Chapter 2506: 2418 Trigger Foods (Alliance Leader Wang Leping Bonus Chapter 1)

Chang Yue couldn't hold back after observing for 18 hours the next day.

At the hospital she persuaded the emergency department doctor, then persuaded Su Yun, and finally persuaded Zheng Ren, finally getting her wish to return home.

It was a false alarm, but everyone felt a sense of surviving a disaster. Being able to live well is indeed something worth celebrating.

But Zheng Ren still insisted that Chang Yue should first have a liquid diet for two and a half days, after all acute anaphylactic shock puts the body in a stress state, and severe patients could possibly develop upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Although Chang Yue seemed fine, Zheng Ren still cautiously had her drink porridge. Anyway, for these two days just treat her like a rabbit, she can't eat greasy things.

"Zheng Ren, does Sister Yue have any dietary restrictions lately?" Xie Yiren, already ready to go, prepared to buy all kinds of tasty things for Chang Yue.

Although she can't eat as she used to, after all it can be chopped up and put into the porridge. In Xie Yiren's view, a life of plain porridge with a bit of pickled vegetables is basically abuse.

"Just avoid being too spicy or greasy." Zheng Ren, hearing the term dietary restrictions, felt it was very familiar.

"Okay."

The two chatted while changing shoes and preparing to go downstairs. Heizi crouched on the ground, eyes tightly fixed on the two; at the slightest gesture indicating it should go out together, Heizi would dash forward like a black lightning bolt, gripping the leash in its mouth.

"Be good, we're going to buy vegetables, you don't need to come." Zheng Ren patted Heizi's head and said gently.

"Heizi, here!" Su Yun pinched a peanut and shook it at Heizi.

Heizi seemed a bit conflicted, but still happily ran toward Su Yun.

"Zheng Ren, aside from things that are too spicy or greasy, what else?" Xie Yiren asked, "When I was sick before, my mother said I couldn't eat trigger foods. Can Sister Yue have this?"

"Trigger foods..." Zheng Ren took Xie Yiren's hand and entered the elevator.

He had explained this term to patients countless times; it couldn't be more familiar.

Generally, patients after surgery, or even when they are about to be discharged smoothly, first thank the doctor, then ask if there are any dietary restrictions; whether trigger foods like seafood and beef/lamb can be eaten.

Zheng Ren used to explain carefully each time, but now it's unnecessary; Chang Yue alone handles all communication between the medical team and patients.

"I think, in Chinese medicine we look, listen, ask, and feel; you can't solve all problems with just one or two concepts." Zheng Ren said.

Xie Yiren didn't notice that Zheng Ren spoke with the tone and logic used when instructing patients' families; she cheerfully pulled Zheng Ren into the elevator.

"I want to make seafood porridge for Sister Yue, but I heard seafood is a trigger food; if it goes wrong, what then? I'm scared." Xie Yiren said.

"I think seafood could be considered a trigger food possibly from years ago... never mind, there's really no theoretical basis; if you're worried, just don't give Chang Yue any."

"What about beef and lamb? Are they also trigger foods?" Xie Yiren asked.

"It's said to have the function of supplementing the middle and boosting qi, nourishing the spleen and stomach, strengthening muscles and bones, resolving phlegm and quenching wind, stopping thirst and salivation. It's suitable for those with middle qi deficiency, shortness of breath and physical weakness, sore muscles and bones, long-term illness with anemia, and sallow complexion and dizziness." Zheng Ren laughed: "It should be considered a trigger food; there's also a saying that lamb doesn't count but beef does."

"Then beef and lamb also can't be eaten..." Xie Yiren's mood sank a bit.

If beef and lamb are both off-limits, then only vegetables can be eaten.

"What about vegetables?"

"Tomatoes, eggplant, spinach, chili peppers, leeks, shiitake mushrooms..."

"Wait, shiitake mushrooms are trigger foods?!" Xie Yiren exclaimed in surprise.

"It should be said that almost all edible fungi are trigger foods." Zheng Ren continued speaking in the tone used when explaining conditions to patients' families, using words like 'almost', 'should', 'roughly', 'maybe', etc.

"Any food that causes dry mouth, red eyes, swollen gums, or constipation counts as a trigger food, though this comes from a recent Chinese medicine paper." Zheng Ren said, "In Chinese medicine texts it seems to be called 'moving wind to generate yang'; I haven't studied this much."

"This can't be eaten, that can't be eaten; maybe all we can do is drink a little millet porridge to nourish the stomach."

"Well, millet is fine. It's also called shu mi, sweet in nature, slightly cold, entering the lung and large intestine meridians." Zheng Ren showed off the little bit of Chinese medicine theory he knows.

Thinking about how Chang Yue's recent diet is like a rabbit's, Xie Yiren felt somewhat worried.

The previous joy of going grocery shopping has completely vanished, leaving only worry and unwillingness.

"Actually, there's recently been integrated Chinese-Western medical research theory that I find fairly reliable." Zheng Ren said, "The so-called trigger foods refer to foods that could possibly cause allergic reactions."

"Allergies..." Xie Yiren now feels somewhat 'allergic' to this term.

Chang Yue had a major incident just from drinking some hot water yesterday; if it weren't for the two skilled emergency doctors at home guarding her, she might not have survived.

Therefore, Xie Yiren, believing it's better to trust than to doubt, walked with Zheng Ren chatting, full of regret, past most of the stalls in the market.

Since Chang Yue can't eat it, we all shouldn't either. We can't all feast on big fish and meat while she looks on longingly.

That would be utterly inhumane, especially for Chang Yue, who claims she wants to lose weight but actually eats a huge amount whenever she goes grocery shopping with Xie Yiren; it could be described as cruel.

The market was noisy with voices; Zheng Ren was in charge of carrying things. With each purchase, Xie Yiren would ask Chang Yue whether she could eat it now.

If it were someone else, Zheng Ren would have already been annoyed.

But since these questions came from Yi Ren, he looked at her back with a smiling, squinting gaze, explaining patiently without tiring. For things he himself wasn't sure about, he would pretend to space out and go directly to the System Library to look up books.

Although there were all sorts of things that "can't" be eaten, in the end Zheng Ren's two hands were still full of various ingredients.

Faced with the dazzling array of ingredients, Zheng Ren didn't know how to combine them into tasty meals.

Cooking is also a profound subject, but Zheng Ren has no interest in it.

Actually, Zheng Ren believes that whether it's seafood, beef and lamb, or other "trigger foods", there's really no problem.

Chang Yue has no wound, so this shouldn't be an issue originally. But since Yi Ren asked, let's just eat a little less; anyway it's harmless. If she really ends up eating something and having an allergic reaction, Zheng Ren thinks he'd go crazy.

If it were a postoperative surgical patient, Zheng Ren thinks protein supplementation is still necessary; otherwise insufficient nutrition would instead affect wound healing.

Returning home to rest, there also seem to be many things to pay attention to; Zheng Ren sighed. Being a doctor is not easy, and patients' families are not easy either.