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Chapter 170: Inviting a Well-Known Doctor from Thousands of Miles Away

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The next day, Wang Yao was going to leave Nanshan hill after his breathing exercises.

“San Xian, I need to leave now; don’t let anyone get close to the herbal field,” said Wang Yao.

Before leaving, Wang Yao placed three big stones at the only entrance to the herbal field.

The wind passed, and Wang Yao turned around to have a look. He couldn’t see the only narrow pathway to enter his herbal field. It was completely blocked.

There was no way to enter the herbal field now.

“It’s a bit hot today; I should go to Yao’s place to get some water!” murmured an elderly man who was herding sheep. He walked towards Wang Yao’s cottage with an iron kettle in his hand.

As he got closer to Wang Yao’s cottage, he suddenly felt that the tree in front of him, which was as tall as an adult and as thick as two fingers, started to shake. The tree seemed to be moving and even running, which made the elderly man very dizzy.

“What the hell! My head is hurting so much!” said the elderly man.

He immediately looked away and then started to feel better.

What is going on here? Why was the tree running?

The elderly man looked back at the tree again and felt dizzy again. He was too scared to look at the tree anymore. He had a rest where he was and then left.

This place is so weird! thought the elderly man.

After leaving Nanshan hill, Wang Yao went to town with Wang Mingbao to visit Wang Mingbao’s uncle. He smelled herbs and a mild odor when he entered his uncle’s house.

“Uncle, Auntie, the doctor is here!” said Wang Mingbao loudly.

“Yao, please come in and take a seat,” said Wang Mingbao’s uncle’s wife.

Wang Mingbao’s uncle and his wife had lived in the village for a while before moving into town. Both of them knew Wang Yao.

“Auntie, don’t worry about me. Let Yao see uncle first,” said Wang Mingbao.

“Okay,” said Wang Mingbao’s uncle’s wife.

Although Wang Mingbao’s uncle didn’t know when Wang Yao started to see patients, he was very co-operative. He showed Wang Yao his ulcers. He had four ulcers on his back. Some were as big as the round opening of a glass; some were as small as a thumbnail. All the wounds were rotten, oozing pus, and smelled bad.

“Let me check your pulse,” said Wang Yao.

After checking Wang Mingbao’s uncle’s pulse, Wang Yao knew the cause of the ulcers. Wang Mingbao’s uncle had heat toxins inside his body which attacked his back to form ulcers.

“Uncle, what medication or herbs have you taken?” asked Wang Yao.

“They are all in the cabinet. You can take a look,” said Wang Mingbao’s uncle.

Wang Mingbao’s uncle’s wife took out all the medications out. His uncle had used ointment, pills, and decoctions. He has tried both western medicine and Chinese herbs.

“How long have you been ill?” asked Wang Yao.

“Almost two months. It was not too bad at the beginning, so I didn’t pay much attention to it. But the wounds have gotten worse since,” said Wang Mingbao’s uncle.

Less than two weeks? Wang Yao quickly calculated the medication in the draw. There were six different medications. Wang Yao presumed that Wang Mingbao’s uncle had kept changing medications as he hadn’t found anything useful. The more frequently he changed medication, the less effective those medications were. After a while, those medications had had a bad impact on his body which made his wounds worse.

“I think you should stop taking those medications.” Wang Yao pointed at several different pills.

Wang Yao believed that Chinese medicine worked better than western medicine when treating ulcers.

“I will go back and prescribe you an herbal formula and ask Mingbao to bring it to you tomorrow,” said Wang Yao.

“Okay,” said Wang Mingbao’s uncle.

Wang Mingbao’s uncle and his wife invited Wang Yao and Wang Mingbao to stay for lunch, but Wang Yao declined.

After Wang Yao and Wang Mingbao had left, Wang Mingbao’s uncle and his wife could talk about Wang Yao.

“I remember Yao used to study biology in college. Since when has he learned medicine?” asked Wang Mingbao’s uncle’s wife.

“He not only knows about medicine, but I also heard he’s very good at it too,” said Wang Mingbao’s uncle.

“Who did you hear it from?” asked his wife.

“My brother, Mingbao’s dad,” said Wang Mingbao’s uncle.

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“How is my uncle’s disease?” asked Wang Mingbao after they had left his uncle’s house.

“Not too bad,” said Wang Yao.