When Si Mingjing changed the subject, everyone in the sickroom tensed, their hearts seemingly in their throats. They fixed their pleading eyes on her, desperately hoping she wouldn't say anything disappointing; their ability to absorb more bad news was terribly fragile.
Si Mingjing said, "Lady Si is suffering from deficiency of yin with wind stirring, complicated by blood stasis. She needs to nourish yin and subdue yang, as well as extinguish wind and unblock the collaterals. I can prescribe her a decoction that nourishes yin, extinguishes wind, and unblocks the collaterals to try first."
As she spoke, Si Mingjing took out paper and pen from her medical kit and wrote down the prescription.
