The second round of dispensing began. This time, Zhang Yanling found that the amount and order of the herbs Tan Ruqing asked to add had changed. It was different from the amount added the first time. After the same tense preparation, the medicine in the medicine dish
The medicinal paste was taken away to dry.
The third round of configuration begins. This time it is different again. Until the fourth round, the fifth round, and the sixth round. During the entire twelve rounds of configuration, the amount of herbs and the order of addition are different each time.
Zhang Yanling was very confused. It seemed that Tan Ruqing was using the stupidest method, using various combinations to configure it. How could this method be successful? You must know that there are ten kinds of raw materials in Yunnan Baiyao, not to mention
The order and combination of these ten raw materials is already infinitely labor intensive, not to mention the changes in the added amounts. This is simply like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Zhang Yanling really regretted that she should have let Tan Ruqing delve into the formula of Yunnan Baiyao. Didn't this ruin her? She might not be able to find the correct way to arrange and combine her whole life. This is not to make her crazy.
What?
"Ruqing, you can't continue like this. Yunnan Baiyao is fake. There is no such medicine in the world. I lied to you. Don't continue to study it."
Zhang Yanling decided to end this matter completely, so she said in a deep voice.
"What did the Marquis say?" Tan Ruqing looked at Zhang Yanling in surprise, her haggard face full of astonishment.
"I mean, I lied to you. There is no such thing as Yunnan Baiyao in the world. I lied to you. Don't continue doing it. Let's call it a day." Zhang Yanling said solemnly.
"Master Hou, are you joking? At this time, Master Hou said that this kind of medicine does not exist?" Tan Ruqing laughed.
"Come on, come on, baby, listen to me." Zhang Yanling took Tan Ruqing's hand and walked aside and said: "This is what happened. I did lie to you. Think about it, in my life
I have never been to Yunnan, how can I know about Yunnan Baiyao? Besides, I
You don’t know anything about pharmacology. You have said it yourself. How can it be used as medicine since the intestines are highly toxic? As a smart person like you, you should have figured it out a long time ago. Who knows that you didn’t realize it? Hey,
It's all my fault, I have to tell you the truth."
Tan Ruqing said: "But these medicines you mentioned are all right. Tianqi, borneol, dispersing stasis grass, white ox bile, pangolin, yam, galangal, and geranium. Even if they are
Cao Wu is highly poisonous, but highly toxic substances can also be used as medicine. These medicines do not conflict with each other pharmacologically, and they have the effect of supporting each other..."
"This...that should be just a coincidence. Listen to me, I can't let you go on like this. You are almost becoming a madwoman. If you continue like this, it will harm you. This matter must stop. You are angry
It doesn’t matter whether I’m unhappy or not, I’ve decided on this.”
As Zhang Yanling spoke, he turned around and looked around. He found a medicine hoe leaning against the flower bed next to him and reached out to copy it in his hand.
"What does the Marquis want to do?" Tan Ruqing asked in surprise.
"I have to smash all these pots and jars to prevent you from going crazy. The long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain." Zhang Yanling took the medicine hoe and started to do it.
Tan Ruqing hugged Zhang Yanling's arm and shouted: "No, how could you do this? These are all my hard work, how can you ruin my hard work? Does Mr. Hou blame me for neglecting you? Ru Qing's heart is yours
Don’t you know yet? When you are done with this matter, Ruqing will be with you every day.”
Zhang Yanling frowned and said: "I'm not blaming you for neglecting me, I'm worried that you're going crazy. This thing is fake. Why should you go down a road that doesn't work? I'm very sad that you're like this. I don't want you to be well.
Your time is wasted on a meaningless thing, and I don’t want you to learn nothing but gain nothing. Be obedient, let me smash these things, and we won’t mess with these things anymore.”
Zhang Yanling walked towards a row of medicine jars while talking. Tan Ruqing held Zhang Yanling's arm and refused to let go. Zhang Yanling dragged her away and shouted: "Master Hou, Master Hou, you can't do this. I know you are good for me, I
I know you care about me, but listen to me, I have found the way. Give me time, I am not fooling around."
Zhang Yanling refused to listen and raised the medicine hoe to smash several medicine jars in front of him. Suddenly, Xiaozhu's cry came from the bamboo shelf on the other side of the medicine room.
"Miss, miss. One plate has changed color."
"Ah? Has it changed color? Is it white?" Tan Ruqing shouted in surprise, let go of Zhang Yanling's arm and ran away.
Zhang Yanling scratched his head and hurried over. He saw the master and servant carefully taking down a medicine dish from the bamboo stand and looking at it carefully.
Zhang Yanling came closer and saw that in the medicine dish, the surface of the medicine-like paste that had just been mixed had dried and turned into a layer of gray-white powder, as if someone had sprinkled a layer of medicine on the surface of the paste.
pink.
"It's really turned white. Lord Hou, look, is the Yunnan Baiyao you've seen seen this color? Is it this gray-white powder?" Tan Ruqing shouted.
Zhang Yanling frowned and stared at it carefully. He stretched out his fingers and touched a layer of white powder on his fingertips. He brought it to his nose and smelled it. A strange medicinal fragrance came out and it felt very familiar. Yunnan Baiyao is a medicine from later generations.
The medicine is often prepared at home. Its shape is easy to identify and its smell is unique. Zhang Yanling was naughty when she was a child. She often broke her skin and used this medicine, so the smell of the powder is particularly familiar.
"It seems...it really looks like this, and the smell is similar." Zhang Yanling said with some surprise.
