The Female Supporting Role Shows Out

Chapter 138

Translator: thornling | Editor: thornling

Lin Dan was escorted into Xuanping Marquis Manor all trussed up, but in less than an hour she had been invited to the main courtyard as the eldest princess' respected guest. She drank a bowl of ginger soup to warm her body, then proceeded to dispel the eldest princess' doubts: "In the case of Your Majesty's illness, neither nourishing yin nor nourishing yang will work, or else the symptoms will worsen."

The eldest princess suddenly felt extremely confused, and worriedly said: "None of the usual methods can be used, so how can my illness be treated?" It was only now that she realized that it was not the imperial hospital's physicians that were useless, but her own illness that was too bizarre. It was impossible to treat it like a normal disease.

Lin Dan pondered for a moment, then said slowly: "The Mingmen (life gate) is located in the Xiajiao (lower burner)*, which contains the true fire** of the human body, the source of qi transformation. Instead of replenishing yin fire or yang fire, I will directly prescribe medicine that acts the Xiajiao to replenish your majesty's true fire. When your true fire grows, yang qi grows, and when yang qi grows, yin fire weakens. When the time comes, your majesty will naturally be cured of all diseases." After her words fell, she rolled up her sleeves and asked politely, "Where is my bamboo basket? My pen, ink, paper, ink-stone, and pulse pillow*** are in it. I have to carefully check Your Majesty's pulse before I can formulate a prescription."

*One of the "triple burners," the Xiajiao is below the belly button.

**True fire is also known as origin qi, and comes from the kidney.

***A small pillow to rest patients' wrists on while taking their pulse.

The two senior palace maids hurried to the woodshed and brought all of Lin Dan's belongings, not even daring to overlook the little hoe that had mud all over it.

The eldest princess muttered to herself: "Neither replenishing yang fire nor replenishing yin fire, but directly replenishing true fire? Good, good, Physician Lin really is a brilliant doctor, not conforming to the mold!"

In the Dao of Medicine, the worst habit was to be overly rigid. Many would rather go through many more twists and turns and use a few more types of herbs, all to avoid the most direct path. But Lin Dan was completely different. Her scope of vision and line of thinking, in many cases, could help her discard the surface symptoms and directly see the most essential inner workings. This also caused her prescriptions and acupuncture to be much bolder than ordinary doctors. She might even have come closer to transcendence than that famous, impressive ancestor of hers.

But up until now, she had only practiced medicine in the countryside. Most of the patients she treated were ignorant and inexperienced, sometimes not even aware that they themselves had been suffering from a terminal illness. How would they know what level her medical skill had reached? The patients didn't find anything unusual, and she also had an ancestor shining through the ages that she compared herself to, so she naturally didn't know what realm she was in.

If the treatment plan she had so easily drawn up had been revealed to the public, it would certainly astonish the entire medical world. The other doctors couldn't even find the root of the illness, but she could accurately diagnose it with just a glance and come up with the most efficient treatment method. How extraordinary were her medical skills?

The more the eldest princess thought about it, the hotter her heart became. She pointed at her son and said, "Physician Lin, please take a look at my son's illness. How can he be treated?"

Zhu Yimin hurriedly hid behind his mother, but was forcefully hauled out by the other party and pushed in front of Lin Dan. He hurriedly wrapped one arm around his chest, covering his face with the other, like a young girl who had been harassed.