Gu Am Heo Joon
[Episode 36]
Young Master. Young Master!
Well? Help him up.
Get him inside.
Goodness. Tsk, tsk.
Building up chi is deeply related to breathing.
The principle is to breathe out dead air and breathe in the fresh air.
To do this, timing is important.
From midnight to noon, the yang is released.
Therefore, this is the perfect time to exercise breathing.
After noon to midnight, yang dies, and you should avoid the practice.
What do I mean by breathing technique?
It is breathing in very slowly and holding as long as possible.
Then releasing the breath slowly.
You must eliminate all errant thoughts.
Don't think of anything that you see or hear.
Empty your mind of all thoughts.
When angry, chi overflows. When happy, your chi expands.
When sad, it deteriorates. When afraid, it droops.
When cold, it shrinks. When hot, it comes out of your body.
When shocked, it becomes chaotic. When tired, it is spent.
When you think hard, it clots.
All of these could lead to an illness.
What would you prescribe for the illness?
I'll prescribe chonhyangtang.
But controlling one's mind is much more important.
It's me.
How much time do you have until the exam?
I have about three months left.
It'll be hard to concentrate here with all the patients.
Why don't you go somewhere quiet to study?
I was thinking the same thing, Mother.
Good. I found a suitable temple.
It's near Danyang.
It's perfect since you must go to Hanyang anyway.
Many young nobles passed the exam after studying there.
I'll send Oh-keun and Young-dal with you. So study hard.
I know you're more than qualified, but I'm worried about Doctor Yang Ye-su.
Please don't worry, Mother. I'll change his mind.
Where are you going?
Master Do-ji is leaving for Hanyang to take the medical exam.
Exam? There's another exam already?
It's in three months. He'll be studying at a temple.
Ma'am! Lady Da-hee!
How have you been?
You said you were going to Mt. Jiri to hunt.
So did you catch anything?
No, not really.
This is a leg of boar. Make stew with it.
You are so generous.
Oh, come on. Please don't say that.
By the way, when is Jun coming back home?
Do-ji is going to Hanyang to take the medical exam.
The exam is being offered this year?
The exam is three months away, but Do-ji left to study at a temple.
I think Jun should take the exam this year too.
What is he thinking...
Have you sent for me?
Yes. Have a seat.
Yes, sir.
I stopped by a tavern on my way back here.
Many people were leaving for Hanyang to take the medical exam.
They said the exam is next month.
You should wrap up here and go.
Sir...
You took care of patients willingly. And you did such a good job.
I still have a lot more to learn from you.
I can always take the exam next time. Let me stay.
I'm not telling you to take the test so you can satisfy your ambition.
There are priceless medical texts in the palace library.
There are also very rare and precious herbs in the royal storeroom.
I want you to study hard there so you can do what I failed to achieve.
You must enter the medical bureau and further your learning there.
You'll have a good chance of finding a cure for leprosy,
as well as countless diseases that have claimed many lives.
Ye-jin and I can hold the fort here. You should go.
With your knowledge and dedication, I believe you'll succeed.
Don't hesitate and take the upcoming exam.
I shall follow your advice, sir.
Are you inside, Lady Ye-jin?
Please, come in.
- Have a seat. - Thank you.
I'll prepare some tea for you.
No, it's alright. I have something to say.
I'll be leaving the temple soon.
Master Samjuk wishes me to take the state exam.
With your skills, you will certainly pass.
How long will you stay here?
If you hadn't helped me to pull myself together,
I'd still be wasting my life at the tavern, drinking and brawling.
I'm indebted to your kindness and consideration.
You did a very good job here.
Take care.
I hope you pass.
I will.
- Good-bye! - Good luck!
Oh no!
I'm dying!
Push harder!
Why can't I be in pain instead? This is killing me!
Stop overreacting. Childbirth is painful for everyone.
Cho-rye! Put yourself in my shoes!
Her cries are ripping my heart to shreds.
Il-seo!
Any progress?
No baby yet.
Push harder.
Is it coming out?
You're almost there. Push harder.
Judging from her huge behind, I thought she'd give birth real easily.
What the hell did you say?
Did you say HUGE?
Childbirth is no easy affair. Stop being stirred up.
Picked up a few things working at the clinic?
Il-seo, the baby is here!
Judging from the loud cry, I think it's a boy.
You think?
Which is it?
A pretty daughter.
A girl?
A girl... perfect...
Can you check one more time?
It's a pretty daughter.
A daughter? A girl?
Good for housework someday.
What a blessing...
Come on.
Will you stop crying?
I'm so sorry. You wanted a son.
I would've loved a son... but I'll love her, too.
Enough, stop crying.
Da-hee.
Jun.
You have become thin.
I'm so sorry.
Don't say that. You studied hard.
