Rebirth in the medical world

Chapter 130

There are indeed not many herbs on the mountain, and the ones that can be picked are some extremely cheap common Chinese herbs, and the slightly scarce herbs are rarely seen!
"Hey! The current world is really not as good as before. In the past, I treated them, and those who had no money would go up the mountain to pick some herbs and bring them to me. At that time, angelica, Gastrodia elata, cnidium, honeysuckle, That’s everywhere! If you’re lucky, you can even dig Ganoderma lucidum! Hey! Now, look, this mountain is bare, not even a dog’s tail grass!” Mr. Qian sighed, and stood together. Sit down on the rocks!

Ouyang Chenhui also sat down, and his mood was also very low. Now that the development is going on desperately, the nearby natural forest area no longer exists. The natural landscape, in fact, is all man-made!

Mr. Qian took out the kettle.After taking a sip of water, he became more and more disappointed now. Looking at the few dry herbs in the basket, he even wondered if he really wanted to move the Chinese medicine clinic to the countryside!
Mr. Qian has thought about the idea of ​​moving to the countryside for a long time. There are not many people in the city who are keen on Chinese medicine. They have a little cold. They are willing to go to a big hospital to find a big doctor, even if they wait in line for a few days, they are not willing Go to his little out-of-the-way clinic and spend a few bucks to get a pulse!But there is a lack of medical care and medicine in the countryside, so there is a bigger stage to show your talents!Moreover, the cost of all aspects in the countryside is lower than that in the city. The wild itself is a large base of natural Chinese herbal medicine. If you go to the countryside, the same money can benefit more people!

However, Mr. Qian also has concerns. Kyoto is the place where he has lived for most of his life. At such an advanced age, he does not know whether he can still adapt to the feeling of being displaced from his hometown. In addition, he is really worried about Kyoto Medical Department. Although he was getting more and more disappointed and disheartened during the several Chinese medicine classes a week in college, he still hoped that with his own strength, he could inject even a sliver of vitality into the endangered Chinese medicine!

"Hey!" The old man sighed again, handed the water bottle to Ouyang Chenhui, and followed the steep part of the mountain with his eyes!

Looking at it, he suddenly felt that his eyes were bright. Under the jungle on the hillside, under a big rock, he saw a familiar thing.

To be precise, it was a large clump of herbaceous plants, about sixty centimeters high, with short rhizomes, erect stems, smooth and hairless.Palmate compound leaves with long stalks, 3 to 4 whorls on the top of the stem. Of course, it is not the roots and leaves that attract Mr. Qian’s attention, but the berries at the ends of the branches. The kidney-shaped, bright red ones are really beautiful!
Of course, these fruits can attract Mr. Qian's attention not because they are beautiful.It's because he recognized that the fruit is a kind of precious Chinese herbal medicine --- Panax notoginseng.

Li Shizhen, a famous pharmacist in the Ming Dynasty, called it "gold does not change".Panax notoginseng is a bright pearl in Chinese medicinal materials. It is recorded in the Qing Dynasty pharmacy book "Compendium of Materia Medica" that ginseng is the first in nourishing qi, and Sanqi is the first in nourishing blood. the most precious.

No wonder Mr. Qian was so excited when he saw this cluster of plants!

"Ouyang, look, what is that?" The old man stood up, pointed to the bunch of bright red berries and said to Ouyang Chenhui.

Ouyang Chenhui followed the direction of the old man's finger, and saw the clusters of bright red fruits, and he guessed right away that it must be a rare and expensive traditional Chinese medicine.

"Mr. Qian, I'll go up and pick them!" Ouyang Chenhui put down the water bottle, and was about to climb up the mountain!

"Don't go, I'll come, I'm afraid you will accidentally dig it up!" Mr. Qian stopped Ouyang Chenhui, rolled up his sleeves, and then walked towards the hillside!

The mountain road was very steep, Mr. Qian walked tremblingly, and almost slipped down a few times, Ouyang Chenhui's heart was in his throat, so he had to follow closely, lest he accidentally fall off!

Finally climbing up the opposite hillside, Mr. Qian bent down excitedly, and gently put the red fruits one by one into the basket.Then dig up the whole plant!
The root of Panax notoginseng is used as medicine, and Mr. Qian picked these ripe red fruits because he wanted to find a piece of unused wasteland to plant in the next year to see if it would survive!If you can survive, you will definitely gain a lot after three years. The price of Panax notoginseng has risen in recent years. Even the worst Panax notoginseng with 120 heads costs more than 100 a catty. , in traditional Chinese medicine pharmacies, the price is even higher!

"Mr. Qian, what is this?" Seeing that Mr. Qian had already picked it, Ouyang Chenhui hurriedly asked!

"This, it's a rare Chinese herbal medicine. It's called Panax notoginseng, and it's also called Tianqi!" Mr. Qian was probably so happy that he even shook his beard when he spoke!

