Chapter 258 Stewed Eggs with Erigeron breviscapus Treats Hemiplegia
The two turned around in horror and saw Hu Jue's face was as white as a ghost. He reached out from behind and patted between Qin Suisui and Jia Zhenzhen's seats: "Sour...sour papaya...give...give me one..."
Qin Suisui snapped out of her daze and quickly shoved a sour papaya into her mouth: "Eat it quickly!"
He then shoved a piece of orange peel into his hand: "Smell it!"
Hu Jue was like a drowning fish finally getting back into the water. After chewing on the sour papaya, he held the orange peel and breathed heavily, and his complexion finally looked better.
He then raised his head, suppressing the nausea and vomiting, and gave Qin Suisui a thumbs up: "Suisui, you were really amazing on this journey."
Perhaps because she had been suffering from motion sickness all the way, her body had become accustomed to the feeling, so although Qin Suisui was also feeling dizzy, she was clearly in better condition than the other two.
A kind-looking auntie standing nearby found the three of them rather amusing and mumbled something to Jia Zhenzhen, who was sitting outside.
Seeing the same bewildered expression on the three of them, the aunt realized they probably couldn't understand the Yunnan dialect, so she quickly switched to her somewhat broken Mandarin: "Are you three comrades from out of town?"
Jia Zhenzhen, unsuspecting, nodded while sucking on an orange peel: "Yes, Auntie, this is our first time here. Otherwise, why would we be so dizzy? The mountain roads in Yunnan Province are so winding. Even I, who don't usually get carsick, get dizzy."
The aunt chuckled, took a bamboo water bottle from her basket, and handed it to Jia Zhenzhen: "This is a common local remedy for motion sickness. This bottle is clean, and I haven't drunk from it yet. You three can share it; it might help."
Before Qin Suisui could even speak, Jia Zhenzhen had already taken it, repeatedly expressing her gratitude: "Thank you so much, Auntie, you're so kind, I'm about to faint."
As he spoke, he took off the lid of the bamboo water bottle, poured a little into his own bottle, poured a little into Qin Suisui's empty bottle, and handed the rest to Hu Jue in the back row.
Seeing this, Qin Suisui had no choice but to thank the aunt along with Jia Zhenzhen.
Jia Zhenzhen was indeed feeling dizzy and uncomfortable, but she couldn't wait to take a sip. Then, her eyes sparkled as she looked at Qin Suisui: "Suisui, it's delicious! You should try it!"
She then turned to her aunt and said, "Auntie, how did you make this? You're really amazing, the water tastes really good."
Qin Suisui also took a sip. The water tasted quite good; it must have been boiled with perilla, mint, and ginger. There was probably sugar added as well, as it had a slightly sweet taste.
Sure enough, as Qin Suisui found the answer in her heart, her aunt smiled and said, "What's so special about this? It's just boiling water with perilla, mint, ginger, and a little sugar. We locals all know how to do it."
As expected, it's one of these three!
The perilla has a rich flavor, which, when combined with the equally strong flavor of ginger and the refreshing taste of mint, creates a unique and delicious taste! Moreover, after drinking it, it can indeed suppress the near-death feeling of motion sickness.
Qin Suisui's eyes lit up. She could consider this recipe when she went out by car in the future!
Only Hu Jue in the back row endured the discomfort and did not drink the water from the bamboo tube.
Qin Suisui knew what he was worried about. Taking advantage of the opportunity to get something, she said to him, "Brother Jue, this water isn't poisonous. You should drink it; it will definitely make you feel better."
Having experienced his daughter's abduction, Hu Jue is more vigilant than the average person. Even when he is feeling unwell, he dares not eat or drink anything of unknown origin.
But he knew Qin Suisui was very capable. Unlike them, who were selected from outstanding medical students right after graduation to go to the laboratory, Qin Suisui went there halfway through her studies. But her sense of smell and taste seemed to be far superior to ordinary people. Sometimes, she could tell the formula of a drug just by smelling it, even though ordinary people like them needed experimental equipment to identify it.
Moreover, in less than a year, the antidote she developed far surpassed that of the most senior researchers in their laboratory.
Hu Jue believed that if she continued to develop the antidote at this pace, she would probably surpass the total number of antidotes developed since the laboratory was established before the Chinese New Year, becoming the first person in history to do so.
So after Qin Suisui spoke, he closed his eyes and drank all the water in the bamboo tube in one go. The rich aroma of perilla instantly filled his mouth. As someone who also does drug research, he could naturally distinguish this simple tea.
I couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Indeed, the environment shapes the people." Perilla regulates qi and soothes the stomach, relieving nausea and vomiting. Peppermint is refreshing and invigorating, also relieving dizziness and nausea to some extent. In addition, ginger can warm the stomach, stop vomiting, and suppress dizziness.
This formula is not mysterious at all; in fact, it can be described as ordinary. Yet, it can effectively solve motion sickness problems for most people. He couldn't help but start to think deeply about whether he should pay more attention to this seemingly ordinary but useful medicine in his future work.
And so, amidst the swaying and rocking, the car finally pulled into the Wenzhou Long-Distance Bus Station.
Even with the "life-saving water" given by their aunt, Qin Suisui and the other two were still exhausted from the journey, but thankfully none of them vomited, which could be considered a great success.
Wenzhou City is an important production area for *Erigeron breviscapus* in China, and *Erigeron breviscapus* is naturally included in standardized cultivation. Therefore, before coming, Qin Suisui had already contacted the person in charge in Qiushan County, which is under Wenzhou City. Someone was already waiting outside the bus station.
Upon seeing Qin Suisui and the other two, the uncle recognized them at a glance: "Excuse me, are you Comrade Qin, Comrade Jia, and Comrade Hu from Qiongtan Island?" He didn't say it as a question, but as a statement.
Qin Suisui smiled and said, "It's us. You must be Captain Li! We're so grateful to have come to pick us up in person." She recognized the man's voice; it was him she had contacted by phone.
Jia Zhenzhen was still somewhat taken aback: "Captain Li, how did you recognize us?"
As Captain Li stepped forward to take their luggage, he said with a smile, "We're used to seeing locals every day, but when outsiders suddenly come, it's immediately obvious that they're different."
In fact, there are many areas in Yunnan Province that produce *Erigeron breviscapus*. Qin Suisui chose Qiushan County because she had heard a story: a few years ago, when the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Materia Medica was collecting folk remedies in Qiushan County, Wenzhou City, a Miao ethnic minority traditional Chinese medicine doctor in his 90s offered a prescription for treating hemiplegia by stewing eggs with *Erigeron breviscapus*. Practice has proven that it is indeed very effective.
This research has also brought the *Erigeron breviscapus* species in Qiushan County into a wider research scope.
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