CHAPTER 364: CHAPTER 361: TEST MY ABILITY, I’LL OUTDO YOU BY FAR

Manager Ji gratefully hugged Dan Dan and returned to his shop, promising to send over the consultation fee shortly.

Qin Liuxi waved his hand, not angry nor did he care, as it was no big deal. If Manager Ji took it for granted that they were close enough not to give these things, there would be no closeness in the future.

To run a business, one needs a few clever brains, something impossible without. Having run his Funeral Shop for so long, he naturally knew whom to maintain good relations with.

Losing someone as capable as Qin Liuxi over a small consultation fee would be foolish.

The group came in a hurry and left just as quickly, except for the steward who had initially thought Qin Liuxi was a God Stick. After witnessing the entire process, his view of Qin Liuxi began to change.

Looking at her young age, he didn’t expect she would truly possess medical skills.

The steward’s eyes flickered, and he stepped forward with a smile, saying, "This one is..."

"My Daoist name is Buqiu," Qin Liuxi said with a smile. "I am also a registered Taoist at Qingping Temple, with a legitimate Dudie."

"Master Buqiu," the steward greeted with his fists clasped, saying, "Just now, I saw you demonstrate your medical skills, which seemed quite extraordinary. Lately, my body has felt a bit uncomfortable, I was wondering..."

"Please sit down, give me your wrist," Qin Liuxi pointed to a chair.

The steward sat down and extended his wrist, noticing how her slender and fair fingers rested on his pulse, thinking to himself how beautiful the little god’s hands were.

Qin Liuxi quickly switched hands and said to him, "Stick out your tongue for me to see."

The steward extended his tongue as long as possible, just waiting to hear her diagnosis.

He mentioned his discomfort as a mere excuse, simply to test Qin Liuxi’s true abilities.

Qin Liuxi withdrew her hand and had him lie flat on a small couch set up in the shop.

The steward followed her instructions, though confused, and lay down.

Qin Liuxi approached and pressed on his abdomen, "Does it hurt?"

The steward shook his head.

Qin Liuxi pressed several points until she reached the center of his navel. Before he could ask, the steward started to groan in pain, "Ouch, ouch, it hurts."

She was unsure how the little Taoist pressed, but one touch made his lower abdomen tense, pulling the pain to the navel and also causing a heavy and sour feeling in his waist.

The steward looked at Qin Liuxi with a certain wariness in his eyes. What had she done to him?

Qin Liuxi saw his guard in his eyes but didn’t care. Instead, she asked, "You’ve recently been having difficulty with urination, accompanied by a stabbing sensation, haven’t you?"

The steward abruptly sat up from the couch, his heart racing, and looked at her asking, "What do you mean by saying this?"

"You just confirm if it’s true. Even if you don’t, I know. Not only is urinating accompanied by a sharp pain, but also frequent urgency and the urine is cloudy and yellow." Qin Liuxi returned to her desk and said, "Your pulse is deep and slow, your tongue coating is yellow and greasy; the heaviness in the waist and pain radiating to the navel, these are all symptoms of kidney stones."

The steward was stunned, asking, "What, what is kidney stones?"

"It means you have little stones in your kidneys here." Qin Liuxi pointed to the kidney area on his waist.

Steward leapt up: "Hey you, little Taoist, spouting nonsense! How can a person produce stones? Are you trying to scare me?"

Qin Liuxi: "You are neither a doctor nor well-informed; naturally, you would not know. The kidneys govern water, and when water solidifies, it turns into stones, thus the kidneys harbor gravel and stones. Due to kidney deficiency, excess heat takes advantage, turning into strangury; that’s why we call it kidney stones. Indeed, because kidney stones form and enter the bladder, then the urethra, isn’t it painful when scraping the urethral passage during urination?"

Steward listened, completely confused. He asked, "Can you speak in layman’s terms?"

However, Chen Pi, who had followed Qin Liuxi for many years and learned by observation, understood immediately. He coughed, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and thought to himself, how fitting for my master, a doctor, who doesn’t differentiate between male and female in his medical practice.

