Chapter 37

Jiang Nianzi inserted the silver needles one by one into the main points.

Her movements seemed casual, but the position of each needle was extremely precise, even a deviation of a fraction of an inch would not achieve the effect she desired.

All the needle tails were facing downwards.

As Jiang Nianzi lightly flicked her fingertips, yellow liquid flowed down along the points where the silver needles were inserted.

This process was somewhat painful, the old man’s face changed with pain, Jiang Nianzi’s movements were steady, and her hand didn’t tremble at all.

Seeing that the old man was in a lot of pain, she didn’t hesitate, she inserted the needles without any hesitation, not even a pause.

She just comforted the old man during the process: “Grandpa, bear with it for a moment, if your condition isn’t completely cured, it will recur in the future, then you might even have difficulty walking.”

The old man had even endured bullets, what couldn’t he endure?

But he didn’t know if it was because he was old or if this process was more painful than enduring bullets, he was in so much pain that he almost couldn’t hold on.

Shen Wulin and Jiang Xinli looked at the old man worriedly, they didn’t dare to interrupt Jiang Nianzi’s treatment.

As for Grandpa Zhang, he was standing by with a notebook, recording the points where Jiang Nianzi inserted the silver needles.

After the first round, Grandpa Shen broke out in a cold sweat.

But the effect was obvious, the yellow water flowed out from the places where the old man was pricked by the silver needles.

The smell was really unpleasant, but Jiang Nianzi didn’t change her expression.

She patiently took a dry towel and wiped around carefully.

Jiang Nianzi then changed the silver needles four or five times, until no more yellow liquid flowed out, she then removed the silver needles.

The torturous process finally ended, Shen Wulin hurriedly asked: “Doctor Jiang, are you done?”

“There’s one last step.” Jiang Nianzi focused on her own work, she didn’t forget to answer Shen Wulin.

She took out some more silver needles, then opened the ointment jar, used a silver needle to dip the ointment she had made, and inserted it again around the knee joint.

Suppurative arthritis is a bacterial infection of the joint.

The ointment she made was an antibacterial anti-inflammatory medicine, just like the antibiotics in Western medicine.

This step was done quickly.

She pulled out the last batch of silver needles, the swelling of the old man’s knee visibly subsided.

It was still red and swollen, but not as exaggerated as before.

Even Grandpa Zhang couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement.

He had just imagined, if he had done the needle insertion, he might not have been able to draw out the fluid in the joint.

The key to this step was not the acupoints, but her needle insertion technique.

The old man had always felt that her needle insertion technique was different from most Chinese medicine practitioners.

So the effect was also different.

Looking at the ointment on her table, Grandpa Zhang couldn’t help but ask: “Girl, this ointment is…”

Jiang Nianzi explained to Grandpa Zhang: “This is an antibacterial medicine, it prevents the old man’s diseased area from continuing to be infected.”

Grandpa Zhang nodded in a way that suggested he understood.

After doing all this, Jiang Nianzi took a clean wooden basin, she had bought it this morning.

She put some herbs that relieved the redness, swelling, heat, and pain of the joints in it, she threw a clean towel in and soaked it.

After about ten minutes, she took out the towel, wrung it out, and then applied it to Grandpa Shen’s knee for hot compresses.

Grandpa Shen was in a lot of pain before, after applying the hot towel, he felt a little more comfortable.

“Grandpa, are you feeling better?”

Grandpa Shen squinted his eyes and let out a long sigh: “Comfortable, comfortable.”

“That’s good, but Grandpa, to treat you, this bucket and towel are newly bought, I’ll add it to your medical expenses later.”

As long as his leg could be cured, everything else was a small matter.

Just a bucket.

Grandpa Shen waved his hand and laughed: “Okay, okay, okay, include it all.”

Having gotten the old man’s permission, Jiang Nianzi instructed Shen Wulin and Jiang Xinli to soak the towel in the medicine basin every minute, then take it out and apply it to Grandpa Shen’s leg.

Jiang Xinli immediately agreed.

Jiang Nianzi went to the medicine cabinet and grabbed some medicine for the old man to take internally.

Grandpa Zhang watched from the side, he saw that the medicine she grabbed for internal use was all for clearing heat and detoxifying, draining dampness and promoting blood circulation, he understood.

The only step he didn’t understand was the part where she used the silver needles to draw out the pus.

So he asked this question.

Jiang Nianzi’s treatment method was actually a combination of Chinese and Western medicine.

For example, drawing out the fluid and injecting the antibiotic herbs was a Western medicine treatment method.

She wasn’t old-fashioned, nor did she reject Western medicine.

Chinese medicine has its advantages, and Western medicine has its advantages.

She just studied Western medicine and then tried to see if she could use Chinese medicine methods to complete this step that Western medicine handled.

She had already succeeded in her previous life.

Hearing Grandpa Zhang’s question, Jiang Nianzi used the principles of Chinese medicine to explain it to him.

As for the needle insertion technique, Jiang Nianzi couldn’t explain it for a while, she planned to teach Grandpa Zhang to try it directly when she had time.

While Jiang Nianzi was grabbing medicine, Jiang Xinli and Shen Wulin asked about Grandpa Shen’s condition.

Hearing the old man say that he felt good, they had a plan in mind.

If nothing unexpected happened, the old man’s leg should be cured.

They didn’t expect that this little girl was so young, but her medical skills were so amazing.

Such medical skills made people have to look at her with new respect.

Jiang Xinli asked Shen Wulin: “Do you think I should directly bring our son over for treatment, or should I first ask Doctor Jiang clearly, see if she’s confident in treating our son’s illness, then bring our son over?”

Shen Wulin, as a man, felt that this would be difficult for his son to talk about.

If it could be cured, that would be fine, but if it couldn’t be cured, he would also be questioned by a little girl, he felt embarrassed just thinking about it.

After thinking carefully, he told Jiang Xinli: “Later, you go and pay, and then quietly ask this little Doctor Jiang, if it’s feasible, then we’ll bring our son over.”

At least there should be a little bit of hope, otherwise, how could their son come?

Jiang Xinli thought this made sense.

But she felt that her plan to play matchmaker for her son was ruined.

After all, this kind of illness was known by a little girl…

Ai, sigh.

Although her son didn’t say anything, the place where he was injured was in his lower abdomen, it was most likely the same as what they imagined.

Jiang Nianzi grabbed the medicine, she sorted it into categories and tied it with twine.

Seeing Jiang Xinli come over, she placed the medicine on the counter and instructed Jiang Xinli seriously: “These three doses of medicine are to be taken in the morning, noon, and evening, the white paper-wrapped ones are to be taken in the morning, the yellow ones at noon, and the black ones at night, also, this large package of medicine is to be used to soak a towel in hot water and apply it to the old man’s leg at night.”

Although she was young, she was very skilled.

Facing a doctor, Jiang Xinli always felt like she was facing a teacher, she spoke respectfully.

“Okay, thank you, Doctor Jiang, how much is it in total?”

Jiang Nianzi said: “Thirty-two yuan in total, the herbs used for the old man this time are many rare and expensive ones, so the fee is so high.”

Thirty-two yuan was equivalent to a normal worker’s monthly salary.

The internal and external medicines were fine.

The herbs were expensive because of the Chinese medicine version of the antibiotic ointment she made.