After traveling through time, she took her husband to be a food doctor

"Pellagra? This name is...Miss, is this disease contagious?" Regardless of the name, Banxia raised a more important issue.

"No, this disease is a nutritional deficiency disease. People only eat corn for a long time and eat too little other foods, so their nutrition is incomplete and they get the disease," Ding Xirui explained.

"Well, it's hard to have enough to eat." Banxia thought of the time when she was hungry as a child and couldn't help feeling sad. Seeing this, Ding Xirui held her hand and said:

"Don't worry, there is a cure, and it doesn't cost any money."

"Really? Then I will definitely find a way to get that girl to meet the young lady." Banxia looked happy.

"Yeah." Ding Xirui nodded at her. Pellagra is caused by niacin deficiency. The niacin contained in corn is bound and not easily absorbed by the human body. If corn is treated with alkali, the bound niacin can be hydrolyzed into free form, which is easily absorbed by the human body. Of course, these deep-seated reasons cannot be explained to Banxia. I only need to pick out the parts that Banxia can understand.

But things were not as simple as they had thought. Ding Xirui had to observe many rituals and could only stay in a few specific places. Banxia was also assigned other tasks. At the end of the funeral, Banxia had no chance to meet the family of three at all.

"Miss, I went to the backyard just now and found that they had left." After the funeral ceremony, Banxia hurried to find Ding Xirui.

"This... this is troublesome. Did you ask where their home is last time?" Ding Xirui asked.

"No one said it, I just know it is the mountainous area in the southern part of Luocheng County." Banxia lowered her head.

At this time, Lin Mingxuan and Nanxing entered the yard and just heard the conversation between Ding Xirui and Banxia.

"Is it Uncle Luo and his family?" Lin Mingxuan asked.

"I'm sorry, I accidentally overheard your conversation at the door just now." Lin Mingxuan added.

"Master, yes." Banxia replied.

"What happened to them?" Lin Mingxuan asked.

"All three members of their family have some skin problems," Ding Xirui replied.

"I noticed that too. I have a lot of things to do at home and I can't spare the time. Before they left, I asked Nanxing to take them to see the doctor. He should be back by now." Lin Mingxuan said.

"That's great." Ding Xirui breathed a sigh of relief. Going to see a doctor could at least alleviate some of the symptoms. When they were at home, they might have looked down on seeing a doctor.

As they were talking, Nanxing had already returned.

"Master, Madam, Uncle Luo and his family have left the city and returned home after seeing the doctor." Nanxing reported.

Ding Xirui has not yet gotten used to the title of "Young Madam". She felt a little embarrassed when she was suddenly called that.

"What did the doctor say?" Lin Mingxuan asked.

"The doctor said that in addition to skin problems, they also had gastrointestinal problems, and he prescribed some oral and topical medicines for us to take back." Nanxing replied.

If they go back and continue to eat corn for a long time without changing the cooking method, I am afraid that taking medicine a few times will not help. Ding Xirui could not help but frowned and sighed.

"Is there any problem?" Lin Mingxuan asked when he saw this.

Ding Xirui thought for a moment and said, "Banxia heard that many people in Uncle Luo's group are like this, so Uncle Luo's health problems should be related to the soil, water and diet. If these factors are not changed, taking medicine alone cannot solve the fundamental problem."

Lin Mingxuan was stunned, remembering what he had heard before about Ding Xirui curing the second daughter of the An family. He thought that this girl was indeed a talented person, so he became serious.

"Yeah, that makes sense. I met Uncle Luo when I was a child. He was very thin at that time, but his skin was not diseased. I wonder what changes happened there?" Lin Mingxuan said as he recalled.

"Young Master, a lot of corn has been planted there in the past two years. Uncle Luo even asked someone to bring some back. I see the skin of the corn is very rough. I wonder if Uncle Luo and the others are grinding the skin of the corn." Nanxing said.

"Puchi..." Ding Xirui laughed. She felt that Nanxing was a very imaginative child.

"Be serious." Lin Mingxuan glared at Nanxing.

"Corn is fine, but eating too much is a problem." Banxia said in a low voice.

After hearing what Banxia said, Lin Mingxuan and Nanxing looked at her. Banxia felt embarrassed and hid behind Ding Xirui.

