The 40-year-old woman who had a stroke

  Miao Peilan saw these few people and was somewhat surprised, saying: "Brother Li, what's going on?"

  A woman behind the man saw her and was slightly surprised, saying: "Pei Lan, you're also here to see the doctor? My mother-in-law suddenly fell seriously ill, I came to find Dr. Zuo to treat her illness. Is Dr. Zuo inside?"

  Before Pei Lan could answer, Zuo Shao Yang had already stepped forward: "Do you have business here? ——Pei Lan, do you know them?"

  "It's from our old village of Lao Huai."

  "Ah?" Zuo Shaoyang smiled and said: "So you're from Qianren Mountain's Lao Huai Village, we went to your village to visit the sick yesterday..."

  The man interrupted and asked: "Young brother, may I ask if Old Man Zuo is in? My mother is seriously ill and dying, where is Old Man Zuo? Is he in or not?"

  "That's me."

  "Who are you?" The man sized up Zuo Shao Yang from head to toe, his face filled with disbelief. It was clear that in general, people tend to have a natural skepticism towards the medical skills of young doctors when they don't know any better.

  Zuo Shaoyang was already mentally prepared for this, so he hastily said: "I also have the surname Zuo, I am Xiaolangzhong. Are you looking for my father? My father is selling medicine in Wasteland City. What's wrong with the patient?"

  The man hastily said: "Can't you go call him? My mother is about to die, trouble him to come back and save her life."

  Zuo Shaoyang wanted to take advantage of the time before his father returned to examine the patient's illness. If he went to call him himself, it would be inconvenient when his father came back. He turned around and looked at his sister Huixiang: "Sister, can you go call Father?"

  Angelica pulled him forward and said loudly while winking at him sideways, "My father can only treat headaches and fever, such a serious illness, my father can't handle it, you'd better go to another pharmacy, don't delay the old man's illness."

  Zuo Shaoyang didn't know what it meant when Huixiang winked at him, and upon hearing his words, he hastily said: "How can Father not be cured? The other day, he even cured a woman who couldn't give birth to a dead fetus."

  "That's right! We heard about this from the pharmacy on the street ahead, saying that your esteemed hall's Old Master Zuo successfully treated a difficult birth of a dead fetus that even Huimin Hall couldn't cure! That's why we rushed here!"

  "Yes?" Zuo Shaoyang said, "My dad will try his best to treat him, hurry up and put the person on the bed..."

  "Wait!" Xiangyu grabbed Zuo Shao Yang's sleeve again, gritting her teeth and speaking in a low voice: "Don't say anything, listen to me! - Gentlemen, I'm really sorry, my father's medical skills are mediocre, he really can't cure this illness, so..."

  "Sister! What are you saying? When someone comes to the door seeking medical help, how can you just push them away without even diagnosing their illness?" Zuo Shaoyang glared at Huixiang, his voice urgent. "You won't go? Fine, I'll go!" With that, he shook off Huixiang's hand and strode out.

  Miao Peilan, standing at the door with big round eyes staring at them, hastily said: "I'll go call, you stay here and take care of things!" After speaking, without waiting for her siblings to respond, she ran towards Wasi like a gust of wind.

  "Wait! Girl, don't go!" Xiang shouted as she ran to the door, but Miao Peilan had already run far away. Xiang stood at the door, anxiously stamping her feet. Turning back, she saw that on this side, Xiao Shaoyang had already instructed those men to put the patient on a small wooden bed in the main hall, and she hurried over to say: "My father really can't cure your illness, you'd better take the patient away."

  "Sister, wait for Dad to come back and see after that. If he says no, then we'll talk about it again. Why do you always push people away?"

  Those men busily put on a smiling face and pleaded with Xiang: "Yes, miss, please have mercy on us."

  Angelica pulled Shao Yang to one side and whispered, "Do you know what? They are... the people I saw at Hui Min Tang this afternoon. The patient is a terminal case that even Dr. Ni of Hui Min Tang couldn't cure! That's why I tried to shirk it off. We can't afford to get involved in this trouble!"

  Zuo Shaoyang was taken aback and turned around to ask: "Have you been to Huimin Hall?"

