Chapter 3262 Concentrate on Research
There are many details involved in training and dispatching military doctors, and it is not something that can be decided in a short time, so today's small court meeting only discussed the general idea.
After the small court meeting ended, Zhou Man and Xiao Yuanzheng stayed behind as usual and followed the emperor to take his pulse.
The ministers glanced at her and Xiao Yuanzheng and remained silent.
After the day before yesterday, the emperor's health condition had never been made public. The Imperial Medical Bureau remained silent. After the court officials tried to ask, but nothing came out, they did not dare to ask any more questions.
The Changsheng Temple is still there, and Narōer is still treated well, but the emperor has neither taken any more elixirs nor summoned him to the palace to discuss Buddhism in the past two days.
Zhou Man accompanied Xiao Yuanzheng to see the emperor. She briefly recounted what she had learned from the previous day's visit to Changsheng Temple, emphasizing the magical properties of the holy water and the magic medicine. She then said, "Although the other herbs Luo Er used are also precious, I know them all. However, these two are completely unheard of and unseen before."
Emperor: "Did you see him yesterday?"
"I saw it," Zhou Man said. "The divine medicine minister was not easy to obtain, but I did get two drops of holy water. I studied it after returning. Your Majesty, do you know what I found in it?"
The emperor asked, "What?"
"Potassium chromium, mixed with some manganese ash, all melted into water, so the colorful colors are particularly beautiful."
The emperor looked at Xiao Yuanzheng and asked, "What is this?"
Xiao Yuanzheng's expression changed and he said, "Your Majesty, I only know about red alum, which is extremely poisonous."
Zhou Man nodded. "Yes, something like this, if taken orally, will corrode the esophagus and cause nausea, abdominal pain, and bloody stools. In severe cases, it can lead to suffocation, cyanosis, shock, and liver and kidney damage and failure. I'm curious, how did he reduce the toxicity of the holy water so that it could be used as medicine?"
The emperor's hands and feet turned cold instantly, and after a while he asked, "Are you sure?"
Zhou Man's eyes rolled as he urged, "If your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can ask Master Luo Er for some more, then put your little finger in there and stir it. I can guarantee that if you put your finger in there and pull it out, it might be corroded. There are so many colorful things in there, all of them are strong acids."
The emperor had a sullen face and said nothing. Xiao Yuanzheng glanced at Zhou Man and asked her to hold back.
Zhou Man lowered his head and said no more.
After a while, the emperor asked, "How is the research on the elixir going?"
It's only been a day, and even a god wouldn't be able to figure it out. Zhou Man said, "We've already made some progress. Your Majesty, I'm working with Dean Xiao to find a prescription. I'll prescribe you a detoxifying soup with minimal residual toxicity, which you can take first, along with acupuncture."
The emperor nodded and waved his hand, saying, "You may go back and continue to focus on this matter. I will leave the rest to Xiao Yuanzheng."
"yes."
Zhou Man glanced at Xiao Yuanzheng, but she hadn't taken his pulse yet today?
But seeing Xiao Yuanzheng nodded, she could only retreat honestly.
After Zhou Man left, the emperor looked at Xiao Yuanzheng and said, "Come and see me. I had heartburn last night and couldn't sleep."
Xiao Yuanzheng hurried over to take his pulse.
Zhou Man did not leave the palace, but returned to the Imperial Hospital and dove into the database. He pointed at the emperor's pulse chart and said, "Take it down and let me see it."
The official guarding the database flipped through the list and confirmed that Zhou Man had the authority to review the emperor's pulse records before taking it down and showing it to her. "Master Zhou, this pulse record can only be viewed in the room. You are not allowed to take it out or copy it."
"Know."
Zhou Man looked back from the last emperor's pulse case. When Xiao Yuanzheng came back, she saw the pulse case at the beginning of this year.
Seeing her, she immediately put away the pulse case and returned it, then chased him to the office. "Xiao Yuanzheng, is there anything wrong with His Majesty's health?"
Xiao Yuanzheng directly wrote down the pulse case and showed it to her.
Zhou Man frowned when he saw this. Xiao Yuanzheng said, "His Majesty is afraid you'll be distracted, so he won't let you diagnose me. But I still want to hear your opinion. I speculate that this reaction might be due to the acupuncture."
Zhou Man touched his chin. "It's really possible. When Brother Tang was poisoned, his pulse became dry and floating after I injected him with the antidote. But he was young and strong, so I didn't take this little problem seriously at the time."
After all, detoxification and restoring internal organs are more important.
But the emperor was different. He was old, and his constitution was naturally hot, and he had old injuries... Thinking of this, Zhou Man paused and glared slightly, "Are you worried about His Majesty's old injuries?"
Xiao Yuanzheng nodded, "I'm afraid my old injury will relapse."
Zhou Man quickly sat down opposite him and asked, "Do you have any detoxification soup you want to prescribe?"
Xiao Yuanzheng: "All medicines are poisonous. I would prefer to make some pills or medicinal food for Your Majesty. It can reduce the remaining poison, cleanse the body, and prevent the recurrence of old injuries."
Zhou Man nodded, "I think so too."
She was also worried about the emperor's old injury recurring, which would be like adding insult to injury. So she rolled her eyes and said, "How about this? You take care of the medicinal food and I'll make the detoxification pills."
"What method are you going to use?"
Zhou Man chuckled and said, "I've written a new prescription."
Zhou Man wrote the prescription down for him to read. Xiao Yuanzheng saw the large characters on it and looked at her for a long time. Seeing that she really had no intention of adding more, he asked, "Is that all?"
"No, since we want to reduce the toxicity, we should use the simplest medicine and make the simplest pills. Three herbs are enough."
Dean Xiao took a quick look and thought that the prescription was correct, but... it was too mild. However, it was in line with the usual prescription principles of their Imperial Hospital.
Well, it was the first time Zhou Man followed this principle, and it made him feel a little uncomfortable.
But Xiao Yuanzheng still nodded and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, I'll leave the pills to you. Make them as soon as possible. Also, you have to hurry up and deal with the matter of His Majesty being poisoned."
"I know," Zhou Man stood up and said, "I'll go home now. Come, please stamp this prescription and I'll go get the medicine."
Xiao Yuanzheng was puzzled. "The Imperial Hospital and the Imperial Medical Bureau both have pharmacies. Why do you have to go home and start one?"
Zhou Man: "As for the elixir, are you sure I'm doing research in the Imperial Hospital and the Imperial Medical Bureau?"
The pharmacy is not hers alone. There are many doctors and medical assistants coming and going, and there are many people and eyes. This is a confidential matter.
Xiao Yuanzheng thought so too. As he stamped the prescription, he asked, "Do you need anything else for your research?"
Zhou Man immediately looked up and said, "It really is."
Xiao Yuanzheng saw the long prescription written by Zhou Man and was speechless for a long time. "This, this, this...what do you need so many precious herbs for?"
Zhou Man said: "I looked through the supply list of Changsheng Temple, and this is the list of medicines they purchased."
Xiao Yuanzheng held his forehead with his hand, "Do you really believe that His Majesty's elixir uses these herbs?"
These medicines are very precious. Although the dosage listed by Zhou Man is not large, with so many types added together, each dose is very expensive, okay?
"I don't believe it, but I want to collect them all so I can compare them and research the ingredients of the elixir as soon as possible."
"Didn't he give you the prescription for the herbs used?"
Zhou Man then read out a list of medicinal names to him, "I'm not sure about the others, but I can be sure that there is no Polygonum multiflorum in this."
Xiao Yuanzheng's face darkened, "How dare he give a fake medicine name!"
(End of this chapter)
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