Qin Liuxi continued: "You habitually indulge in spicy, hot, rich, and sweet foods, also in thick bean soups and are as fond of alcohol as your life, yet dislike drinking water, don’t you?"

The steward’s heart skipped a beat, and again, the diagnosis was spot on.

"Spicy, rich, greasy foods and such beans, like tofu and soybeans, along with thick soups cooked for a long duration, are prone to cause kidney stones. You also dislike drinking water, naturally cannot detoxify, and over time, naturally develop kidney stones." Qin Liuxi said indifferently: "You just haven’t noticed it yet. Even if urination is painful, your urine probably already has strands of blood."

Steward said with a pale face: "Isn’t it just rising internal heat?"

"If you don’t believe it, you can go and check it yourself." Qin Liuxi told Chen Pi, "Take him to the back, have a pee, and catch it in a clear basin."

"Alright." Chen Pi took the steward to the back, took a white porcelain basin, asked him to urinate into it, and kindly explained what Qin Liuxi had mentioned about the scraping sensation in the urethra.

To tell the truth, the steward hadn’t felt much before, but after Qin Liuxi and Chen Pi’s explanation, he realized what was happening. During urination, he paid more attention to the symptoms Qin Liuxi had described and indeed felt a prickly sensation at the root of his life.

There wasn’t much urine, but when he glanced at it, due to the white color of the porcelain dish, his urine appeared dark yellow and even carried a hint of red, making the steward’s head spin.

He only intended to test the little Taoist’s capabilities, how did he diagnose an ailment for himself!

Actually, Qin Liuxi was right; his diet was rich in meat, greasy, and he loved alcohol, always needing a plate of salted roasted soybeans with his drink. As a servant steward busy with his duties and managing others, he was so caught up in work that he didn’t even have time to drink water.

All these factors, and he ended up with what’s called kidney stones?

When the steward stepped out of the shop’s hall again, his whole demeanor had wilted, and he looked at Qin Liuxi with timid eyes.

Qin Liuxi too glanced at the urine, unfazed and unconcerned by the unpleasantness, she declared: "Just as I diagnosed."

The steward, seeing her lack of disgust, felt both embarrassed and admired, saying: "Um, Master, is this an illness?"

He had now believed her, automatically addressing her with respect.

"Of course, it’s an illness. Your current symptoms of urinating blood strands indicate that you’ve developed stones. Although they’re still small now, if you can’t expel them and they keep growing, once they reach the urethra, the pain you feel won’t just be the pricking sensation but will become so unbearable that you won’t be able to get out of bed or straighten your waist, cursing why you can’t cut off your waist."

Listening to her description, the steward broke out in cold sweat: "You’re not bluffing me, are you?"

"Doctors treat ailments from their inception. Why would I bluff you? What good does it do me since it’s inedible?" Qin Liuxi scoffed, saying: "Your condition is the result of dietary habits causing damp-heat accumulation, coupled with stagnated Qi and blood stasis, which then formed the kidney stones. Look here, stones are tangible, and such objects obstruct the flow of Qi within your body. Where there is obstruction, there is pain; thus, urination is painful. When the stones grow larger, the obstruction worsens, and the pain becomes unbearable then. Take a few prescriptions to move Qi and dissolve stones, drink more water on a regular basis to facilitate the expulsion of sand and stones, and this disease can be cured."

Qin Liuxi picked up a small stone and explained using it as an example, then took a pen and paper, and swiftly prescribed a formula. The required herbs were not expensive, just the likes of sea gold sand, money grass, chicken gizzard, plantago, and slipstone, all of which clear heat and facilitate dampness.

The steward looked at the stone, imagining such an object growing in the kidneys then entering the urethra of his life root, my goodness, both of his thighs began to tremble in pain.

Qin Liuxi handed over the prescription: "You can get these herbs from any medicine shop. For a gracious fee, the consultation costs ten taels of silver."

Steward: "!"

Qin Liuxi was all smiles, holding up the prescription, thinking you try to test my abilities, I’ll floor you with a heavy bill!