629: Chapter 618: Prescribing a dicine 629: Chapter 618: Prescribing a dicine Jishi Hall was an established traditional pharmacy, naturally attracting a multitude of patients seeking treatnt.
In this world, there are two types of shops that will never lack custors—one is the grain shop, and the other is the pharmacy.
And the ti from morning until noon is usually the busiest for pharmacies.
People also want to get their dical consultations early.
Due to the number of people waiting, Manbao’s speed in seeing patients had increased significantly, and she took even less ti to record the pulse diagnoses.
After watching several of the old doctor’s prescriptions, she’d given up trying to decipher his handwriting and resigned herself to just record her own pulse cases.
By the ti the last patient was seen, it was already past lunchti.
Zhou Lijun had been starving for a while and considerately went to buy so flatbread and soup dishes from the street.
Once the consultations ended, she imdiately invited Doctor Ji and the shop assistants to have lunch together.
Doctor Ji nodded gently, his expression softening, and led them to deliver the food to the backyard to eat.
Only then did Manbao realize that there was a courtyard behind the pharmacy, where many racks were set up, drying herbs, and the air was filled with bursts of dicinal fragrance.
Seeing Manbao’s gaze fixed on them, Doctor Ji chuckled and sat down on a stool before asking, “What, have you never seen so many herbs before?”
Manbao nodded blankly, while in her mind, Keke’s chis kept sounding off.
With a particularly clear electronic tone, Keke announced, “Discovery of ancient plants…
discovery of scarce plants…
finding the remains of unrecorded animals…”
If Keke were capable of emotional experiences, it would certainly be rolling around in delight right now.
It knew that the host would definitely gain sothing as her interaction with the outside world increased.
Isn’t the study of dicine related to the plants and animals of the world, after all?
Nowadays, people have grown weary of synthetic drugs and prefer to return to natural redies, and ancient Chinese dicine was just that.
Seeing Manbao lost in thought for so long, Doctor Ji couldn’t help but look up at her and asked, “How many types of herbs can you recognize?”
It took Manbao a while to co back to her senses, and she said, “I have only morized the nas of herbs; I haven’t seen many of them.”
Doctor Ji slightly furrowed his brows, “You haven’t identified herbs before?”
Shouldn’t one start learning dicine from this?
Apprentices in their pharmacy began by recognizing herbs, then moved on to dispensing them at the counter, and had to learn how to sort and manage the herbs as well.
By the ti they had mastered all this, two or three years would have passed.
If stuck with a master reluctant to teach, it could even take five or six years.
Only after fully recognizing all the herbs would they start learning dical texts, and finally proceed to taking pulses and prescribing treatnts…
Without ten years of hard work, they couldn’t dream of becoming masters.
Even if one started as an apprentice at eight, they would only beco a master at eighteen, and those with less aptitude might even spend seven or eight years dispensing herbs at the counter before they could start feeling pulses and prescribing treatnts.
And here she was, claiming she hadn’t even started learning herbs?
Doctor Ji’s brows ca together with concern as he asked, “If you don’t recognize the herbs, how do you write prescriptions?”
“I’ve morized all the herbs and their properties,” Manbao said, “and I’ve also morized quite a few prescriptions.”
Doctor Ji blinked, “You morized the properties but didn’t identify the herbs?”
“I don’t have that many herbs.”
Doctor Ji was skeptical, “Your teacher doesn’t have them either?”
Manbao just quietly looked at him.
Zhou Lijun glanced around and then smiled saying, “Doctor Ji, let’s eat first, then talk after we’ve had our al.”
Doctor Ji thought for a mont, then nodded, “After we finish eating, recite the herbs and their properties that you’ve morized for , along with those prescriptions.”
Manbao’s face turned sowhat bitter, “How long will that take?
I promised Teacher that I would go back to reading in the afternoon.”
Doctor Ji said nothing.
Manbao knew there was no room for negotiation and felt a little dejected.
The herbs that Manbao had morized were half from the dical texts she found with Mr.
Zhuang and the Bai Family, which included the nas and properties of the herbs; the other half were organized by Teacher Mo, which were more detailed and organized, and easier to morize.
She had been morizing for several years.
So of the drugs organized by Teacher Mo only existed in books, while others were being continuously perfected over ti.
The records of drug properties from where they ca were more comprehensive and thoroughly researched.
So Manbao thought it impossible to morize so much information in one afternoon.
And so mories were too distant; she simply could not rember them unless soone ntioned the na of a drug, which could prompt her to recite its properties from mory.
Not to ntion that this included prescriptions as well.
Manbao sighed and after eating, stood and recited the herbs and their properties for Doctor Ji while pacing beside the table.
After sipping tea, Doctor Ji listened with half-closed eyes.
After three quarters of an hour, his expression beca increasingly serious.
Zhou Lijun handed her young aunt a bowl of water which Manbao gulped down before continuing her recitation.
Another half hour passed, and Manbao reached for water again.
By this ti, Doctor Ji was sitting up straight.
After she finished drinking, he said, “You don’t need to recite the herbs anymore, just recite the prescriptions you rember.”
Thinking it over, Manbao started with the very first one, “Wuhu Decoction, for treating wind-heat obstructing the lungs, body heat, cough, asthma, and excessive phlegm.
Ephedra seven parts, almonds, peeled, ten grams, licorice four parts, slightly roasted fine tea eight grams, gypsum fifteen parts…”
As Manbao recited slowly and steadily, Doctor Ji’s mouth slowly dropped open.
It took a long ti before he covered his chest, trying to stand, but realized he’d been sitting too long and his back had grown numb.
Zhou Lijun, completely oblivious, watched her young aunt with stars in her eyes.
She knew her young aunt was self-studying dicine and was aware of her abilities, but she did not realize just how formidable her young aunt was.
To read so much and morize many dical texts was truly impressive.
Manbao, looking down, poured herself another bowl of water to drink and cleared her throat to continue reciting.
Only then did Doctor Ji manage to rise from his chair, intending to tell Manbao to stop, when he suddenly saw Shopkeeper Zheng standing at the entrance.
It was uncertain how long he had been there.
Shopkeeper Zheng too was staring blankly at Manbao, but upon noticing Doctor Ji’s gaze, he ca to his senses, nodded at him, and after giving Manbao another look, he turned and left.
Only then did Doctor Ji stop Manbao, who was still trying to recall prescriptions, “Alright, I know you’ve morized a lot of prescriptions.”
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief; if she had to continue, she wouldn’t be able to recall anymore—what was the prescription after Dahuang Fuzi Decoction again?
After swallowing, and with a pull on her sleeve from Zhou Lijun, Manbao barely returned to her senses and earnestly tried to make eye contact, “Doctor Ji, should I start by getting to know the herbs?”
But Doctor Ji, without even looking into her eyes, sat back down and stated, “Indeed, you should start by getting to know the herbs.
Being able to recite them isn’t enough; you also need to be able to identify them.
Co back tomorrow, and after the morning consultations, stay a bit longer, and I will teach you how to recognize the herbs.”
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