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

On the third day, it was Lin Mingxuan's turn to provide free medical services. After breakfast, Ding Xirui packed his bags.

Don’t bring water anymore, buy Yuan Chunhua’s herbal tea, it will be convenient for yourself and beneficial to others.

What to eat? The pancakes and pickles from the morning are still there. Although they are not nutritious enough, it is just a meal, nothing special.

Bring an umbrella, it's cloudy and it might rain.

Lin Mingxuan packed the medicine box and the two of them got on the carriage together.

At the free clinic, Mrs. Yuan had already set the table and prepared tea and was waiting.

There were not many people here today. Near noon, several women came to see their eyes. They had the same symptoms as Mrs. Yuan: their eyes were prone to dryness, tears formed easily when exposed to strong light, and their vision was also impaired at night.

“Sometimes my eyelids twitch,” added a sister-in-law.

After asking about the symptoms, Lin Mingxuan went to the yard to wash his hands, checked the sisters-in-law's eyes, and said, "Sisters-in-law, you have nightshade. You use your eyes too much."

"We know that, but how can we do embroidery without using our eyes?"

"Doctor Lin, please tell me how to treat it. I want to do more work and save more money to marry my son."

Lin Mingxuan picked up the pen, wrote down the two herbs, Kochia seeds and Cassia seeds, and then said:

"Go to the pharmacy and get these two herbs: one ounce of Kochia seeds and two ounces of Cassia seeds. Go home and grind them into powder. Drink one ounce of it with rice soup after each meal. Drink until you feel you can see clearly at night."

"Doctor, these two medicines are not expensive, right?" asked a sister-in-law.

"Not expensive."

"If you don't want to take medicine for such a long time, buying some chicken liver, lamb liver, beef liver, pork liver or rabbit liver will be very helpful." Ding Xirui said that she had learned these in the 21st century and had also seen them in medical books here.

"That's right." Lin Mingxuan nodded.

“I wonder which one is more expensive?”

"My family sometimes buys some, but we always give it to the children first."

"My family is the same."

"Let's ask next time we go to buy embroidery."

The sisters-in-law were discussing.

"Do you guys usually eat a lot of vegetables?" Ding Xirui asked.

"The better ones were sold by the child's father, and we don't have much to eat ourselves," said Mrs. Yuan.

"It's pretty much the same in our family," several others echoed.

Ding Xirui frowned and shook his head.

My sister-in-law and her friends overuse their eyes and lack vitamin A, so they need to supplement it. Liver foods are rich in vitamin A, and dark green vegetables and yellow and red vegetables are rich in beta-carotene, which can be broken down into vitamin A. But no matter which one, they eat too little. Doing embroidery every day consumes a lot of energy, so how can there be no problems with the eyes?

However, it stands to reason that the probability of teenage children lacking vitamin A is higher than that of adults, and the sisters-in-law did not seem to mention this. Thinking of this, Ding Xirui continued to ask:

"Sister-in-law, how old are your children now? Have they ever said that they can't see clearly at night?"

A younger sister-in-law said: "My son is fifteen years old and works at the dock with his father. I have never heard of him. My daughter is still young, only eight years old."

Another said: "My children, one aged 14 and the other 16, are both learning carpentry. They have said that they sometimes feel tired in their eyes. But carpentry is hard on the eyes anyway."

"My son has already married and grown up."

Mrs. Yuan didn't say anything, as if she was in a daze and had thought of something.

Ding Xirui and Lin Mingxuan looked at each other and nodded to each other.

Lin Mingxuan said, "If you want to make more money and make life better, everyone in your family needs to be healthy. Whether it's you, the child, or the child's father, you can't be too careless about your diet. If you don't eat right, your body will get sick easily. If other people in your family also suffer from nystagmus, they should also follow the prescription and take medicine and pay attention to food supplements."

"Okay, thank you, Doctor Lin." Several sisters-in-law bowed their heads in greeting.

Ultimately, it’s because of poverty.

Let's solve the current problem first. Ding Xirui continued to ask: "Do you grow carrots at home in autumn and winter?"

"Yes. The ones that look good are sold at the market, and the ones that look worse are eaten by ourselves."

"Well, starting this year, please think of ways to grow more carrots. If they can be stored in the cellar, it will be even better if they can be eaten for a longer period of time."

"Why?"

"Because carrots are also very good for your eyes."

"Okay, that's easy. Let's plant more this year." The sisters-in-law all laughed.

Lin Mingxuan had read in medical books that carrots can relieve qi and nourish the middle, calm the five internal organs, and promote appetite, but he had never seen that carrots are good for the eyes. I guess Ding Xirui saw it in that unknown medical book, so I must find it and read it when I have the chance.

While he was thinking, Ding Xirui poked him and asked, "Where is the Qingming acupoint? Is there any benefit in pressing this acupoint?"

"Yes." Lin Mingxuan pressed his fingers above the inner corners of his eyes and asked the sisters-in-law to follow suit.

