Chapter 46 (1/2)
“Help me prepare a piece of charcoal, about this long, as thick as the little finger would be better.”
After thinking for a while, Ling Jingxuan said while gesturing it. At such a time, the gap between the ancient world and modern world got exposed. God knows how much better the ball-point pens and pens than those brushes in ancient world.
“Sure. Any other things you need?”
Though the Shopkeeper looked warmly, as savvy as Ling Jingxuan was, he still saw a little doubt deep in his eyes. With his mouth twitching mockingly, Ling Jingxuan gave him an eye, walked passed him and said to the strong man holding the kids, “You take the child into the room first. Remember to help him clean his body, and let someone wipe the body with alcohol to help him bring down the fever. After the herbs are decocted well, feed him, and he could go home after three days.”
“Yes, yes, yes, thank you very much, magic doctor…”
The man hurriedly nodded. Under the leading of the waiter, the couple took the child to the backyard. After they got the charcoal he wanted, Ling Jingxuan sat at the table and started to write like flying. Soon, three forms were done.
“This is the prescription for treating Swollen Head plague. Three bowls of water should be decocted into one bowl. Take it three times a day. It’ll work after three days. In seven days he would be healed. The other two are the herbs I need. Each needs ten days’ dose.
Then he handed prescription to the shopkeeper.
“Isn’t this the prescription for qi nurturing soup?”
The shopkeeper took the prescription to have a glance, could not help asking so. The suspicion in his eyes grew denser. Ling Jingxuan rolled his eyes helplessly, “keep your eyes wide open to see it clearly. In addition to the prescription of qi nurturing soup, I also added herbs like scutellaria baicalensis, figwort root and liquorice that could help clear away the lung-heat.”
Swollen Head plague is caused by wind evil, in fact, it is very simple to cure—add two more kinds of herbs in qi nurturing soup, but most people will regard it as common cold, and it would be difficult to cure after the deterioration.
Seeing that he was a little impatient, the shopkeeper dared not ask more. Holding the attitude of treading a dead horse as it was still alive, he ordered someone to go to the herbal medicine shop and buy those herbs, while he personally helped Ling Jingxuan pick up the herbs he needed.
“Childe, this is the herbs you need.”
About a quarter hour later, the shopkeeper put a few packets in front of Ling Jingxuan. He did not check them one by one, put down the cup and casually asked, “How much money?”