"The first document is for the Fifth Prince to calm his lung qi, and the second document is for the Fifth Prince to prepare a calming soup. Please take a look, Your Majesty and Your Majesty."
Neither Da Pang Ju nor Sun Miaoqing knew how to diagnose illnesses; they were just laymen watching the spectacle and couldn't discern anything from the medical information.
However, one of the ingredients in the calming soup prescription looked very familiar to Sun Miaoqing, but she couldn't quite place it.
"Imperial Physician Zhang, what kind of medicinal herb is this white frost? Why have I never heard of it before?"
Zhang Mi said, "Your Majesty, this medicine is also known as lead frost. It is made by combining one-fifteenth of lead and mercury, refining them into flakes, placing them in a vinegar jar and sealing it. Over time, it will turn into frost."
"According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, lead frost has a sweet, sour, and cold nature, and is non-toxic. It is an effective medicine for treating infantile convulsions, thirst and fever, and sore throat." (Information found online)
“In the early years of the late emperor, the Imperial Medical Academy discovered that this medicine was effective in calming the mind, so it was often used in the preparation of calming decoctions.”
Sun Miaoqing said coldly, "Then the dosage must be much higher than that for other illnesses, right?"
Zhang Mi replied, "That's true. I never expected that Consort Cheng would also be knowledgeable in medicine."
I don't know medicine, but I know common sense. What lead frost has such a miraculous calming effect, making one drowsy and well-behaved after drinking it? Lead poisoning, of course, causes lethargy!
[While the premature deaths of the chubby orange's siblings were partly due to their parents giving birth too early, leading to incomplete development, the misuse of lead oxide may also be a contributing factor.]
[In the next few hundred years, such heavy metal poisoning will be difficult to detect. Let alone now, when toxin screening is simply not possible.]
It's said that Emperor Kangxi once criticized the chubby orange cat for being unpredictable in his temper. Later, after much reflection, he learned to suppress his emotions and became the person he is today, never showing his feelings.
[Now it seems, it might be from using too much lead oxide, causing this condition!]
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