Ding Xirui wanted to give more guidance, but Banxia lost her temper. There was nothing she could do, so she continued, "If Uncle Luo and his friends eat a lot of corn for a long time and eat less other foods, they will easily lack nutrition and their body balance will be easily disrupted, right?"

"Yes, too much is as bad as too little. Corn is not native to our country, and whether the body can adapt to it is also a question." Lin Mingxuan affirmed.

Since we have mentioned "natively born and raised", we can finally talk about the issue of "adding alkali". Ding Xirui continued, "When I was in the medicine shop, I heard some stories about foreigners from the medicine merchants who came and went. The medicine merchant said that corn was originally brought from foreign countries. The eating habits of foreigners are different from ours. They add alkali water when cooking corn. After adding alkali water, the outer layer of the corn kernels will become soft, and the cakes made of corn flour are very chewy. But I didn't hear the medicine merchant say that foreigners got sick."

Lin Mingxuan thought for a moment and said, "Indeed, if foreigners have been eating corn for a long time without any health problems, it must be due to some special processing methods. If adding alkaline water is effective, then we might as well give it a try."

"Is alkaline water the water filtered out from the ash after burning grass?" Nanxing asked.

"Yes." Ding Xirui replied.

"I know it. When I was a child, my family often made alkaline rice dumplings, and I was the one who burned the grass ash every time." Nanxing said with a smile.

"Since you are familiar with it, let's go for a trip." Lin Mingxuan said.

"Yes. Master, Madam, Nanxing is leaving." Nanxing left.

The room fell silent. Ding Xirui and Lin Mingxuan sat there, not knowing what to say or write next.

After a moment, Ding Xirui thought of a topic.

"That..." Lin Mingxuan also spoke.

"You speak first." Lin Mingxuan said.

"You speak first." Ding Xirui made a "please" gesture.

"My grandmother passed away. She took great care of me, so I should observe mourning for her," said Lin Mingxuan.

"Well, that's how it should be. So?" Ding Xirui seemed to understand something.

"Starting today, I will move to the study and observe mourning for my grandmother for three years." Lin Mingxuan replied.

That's great, Ding Xirui cried in her heart. Although she felt sorry for Old Madam Lin, she was very grateful that they didn't share the same room during the three years of mourning. She suppressed her excitement and said softly, "Okay."

"Banxia, ​​pack up things for the young master." Ding Xirui ordered.

"Yes." Banxia was listless. Her daughter was so unlucky. Before the wedding was even completed, Mrs. Lin passed away. Her husband had to observe mourning for three years. Wouldn't this make her a widow? She felt very depressed and moved slowly.

"By the way, what did you want to say just now?" Lin Mingxuan asked.

"Nothing. I was just thinking that the meal should be ready soon because I could smell it." Ding Xirui said embarrassedly.

"Yeah, I smelled it too." Lin Mingxuan smiled.

There was already a couch in the study, so all she had to do was move some clothes and daily necessities to it, and it would be ready in a short while. It was the first time Ding Xirui entered the study, and she couldn't help but flip through the books. The Lin family had indeed been practicing medicine for generations, and there were many classics in Lin Mingxuan's study that she had never seen in the Ding family's study.

"'Dietary Materia Medica'?" Ding Xirui vaguely remembered that this book had been lost in later generations.

"If you are interested, you can take a look." Lin Mingxuan appeared beside her at some point.

"Yes, I am interested. But is this book complete?" Ding Xirui asked.

"Unfortunately, that's not the case. This is what I copied from various classics. Medicine and food have the same origin, and doctors need to understand that." Lin Mingxuan replied.

It seems that it is very possible to discuss the topic of "diet therapy" with Lin Mingxuan. Ding Xirui sees hope.

"Thank you very much." Ding Xirui said.

"No need, the books in the study are also yours...you can read them all." Lin Mingxuan paused.

"Thank you very much," said Ding Xirui.

After getting the book, Ding Xirui wanted to go out, but Lin Mingxuan was still standing there. The aisle was narrow, so Ding Xirui gestured embarrassedly. Lin Mingxuan understood, nodded awkwardly, and turned around.

"Master, Madam, the meal is ready." The cook said at the door of the study.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Lin Mingxuan replied.

Thanks to the cook for helping out!