Toothaches Aren't an Illness

But thinking about it, the taste of having fecal soup poured into your mouth must be much stronger than the taste of self-prescribed herbal medicine!

Thinking about this, Su Ziyang already had a picture in his mind, and he shook his head repeatedly while sitting in the chair.

Just as Su Ziyang was savoring the taste, a woman from the pharmacy downstairs ran up to him.

"Sister Liu, what brings you up here! What kind of look is that?! It's quite unique."

Su Ziyang watched as Sister Liu covered her cheek and stiffened her neck, her posture quite peculiar.

"Oh my god, Xiao Su, stop arguing with your older sister! I've come to see you for a medical checkup!!!"

Because Su Ziyang often makes his own medicines or prescribes some rather unusual remedies, Su Ziyang visits the pharmacy more frequently than others.

Therefore, he had a close relationship with the pharmacy. This Big Sister Liu was a very warm-hearted and meticulous person. Whenever Su Ziyang needed special medicine, she would help him very enthusiastically.

Therefore, the two became very familiar with each other.

"What's wrong, sis? Does your tooth hurt?"

Su Ziyang looked at Sister Liu's expression and continued to speak with a smile.

"Of course! It hurts so much! Look at my face, it's all swollen!"

Sister Liu put her hand down for Su Ziyang to see, and when Su Ziyang looked at it, it was indeed swollen.

"It's swollen! Ugh, what should I do about this? Should I try acupuncture?"

Su Ziyang said with a smile.

"Oh my god, what do we do? You're asking me! You're a doctor, I'm a doctor! Xiao Su, you're really something else! Look at how badly your older sister is acting, and you still have the mind to joke around!"

Sister Liu rolled her eyes at Su Ziyang. Perhaps her complicated expression was affecting her nerves again, because Sister Liu was in pain and her brows were tightly furrowed.

Haha, a toothache isn't a disease!

Su Ziyang said with a smile.

"Damn it, it hurts like hell! Let me see!"

Sister Liu was in so much pain that she started swearing. Seeing that she was about to lose her temper, Su Ziyang stopped arguing with Sister Liu.

"I'll stop your pain right away!"

Su Ziyang stood up from his chair.

"Acupuncture? I'm afraid of needles, I'll just lie here with you for a bit!"

Sister Liu covered her mouth and said indistinctly.

"I know you're afraid of needles, so I won't give you one! Relax! Give me your hand! Your left tooth hurts, right? Relax!"

Su Ziyang noticed that Sister Liu was covering her left cheek.

So Su Ziyang pinched Sister Liu's left earlobe. Su Ziyang pinched hard, and Sister Liu cried out in pain.

"Don't shout!"

Su Ziyang pinched Sister Liu Sister Liu's left earlobe with one hand and her right Hegu acupoint with the other.

With both hands exerting force, although Su Ziyang's grip hurt, Sister Liu did indeed let out a surprised "Ouch!"

"Ouch! It doesn't hurt at all! I just felt like something was suddenly taken off my tooth! I felt so much better in an instant!"

Sister Liu described her amazing experience, and Su Ziyang smiled and released his hand from the acupressure point, "How was that!? Sister Liu, didn't it stop the pain in a second! Haha!"

"Great! Doctor Su's skills are amazing! I'll bring you a banner of appreciation later!"

Now that her toothache was gone, Sister Liu was in the mood to joke around with Su Ziyang.

"It's good that it doesn't hurt anymore! Toothache is really awful! Sister Liu, if your tooth hurts again in the future, just do it this way again!"

Su Ziyang said with a smile.

"Well, I don't have enough hands! If I pinch your earlobe, who's going to massage your Hegu acupoint?"

Sister Liu chuckled and said.

"No hands, but a mouth!"

"With one hand, pinch the earlobe on the side of the tooth that hurts—pinch wherever it hurts! Then, use your teeth to bite the Hegu acupoint. Don't just bite the skin; bite like you're biting a steamed bun, wrap your whole hand around it and bite down hard! Bite hard, and the toothache will immediately stop!"

Su Ziyang told Sister Liu about a method that he could also use.

"Alright! I learned a trick from you today. Not bad! Sister Liu hasn't been spoiling you for nothing! Okay! You're busy now, I'm off!"

Not only did Sister Liu's toothache disappear, but she also learned a trick from Su Ziyang, so she went downstairs in high spirits.

From then on, Sister Liu became a master of treating toothaches. It's not that she was only a hundred miles away, but within a hundred meters, if anyone had a toothache, Sister Liu would definitely appear.

Moreover, it often relieves pain immediately, and Sister Liu is very generous in spreading this method, telling everyone she meets and teaching them.

Sister Liu's sharing made Su Ziyang very happy, because it is the greatest joy for a doctor to have a method spread so widely and help more people.

Moreover, thanks to Sister Liu's rapid broadcasting, Su Ziyang started to have a large number of patients with toothaches.

This method provides quick pain relief, but it's not very effective at addressing the root cause of the problem.

Some people experience quick pain relief, but the pain returns after a couple of days. So they prefer to take some herbal medicine to thoroughly regulate their condition, hoping to never experience pain again.

The bald old man who came today is like that; his teeth hurt whenever he gets a sore throat, and when the pain gets really bad, he always wants to bang his head against the wall.

After Big Sister Liu taught him that method, the pain stopped quickly, but it still recurred somewhat, so he came to ask Su Ziyang to prescribe some herbal medicine to regulate his condition.

This method of treating toothache is actually quite interesting, as different teeth are associated with different meridians.

The two front teeth, the upper and lower four teeth, belong to the pericardium meridian.

The four upper and lower teeth next to the incisors belong to the liver meridian.

The upper and lower four teeth belong to the Stomach Meridian.

The upper and lower four teeth belong to the spleen meridian.

The upper and lower four teeth belong to the Lung Meridian.

The upper and lower teeth belong to the kidney meridian.

The last wisdom tooth also belongs to the kidney meridian.

Once you understand this, toothache will be easier to treat.

The prescription that Su Ziyang chose was called the Immortal Prescription for Treating Teeth".

There are only two ingredients.

15g of Scrophularia

15g of raw Rehmannia glutinosa

These two herbs can treat all kinds of toothaches, but they need to be combined with guiding herbs.

Different medications are used depending on the type of tooth.

If it is pericardial fire, add 2g of Coptis chinensis;

If it is liver fire, add 6g of stir-fried gardenia;

If it is heat in the stomach meridian, add 4g of gypsum;

If it is heat in the spleen meridian, add 3g of Anemarrhena asphodeloides;

If it is heat in the lung meridian, add 3g of Scutellaria baicalensis;

If it is kidney fire, add 15g of prepared rehmannia root.

The reason why the two herbs, Scrophularia and Rehmannia, are called Immortal Prescription for Treating Teeth is explained.

Because all toothaches are caused by internal heat, and regardless of whether the heat is due to deficiency or excess, you only need these two herbs to treat it.

Scrophularia can extinguish the floating fire in the body, while Rehmannia can generate kidney water. One herb extinguishes the fire, and the other is mixed with water; adding water is to extinguish the fire more effectively.

Since the person had a toothache due to stomach heat, Su Ziyang added gypsum to the two medicines to clear the stomach heat.

After the bald man took three doses of medicine, his toothache never returned. As a result, Su Ziyang's reputation grew even more, and more people came to Su Ziyang for toothache treatment.