"Do you feel nauseous?" Ju Jiahong asked gently.
"COUGH... A little," the patient replied, gasping for breath. "It always feels like there's something stuck in my throat. I want to throw up but I can't."
After finishing the pulse diagnosis, Ju Jiahong pondered for a long time before sitting back in his seat. "The patient's Qi and Yin are both damaged. Although the previous treatment cleared the fluid retention, it clearly damaged his bodily fluids as well. His tongue is thin, small, and a dark, purplish-red—a clear sign that his true Yin is on the verge of exhaustion. Director Zhu, looking at the previous prescription, I see the dosage of Yuzhu was twelve grams. Given the current severe depletion of bodily fluids, I believe we could try increasing it to twenty-five grams or even higher. We need to nourish the Yin and moisten the dryness to see if we can stimulate the generation of fluids."
