Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 512 Su He begins free medical consultation on the ship

Su He knew they didn't have much money, so he smiled and said, "I just happened to meet you, so you don't have to pay. I usually just help the master, and I don't see patients."

The man secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude to Su He.

Su He was so scared that she quickly hid for a moment. She couldn't bear this and said quickly, "Hurry up and get up. You can't kowtow to a child like me. It's just a small favor for me. Please go and see the old man!"

After thanking him profusely, the man went to visit his mother. Everyone in the cabin also praised Su He.

Of course, some people also came forward to ask Su He: "Little doctor, can you please take a look at my child? He has been feeling uncomfortable in his stomach these past few days."

Su He said with a smile: "I have time today. If you want to see a doctor, please line up and I will see you one by one!"

The cabin was full of poor people sleeping on the floor. They endured minor illnesses and pains by themselves, and waited for death for serious illnesses. They were of course happy to hear that the young doctor was willing to treat them, but they were afraid to charge money.

An old lady asked Su He embarrassedly: "Little doctor, do we have to pay for the treatment? We don't have much money, so a little is fine, but more is too much to bear."

Su He smiled and said, "It's free. I'll give you acupuncture for minor illnesses and prescribe medicine for major illnesses. You can go buy the medicine yourself. The main thing is that I don't have that much medicine on me, so please forgive me!"

At this time, someone quickly responded, "We are very grateful that you can treat us for free, doctor. We cannot let you pay for the medicine. Don't be too greedy."

The lady who asked the question also said: "Yes, how can people be so greedy? Thank you for treating me for free."

Su He smiled and said, "Then please go and borrow a table from the boatman, and we'll start on the deck outside the cabin!"

When a young man heard that he was going to borrow a table, he quickly agreed and ran out. When Su He arrived at the open space on the deck, he had already moved a table and two chairs and placed them there.

Su He nodded to thank him, then sat behind the table and waited for everyone to line up.

At this time, the boatman on the boat also came over and asked Su He: "Little doctor, we also want to queue up to see a doctor. We finally met one. Can we follow too?"

Su He said to them, "Sure. If we can't finish watching it today, we can watch it here tomorrow."

All of a sudden everyone said happily that this was great, but they were also worried that the young doctor might not have enough time today and they couldn’t let him not rest.

In this way, Su He began her medical practice. For minor illnesses, Su He would help with acupuncture, and she also made an appointment with them that they could come to see her on the ship during the next few days.

If they were seriously ill, Su He would take out some pills he brought with him to relieve them first, and then write a prescription for them to get off the boat and find a clinic to buy medicine. For some other herbs that could be used with one or two herbs and could be found in the fields, Su He would tell them the common names and let them pick them and boil them at home to drink.

In fact, many diseases can be solved with one or two medicines. For example, dandelion and viola yedoensis can treat mastitis, scabies, furuncle, fire ulcer, lymphadenitis and other diseases.

The herb, commonly known as Lala vine, cutter vine, and Lala vine, can be boiled in water and taken directly to treat lung heat, rheumatism, low-grade fever, and other symptoms. The decoction can be used for external washing to treat eczema and skin itching. It can be directly mashed and applied externally to treat snake and insect bites and sores.

In fact, medicine is often around us, but modern people who have read books don’t pay attention to it. Moreover, how could ordinary people know this when most of them are illiterate?

While treating patients, Su He also told everyone what diseases some basic herbs could cure. At least, the people on the ship could pick some herbs around them to treat minor illnesses.

The patients who had seen the doctor were very respectful to Su He and bowed to her from time to time to thank her. At first, they didn't believe such a young doctor, but seeing that everyone was obviously cured, how could they not thank this doctor, especially since he treated them for free.

People are just too poor to spend money on medical treatment, but how can they not know if their health has improved? Although the young doctor is young, her medical skills are really good, especially when you see that she can insert the needle steadily, who would not be convinced?