"Ah, is it true? That's great, that's great. Come on, Xiaozhu, get the booklet. This is the third medicine dish, the formula is..." Tan Ruqing shouted excitedly.
Xiaozhu hurriedly brought a medicine book. After Tan Ruqing opened it, she found thick papers inside, densely recording the various combinations and configurations, the weights and the final results. That was exactly what she had tried countless times over the past few months.
, a record book after countless failures and a little bit of success. Tan Ruqing quickly recorded the composition of the medicine and the order of taking it on the back page with a brush.
"Miss, I just don't know how effective the medicine is." Xiaozhu said.
"It doesn't matter, you can find some cats and dogs to try the effect." Tan Ruqing said.
Zhang Yanling stared at the medicine in the medicine dish, watching it slowly become dry. The medicine was originally dark brown and black, but once it became dry, it turned into a gray-white powder. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the properties were right.
Yes, the smell is also right.
"Yunnan Baiyao has the effect of quickly stopping bleeding, relieving pain, and suppressing infection symptoms. Since we want to test it, why not use someone to test it." Zhang Yanling said solemnly.
Tan Ruqing was stunned when she saw Zhang Yanling pull out a dagger from the boot. Before Tan Ruqing could stop him, Zhang Yanling had already made an inch-long cut on his arm, and blood suddenly came out.
"Ah." Tan Ruqing said in shock.
"Give me some medicine. Why are you standing there? Just give me this medicine." Zhang Yanling shouted.
Tan Ruqing said in shock: "But..."
"There's nothing wrong with it. Hurry up, otherwise I'll be beaten in vain. Could it be that you don't have confidence in yourself?" Zhang Yanling said.
Tan Ruqing was deeply moved. She knew that this was Zhang Yanling using her own body to verify the efficacy of the medicine. Although cats and dogs can verify it, after all, cats and dogs are speechless, and they cannot tell how they feel after taking the medicine. Other discomforts, etc. The best way to verify it is to verify it yourself. This is why everyone with advanced medical skills tastes herbs and self-tests drugs.
Tan Ruqing heard from her grandmother that in order to test the medicine for treating snake venom, some doctors would let snakes bite themselves, and then apply medicine to treat them, so as to feel the impact and feeling of poisoning, understand the mechanism of toxicity, and better prepare the medicine. Producing drugs. This seemingly crazy move actually greatly promoted the development of treatments and drugs for some extremely dangerous injuries and poisonings.
"Master Hou, why are you doing this?" Tan Ruqing said.
Zhang Yanling urged: "Hurry up, I've lost a lot of blood. One drop of blood is a bowl of rice, how many bowls of rice do I have to eat to make up for it."
"I'm going to get some medicinal wine to clean the wound and some gauze to wrap it up." Xiaozhu ran away.
Tan Ruqing held Zhang Yanling's arm and saw that the blood was still seeping out. He suddenly leaned over the wound and took a sip to clean up the blood. Zhang Yanling was surprised when Tan Ruqing had already scooped it up with a medicine spoon. Pour the medicinal powder on the wound. There is not much dry medicinal powder, only two spoons. But when the powder comes into contact with the blood, it immediately absorbs the blood and fixes it on the wound. At first, there is still a trace of blood oozing out, but soon the wound will It was completely covered by the medicinal powder. I don’t know whether the bleeding was stopped or absorbed, and it never seeped out again.
"It's so awesome, stop it?" Zhang Yanling said in surprise.
"Not sure yet, we need to bandage it first." Tan Ruqing said, with blood stains on the corners of his mouth.
Xiaozhu brought the medicine box over, and Tan Ruqing took gauze and bandaged Zhang Yanling's wound. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and helped Zhang Yanling sit down on a stool.
"Master Hou, you are too ridiculous. How could you do this? If something happens, how can I bear it?" Tan Ruqing said angrily.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "What can happen? It's just a small cut. This medicine is for people, so it naturally needs people to verify it. Don't you want to know how I feel on my wound at this moment?"
Tan Ruqing was surprised: "How do you feel? Is it uncomfortable?"
Zhang Yanling said: "You are an unprofessional doctor. Please take a notebook and write it down. This is valuable clinical experience."
Tan Ruqing was also panicked and hurriedly took a pen and paper to record it. Of course she knew that this was the most precious first-hand information.
"Master Hou, how do you feel about the wound?"
"Well, when I first applied it, there was some stinging, but it wasn't strong. But it doesn't hurt now," Zhang Yanling said.
Tan Ruqing said while recording: "It is common to feel a stinging sensation when applying medicine. As long as the pain is not severely aggravated or the pain of tearing and cutting is not severe, it is not a serious problem. How does the wound feel now? Is there numbness? Itching, discomfort?”
"That's not true. It feels a little warm." Zhang Yanling said.
"Yes, that's the burning sensation of galangal. There is also some liquor involved in the medicine, which will stimulate the burning sensation. What else?"
"The wound has a sweet feeling. Maybe it feels like being kissed." Zhang Yanling said with a smile.
Tan Ruqing blushed deeply and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, I am in a hurry and can't wait to wipe it off."
Zhang Yanling laughed. Tan Ruqing said: "Close your eyes and feel carefully, and tell the wound and the feeling on your body. Don't hide it. There is heartbroken grass in the medicine, so don't take it lightly."
Zhang Yanling closed her eyes, suddenly reached out and grabbed her own throat and shouted: "Ah, I can't breathe. Ru Qing... help me. I can't breathe... I'm poisoned. Ru Qing, I'm going to die."