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Chapter 6 - Chapter VI: The Harem Mystery

 The bronze locks on the Vermilion Bird Gate had just been removed for the seventh time, and Lin Xiaoman's glazed medicine bottles shook out tiny specks of light in the morning dew. Li Chengqian crashed through the door of the Women's Medical Workshop with a half-human-high wooden box in his arms, the aroma of houma cakes mixing with his gasps: ''Quickly, quickly pack up your things! Lady Shufei is suffering from abdominal pain, the Imperial Hospital says it's 'fetal qi impulse', and Doctor Zhang is already preparing the Cinnabar Evil Scattering." 'Fetal qi impulse,' he said! ""Fetal qi impulses? "

 Lin Xiaoman swept her eyes at the crookedly coded alcohol cotton balls in the wooden box, "I'm afraid it's pelvic inflammation - does Your Highness know if Empress Shufei has taken a basin bath recently? "She grabbed the newly made speculum (an improved version polished with warm jade), and suddenly glanced at the bottom of the wooden box pressed a strip of embroidered medicinal herbs, with the word "Qian" embroidered in a very small corner. 

 

Behind the carved screen of the Taiji Hall, Shufei is clutching the brocade quilt and shivering, her temples shaking gently with her gasping for breath. Doctor Zhang is holding a gold bowl of medicine kneeling on the floor, the bowl of vermilion water red and blinding: "Your Highness need to take this medicine to calm down the shock, and then use the peach branch to beat the four corners of the bed..." "I'm sorry. ""After beating the bed and couch, I'm afraid I'll whip the fetus to death. "Lin Xiaoman lifted the curtain, her fingertips swept over Shufei's hot belly, "the rebound pain in the right lower abdomen is a sign of dampness-heat stasis. " She turned to the palace maid, "Take the boiled pepper water and let it cool, add three coins of honeysuckle dew - Elder Zhang, you don't think that cinnabar can reduce inflammation, do you? "

 Beads of sweat dripped from the tip of Doctor Zhang's beard, "The Woman's Complete Recipes explicitly states... " "It expressly states that the treatment should be based on evidence! "Lin Xiaoman turned over her own hand-drawn diagram of the female reproductive system, "Lady Shufei had two miscarriages previously, the remaining stasis in the uterus has not yet been cleared, and she has encountered the invasion of dampness and heat, so she should use the method of clearing heat and promoting dampness. " She handed the warm jade speculum to Poria, "Propped open and rinsed with light salt water, pay attention to the water temperature to be similar to the body temperature. "

 The sound of cold air being sucked in came from within the hall, and Doctor Zhang was staggering back, "How can a woman's uterine palace be subjected to prying eyes! This, this is indecent... ""Compared to hurting public morals," Li Chengqian suddenly appeared from behind the screen, holding in his hand a copy of the Fetal Delivery Secretary that he had taken from the Imperial Hospital, "letting the Empress drink vermilion sand water is the only thing that hurts public morals. -You see, this book doesn't even say 'boiling water is required to wash hands after childbirth'! "He suddenly lowered his voice to Lin Xiaoman, "I brought the Tai Hospital's error book, and the three cases of fetal leakage that Elder Zhang misdiagnosed last year are all noted in it. "When the light saline water rinsed out the purulent secretions, Shufei's moans were significantly reduced.

 Lin Xiaoman struck while the iron was hot and asked Zisu to bring the moxibustion box, "Moxibustion Guanyuan, Qihai, and Sanyinjiao, but pay attention to the distance, don't burn out the blisters--Dr. Zhang, are your moxa pillars not sterilized? Look at this moldy spot. "The old doctor's face was redder than vermilion water, when she suddenly saw Li Chengqian testing the medicinal broth with her improved PH test paper: "How can Your Highness play with this...? ""Play? "Li Chengqian held up the blue test paper, "Xiao Man said this is called acid-base test, Lady Shufei's body is too hot and humid, the medicinal soup should be added to acidic herbs to neutralize - such as the plums you missed. "

 He turned to the palace maid, "Go and bring the prescription from Senior Zhang, I'll see if there's a counter-fearful pair of herbs. "In the afternoon, when Shufei was able to drink half a bowl of Huanglian antidote soup, Zhang Hezheng's wrong book and more heavy: "Women's abdominal pain avoid using pungent and dry, when to distinguish between dampness and heat and cold condensation. P.S. The peeper who is made of warm jade is protected from coolness. "Lin Xiaoman took the opportunity to write the modern concept of sterilization into the memorandum of the Imperial Hospital, and added a sentence at the end:" to the concubines before diagnosis and treatment, the doctor is required to bathe and change clothes, nails shall not be longer than three points. " "Dr. Lin is really strict. "

 Doctor Zhang was looking at the vermillion annotations on the memo, when he suddenly glanced at Li Chengqian who was stuffing something into her sleeve, "Your Highness this is... ""No, nothing! "Li Chengqian violently retracted his hand, the tip of his ear was so red that it could drip blood, "But it's... Shu brocade brought from Yizhou to make aprons for the female disciples. "That Shu brocade, the dark pattern embroidered all the first aid techniques she taught: artificial respiration, stop bleeding bandage. When twilight roamed into the Pepper Room Hall, Shufei suddenly held Lin Xiaoman's hand: "The Palace heard that you let the people use fecal water to disinfect in Yizhou? "

 "Back to Your Highness," Lin Xiaoman forced a smile, 'That's fermented fecal liquid, which needs to be sterilized with quicklime to kill intestinal germs - but more importantly,' she looked to Zhang Hezheng. "Have the healers wash their hands. "On the way back, Li Chengqian suddenly pointed to the pouch at her waist: "Is that the mint peace talisman I sent inside? ""Your Highness is mistaken," Lin Xiaoman shook the brocade pouch, which made a fine rattling sound, "This is motherwort and saffron, to cure women's illnesses - -Your peace talisman, I'll keep it separately. "

 Looking at his suddenly tense back, he couldn't help but laugh lightly, "In a glazed bottle, and alcohol in one place. "When the lights of Chang'an City are lit up one by one, the corner door of the Imperial Hospital quietly

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