A Handful of Loose Hair Works Wonders

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"Have you two eaten yet?!" Daoist Jin was speechless.

"I've eaten before, but I've never had anything this delicious!!!"

The group began to fiercely compete on the table...

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the meal.

Because of Daoist Jin Jin's cramming-style education of Su Ziyang these past two days, Su Ziyang simply put his clinic in a semi-closed state.

I spend every day with Daoist Jin Daoist Jin order to better learn from his academic ideas.

In the late afternoon, a woman came in, carrying her child.

The woman lived in the nearby community and was also a Daoist Jin. This child was practically Daoist Jin.

The baby kept squirming in her arms, and her forehead was already covered in sweat. The woman's neck was also covered in sweat from holding the baby so tightly.

"Master Jin, please take a look at me quickly," the woman said, her voice trembling with tears.

"Come on, don't rush, let me see!"

Daoist Jin took the child, and Su Ziyang also moved closer. The child's face was flushed, his eyes were closed, and he was kicking his little legs, occasionally letting out a sob...

"You have a fever! Oh dear, oh dear, don't cry, baby, don't cry! Be a good girl!"

Daoist Jin patted the child's head and put the child down.

"It's been two or three days already, why did it take you so long to come!"

Daoist Jin saw right through the child, realizing that this wasn't the first time he'd had a fever.

Hearing Daoist Jin's explanation, the woman said embarrassedly, "At first, when he had a fever, I gave him some cold medicine, thinking it would pass. But after lunch today, he suddenly became like this, so I rushed here to find you!"

Daoist Jin waved his hand, ignoring the woman's explanation, and turned to take out a small teacup and a small spoon from the cabinet.

Then he took an egg from the medicine cabinet at the back, cracked it into a bowl, and separated the yolk with a spoon.

"Ziyang, go to the pharmacy and get 3g of realgar. I'll open the pharmacy with the computer in a bit. Just take my seal and press it on the pharmacy!"

While cracking eggs, Daoist Jin asked Su Ziyang to go downstairs to get the medicine.

After Su Ziyang returned from fetching the medicine downstairs, Daoist Jin added the realgar powder to the beaten egg whites. Then he added a little sesame oil.

"Go upstairs and steam it, but don't overcook it. Just heat it up!"

Daoist Jin instructed Su Ziyang to run quickly, take the pot from the morning when he fried salt, and steam the mixed egg whites upstairs.

When Su Ziyang returned, Daoist Jin was having the woman cut her hair.

The woman had long, shiny hair that had never been permed or dyed.

"Thank goodness you don't dye your hair, otherwise we'd be missing you as a key ingredient for today's medicine!"

Daoist Jin handed the woman a pair of scissors, and without hesitation, she cut a small lock of hair from her own head and handed it to Daoist Jin.

"Didn't you say that hair is a reflection of blood and shouldn't be dyed or permed? I'll listen to you and focus on health!" the woman said.

"Alright!" Daoist Jin picked up the hair, put it in his hand, and rolled it into a ball.

Three minutes later, Su Ziyang quickly went back to check on the egg whites and found that they were warm but not completely set. (The boiling water in the pot caused them to heat up quickly!)

Su Ziyang felt the warmth on his hand and quickly grabbed the bowl and ran downstairs.

Daoist Jin took the bowl of egg whites, picked up the clump of hair, dipped it in the egg whites, and began patting the child's chest.

I patted her from top to bottom, all the way down to her navel, and then from top to bottom again, repeating this process over and over. The whole process lasted about half an hour.

However, as time went by, Su Ziyang noticed that the child's whimpering with his eyes closed had stopped, and he was lying steadily on the bed, his breathing gradually becoming more even.

Su Ziyang was surprised by the effectiveness of this method.

But the process wasn't over yet after the egg white was removed. Su Ziyang watched as Daoist Jin rolled up the clump of hair again, then took a piece of gauze and some medical tape and applied it to the child's chest.

"Xiaobao, be good. Lie down and take a nap!"

The child was already a bit delirious from the fever, but now that the fever has subsided and he feels better, he naturally falls into a deep sleep.

Daoist Jin took a small, thin blanket and gently covered the child with it.

"Li Hong, I'm not trying to criticize you, but you're getting more and more careless when it comes to looking after the child. If he's not feeling well, you should bring him over so I can take a look!"

Only after the treatment was completed did Daoist Jin have time to talk about the woman.

The woman lowered her head in embarrassment, like a child who had done something wrong, listening to Daoist Jin's reprimand. "Didn't you say to let children grow up freely and interfere as little as possible!"

"Tsk~" Daoist Jin clicked his tongue. "Why did I say that to you last time? I meant, don't let the kids eat all that random stuff, like calcium supplements, and all that stuff!"

"Okay, Master Jin."

The woman grinned and said, "Master Jin, my husband is coming back in a couple of days. He brought some raw liquor with him, and I'll have him bring it over to you."

"Thank you!" Daoist Jin accepted the gift without hesitation.

"Do you still have that Foundation Establishment Wine you made last time? My husband wants some more."

The woman chuckled and rubbed her hands together.

"Yes, I've prepared it for him. He can come and pick it up later! Okay!"

"Okay, okay! Thank you, Master Jin!" The woman nodded happily.

After chatting for about half an hour, Daoist Jin lifted the blanket off the child, removed the clump of hair stuck to his chest, and threw it into the trash can.

"Alright! Take Xiaobao upstairs to that office to rest. Bring him home once he's fully awake! Otherwise, he'll catch a chill!"

Daoist Jin wrapped the child in a blanket and handed it to the woman.

The woman went upstairs with practiced ease.

"Master!" Su Ziyang looked at Daoist Jin, asking about his upset stomach.

"This is because the fever lasted too long, and we neglected to use antipyretics. It's like the heat has penetrated deeper!"

Before Su Ziyang could ask any questions, Daoist Jin Su Ziyang explained, "The heat has penetrated deep inside, and the heat evil has scorched the yin fluids, causing the child to have insufficient yin fluids. Look at the child's face, it's so red, and his lips are dry! Now he's definitely having trouble with urination and defecation. This child's mother is so careless; the child is suffering because of her!"

Su Ziyang nodded; he understood the medical principles that Daoist Jin had explained.

"Egg white has the effect of nourishing yin and reducing fever. Sesame oil combined with realgar has the effect of detoxifying and cooling the skin. Hair is an extension of blood and is also a yin substance. Moreover, it is his mother's hair, and since it is said that mother and child are connected at heart, this further enhances the effect of dispelling heat!"

Daoist Jin explained, and Su Ziyang nodded repeatedly.

"Another situation is when a child doesn't have a fever, but is restless, crying incessantly, and confused. In that case, don't use egg white; just use sesame oil and realgar, then pat the child with a ball of hair, and apply it to their chest for half an hour. The child will recover immediately!"

"Okay, Master. I've got it!"