Relapse

Su Ziyang was fiddling with the moxa wool in the medicine cabinet, preparing to start moxibustion tonight. He only does moxibustion during the solar terms, but I Heavenly Moxibustion.

Su Ziyang was muttering as he rubbed moxa wool when Fairy Li returned.

Upon entering the room, I saw three books on Su Ziyang's table.

Fairy Li glanced through it a couple of times, and her face turned a little red.

"Su Ziyang, what is this?!"

Fairy Li's shout startled Su Ziyang, who was bent over kneading the mugwort.

"Ah! It's nothing, it's nothing. These are books, ancient books, ancient books. I'm studying. You're here, please sit for a while, I'll tidy up."

As Su Ziyang spoke, he quickly put the three books into the cabinet.

The book was put away, but the paper with the story written on it was left on the table. Su Ziyang turned around to put the book down, and Fairy Li picked up the two yellowed pieces of paper.

After glancing at the story and then seeing the moxa wool on Su Ziyang's table, Fairy Li rolled her eyes. "Su Ziyang, are you copying this book too? I'll give you some moxibustion so you can sleep with ten women a day too!"

"Ah?"

Su Ziyang turned around and saw that Fairy Li was fanning herself with the two pieces of paper in her hand.

"No, I... I was just curious and wanted to try it out."

"And hurry up and put that piece of trash away. Learn something good instead of spending all your time doing random stuff."

Fairy Li tossed the paper to Su Ziyang, then sat down beside him, head bowed, and remained silent.

Fairy Li remained silent, and Su Ziyang, feeling shy and embarrassed, also dared not speak, resulting in a strange silence in the room.

A knocking sound at the door.

"Brother."

Li Weiwei's appearance broke the silence.

"Hey bro, you're busy, aren't you? Can I watch the next one?"

"I'm not here for a medical checkup. I'll go now, you can continue with your work."

When the patient arrived, Fairy Li went out.

After Li Weiwei sat down, she frowned and said, "Little brother, let me tell you. After taking your medicine, it did stop bleeding. But it's not working again these past two days, and I've started bleeding again. However, this time the blood is bright red. The amount is not much, just a light drizzle."

Upon hearing Li Weiwei's words, Su Ziyang was stunned. "That shouldn't be the case. Didn't you agree on that via WeChat that day?"

"It's better now. Little brother, I didn't mean anything by it. It's not that your medicine wasn't working. I just feel like it's flared up again. Could you prescribe some more herbal decoction for me?"

Li Weiwei quickly explained, afraid that Su Ziyang would misunderstand.

"Then let me check your pulse first."

Su Ziyang took Li Weiwei 'Li Weiwei pulse and found that it had become a rapid and forceful pulse again, even stronger than before.

Stick out your tongue.

Li Weiwei's tongue also turned red, showing signs of intense heat.

This completely baffled Su Ziyang. Li Weiwei noticed Su Ziyang furrowed brows and her own pale face. "Little brother, is my illness difficult to cure completely?"

Su Ziyang shook his head and began to scrutinize Li Weiwei's face. Su Ziyang narrowed his eyes and began to observe her closely using his Yunqi.

Su Ziyang rarely used the Qi Observation Method, but Li Weiwei's illness was really strange, and Su Ziyang couldn't figure it out, so he had no choice but to try it out.

Sure enough, Su Ziyang noticed a peculiar red aura between Li Weiwei's eyebrows, a very strong aura that seemed to be scorching.

Su Ziyang, unsure why Li Weiwei exuded such intense heat, asked directly, "Sister Wei, may I ask if you've done anything that might cause internal heat these past few days, like eating a lot of spicy food?"

"No," Li Weiwei initially denied, then suddenly seemed to remember something and exclaimed loudly, "Oh dear, if you put it that way, does moxibustion count?"

"Yes, moxibustion involves burning, which can easily cause internal heat. But it shouldn't cause this much heat. How do you usually do moxibustion?"

Moxibustion does generate heat, but it's unlikely to cause such severe effects.

"Moxibustion, you know, the moxa sticks I buy outside, I use one stick each time. I do moxibustion every day, people say it's for postpartum health, and that moxibustion prevents postpartum illnesses."

Su Ziyang found Li Weiwei's words strange. "One moxibustion stick each time? And where are you applying it?"

"Since I was bleeding, I searched online and tried moxibustion on Yinbai, Sanyinjiao, Guanyuan, and Qihai acupoints. Occasionally, I also did moxibustion on Hegu acupoint."

After Li Weiwei said that, Su Ziyang finally understood the reason for Li Weiwei's bleeding and the source of Li Weiwei anger.

It was all because of incorrect moxibustion.

"Stop the moxibustion, and the bleeding will stop."

Upon hearing Su Ziyang's words, Li Weiwei became a little unhappy. "Oh my god, are you saying my bleeding is because of my moxibustion? That can't be right, I feel so warm and comfortable after Heavenly Moxibustion."

"Your illness is caused by excessive heat in the blood, and you've been doing moxibustion for too long, plus there are some issues with the acupoints. This has caused the blood to become hot again, leading to the bleeding. If I'm not mistaken, you didn't do moxibustion while taking the medication, but you started doing it after you finished the medication these past two days. Now your bowel movements are irregular again."

After Su Ziyang finished speaking, Li Weiwei Li Weiwei frowned and pondered for about five or six minutes before slowly nodding, "You seem to be right, that's true. When I was taking the medicine you prescribed, I didn't do moxibustion because I was afraid it would affect the efficacy. Then, after I finished the medicine these past two days, I started doing moxibustion. Indeed, my bowel movements have been a bit dry these past two days, not as smooth as when I was taking your medicine."

"So, buddy, if that's what you're saying, then moxibustion is harmful? Does that mean I've been damaging my body by doing moxibustion for so many days?"

Only then did Li Weiwei realize the seriousness of the problem and exclaimed in alarm.

"I'm not saying moxibustion is harmful, but your body isn't suitable for it. Moxibustion can harm your body. So please stop using it."

Knowing that moxibustion wasn't suitable for her constitution, Li Weiwei nodded vigorously, "No, no. If you hadn't told me today, I would have burned myself. Thank you, bro. Now, look at my condition, should I take some medicine?"

"Need not."

Su Ziyang waved his hand. "Stop with the moxibustion. Go home and buy some pears, boil some rock sugar pear water to drink and cool down your body. See how it goes. As long as you say you're not doing moxibustion anymore, I guess you can't bleed anymore."

"Okay, okay. Thanks, bro. Ugh, you really can't just mess around with this stuff; everything has to be done by professionals, everything has to be done by professionals."

Li Weiwei exclaimed in amazement, then got up and left.

"Oh dear, this person's reckless behavior is really alarming."

Su Ziyang sighed, realizing that next time he saw a patient, he should ask if they had been taking care of themselves improperly or engaging in any unhealthy practices. If something that was meant to be good turned out to cause health problems, wouldn't that be a losing proposition?