I really don't want to take shortcuts anymore

Although the drug store has not yet opened, it has begun to take shape. At the very least, patients who have illnesses can seek medical treatment early in the morning.

Mrs. Fang of the Zhou Mansion had her acute asthma under control after Luo Qianhuai administered acupuncture first aid that day and took Huanglong Shuchuan Decoction. She wanted to come back for follow-up consultation in the next few days, but it happened to be the birthday of the old lady of the Zhou Mansion. As a steward, she The lady was busy and had no time to spare, so she was delayed for a while.

After finally holding on until the Laba family banquet was over, it was already midnight after Mrs. Fang and her servants had cleaned up the mess on the cups and plates. When she returned to the servant's room, she caught a wind. In the early hours of the morning, she developed shortness of breath and could not sit upright to move. symptoms.

Zhou Tong helped her take leave and brought someone to Luo Qianhuai early in the morning.

Luo Qianhuai checked her pulse and saw that she was breathing heavily, coughing with phlegm, white and greasy coating, and a slippery and rapid pulse. He had an idea in his mind and took a dose of Dingchuan Decoction, with a separate flavor of honey locust in the middle.

Naturally, this flavor of honey locust was not added for nothing. There is a saying in "The Essential Treatise on the Golden Chamber": "When coughing is accompanied by rising Qi, turbid vomiting occurs from time to time, but one cannot sit or lie down, the acacia pills control it." This refers to it.

After the acupuncture was completed, Mrs. Fang's breathing had basically calmed down. After drinking Dingchuan Decoction, she could get up and walk as usual.

She thought that there were still a lot of chores waiting for her to arrange in the house before the year, and she felt anxious. She declined Luo Qianhuai's suggestion of systematic treatment, and just wanted to wait until there was nothing to do after the year.

Luo Qianhuai has always had a headache with such patients. He knew clearly that he was sick, and he also knew that the disease would kill people when it occurred. However, once the superficial symptoms were gone, he took a chance and wanted to continue to delay it.

This time, Zhou Tong did not side with his wife.

"Ying Niang. Your illness has always been worse when exposed to cold. It's getting colder every day in the twelfth lunar month. I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on and will be completely injured."

Madam Fang sighed: "I don't know. But Madam only has two helpful ladies in charge. Madam Wang is now eight months pregnant, and she is unable to do many things. I really can't get away from her." .”

This is true. As both servants of the Zhou family, Zhou Tong certainly understood his wife.

The Zhou family has a great cause, and it is not easy to be the wife's side. There are countless pairs of eyes staring at her, and she has to hold on even when she is sick. If she takes a step back, she will never have the chance to stand back.

"Ms. Luo, I wonder if there is any way to prevent my wife from having this disease for a period of time?"

Another family member of a patient who wants to find relief once and for all. In this era, there were no glucocorticoids. Unlike later generations who kept a tube with them, they were effective when inhaled during an asthma attack. Although traditional Chinese medicine can cure this disease, it requires long-term treatment. It takes a long time to achieve results. How can any good thing be achieved overnight?

Luo Qianhuai subconsciously wanted to look back at the past, but her long-term experience in emergency medicine made her take a deep breath unconsciously, and a business smile appeared on her face.

Just as she was smiling sweetly and about to speak, an unknown prescription her instructor had said suddenly flashed through her mind.

That recipe was popular in the 1970s in the previous life. It only uses six flavors of Angelica sinensis, Schisandra chinensis, Mulberry bark, Fritillaria fritillaris, Zhigancao and Qingmuxiang. Each flavor is six grams. Decoction it in three doses and take it four times within 24 hours. Once, most patients can avoid recurrence for life.

Although it sounds a bit fantasy, her mentor has practiced it personally, and it is indeed very effective.

Just because Aristolochia is originally the root of Aristolochia, and there were incidents of liver and kidney damage after taking Aristolochia, so that later prescriptions containing this ingredient were listed as taboos. When the instructor talked about it, he felt... It's a pity.

Speaking of which, in this prescription, Angelica sinensis nourishes the body and nourishes qi and blood; Schisandra chinensis astringes and solidifies astringency, nourishes the kidneys and calms the heart; Morus alba bark purges the lungs and relieves asthma, replenishes deficiency and activates blood circulation; Fritillaria fritillaris moistens the lungs and relieves coughs; Zhigancao nourishes the spleen and calms the heart. Pulse, replenishing qi and rejuvenating pulse; Qingmuxiang calms the liver and relieves pain, detoxifies and reduces swelling. It is the right remedy for allergic asthma caused by physical weakness.

"I have a recipe called Three Dose and Four Decoctions. After you take it as required, you may be able to prevent it from happening again for a period of time." Luo Qianhuai didn't finish his words.

In fact, after her mentor in her previous life prescribed this prescription, the patient has not relapsed for more than 30 years.

Zhou Tong originally proposed his wish with the hope of just in case, but he didn't expect Madam Luo to actually have a way. He and Madam Fang looked at each other and immediately agreed.

The method of decoction of three doses and four decoctions is extremely rare. The first dose is decoction once in the morning, the second dose is decoction once in the afternoon, the third dose is decoction once in the evening, and the dregs of the three doses are combined and decocted again. , take it the next morning.

No matter how honorable Mrs. Fang and Zhou Tong were, they were not qualified to let the kitchen cook medicine for them, lest the smell of medicine spread into the house and annoy the host.

Luo Qianhuai took the initiative to provide a decoction service. He agreed to decoct all four medicines, put them in cans and send them over. He could heat them up in the morning and take them on time.

Before leaving, Zhou Tong remembered the rumors he had heard recently. Madam Luo applied in court to her uncle Wen Pu to overturn the old case. Lord Changling Ling Huo had already taken over and was under investigation and trial.

He slowed down and turned around to tell Luo Qianhuai an old story from five years ago.

It was also a coincidence that that matter happened to pass through his hands. After thinking about it carefully, I realized that there was a lot to it.

At that time, he had just become the second manager of the Zhou Mansion and was in charge of the daily necessities purchasing power in the government. It was a time when he was very satisfied.

Zheng Yan's husband Zheng Xun opened a shop in Xishi, selling groceries from the north and south. His shop is not very popular, and the groceries they sell are very ordinary. They are never on the Zhou Mansion's purchasing list.

But not long after Zhou Tong was promoted, things suddenly changed. Zheng Xun didn't know what luck he had, but he hooked up with a merchant from Minyue and got Shi Mi's purchase channel.

The so-called stone honey is the crystallization obtained by exposing sugarcane juice to sunlight. It can be regarded as the oldest brown sugar.

Before the emergence of Shimi, the people of Dayu mainly relied on honey if they wanted to taste sweetness. But no matter how rich you are, you will still get tired of the honey you have eaten for so many years. Therefore, as soon as the new flavor of stone honey appeared, it immediately became the new favorite in the market.

Of course, due to the scarcity of production and difficulty in transportation, the amount of stone honey that reaches Gyeonggi every year is extremely limited. It is often sold out with just a little notice. The price has been rising year after year, and there is no market for it.

So when Zheng Xinxun came to the door and took the initiative to ask whether Zhou Mansion needed Shi Mi, he was confused at first, but he immediately agreed after inspecting the goods.

Zheng Xun didn't understand the market, so he just tentatively opened a low price. Zhou Tong had no intention of reminding him, but he said that if the purchase was really successful, it would definitely gain more face in front of the head of the family.

But the deal was not made. That night, a man claiming to be Zheng Xun's servant came to inform him that the deal agreed upon earlier was no longer in effect.