Chapter 619 Memorizing Prescriptions
Jishitang is a long-established pharmacy, so naturally, many patients come to see it. In this world, the two shops that are never short of customers are grain stores and pharmacies.
The period from morning to noon is usually the busiest time for pharmacies.
It is also important to see a doctor early.
Because there were so many people waiting, Manbao was able to see patients much faster and record pulse records even faster.
After looking at several of the old doctor's prescriptions, she had given up trying to recognize his handwriting and was resigned to only memorizing her own pulse history.
By the time they finished seeing the last patient, it was already past lunch time. Zhou Lijun was so hungry that she was starving. She was so thoughtful that she went to the street to buy some naan and soup. As soon as they finished seeing the patient, she immediately invited Dr. Ji and the shop assistants to have lunch together.
Doctor Ji nodded slightly with a gentle expression, and led them to the backyard to eat the meal.
Only then did Manbao realize that there was a yard behind the medicine shop. There were many racks in the yard, where medicinal herbs were drying, and the air was filled with the fragrance of medicine.
Doctor Ji saw that she couldn't move her eyes away, so he smiled and sat down on the stool and asked, "Why, have you never seen so many medicinal herbs?"
Manbao nodded blankly. At this moment, the sound of Koko's voice kept ringing in her mind. Koko read out in a particularly clear electronic voice: "Ancient plants have been discovered... Rare plants have been discovered... Unrecorded animal carcasses have been discovered..."
If Koko had any psychological activities, he would be rolling around happily at this moment. He knew that as long as the host increased communication with the outside world, he would definitely gain something.
Aren’t medical skills and the like related to the animals and plants in the world?
Nowadays, people are tired of synthetic medicines and prefer to return to natural medicines, and ancient Chinese medicine is just that.
Seeing Manbao was stunned for such a long time, Doctor Ji couldn't help but look up at her and asked, "How many kinds of herbs do you know?"
Manbao took a while to come back to his senses and said, "I only memorized the names of the herbs, I have rarely seen them."
Doctor Ji frowned slightly when he heard this, "You've never recognized medicinal herbs?"
Shouldn’t studying medicine start here?
Apprentices in their pharmacy start by learning to identify medicinal materials, then have to dispense medicine at the front desk and learn how to organize the herbs.
It will only take three or two years to learn all of this. If you meet a teacher who doesn't like to teach, it may take three to five years.
After recognizing all the medicinal herbs, I started teaching medical books, and finally I started taking pulses and prescribing medicine...
Without ten years of practice, you can't even think about becoming a master.
Even if one starts as an apprentice at the age of eight, he or she will be eighteen when he or she can become a master. Those with less qualifications may have to work behind the counter for seven or eight years before they can take pulses and prescribe medicine.
But now she says she hasn't started to identify medicinal herbs yet?
Doctor Ji frowned and asked, "If you don't know the herbs, how can you prescribe a medicine?"
"I've memorized all the herbs and their properties," Manbao said. "I've also memorized quite a few prescriptions."
Doctor Ji blinked. "You memorized the medicinal properties, but didn't recognize the herbs?"
"I don't have so many herbs."
Doctor Ji was suspicious, "Your husband doesn't have it either?"
Manbao looked at him quietly.
Zhou Lijun looked around and said with a smile, "Doctor Ji, let's eat first and talk after dinner."
Doctor Ji thought for a moment and nodded, "After dinner, recite to me the herbs and their properties you wrote down, as well as the prescription."
Manbao's face turned bitter. "When will it be due? I promised my teacher that I would go back to study in the afternoon."
Doctor Ji didn't say anything.
Manbao knew there was no room for negotiation, and she felt a little dejected.
Half of the medicinal herbs that Manbao memorized came from the medical books she found in Mr. Zhuang and the Bai family, which included the names and properties of the herbs; the other half were sorted out for her by Teacher Mo, which were more detailed and well-organized, and very easy to memorize.
She has been carrying it for several years.
Some of the medicines compiled by Teacher Mo only exist in books, while others are constantly being improved over time.
They have more complete records of medicinal properties and more thorough research.
So Manbao felt that one afternoon was not enough to carry so many things.
Moreover, some of the times were too long ago and she really couldn't remember them. Unless someone mentioned the name of the medicine, she could memorize the medicinal properties.
Not to mention that this also includes prescriptions.
Manbao sighed, and after finishing his meal, he stood by the table with his hands behind his back and recited the medicinal herbs and their properties to Doctor Ji.
Doctor Ji took a sip of tea and listened with his eyes half closed. After listening for three quarters of an hour, his expression became more serious.
Zhou Lijun gave his aunt a bowl of water, which Manbao drank in one gulp. Then he continued to carry the bag down the mountain. After carrying it for another half an hour, Manbao looked for more water to drink.
Doctor Ji had already sat up straight. After seeing her finish drinking the water, he said, "You don't have to recite the medicine. Just recite the prescription you remember."
Manbao thought about it and decided to recite it from the beginning. "Five Tigers Soup, mainly used to treat wind-heat blocking the lungs, fever, cough, asthma and excessive sputum. 7 parts ephedra, 10 grams of peeled almonds, 4 parts licorice, 8 grams of fried fine tea, 15 parts white gypsum..."
As Manbao recited slowly, Doctor Ji slowly opened his mouth. After a long, long time, he covered his chest and wanted to stand up, but found that he had been sitting for too long and his back and waist were a little numb.
Zhou Lijun was completely unaware. She was holding her chin and looking at her aunt with starry eyes. She knew that her aunt was teaching herself medicine and that she was very capable, but she didn't know that she was so capable.
It's really amazing that he read so many books and memorized so many medical books.
Manbao lowered his head and poured himself another bowl of water, then cleared his throat and continued to recite. Doctor Ji finally stood up from his chair and wanted to ask Manbao to stop reciting, but suddenly he saw the shopkeeper Old Zheng standing at the entrance.
I don't know how long he stood there.
Shopkeeper Old Zheng was also staring at Manbao in a daze. When he noticed Doctor Ji's gaze, he came back to his senses, looked at him, nodded slightly at him, and finally looked at Manbao again before turning and leaving.
Doctor Ji then stopped Manbao, who was still racking his brains to memorize the prescriptions: "Okay, I know you have memorized a lot of prescriptions."
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief. She couldn't recite it anymore. By the way, what was the prescription after Dahuang Fuzi Decoction?
Manbao swallowed hard, and after Zhou Lijun tugged at her sleeve, she managed to come back to her senses. "Doctor Ji, should I learn about the medicinal herbs first?"
She tried hard to make her eyes look sincere.
Who knew that Doctor Ji didn't even look her in the eye. He just sat down on the table and said, "That's right. You need to recognize the herbs first. It's not enough to just memorize them. You also need to be able to recognize them. Come tomorrow and stay after your morning consultation. I'll teach you how to recognize the herbs."
The next update will be around 9pm
In this chapter, I would like to recommend my good friend Gu Wanyin’s new book, which is on the shelves today, “The Lucky Concubine” - Starting over, Xu Tang doesn’t want to be an ordinary palace maid anymore, so she makes a bold decision.
Well, what was the decision?
Guess
(End of this chapter)
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