Chapter 174 Cause
Chapter 174 Causes of Disease

It comes from the "Inner Canon of Medicine" and has similar symptoms to those of wind-cold, so Hua Yuan and others were not wrong in saying that Liu Bowen was infected with wind-cold.

However, the methods that ordinary doctors use to treat colds are really powerless against pneumonia.

If a person is young and strong, maybe he can heal himself by taking some medicine, resting well for a period of time, and getting enough nutrition.

But Liu Bowen was old and frail after all, and his body's resistance was far inferior to that of young people.

After some introduction, Liu Lian and others finally understood what disease Liu Bowen had. They also understood why everyone, including Hua Yuan, said that Liu Bowen had just caught a cold.

Because Liu Bowen's pneumonia was originally caused by wind-cold, and the main symptoms of pneumonia were also classified as a type of wind-cold.

"If that's the case, this isn't a difficult or complicated disease. Why hasn't my father gotten better?"

Liu Lian no longer dared to look down on Ye Xuan, and his tone unconsciously became polite.

Ye Xuan strode to the door of the study, opened the door, and a puff of mist immediately floated in.

Ye Xuan pointed at the mist outside the house and said, "Is this the culprit?"

Everyone looked at the hazy outside the house, some of them were confused and had no idea what Ye Xuan was referring to.

Ye Xuan smiled faintly and said, "Don't you realize that it is noon now, when the sun is at its hottest, but this mountain village is still filled with thick fog and heavy water vapor?"

"You mean, it's because the humidity in this village is too high that Marquis Chengyi has been unable to recover from his cold for a long time?" Although Hua Yuan hated him, he was the head of the Imperial Hospital after all. He was awakened by Ye Xuan's words and suddenly realized it.

Ye Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, at first, Lord Chengyi just caught a cold like everyone else."

"Normally, as long as you take good care of yourself, you will be healthy again in no time. But Lord Chengyi is old and his recovery is slow. Moreover, he returned to this damp abscessed mountain village before he was fully recovered."

"This caused the cold to never heal, and it even slowly developed into pneumonia!"

When the mystery was solved, everyone was suddenly enlightened.

Liu Lian finally understood why his old father's health had not improved. It turned out that there was something wrong with the environment in his hometown.

"So according to you, what should we do now?"

Before Ye Xuan could answer, Hua Yuan said, "Now that we have figured out what happened, the next question is easy."

"Just move Lord Chengyi to someplace with brighter sun, and I'll prescribe some medicine for him to slowly recover."

Pneumonia was not considered a terminal illness in ancient times. It could be slowly cured with proper care and the assistance of acupuncture, moxibustion and other methods.

But in fact, this method is more like using auxiliary means to stimulate the body's own immunity for self-healing.

Ye Xuan said calmly: "If an ordinary young person does this, there will be no problem, but Lord Chengyi is old and weak. Doctor Hua, are you sure that this can cure Lord Chengyi's pneumonia?"

"This..." Hua Yuan was suddenly speechless. In fact, he was not absolutely sure.

Liu Lian was completely disappointed with Hua Yuan this time. He ignored Hua Yuan and asked Ye Xuan respectfully, "So, how do you think my father can be cured?"

Ye Xuan smiled faintly and said, "This is simple. Apart from moving to a warm place without moisture to recuperate, you only need to take the medicine I prepared and your illness will be cured."

As he spoke, he took out a bottle of allicin from his arms.

This was something Ye Xuan had prepared before he came, considering Zhu Yuanzhang's request to Ye Xuan to cure Liu Bowen if possible. But he didn't expect it to come in handy.

Because pneumonia is a viral infection, in ancient times people could only carry out certain auxiliary treatments in the absence of antibiotics, and then rely on the patient's own immunity to heal.

It would be fine if the person was young and strong with a strong immune system, but if the person was like Liu Bowen, who had been seriously ill for a long time and was old and weak, the situation would not be very optimistic.

There is an 80% chance that they will not be able to heal themselves and will die in the end.

But it is different with broad-spectrum antibiotics like allicin. People in this era don’t even know what antibiotics are, so there is naturally no such thing as drug resistance. It is no exaggeration to say that one bottle of medicine can cure the disease.

Just look at Zhu Biao and you will know. Such a large area of ​​back carbuncle was completely cured after only two uses, let alone pneumonia.

However, when Ye Xuan said this, Hu Weiyong, Hua Yuan and others all looked strange, and Liu Lian was also full of hesitation.

Ye Xuan was stunned, and after a moment of silence he finally understood.

The Jinyiwei were the emperor's lackeys. In addition to inspecting the officials, they also did a lot of dirty work.

If an ordinary person took out this bottle of medicine, he might just try it out as a last resort.

But when Yu Ye chose this Jinyiwei, people couldn't help but doubt the possible consequences behind it.

Is this medicine a good cure or a deadly poison?

However, at this time, Liu Bowen, who had been lying half-dead on the sickbed, suddenly said, "Since there is a good medicine to cure the disease, what are you waiting for? Why don't you write to this young man Ye and bring the medicine over."

When Liu Bowen spoke, Liu Lian hesitated and said, "Dad..."

Liu Bowen scolded, "Young Master Ye was appointed by His Majesty. Is there anything you cannot trust?"

Liu Lian was not a fool, and he immediately understood what he meant when he heard this.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang really had doubts about Liu Bowen, he would not send a Jinyiwei to do such a thing.

Isn't this just a case of trying to cover up one's own wrongdoing, giving people all over the world an excuse to accuse him?

Just imagine, Liu Bowen was fine one second, and died the next second after taking the medicine given by the Jinyiwei. Isn't it obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the Jinyiwei to kill him?

Zhu Yuanzhang was a great ruler. Even if he really wanted to kill Liu Bowen, he would not use such an idiotic method.

At the same moment, Liu Lian excitedly took the medicine bottle and thanked Ye Xuan repeatedly.

This made Hua Yuan feel very uncomfortable. It was him, the imperial physician, who was sent by the emperor to treat Marquis Chengyi, but in the end, he ended up taking the medicine of Ye Xuan, a Jinyiwei.

But it was just as Ye Xuan said, he didn't have any better solution except prescribing a few conditioning prescriptions, he could only watch it being a decoration.

After helping Liu Bowen take the medicine, Liu Lian respectfully asked Ye Xuan, "Brother Ye, are you going to pack up and take my father to another place for recuperation?"

Ye Xuan nodded, "There is no time to lose, Sir Liu, get ready."

Liu Lian nodded, and first invited Hu Weiyong, Hua Yuan and others to the living room for tea. Then he excused himself and left. Only the servants began to pack up and prepare to take his old father to Qingtian County for recuperation.

(End of this chapter)