A Patient with a Headache

Su Ziyang smiled as he held the radish juice, then had the young masseur put a mouthful of cold water in his mouth before lying down on the massage bed.

"Young man, in a moment, I'm going to drip this white radish juice into your nostrils. It will be spicy. Just hold your breath and don't choke! If your eyes start to water, just get up and spit it out."

Because the young master had a headache on one side, Su Ziyang dripped several large drops of white radish juice into the other nostril.

White radish is very spicy because its pungent flavor can clear the senses.

After Su Ziyang dripped a few drops of radish juice, the pungent smell immediately made the young apprentice's nose run and his eyes water.

"Stand up!"

Su Ziyang helped the young apprentice up from his lying position and quickly grabbed the trash can he had prepared earlier.

The young chef choked on the fumes, his nose running and tears streaming down his face.

Holding Su Ziyang's tissues, it took him a long time to treat his nose and eyes before they returned to normal.

Does it still hurt?

Su Ziyang asked softly.

"Ah, it doesn't hurt anymore!"

The young master rubbed his head and said in surprise.

"But this only provides temporary pain relief. Perhaps you should take some herbal medicine? I can write you a prescription."

Su Ziyang very politely discussed it with the young apprentice.

"Oh, just go ahead and drive. No need to discuss it with him. Just get his illness treated quickly!"

Daoist Master Xiao Yang didn't indulge his junior apprentice at all, and without even asking his master's opinion, directly asked Su Ziyang to prescribe the medicine.

"Haha, I'll start then!"

Su Ziyang smiled and looked at the young monk again. The young monk was very reluctant to drink the medicine, and only nodded after being forced by the Daoist Master Xiao Yang.

Su Ziyang turned on his computer and started typing out the prescription.

15g of white peony root

30g of Ligusticum chuanxiong

Prunus japonica 3g

Bupleurum 3g

9g of white mustard seeds

Cyperus rotundus 6g

3g of licorice

Angelica dahurica 2g

7 pay.

This prescription is called Migraine-Dispelling Decoction, and it comes from the book "Record of Syndrome Differentiation".

It is mainly used to treat migraines and headaches. If we extend its application further, it can also treat diseases such as trigeminal neuralgia.

"Okay, I'm all set."

Su Ziyang wasn't sure if their internal staff were still following the normal payment process, so Su Ziyang asked Daoist Master Xiao Yang to look at the computer screen.

"Doctor Su, just prescribe the medication as usual. We also need to pay the fees as usual, because it will be billed later!"

Daoist Master Xiao Yang knew what Su Ziyang meant, so he quickly explained it to Su Ziyang. After Su Ziyang understood, he clicked the mouse and prescribed the medicine.

"Take one dose as soon as the medicine is decocted."

After Su Ziyang finished giving his instructions, the Daoist Master Xiao Yang thanked Su Ziyang and left with his junior disciple.

As the saying goes, like attracts like. The little doctor who treated migraines had just left when another patient came in, and this patient's headache was rather unusual.

"Doctor, my head hurts, it hurts here and there. It's very strange. I went to the hospital and had an MRI of my brain, but everything was normal. I thought there was something growing in my head!"

The man spoke in a rough tone and in a loud voice, his words muffled.

"Does this hurt?" Su Ziyang looked at the way the man spoke and knew that the guy's head definitely didn't hurt right now.

In the simplest form of diagnosis by observation, one might cover their head for a headache, their stomach for a stomachache, their lower back for a backache, or their neck for discomfort, and shake their head or twist their neck.

Su Ziyang didn't think this person had a headache.

"It doesn't hurt now, it comes and goes. I don't know why, maybe it was from the wind, or got cold or something, I'm not really sure, but it just hurts."

Sometimes, Su Ziyang admires these people. Even though they have the same disease, they talk about it with such ease, as if they were talking about someone else.

"Doctor, this pain... it's not ordinary pain, it's extraordinary pain! When it starts, it feels like my head is splitting open."

The situation sounded serious, but the man spoke of it as if it were nothing.

"Come here, let me feel your pulse!"

Su Ziyang gestured for the man to place his hand on the pulse diagnosis kit.

With a light tap of three fingers, Su Ziyang began to take the man's pulse.

The pulse is floating, rapid, and large.

Looking at the man's tongue coating, the entire tongue coating has a slight white coating, but overall it is still red.

This is a manifestation of internal heat.

"I'm asking you, did you drink too much and end up lying down outside?"

Su Ziyang released his hand from taking her pulse and asked softly.

Upon hearing Su Ziyang's question, the older brother exclaimed, "My goodness, doctor! Is your hand a pulse-taking hand or a fortune-telling hand? You can tell exactly what I'm doing just by feeling it!"

It's common for people to lie down and sleep on the floor after drinking too much.

Regardless of whether it's the North or the South, the consequences of this situation are particularly severe in the North.

In Northeast China, outdoor temperatures in winter can drop to below -30 degrees Celsius. At that temperature, if you were drunk and slept outside, you could literally die.

However, compared to warmer places, sleeping on the streets in the south might only cause discomfort for a few days.

"Haha, what a coincidence. Your illness originated from this. Shall I prescribe some herbal medicine for you?"

Su Ziyang said.

"Come on! Just drink it and the pain will stop, right?"

Why did Su Ziyang conclude that the man had drunk too much and fallen asleep outside?

This needs further explanation; it's not because Su Ziyang can tell fortunes and predicted it.

Rather, it was because Su Ziyang analyzed the person's physique and the symptoms of their illness.

Firstly, the nature of this man's headache was that it would shift from one place to another as he walked around.

This is due to wind-evil, because wind-evil is prone to change and its location is uncertain, causing illness to wander everywhere.

Furthermore, according to a man's pulse, a floating pulse indicates wind, while a tight pulse indicates cold.

There is no doubt that he was infected by wind-evil.

The presence of several pulses, especially rapid pulses, indicates internal heat.

This is because the body is strong and healthy, and it is fighting against evil influences.

In addition, Su Ziyang observed that this person was robust, had abundant qi and blood, and firm skin, which did not seem to be someone who could be infected by wind-evil.

Therefore, Su Ziyang concluded that this must have been because he fell asleep outside after drinking, and was exposed to the wind, which then carried the pathogenic wind into his body along with the alcohol.

Although the effects of the alcohol wear off, the pathogenic factors do not dissipate with the effects of the alcohol and thus remain in the body.

Wind-evil first attacks the yang positions of the body, that is, the Taiyang meridian.

The Taiyang meridian is a Yang meridian, wind evil is a Yang evil, and the head is the meeting place of all Yang meridians.

When yang energy interacts with yang energy, and wind-evil travels through the meridians, the pain becomes extremely severe, feeling as if the head is splitting open.

Therefore, Su Ziyang was well-prepared to treat this disease.

In this world, no matter what the problem is, if you understand the reasons behind it, you can solve it.

If you don't understand the reason, you'll just be confused!

Having learned the cause, Su Ziyang prescribed a remedy for the patient.

30 g of Ligusticum chuanxiong

Asarum 3g

Angelica dahurica 3g

Take 7 doses, decocted in water.