Chapter 818: This is the Zhuyou Branch

"Have you taken him to other places for examinations?" Li Lao stepped forward and asked.

"We have, and they were all big hospitals, but it was of no use at all; the cause of the illness couldn't be identified at all," the little boy's mother said.

"Come, let Grandpa take a look." Li Lao took the little boy's pulse, asked about a few conditions, and then he had an idea in his mind.

"Little Chen, what do you think?" Zhu Yiwen had also looked, and then he looked toward Chen Yu.

"Since the two of you already know the answer, then fine, let me explain it," Chen Yu said with a faint smile.

"Li Lao, he..." The child's mother saw that Chen Yu was young, and she was somewhat skeptical.

"This is Little Chen, he is also a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and his medical skills are far above mine and Li Lao's, so you can rest assured," Zhu Yiwen laughed. "Besides, we are here to oversee things."

Seeing that Zhu Lao had said so, the child's mother nodded and waited for Chen Yu to explain.

"The child's condition should be classified as food stagnation. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this condition is considered spleen deficiency combined with stagnation. The main symptoms are mental fatigue and weakness, sallow complexion, emaciation, and restless sleep. Moreover, his current condition is that his middle Qi is not circulating, unable to transform essence into Qi and blood, which is why this situation has occurred," Chen Yu explained casually.

Zhu Lao and Li Lao nodded secretly; Chen Yu's analysis was very comprehensive, and these were indeed the symptoms of food stagnation.

"But I have seen many doctors, and none of them had any way to help, and they couldn't find any problem either. What should I do?" the child's mother said anxiously.

"Don't be anxious, let me finish diagnosing the symptoms first," Chen Yu smiled. "For ordinary food stagnation, one uses modified Spleen-Strengthening Pills, using hawthorn, divine comedy, and the like to digest food and guide out stagnation; usually, it gets better in a few days. But your child's situation is different from ordinary children."

"How is it different?" The child's mother was stunned.

"His type of food stagnation belongs to excessive Yang-defense, with innate liver fire being too strong. If I am not mistaken, during pregnancy and the lactation period, you had excessive nutritional intake," Chen Yu said.

"Ah? Yes, yes, when I was pregnant with him, I was greedy and just wanted to eat. I gained over forty pounds, and when he was born, he weighed over eight pounds. Plus, my mother-in-law often killed chickens and stewed fish for me to nourish myself," the child's mother nodded repeatedly.

"That's it, so this would cause the liver fire to be too strong, making it easy to have food stagnation. And once there is food stagnation, the five Qi condense in the liver and viscera and do not disperse, so it causes his current appearance," Chen Yu smiled. "Elder Zhu, your Talisman-Incantation Art should have the 'Wanted Order' category under the Pediatric Chapter of Zhuyou."

"Yes, if you want this situation to be fast, just take these two Talismans, light them, and turn them into Talisman Water to drink; it will be effective in half a day," Li Lao took out two Talismans.

The Talismans of the Talisman-Incantation branch are different from ordinary ghost-repelling Talismans; these two Talismans are whitish and yellowish, and the patterns drawn on them are also different.

"Zhu Lao... this, will this work?" The child's mother revealed a look of doubt.

"Of course, my Talisman effects are not as good as Little Chen's. Little Chen, if you use a Talisman, how should it be used?" Li Lao asked.

"Talisman Water has the best effect, but the child's parent might not be able to accept it. How about this, I also have two here; you stick them on the child's chest and back, and it will be effective immediately," Chen Yu said as he also took out two Talismans.

"Will this work?" The child's mother was still somewhat doubtful.

"Stick them on the child's body, and I guarantee the child will be fine immediately," Chen Yu said.

"Then... I'll try? Come Xiaobao, let the uncle take a look." The child's mother pulled the child.

Chen Yu stuck the two Talismans on the child's chest and back, then pinched with two fingers. Only to see the two Talismans flash with a trace of Spiritual Light, and immediately after, the two Talismans actually disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"How did the Talisman disappear? It vanished?"

"Yes, what is going on?"

Everyone was shocked; they all felt it was somewhat unbelievable.

And at the very moment the Talismans disappeared, the child's spirit lifted. His eyes were no longer as hollow and lifeless as before, but became spirited. Immediately after, his sallow complexion became rosy, and the listless state from just a moment ago was swept away.

"Mom, my stomach hurts, I need to go to the bathroom, and I want to eat something." The child's voice was crisp, completely devoid of the gloom from just before.

"Xiaobao, do you finally want to eat? Ah, this is really too great." The child's mother was both surprised and happy. Originally, she had come here with a wait-and-see attitude, but she didn't expect that he would actually be cured.

"Go back, let the child clear his bowels, and then take him to eat. Since the food stagnation has just been cured, eighty percent full is enough; it is not suitable to eat too much," Chen Yu said.

"Thank you, Yisheng, thank you so much." The woman kept thanking him, and she happily took the child and left.

"Can these Talismans even cure illnesses?" Someone exclaimed.

"Yes, I really couldn't have imagined it."

"I heard that Elder Li's ancestors understood the Zhuyou branch, and even the Qing court invited him to go. This level is truly not just for show."

For a time, people were discussing it, feeling that using Talismans to cure illnesses just now was unbelievable.

"Everyone actually doesn't need to make a fuss. The Talisman-Incantation branch was common in ancient medicine, but it was lost in modern times. Little Chen is proficient in the Talisman-Incantation branch, so today I let him come over to show everyone a trick," Zhu Yiwen laughed. "Moreover, Li Lao is also a successor of the Talisman-Incantation branch, so in the future, if Li Lao opens a Talisman and turns it into water for patients to drink, please don't mistake it for superstition."

"Yisheng, take a look at me, I have a festering sore on my leg." A middle-aged man ran forward and rolled up his pant leg.

Sure enough, one could see that on his lower leg, a festering sore the size of a child's palm looked extremely striking, and this sore actually looked like a child's handprint, looking very eerie.

"How long have you had this?" Chen Yu looked at the sore on his leg with doubt.

"It's been a good while now. No matter what medicine I apply, it's useless, and it's getting more and more serious, with bloody water seeping out from inside," the man said with a dejected face.

"It's been half a month, right? Half a month ago, did you go to some places with heavy Yin energy? An ancestral hall, a temple, or a Graveyard?" Chen Yu asked.

"This... none of those," the man shook his head.

"None?" Chen Yu's brows locked together. After a moment, he said again: "Then, is there anyone close to you who had an accidental miscarriage or an abortion?"

"This... yes, my wife, she had an accidental miscarriage at six weeks of pregnancy, and she is still resting at home now." The man was shocked; how did Chen Yu guess that?

"It was an accident, are you sure?" Chen Yu stared at the man.

"This... no..." The man stammered and could not answer.

"Speak the truth. One should not hide illnesses from a doctor, and no one here knows you. If you don't speak the truth, it will be difficult for us to prescribe the right medicine," Li Lao said. "This sore is not an ordinary sore; this belongs to a Ghost Hand Sore."

"Ghost Hand Sore?" The patients in the room were all shocked.

"That is to say, he was accidentally injured in this place and was touched by a ghost. Of course, this is the saying of the older generation; we still have scientific basis now," Chen Yu said. "Just tell the truth, was this child an accidental miscarriage?"