CHAPTER 93: 93: MEDICAL SKILL (3)_1

Liang Zhichen’s rheumatism was indeed severe, but no one outside of a few brothers in the family knew. The sickness had troubled him for many years, and during rainy weather, the pain was so intolerable that he could hardly suppress it. Like these past few days when it frequently rained, he appeared on the surface to be fine, but in reality, everyone knew his joints ached intensely. It’s just that he could endure well, always pretending to be indifferent and never revealing even the slightest sign of his suffering.

As a result, the expressions of the brothers turned solemn, and Dong Huiying also glanced around the room.

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes visual inspection, olfaction, inquiry, and palpation. With Dong Huiying’s expertise in traditional Chinese medicine, often times, she didn’t need to take a pulse. Simply by observing a patient’s complexion, she could discern a lot about their state.

"All of you brothers are not in good health. Perhaps it’s because of the hardships endured during childhood, which led to an unstable foundation. Now you are still young, so it might not seem like a big issue, but if left untreated, in a few years, or when you are older, it’s really going to be difficult to bear."

"Take Liang Yuening, for example, his temper is not great, but if I’m not mistaken, he probably suffers from yin deficiency leading to excess fire. He likely can’t sleep at night, often feeling irritable, unable to rest, dizzy, with a buzzing in his ears, vexed with a burning sensation in his palms and soles, and dry mouth and throat."

"Yixuan must dread the cold. Whenever the weather turns cold, he would always suffer from abdominal pain that alleviates with warmth and worsens with cold. This condition is known as an internal obstruction by cold pathogenic factors."

After saying this, she once again turned her attention to the frail and gas-deficient Second Brother Liang Shuyu.

"I haven’t had much contact with Shu Yu, but I guess in addition to his weak spleen and stomach from cold, he probably also has the condition of chest impediment. This disease mainly arises from pathogenic factors obstructing the heart meridian, causing disruption to the flow of qi and blood. At a mild level, it causes chest tightness; at its worst, it results in severe chest pain that radiates to the back, shortness of breath, and other ailments such as loss of appetite, tuberculosis, disordered qi and blood, liver qi stagnation, cold dampness, headache and body pain, and coldness in the limbs... Anyway, there are too many to list in detail."

But to be honest, this Liang family is quite exceptional.

The condition of Liang Shuyu is exceedingly complex, his body seemingly harbors endless ailments. A thorough diagnosis would require taking his pulse. However, even from what I’ve observed so far, the issues are already numerous.

That he has survived till now is nothing short of a miracle, but it also reveals how much effort this family of brothers has invested in him. Otherwise, with his decrepit body, if left uncared for, he would have died from illness long ago. He simply wouldn’t have made it to this point.

Liang Shuyu had been leaning on his elder brother, but as Dong Huiying recounted his array of ailments, he gradually sat upright, his eyes flashing coldly as he tightened his lips.

This man, he exuded a fairy aura in his daily life, as if he had already transcended the secular world, appearing as if he belonged outside the earthly realm. But that was all an illusion. The real him was a deep thinker. He simply chose not to express or reveal his feelings, like a sick tiger. Having been sick for so long, practically since birth and constantly reliant on medicine, if he had not been a person of strong will, he would have been driven mad by his decrepit body long ago.

Now, he exuded a deadly aura, formidable and intense. Even though Dong Huiying knew he was nothing but a weakling, far too frail to pose any threat to her, his presence was overwhelming, akin to a fierce tiger with the courage of a valiant. Amidst his imposing vigor, he still retained a sense of high elegance and purity that shocked her into retreating three steps back.

"Uh..." She scratched her neck, "Did I say something wrong?"

Liang Shuyu looked at her for a long moment, before his aura suddenly diminished, and he wilted, leaning back on his elder brother again. "No, you have not spoken incorrectly. Shu Yu indeed doesn’t have much time left."