Wait and see. I'll make it up to you.
You won't be disappointed in me.
Has someone come?
Mother.
Jun!
You look so thin. You must not have eaten well.
How is your health, Mother?
I'm fine. I run a lot of errands and mend clothes.
I'm going to turn a mountain slope into farmland soon.
I'll make everything up to you.
Did you learn much from Master Samjuk?
Yes.
I'm going to take the state medical exam.
Do-ji left three months ago, and so did a lot of other people.
Isn't it too late?
There are still about 10 days left until the exam day.
I'll have to pass through Kochang, Muju, Youngdong and Boeun,
but I can get to Hanyang in time for the exam.
Let's say you can make it on time. But you'll need money to travel.
Oh.
Where did you get this money?
I thought you might need it.
I saved it while working at Doctor Yu's clinic.
You worked there after what they did to Jun?
I can endure any humiliation for my husband.
Da-hee...
Mother, wish me luck.
Good luck.
Jun, this is dried beef. Eat it when you're hungry.
I'm always asking you for help.
Please look after them while I'm gone.
Don't worry.
Welcome.
Master.
I've waited for you here all day.
Why were you waiting for me, sir?
Use this money for your trip.
Sir...
You don't think that I stole this money?
No, it's not that...
Take it.
I should get going.
Oh, Ye-jin wanted me to give this to you.
I'll see you after you fail.
In a poem by Li Shang Yin, it says,
"The spring I turned fifteen, I felt sorrow and cried for no reason."
I read that poem when I was fifteen, and cried alone without knowing why.
Now I go out to pick herbs and on my way home,
I cry as I watch patients returning to the temple under the red sun.
I'm sad that my skills are lacking.
And your absence is greatly felt here.
If the path you are about to take will help you become a true doctor,
I shall wish that you pass from bottom of my heart.
Please become a great doctor and help the poor and diseased.
Visit more often.
- Maid. - Yes.
Do you have a vacant room?
Yes, but it's a bit pricy these days because of the upcoming exam.
I'll take it since I can't sleep outside in this cold.
That room is for servants, so it's cheaper.
Do you want to stay there?
Okay.
Dol-swe! Dol-swe!
Coming.
- Show him to that room. - Yes ma'am.
Please come with me.
It's this room.
Good night.
Thank you.
What are you doing here?
I'm on my way to Hanyang.
What for?
I'm going to take the state medical exam.
You are?
Sir, Heo Jun is in the other room.
Who?
Heo Jun is here.
Why would that fool be here?
He says he's going to take the medical exam.
I'm going out for fresh air.
I'll go with him.
Are you really going to take the exam?
Yes.
Seems everybody under the heavens is taking the exam except me.
Did you get another recommendation from Lord Sung?
No, I didn't.
Without the recommendation letter, I doubt you'll pass the exam.
You're wasting your time.
Have you seen the owner?
Mother.
Mother, eat this.
Eat slowly.
You should eat some, too.
I ate a lot. You eat, Mother.
How is your toothache?
It's alright. Eat and get well, please.
I'll wrap up my work and take you home shortly.
Eat up.
What are you doing here?
Is she your mother?
Yes. If the maid finds out, she'll hit the roof.
Please don't tell her what you saw.
Don't worry.
If you need anything, let me know.
I'm fine.
How long did you have the ache?
About three months now.
It's killing me, but I don't have money to see a doctor.
Don't worry. I'll treat you.
Are you a doctor, too?
But the doctors are staying in that room.
Come find me after work.
What is the book that you are reading?
It's the Yellow Emperor's Book of Medicine.
Is that really the Yellow Emperor's Book of Medicine?
What's so special about it?
How can you not know when you're taking the medical exam?
It's one of the best Chinese medicine books.
It's very rare. It's in the palace and nowhere else.
How did you get it?
Some royal physicians made copies and sold it outside of the palace.
And I bought one from them.
Will the exam questions come from that book?
What a foolish question. How would he know that?
But as it is such a rare book, the questions could come from it.
Let me read that book, too.
I'm sorry, but I can't.
Sharing the book won't make it disappear.
We are competitors. The exam is a battlefield for us doctors.
You are basically asking me to give you my sword willingly.
I can't do that.
Cheap fellow.
Sir. Sir.
I'm done with my work.
Coming.
If it's painful, apply boiled soy sauce to the decayed tooth.
Grind the fruit from a pepper tree and mix it with salt and gargle.
Fruit from the pepper tree?
Yes.
Fill the hole of a beehive with salt and grill it until it turns golden.
Make powder and fill the decayed tooth or apply it to your gum.
Or make powder out of dried toad. Apply it to the tooth and spit it out.
You must not swallow the powder.
Then your toothache will go away.
Thank you, sir.
Thief! Thief!
Catch him!
Have mercy! Forgive me!