Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Elder Li nodded. She turned to look at the nuns in the nunnery and said, "Can you take me to see the sick one? I'll take her pulse first."
"Okay, this way." Several masters in the nunnery immediately led the way for Mr. Li.
Mingyue and Li Mingzhu also followed.
Mingyue looked around but didn't see Hongque. She guessed that the masters had asked her to stay in the room.
When I arrived at the room on the second floor and opened the door, I smelled a strong smell of medicine and heard faint coughing sounds.
The sick nun was lying on the bed, looking pale and very weak.
"Senior Sister, Master Li is here."
A master came forward and helped the sick Master Yan to stand up and sit down.
Mingyue discovered that Hongque had come out from nowhere, and she stood quietly behind and watched.
The masters also discovered Red Sparrow, but it was inappropriate to send her back now, so they could only ask her to stand still and not move.
Old Li walked to the bed, sat on the edge of the bed, stretched out his right hand, and prepared to take Master Yan's pulse.
"Master, relax a little. Let me take your pulse."
Master Yan nodded slightly, stretched out his trembling left hand, and placed it in Mr. Li's palm.
Old Li closed his eyes and concentrated on feeling the nun's pulse. Her brows were slightly furrowed, as if she was carefully analyzing the changes in the pulse.
"Master, your pulse is weak, your qi is stagnant and your blood is stagnant, and you are restless. You should have chest tightness or chest pain, right?" Old Li said as he took the pulse.
Before Master Yan responded, several masters beside him nodded repeatedly.
"It's like this. Senior Sister Yan once caught a cold and had chest pains, and she fainted. She's been sick ever since."
“We went to the pharmacy several times, but the results were not good.”
"The last herbalist who treated the patient said you could cure it, but then they heard you were away traveling. A child in the nunnery was trying to make her own herbal medicine, but failed. I didn't expect Mingyue to actually invite you here."
Elder Li nodded and said with a smile, "It shows that we are destined to meet. Don't worry too much about it. I can indeed cure it. I have brought the ingredients. We can start preparing the medicinal food now. Can I borrow the kitchen for a while?"
The masters in the nunnery immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's really great, Senior Sister Yan, did you hear that?"
"The kitchen is this way, I'll take you there!"
A group of people came to the kitchen bustlingly. Mr. Li nodded to his assistant, who returned to the car and brought over the ingredients and charcoal stove needed for the medicinal cuisine.
Before cooking the medicinal food, Mr. Li first took out the plants he needed from the medicine box and prepared to perform a special ceremony.
Before making medicinal food, Mr. Li would thank the herbs and the earth that nurtured them. This was very similar to the way Mingyue had seen Aunt Tian offer tribute to the land.
She whispered the ancient spell and waved her hand over the herbs.
When one reaches the level of Mr. Li, he no longer relies on book knowledge when choosing medicinal materials and food ingredients, but relies more on his own experience and intuition.
She can sense the aura and characteristics of each food, and thus accurately select the most suitable ingredients.
Mr. Li’s inheritance originated from the saying that “medicine and food have the same origin”. He believed that food is medicine and can prevent and treat diseases like medicine, thus deriving a unique food therapy.
"Sihe Soup" was created by Mr. Li when he was studying medicinal food. It is a kind of medicinal food that can both cure diseases and maintain health.
It is a combination of four ingredients that complement each other and nourish the body in a gentle way.
The ingredients that Mr. Li used this time were exactly the same as those that Red Sparrow had found before.
Running grass, sunrise fruit, rootless flower and the gassho grass that the cardinal fished out of the water.
Combining the heat-clearing and detoxifying effects of "rootless flower" with the qi-replenishing and blood-nourishing effects of "sunrise fruit", supplemented by the calming and soothing effects of "paopao grass" and the detoxifying and diuretic effects of "gassho grass", a perfect medicinal meal is formed.
Unexpectedly, Redbird was able to find the right prescription and prescribe the right medicine just by relying on his own research.
Mingyue looked at Hongque and nodded encouragingly. She saw the joy in Hongque's eyes. Mr. Li proved that her inference was correct, but due to lack of experience, she failed to cook the medicinal food.
At this time, Mr. Li was ready to light the fire and start stewing the medicinal food.
At this time, Redbird came forward and asked, "Grandma, do you need help with the fire?"
"Yes, can you make a fire?"
Hongque nodded heavily, "Yes! I will help the masters light the fire in the nunnery."
Mr. Li nodded and said, "Then come and help me. Let's make a big fire first."
The red bird next to him started to help light the fire, and Mr. Li picked up the ingredients.
Mr. Li uses an ancient three-stage heating method: first boil quickly over high heat, then simmer over medium heat, and finally simmer over low heat.
This method can retain the active ingredients of medicinal materials to the greatest extent.
While Hongque was helping to boil water, Mr. Li first took out the "Paopao Grass".
"Paopaocao is mild in nature and tastes light, and has a calming and soothing effect."
Mr. Li put the grass into a stone mortar and crushed it gently with a wooden pestle.
The others were also listening very attentively. This was a good opportunity to observe the master's production process, and you could always learn a lot without realizing it.
The grass juice slowly seeped out of the stone mortar, emitting a faint grassy scent.
Mr. Li put the crushed herb into a purple clay pot. The water in the pot was already boiling, and the herb was rolling in the water, releasing more medicinal effects.
Next, Mr. Li picked up the sunrise fruit.
These fruits are dyed bright red by the morning glow at sunrise. They are not only beautiful in appearance, but also have the effect of replenishing qi and nourishing blood.
Mr. Li washed the fruit, cut it into pieces and added it to the purple clay pot.
"The fruit dyed red by the sunrise is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and has the effect of replenishing qi and nourishing blood." As Mr. Li spoke, he gently stirred the fruit in the pot with a spoon. The fruit slowly softened in the water, releasing a sweet fruity aroma.
Mr. Li took out a precious medicinal herb called "rootless flower" from the medicine cabinet.
This flower grows on cliffs and has no roots. It clings to the rock wall with the help of suction cups under its stems and leaves, hence its name.
In medicinal food, it is important to note that “sour enters the liver, bitter enters the heart”.
Therefore, the bitter rootless flower is a very suitable ingredient for the sick Master Yan.
"The rootless flower on the cliff is cold in nature, bitter in taste, and has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying."
Put the whole rootless flower into the pot and cook it together with the running grass and the fruit dyed red by the sunrise.
Finally, Mr. Li picked up the Gassho, washed it, cut it into small pieces, and put it into the pot.
"Herb is cold in nature, light in taste, and has detoxifying and diuretic effects."
She gently stirred the Gassho in the pot with a spoon to allow it to blend with the other ingredients. The various herbs rolled in the water, and as Mr. Li moved, the originally scattered smells gradually merged together.
When the smell of the medicinal food changed, Mr. Li immediately told Hongque to adjust the heat.
"Now start with medium heat."
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