"Everyone, can you feel a depression? When you feel tired, you can gently press the acupuncture point here." Lin Mingxuan explained.

"I can feel it."

"You know what, after pressing it a few times, I really felt much more comfortable." Mrs. Yuan turned her head and said to the others.

"Yes, that's right."

"In between embroidery work, go out for a walk often to give your eyes a rest." Lin Mingxuan gave a few more instructions.

"Thank you, Dr. Lin, and thank you, Madam." The sisters-in-law stood up and went home to cook with a smile on their faces.

Ding Xirui took out the food box from the carriage and said, "It's time for us to eat."

Pancakes wrapped with pickles, paired with Yuan's tea and a cool breeze, are not bad.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and raindrops were falling. Yuan Chunhua was carrying a basket of herbal tea and going home. Mrs. Yuan moved the table into the house and let Ding Xirui and Lin Mingxuan go in to take shelter from the rain.

"Chunhua, go to the kitchen and put a basin of water where the rain is leaking." Mrs. Yuan ordered.

"Okay." Yuan Chunhua ran over. Suddenly there was a clanging sound in the kitchen.

"Chunhua, what's wrong?" Mrs. Yuan shouted.

"Mom, it's okay, I just bumped into something." Yuan Chunhua said.

Ding Xirui's heart skipped a beat, he opened the umbrella, and pulled Lin Mingxuan towards the kitchen.

"Chunhua, when it's dark in the room, you can't see clearly, do you need some time to adapt?" Ding Xirui asked in a low voice.

"Well... we were discovered by the two of you." Yuan Chunhua replied in a lower voice.

"We are right here, do you have any concerns?" Lin Mingxuan asked.

"I'm afraid my mother will worry. She's already having a hard time, and I don't want her to know. Doctor Lin, please keep it a secret for me."

"You and your son are really...your mother may have already known about it." Ding Xirui said, thinking of Mrs. Yuan's expression.

"Ah?" Yuan Chunhua raised her voice.

Mrs. Yuan, who was in the main room, saw the three of them in the kitchen and called out, "Doctor Lin, Madam, Chunhua, please come inside quickly or you will catch a cold."

The three of them had no choice but to return to the main house.

Ding Xirui drank a sip of tea and said, "Sister-in-law, let Chunhua take your pulse. It would be best if everything is fine, but if there is a minor problem, it would be better to know in advance. Chunhua is young and will recover quickly."

Chunhua's eyes widened and she said, "I feel fine. There's no problem. No need to take my pulse."

"You kid, the doctor is here, why are you refusing?" said Mrs. Yuan. She was about to ask Lin Mingxuan to help her son. When Ding Xirui asked about the child's condition at home in the morning, she remembered that her son was always careless at night and always bumped into things, and she had a doubt in her heart.

Lin Mingxuan nodded at Yuan Chunhua, signaling him not to worry.

Yuan Chunhua stretched out his hand, and after a moment, Lin Mingxuan said, "Nothing happened, it's fine. But you're a little thin, you need to eat more meals on weekdays."

"That's good." Mrs. Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sister-in-law, you need to eat Cassia seeds and Kochia seeds, as well as chicken liver and pork liver, so that your eyes can heal faster. The beginning of autumn is the time to gain weight, so let Chunhua eat some chicken liver and pork liver to help her gain some meat."

"Okay." She was reluctant to do so for her own sake, but she was willing to spend money to let her son eat it.

Yuan Chunhua looked at Ding Lin and the others with gratitude in her eyes.

The rain outside gradually subsided. Ding Xirui walked to the window and said, "I heard such a story when I was in the herbal medicine store."

The three people who were sitting idly suddenly became interested.

"There was a mother and son in Xifang. The son was filial and the mother was kind. Although their life was hard, the neighbors envied them. But one day, the mother suddenly fell to the ground and couldn't get up. The son rushed her to the clinic. The doctor blamed the son for taking his mother to the clinic so late. She almost died."

"Is the son pretending to be filial and treating his mother badly at home?" Yuan Chunhua asked.

"No. The doctor gave the mother an acupuncture injection and she woke up soon after. The doctor asked the mother if she had been dizzy for a long time, but she hesitated and did not answer. The doctor was very angry and told her that if she was any later, she would die or become paralyzed, and her son would be alone. The mother looked at her son and did not hide it any longer. She said that she had been dizzy for a long time, but she saw that her son went out to work every day and was very tired, so she did not tell him because she did not want to cause trouble for him."

"This really shouldn't happen," said Mrs. Yuan.

"The son burst into tears, blaming himself for not doing his best. The mother also burst into tears, blaming herself for being a burden to her son. The doctor pulled them apart and said that parents should try to stay healthy instead of hiding their illnesses, so as not to cause trouble for their children. Otherwise, small things will turn into big things, and they will regret it."

After Ding Xirui finished speaking, Yuan Chunhua blushed and lowered her head.