Chapter 95: Traveling to the Ancient Times to Open a Clinic 9: The Pharmacy Boycott
This is simply a magic tool for doctors who often go out to practice medicine. Moreover, no matter whether the medicinal materials are purchased from the mall or brought in from outside, they can be properly stored without the problem of the medicinal materials spoiling or the loss of efficacy.
Shen Qian was very satisfied with the system's newbie gift package.
In addition to the novice gift pack, Shen Qian also studied the unlocked system interface and found that there were also [Patient Management], [Medicine Field Management], [Medicine Distribution Map], [Medical Skills Improvement Books], and the [Gold Coin Mall] mentioned by the system just now.
What interested Shen Qian the most was the [Medicinal Materials Distribution Map]. When he clicked on it, he found the distribution of wild medicinal materials in the local area and nearby areas, especially marking the locations of some rare medicinal materials.
The map even marks the current condition of the herbs and whether they are suitable for immediate picking.
This is great! With this map, it will be more efficient to go into the mountains to collect herbs in the future, and we won’t miss out on rare herbs because we don’t know where they are or go at the wrong time.
The gold coin mall can be exchanged for various medicinal materials. Basic medicinal materials such as licorice, astragalus, angelica, white peony, and wolfberry are priced at 200 gold coins, which is enough to prepare about 10 medicines. Rare medicinal materials such as ginseng, deer antler, and dendrobium candidum are priced at more than 1,000 gold coins.
There is a first aid kit that is still locked and is not currently open.
When you click lightly, the system pops up a prompt:
[Host, please treat more patients. You can unlock it after you upgrade your level. 】
After looking at the selling price, Chen Qian decided that unless it was urgently needed, he would try not to use the gold coins, so that the saved gold coins could be used to buy the most needed medicine at the most critical moment.
After unlocking the system, Shen Qian felt more at ease. Although he now had the system to back him up, he still had to make the necessary efforts. After all, as the number of patients he saw increased, he would inevitably need to use more medicinal materials, and relying solely on the gold coin mall would definitely not be enough.
At this time, another good news came. Ling Yuan found a foreigner selling medicinal herbs in the market.
Chen Qian followed Ling Yuan and found the man. He had a high nose bridge, thick lips, and a typical foreign appearance.
After Ling Yuan gave a few instructions, the man opened a leather package, which contained a lot of medicinal herbs, including the saffron she urgently needed.
In fact, what she needs most is safflower, but if safflower is not available, saffron can also be used as medicine to make external plasters.
In addition to saffron, the businessman actually had a lot of pills and medicinal wines. Shen Qian asked Ling Yuan to carefully inquire about the ingredients of these things. What surprised her was that some of the medicinal wines actually contained turmeric, asafoetida and acanthopanax senticosus, which were all good things for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
Ling Yuan said: "Some people in their caravan had old injuries, so they took a lot with them when they left. These were unused items, and they had no intention of selling them. They only told me they had them when I asked them."
"I see."
If you bring exotic pills and medicinal wine to Anrong, basically no one will buy them. When people here are sick, they will only see a Chinese medicine doctor, and the medicines prescribed are all familiar herbs collected from the local mountains, or medicines bought from pharmacies.
No one would risk their own life by trying exotic pills or medicinal liquors.
But Shen Qian knew that these were all good things.
"I want all of these. How much are they?"
"These aren't very valuable... only... the medicinal wine might be a bit more expensive. After all, it's heavy, and we brought it from so far away."
In the end, Shen Qian spent 2 taels of silver to buy all the medicinal herbs he brought.
These medicinal materials are indeed not cheap, as the medicinal wine is indeed very heavy.
"Next time you come to Anrong, you can come to Jimin Medical Clinic to find me. I need all these herbs. Also, next time you don't need to bring medicinal wine. If possible, you can bring herbs directly or dried and ground into powder or tablets. This will make it easier for you to transport them over long distances."
"You... need medicinal herbs?" It was obvious that the businessman was a little hesitant to believe it.
Because doctors in the Central Plains are very reluctant to use exotic medicinal materials and usually do not trust the medicines they bring.
"Yes, I need it. Just come to me directly after you bring it. As long as the price is fair, I will take it."
Chen Qian didn't need the other party to sell the medicinal herbs brought from far away to her at a low price. As long as they could be sold to her at a normal price, she would be willing to accept them.
On the way back to the clinic, Ling Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Miss, is it bad to use exotic herbs?"
Shen Qian looked at her: "What's wrong with that?"
"Don't many people say that the effects of exotic herbs conflict with our constitutions?"
"That's because they're not familiar with the medicinal properties of those herbs. My master, who taught me medicine, also taught me how to identify the characteristics of various herbs, including those from exotic regions. As long as you're familiar with the medicinal properties of various herbs and which herbs they conflict with, you can prescribe the right medicine without any problems."
Prescriptions are dead, but people are alive. You cannot learn real medical skills by rote memorization.
After Ling Yuan figured it out, she said, "So, young lady, you don't have to suffer from the shortage of medicinal materials this time. We can grow some ourselves, dig them up in the mountains, or buy them from foreigners. Doesn't that mean we have all kinds of medicine?"
With the help of the system, Chen Qian can theoretically have all kinds of medicines, but those also have to be purchased with gold coins. Currently, she can only earn 100 gold coins for each patient she treats. If she always uses the gold coin mall, she will not be able to make ends meet, so she cannot exceed the limit on the number of medicinal materials.
