour, he returned with a box in his arms. He walked over to the medicine cabinet where the small pulverizer was placed.

Xiao Yu put a portion of medicinal materials into it, and soon enough, a pouch of powdered herbs came out.

After picking up the ground-up herbal powder and smelling it, Xiao Yu frowned. The medicinal properties were still intact but when various ingredients are crushed unevenly distributed, using them separately won’t work properly as they need to be proportionally combined for effectiveness.

This means that from now on, such herbs can only be powdered in small batches, just enough for one sachet at a time.

After setting everything up here, Xiao Yu told the others and left Wan Sheng Tang. Now, the treatment of Wang Sanniang’s husband had entered its final phase; it was supposed to take place yesterday but since Xiao Yu came back too late yesterday, he had to postpone it until today.

When Xiao Yu arrived at where they were staying, he carefully and slowly inserted a golden needle into the patient's head. This was the most crucial moment because these remaining blood clots were located at the intersection of many nerves. If not careful, this patient might die on the spot.

Hence, Xiao Yu focused his entire mind without any carelessness. The golden needle slowly entered. Suddenly, Xiao Yu’s hand stopped abruptly and moved lightly; with Xiao Yu’s manipulation, a drop of dark blood flowed out along the golden needle.

Seeing this dark blood flowing out, Xiao Yu's hand did not stop but instead continued to insert it slightly further and manipulated the needle again. If one had x-ray vision, they would find that the tip of Xiao Yu’s golden needle was less than half a millimeter away from the nerve center. In other words, if he inserted the needle just a bit more, this patient might be killed.

A drop of black blood flowed out again along the golden needle. When Xiao Yu manipulated the golden needle, because of the blood clots, this neural center moved with Xiao Yu's manipulation.

Xiao Yu was very careful in his manipulation; although these neural centers were moving, they wouldn't be torn apart. And as they moved, the blood clots attached to them would break up and slowly flow out along the golden needle.

When another drop of black blood flowed out along the golden needle again, Xiao Yu quickly withdrew it.

"Doctor Xiao, how is he" When she saw Xiao Yu withdraw the needle, Wang Shanshan hurriedly asked. After hearing her question, Wang Shanshan's mother-in-law also looked at him with hopeful eyes.

Xiao Yu didn't speak; instead, he walked over to take the patient's pulse. After a while, Xiao Yu released his grip on the patient's wrist and took out another golden needle from his bag. He gently inserted it into the philtrum and fingertips of the index fingers of both hands of this patient. When Xiao Yu withdrew the needles, one drop of black blood flowed out respectively from this patient’s philtrum and fingertips.

"Ugh…."

After approximately three drops of blood had leaked out from these three places on the patient, an unconscious sound suddenly came out of the mouth of the patient who had been in a vegetative state for almost three years. The head also moved back and forth twice.

"Ah……He's awake! Mom, Jianhua is awake!" When Wang Shanshan saw this scene, she suddenly screamed at her mother-in-law standing next to her.

"Yes… He's awake! My son finally woke up. Wuuu……" The old lady looked at the lying-down son and said excitedly after hearing her daughter-in-law’s words, then sat on the ground crying loudly.

Xiao Yu didn’t say anything when he saw the sobbing mother-in-law duo; they could be imagined to have been under immense pressure for these three years, so letting them vent was good too.

At this moment, the patient lying in bed had already opened his eyes, but now both of his eyes were very dull with no sense of vitality at all.

"Stop crying and come over here! Call out his name!" Seeing the look on the patient’s face, Xiao Yu called out to Wang Shanshan and her mother-in-law.

"Oh, okay." The two of them quickly wiped away their tears when they heard Xiao Yu's words, stopping their sobs.

"Jianhua…… Wake up! I am waiting for you with our daughter."to that person again.If not for that person, he might have just demanded Xiao Yu return the five million. However, given that this involved that person, he wanted to use Xiao Yu as leverage to deal a...