  "Yes, yes!" The man hastily bowed and said, "We first went to Hui Min Tang, I heard that's the best medical skills in the entire Shi Jing County, so we went, but after Doctor Nai examined her, he said my mother's illness couldn't be cured, told us to go back and prepare for the worst. We were not willing to give up, ran around every pharmacy and clinic in the city, all said it was incurable, we were desperate. Luckily, at the front medicine shop, a kind-hearted patient said, 'You should go to Gui Zhi Tang's Left Lang, his medical skills are exceptional, he cured a woman who couldn't deliver her dead fetus, also someone Doctor Nai said couldn't be cured', told us to come and take a look."

  Zuo Shaoyang nodded and said to the man, "Pei Lan has gone to invite my father. I'll take a look at the patient's condition first. If my father comes back and diagnoses that it can't be cured, then there's nothing we can do, and we can only apologize."

  The man nodded with a sad face, clasped his fists and bowed: "Alright, but please, young master, you must help me speak up and let your father do his best to save my mother. We will never forget your great kindness and will definitely repay it well."

  Zuo Shaoyang looked at their tattered clothes and secretly sighed, saying that it was so, but looking at them like this, he feared that they wouldn't be able to collect any medical fees. However, he couldn't bring himself to ignore someone in need, but didn't know if he had the skill to save them.

  The Lesser Yang asked: "How did the patient contract the disease?"

  That man turned to glare at the woman beside him, and she shuddered, timidly saying: "It's all... it's all my fault. When I was washing clothes, my hands were too cold, so I tucked them under my armpits to warm them up for a bit. Mother told me to hurry up and wash, don't be lazy, there are still so many clothes left, or we won't finish on time. I... I thought about how these past few days of washing clothes had cracked the skin on my hands, and it hurt when they touched water, but I didn't dare say a word. So I just talked back to Mother once, and she got angry, scolding me. I didn't dare retort. As Mother was scolding, she suddenly fell to the ground, unconscious, her mouth twisted, eyes crooked, limbs convulsing wildly. I was terrified, and quickly went to call Second Brother, they were at the construction site when you all came... It's just like that."

  "Are you the ones who carried the old man from Lao Huai Village?"

  "No." The man said, "My brothers and I are working on a water canal outside the city. My mother and my wife - she is my wife - they are both at the construction site washing clothes for people to earn some money." As he spoke, he stuck his head out of the door and looked around: "Little brother, why hasn't your father come yet?"

  "Quickly!" Zuo Shaoyang sat down beside the small bed, carefully examining the old woman's condition. The old woman's mouth and eyes were slanted, and there was a gurgling sound in her throat. She didn't respond to questions and had fallen into a coma. After an initial examination, it was found that her right upper and lower limbs were paralyzed and couldn't move. Taking her pulse, the radial artery felt tight and slippery. Opening the old woman's mouth to examine her tongue, the tip of the tongue was red, with a yellowish-white coating that was sticky. His heart sank, and it seemed like she had suffered a stroke.

  However, it's not possible to immediately come to this conclusion because a deviated mouth and eyes don't necessarily mean that the person has had a stroke. For example, a condition called "deviated mouth" or "drooping wind" can also cause a deviated mouth and eyes, often accompanied by pain behind the ear. However, this condition does not lead to limb paralysis or numbness on one side of the body. Since the elderly patient is currently experiencing hemiplegia, it's possible to rule out the possibility of a deviated mouth. It doesn't seem like epilepsy either, as although seizures can cause sudden loss of consciousness, patients usually regain consciousness quickly and their limbs are normal afterwards without any paralysis or numbness. This also isn't an ordinary case of syncope or tetanus, because neither of these conditions presents with symptoms of a deviated mouth and eyes, nor hemiplegia.

  Zuo Shaoyang did a preliminary examination in his mind and initially determined that the old man had suffered a stroke, specifically a cerebral vascular accident. A stroke can be divided into two types: cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage. The former usually does not cause loss of consciousness but instead directly results in symptoms such as deviation of the mouth and eyes, difficulty speaking, and hemiplegia. In contrast, a cerebral hemorrhage often causes loss of consciousness and confusion.

  Old people having a stroke is not easy to deal with, especially when it comes to the internal organs. Compared to meridian channels, the location of the disease is deep and the condition is severe, with high mortality and disability rates. Although I have seen teachers treat this before during my internship, I have never treated it alone with a prescription, and I am not only anxious in my heart.