"That's not the case. There are still many drugs that are not in this range, but the commonly used drugs are indeed all available."
With the blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicinal wine purchased from a foreigner, Chen Qian was able to treat Fang Pozi's periarthritis of the shoulder with greater ease.
When she was massaging her shoulders with medicinal wine, Granny Fang kept saying, "Wow, this medicinal wine feels hot and spicy when applied to my shoulders, but it feels so good!"
After the massage was over, Granny Fang felt her shoulders were still burning. "This medicinal wine is really comfortable. My son also used medicinal wine for bruises and injuries on me before, but it didn't have this effect."
The ingredients in this medicinal wine happened to be the few herbs she was missing. Combined with her professional massage techniques and assisted acupuncture treatment, the effect would naturally be quick.
Before long, Shen Qian cured many elderly people in nearby villages with acupuncture, medicinal wine and homemade external plasters.
The elders praised Shen Qian to the sky, and Jimin Hall's reputation gradually spread from the surrounding countryside to Anrong City.
"Have you heard that Jimintang has treated a lot of people recently?"
"Of course I've heard of it. Madam Cheng from Jimin Hall is quite amazing. At the beginning, the clinic had no business, so she only charged 200 coins for a consultation, and she became famous in no time."
"No, we only charge 200 coins for the first ten people, and the rest will be charged as usual."
"You don't know this, but her patients who came later not only received prescriptions, but some of their illnesses were even treated directly. She's very good at acupuncture, and some minor ailments can be cured directly with acupuncture. It's worth the money!"
"Yes, yes. Others just prescribe prescriptions and ask you to go to the pharmacy to get the medicine. The herbs in the pharmacy are so expensive these days. Many medicines are unaffordable. This Jimintang is really good!"
"It's good, but it's not the right path for a woman to open a clinic..."
After one of the old men sighed, the expressions of the other men changed, and they echoed him and stopped talking.
You may not know what they think in their hearts, but they still have to say a few words that women should not show their faces in public.
Chen Qian ignored all the gossip outside and saw patients in the clinic every day. Now the business of the clinic was gradually getting better, but apart from the old men and women from the nearby villages, most of the patients who came to her were women who were having difficult labor or had serious postpartum infections.
Although all these patients had to be seen, and she was tired and didn't make much money, Shen Qian never shirked her responsibilities every time she met one, and would immediately take her maid with her to see the patients.
Saving a woman, regardless of whether she has given birth successfully, is equivalent to changing the fate of her child. At least the child will not become an orphan without a mother.
After several days of seeing patients in a row, the maids who followed her were exhausted.
Meixiang couldn't help but say, "I really hope that the people coming tomorrow aren't from the nearby villages. Why don't the people from Anrong City come to our Jimin Hall?"
Cui Liu quickly stopped her and whispered, "Our girl is willing to see patients because she is kind-hearted. The residents of Anrong City still have prejudices and think that our girl, a woman, should not open a clinic and show her face in public. Please don't mention this again. It will definitely make her sad."
Meixiang knew that she had said the wrong thing and could only think about it in her heart.
In fact, she didn't mean anything else, she just hoped that the girl wouldn't have to work so hard running around.
It was not known whether Meixiang's wish had come true, or whether the reputation Shen Qian had accumulated in the nearby countryside during this period had finally made the residents of the city believe in her medical skills. In short, a middle-aged man came to the door that day, and Shen Qian quickly diagnosed him with a cold and prescribed a prescription for him.
The other party took the prescription, paid the consultation fee and left.
The two people guarding Jimin Hall today were Meixiang and Cuiliu. Chen Qian didn't react much. The two maids exchanged surprised looks with each other.
I didn't expect that just after I mentioned this yesterday, some residents from the city actually came to my door today.
This is so great. I don’t have to make a house call and can send the patient away quickly.
Meixiang didn't say it out loud this time, but she made a wish in her heart, hoping that there would be more patients like this.
The uncle who had just left came back quickly, holding the prescription with a worried look on his face.
Cui Liu is now Shen Qian's assistant. Seeing that person coming again, she quickly stepped forward and asked, "Didn't you come here just now? What happened?"
The man coughed twice and said with difficulty: "I went to the nearby Shunyi Pharmacy first, but they didn't have the medicine on the prescription, so I went to Qingyu Pharmacy. But the shopkeeper Yao of Qingyu Pharmacy said that he would not accept your Jimintang's order and asked me to find medicine somewhere else. Look at this...what should I do?"
Uncle Yang had been suffering from a cold for a while, and because he was afraid of infecting his family members, he finally came to the clinic for treatment. He had heard that the doctor was a female, and he felt a little awkward at first, but he quickly adjusted himself.
But he didn't expect that trouble was yet to come. He took the prescription from this clinic, but couldn't get the medicine in other pharmacies. This was very strange.
"Did he say why?" Shen Qian asked as he lifted the door curtain and walked out.
Uncle Yang shook his head: "I didn't ask, and the waiter asked me to leave."
Shen Qian recalled her last experience at Qingyu Pharmacy. Shopkeeper Yao seemed to be quite prejudiced against her as a female doctor. They failed to reach an agreement on the price of the purchased medicinal materials. She didn't know if it was because of these reasons that Shopkeeper Yao refused to prescribe medicine for her.
"Uncle, I'm sorry to have troubled you to come here for nothing. Please wait in my clinic. I'll have my maid prepare some medicine for you. Drink it first to induce sweating. You can go home and boil the rest of the herbs yourself."
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