Manbao shook her head, "It should be combined a bit, with lung qi as the main focus. The dicinal patch along with acupuncture is enough to alleviate lung qi."
"What dicinal patch are you using?"
Manbao then wrote down a prescription for him to see.
Imperial Doctor Liu said, "I’ve never seen anyone use this prescription before."
Manbao replied, "This is my new research."
"Is it effective?"
Manbao nodded and said, "Recently, my father had a heat-induced cough, and he got better with just three patches without even taking dicine."
Imperial Doctor Liu was surprised, "Did you research it all by yourself?"
"Not entirely. I added so herbs and adjusted so dosages." Indeed, she had researched it, and Teacher Mo had found her so ancient prescriptions from their era. These were genuine ancient prescriptions, with the paper truly tattered and blurred, exhibited in museums.
In this era of Manbao, most conditions are basic, yet even minor negligence can be fatal, so Teacher Mo would occasionally find so ancient prescriptions to show her.
One of them was for making a dicinal patch. Manbao, after reading the introduction, found it especially good because it didn’t require taking dicine. Just applying the patch, which works through the skin, could treat internal lesions. She thought this was particularly friendly for those who disliked taking dicine and for children.
Unfortunately, that ancient prescription was severely damaged, and even the linguists from that era had only restored barely more than half. Manbao had to ponder over it and add herbs herself.
She had anthropomorphic models to simulate the therapeutic effects and countless disease data, allowing continuous adjustnts.
Of course, testing using anthropomorphic models with disease data input still had its discrepancies, but she felt that when it was roughly accurate, she could use the dicine."
Therefore, she personally made the dicinal patch, providing so to Jishi Hall as a favor. When her father had a cough, she applied three patches, supplented with acupuncture, and the cough stopped temporarily in two days. Naturally, a complete cure might require applying it for five to ten days.
Sotis, not coughing doesn’t an the lesion has disappeared.
It may well be suppressed to the point of being unable to raise its head and thus temporarily lurking, so the subsequent dication is also critical.
However, generally, only wealthy families with the ans and the mindset for preservation would do this. Even her father, despite the patches being made by her, was afraid of the expense and was unwilling to apply more after five patches,
Manbao strongly recomnded it, and although Imperial Doctor Liu hadn’t seen its effects, he nodded in agreent out of trust in her.
The main problem was that the Empress was currently experiencing multiple symptoms, and using only decoction couldn’t address them all. The best approach was to tackle them from multiple angles.
Imperial Doctor Liu pondered this internally and then concocted a new prescription, "Since the dicinal patch can adjust lung heat, the decoction will then adjust spleen, kidney, and liver qi, and you can assist the dicine’s efficacy with acupuncture to protect the heart ridian..."
Manbao peered over to see Imperial Doctor Liu writing the prescription, noticing that he changed several herbs from the original version. After a bit of contemplation, she understood the key points and nodded repeatedly, "Your prescription looks much better than before. It’s worth a try."
So the two of them wrote down the dicines they each needed and handed them over to the dical assistants to collect.
Imperial Doctor Liu also discussed with Manbao, "I’ve discussed privately with Director Xiao that if it doesn’t work, we’ll use snow lotus to make an ointnt for Her Majesty to take daily."
Manbao replied, "Too cold. Her Majesty already has a condition of cold body; how can she use snow lotus?"
"There’s no other option. She has conditions of both lower cold and upper heat, especially this ti with pent-up anger assaulting the heart, which caused lung heat and spleen warmth to surge, liver qi obstruction, and kidney qi damage. If we don’t suppress the lung heat, I’m afraid..."
Manbao whispered, "It’s not yet ti for wolfish dicine; let’s wait a bit longer."
Imperial Doctor Liu nodded, "Let’s hope this treatnt has so effect this ti."
If not, even wolfish dicine would have to be used to save her life first, and then address future concerns.
When the dical assistants brought back the dicine, the two checked it and then headed to the tearoom together, where they brewed the decoction and made the ointnt.
Making the ointnt was much more troubleso than brewing the decoction, and the dical assistants assisted Zhou Man.
She didn’t hide the prescription but directly handed it over for them to practice.
The three of them busied themselves in the tearoom, and in less than two double hours, a strong dicinal aroma wafted out. When the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess arrived, they slled the pervasive dicinal fragrance in the courtyard, couldn’t help but frown, and hurried to see the Empress.
The Emperor was holding the Empress’s hand comfortingly, stating that this ti he would surely punish Third harshly and would never let him harm his own body in such an unfilial manner again. He also reassured her that the Imperial Hospital had found a treatnt for Prince Gong’s leg ailnt, with a high probability of a cure, urging her not to worry and to recuperate well first.
The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess then paused, and the Crown Prince couldn’t help but huff lightly at the inner room door. What high probability of a cure?
The Imperial Doctor clearly said there’s a high probability it wouldn’t return to its original state.
But in light of the Empress’s severe illness, the Crown Prince wouldn’t reveal this and worry her. He adjusted his expression, forced a smile, and went in to pay respects.
The Empress, leaning on her pillow, smiled faintly when she saw them, "Why have you co in? Careful not to catch my illness."
The Crown Prince said, "Not so delicate. How is the Empress feeling?"
The Empress wearily replied, "Much better, just lying here feels like my bones are rotting away, but your Father and the doctors won’t let get out of bed."
The Emperor patted her shoulder, "The doctors said to recuperate well, so you should do just that..."
The family exchanged so words, and when Imperial Doctor Liu had finished brewing the dicine, Manbao followed, "Let’s go, I’ll first perform acupuncture to stimulate the dicinal properties, then take the opportunity to adjust the heart qi."
She looked toward the dical assistant.
The dical assistant promptly said, "In another two double hours, this ointnt will be ready. We can then blend the ointnt."
Manbao nodded, "Don’t use ice and water, let it cool naturally. It doesn’t matter if it isn’t cold; the dicinal patch works very well when warm."
The dical assistant complied.
Manbao and others then left the tearoom to him and a maid helping on the side, and together they carried the dicine to the Empress.
While the Empress was receiving acupuncture, the Emperor and the Crown Prince stepped outside. Father and son stood in the corridor conversing, "Did you visit Mingda?"
"Yes, her spirits have improved a lot. Zhou Man’s dical skills are still very good."
Regarding Zhou Man’s dical skills, the Emperor was naturally convinced. He glanced at the inner room and sighed, "Let’s hope this ti her skills are also effective for your mother."
The Crown Prince said nothing.
The Emperor pondered for a mont and told the Crown Prince, "Don’t think too much about Third’s issues. He’s just overthinking, believing your mother and I have distanced from him, so he ca up with such a foolish trick to draw attention, not realizing it hard himself instead."
The Crown Prince was overly skeptical of this explanation. How foolish must a person be to resort to such tactics?
Third obviously wasn’t very foolish. He was better at studies than the Crown Prince and had been praised for his cleverness by both the Emperor and the teachers since childhood. He wasn’t a three-year-old child needing such ans to attract parental attention, was he?
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