Zhang Liang's prescription was too expensive.
Li Xu reminded him in a low voice.
Hearing this, Zhang Liang's old face flushed, and he felt a little ashamed.
He had been practicing at the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for decades. His consultation fee was several hundred yuan, and his patients were invariably rich or powerful.
Over time, he had grown accustomed to prescribing the best and most expensive medicines, focusing solely on efficacy without considering the cost.
But he remembered what his teacher had taught him when he was a young student of Chinese medicine: "A doctor must have a benevolent heart. It's not just about curing illness, but also about sympathizing with the patient's suffering. If a cheaper medicine works, use the cheaper medicine."
Simple, convenient, effective, and inexpensive—that was the essence of traditional Chinese medicine.