To say that Panax notoginseng is rare is because the area of ​​Kyoto is not suitable for the growth of Panax notoginseng at all. The main production area of ​​Sanqi is in Wenshan, Yunnan, China.Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other places are also the origins of Tianqi!However, it is rare to have the opportunity to see this place in Kyoto, and in today's day when herbs are becoming more and more scarce, it is no wonder that Mr. Qian is so excited!

"Then what is its main function? Is it to stop bleeding?" Ouyang Chenhui had heard of Tian Qi, but only knew that it was an important ingredient of Yunnan Baiyao, so it probably stopped bleeding!

"Yes, this is a good medicine for hemostasis! Sanqi can not only stop bleeding and resist thrombosis, but also promote hematopoiesis, which has a very good effect of nourishing blood!" Mr. Qian said, and took out those Sanqi plants again, carefully Looking at it, it seems to be looking at some rare treasure.

"There is another very interesting legend about Panax notoginseng." Mr. Qian stroked his beard, like an old man who would repeat this ancient legend.

"A long time ago, there were two brothers. The elder brother inherited the family tradition, practiced medicine and planted medicinal materials, while the younger brother was idle and did not do business. One day, the younger brother suddenly had an emergency and bleeding from the seven orifices. After the elder brother learned about it, he hurriedly planed a herbal decoction for the younger brother. Take it. After taking several doses, the younger brother suddenly recovered. He asked what medicine he used, and the older brother told him that it was an ancestral hemostatic herb. Later, he asked his elder brother for some herbal seedlings and planted them in his garden. The next year, This herb has grown luxuriantly. Coincidentally, there was a rich man in a neighboring village. The son of the rich man also suffered from hemorrhage. He was cured by eating a kind of herbal medicine, so he went to his younger brother's house to seek medical advice. When the younger brother heard about it, he dug out the herbal medicine planted in his garden and gave it to the rich man's son to make soup. After taking the medicine, not only was he not cured, but he even died. The rich man acted like a madman, so he sued the county magistrate, and his younger brother was arrested. When the elder brother learned about it, he hurriedly went to appeal and told the county magistrate that it was not his younger brother’s fault. Fault, what my brother used for the rich man’s son was indeed a soup made from herbs to stop bleeding. It’s just that this herb has only been grown for a year, and it has no medicinal properties. It will be strongest when it grows for three to seven years. This incident caused a great sensation. In the township, it spread gradually, and people also knew the time of digging this herb. Later, people named this herb Sanqi, which means that the medicinal effect is the best when it grows for three to seven years."

Ouyang Chenhui smiled after hearing this, never expecting such an interesting legend to exist.

Thinking of the magical effect of Panax notoginseng, Ouyang Chenhui thought of the miraculous herbal medicine Qibing used to stop Erya's bleeding, so he took it out of his pocket and handed it to old doctor Qian.

"Mr. Qian, is this also a good medicine to stop bleeding? Which one is more effective than Sanqi?"

Old doctor Qian took the herbal medicine from Ouyang Chenhui, looked down, and then smiled: "This is called black lotus, also called black ink grass, wild sunflower, and rotten foot grass. It is a very common external effect. Hemostatic medicine, its main function is to nourish the liver and kidney, cool the blood and stop bleeding."

After Qian Laozi explained the efficacy of this Chinese herbal medicine in detail, he asked, "Why do you have these?"

Ouyang Chenhui then told Mr. Qian what he had experienced at Qibing's house. Unexpectedly, Mr. Qian was very interested in Qibing, and urged Ouyang Chenhui to quickly take out some other herbs on his body. !
Only then did Ouyang Chenhui take out some herbs that Qi Bing had brought over, and he still vaguely remembered the effects that Qi Bing told him: "This is for diarrhea, this is for coughing, and this is for indigestion ..."

Ouyang Chenhui talked to Mr. Qian while learning and selling.

Mr. Qian took those few herbs and looked at them carefully.Finally, his gaze was fixed on the herb whose leaves were divided into eight petals.

Seeing Mr. Qian's concentration, Ouyang Chenhui knew that there must be something hidden in this seemingly ordinary herb!

Sure enough, the old man suddenly became very excited and asked: "Where is that Qibing from? Has he ever said where this herb was picked?"

Where Qibing is from, Ouyang Chenhui really doesn't know, as for where he picked the herbs, he doesn't even know, but from what he said, it should be in his hometown!
"Mr. Qian, what kind of herbal medicine is this?" Ouyang Chenhui became more interested in this herbal medicine!
"This is the star anise lotus. Didn't you notice that its leaves have eight horns? Because of the special detoxification effect of the star anise lotus, the plants in the wild have been harvested a lot. So far, it is really necessary to see its beautiful figure." It depends on some luck. Now, the country has long listed it as a third-level protected plant! I didn't expect that there is still a place where wild star anise lotus can be picked!" Mr. Qian looked at this herb, with that kind of expression on his face again. A rare surprise to come!
For an old Chinese doctor, seeing these precious Chinese herbal medicines is probably more affectionate than seeing his own children!

"However, don't think that this star anise lotus is used for detoxification, but in fact, it is also poisonous, so you must be careful when using it!"

(End of this chapter)