Chapter 69 Opening up ideas
The enhanced vision makes it easier for Ye Yan to search for herbs, and the overall efficiency can be said to have been significantly improved.
In addition, the herbs that Ye Yan wants are really plentiful around here. It can even be said that they grow everywhere. In this era, no one picks them at all.
This made Ye Yan go around in a circle, and he quickly picked a sufficient amount.
The group returned with a full load. Zhou Xu, who was understanding the situation with Ye Jinghong at the time, met him and immediately walked over and took a look at the almost full baskets.
"It seems that the harvest is not small."
"Yes, chief, there are many herbs growing near the camp, which should be enough for us to use."
Unexpectedly, we discovered that there are herbal resources around the camp. This is a good thing for Zhou Xu, and it can be regarded as an unexpected surprise.
However, Zhou Xu's attention at this time was undoubtedly focused on the herbs in front of him.
“What are you going to do with these herbs?”
"How to deal with..."
This question made Ye Yan feel strange.
"Just eat it directly."
"..."
Hearing this, Zhou Xu was silent for two seconds, and then tried to say... …
"Ye Yan, have you ever thought of decoction in water?"
"Decoction in water?"
Ye Yan was confused when he heard this.
Obviously, Ye Yan has not studied this matter too deeply, and at the same time, his ideas have not been fully opened up.
But Zhou Xu is different. Herbal medicine is part of their traditional culture. When he was a child, he had rhinitis and took Chinese medicine for a period of time. He still knew the common sense that Chinese medicine needs to be boiled and taken. of.
At the same time, because there was a fee for cooking on behalf of others, it was cheaper for them to buy it back and cook it themselves.
But also thanks to this, he has gained some relevant experience and knowledge.
"Uh-huh!"
With a dry cough, Zhou Xu cleared his throat.
“Boil water three times and all poisons will disappear! Have you heard this?”
There is no need for Ye Yan to answer, he must have never heard it.
This is what the old Chinese doctor who treated him originally told him.
According to the words of the old Chinese medicine practitioner, decoction of traditional Chinese medicine can effectively remove or reduce the toxic and side effects of the medicine.
The method of decoction at the same time is conducive to the overflow of the ingredients in the medicine, and cooking it into a decoction is also convenient for the body to absorb.
Of course, even if you ignore these, Zhou Xu still has a very simple and crude idea in his mind.
That is something that has been passed down from the Great Celestial Dynasty for five thousand years, and there is always a reason for it.
Although Ye Yan has the upper limit of five-star intelligence, he is still only at the two-star level after all, and primitive people do not have much knowledge and culture.
Based on what the old Chinese medicine doctor said to him, isn't it just a joke to suppress Ye Yan?
Today's Zhou Xu also copied what the old Chinese doctor told him back then, and helped Ye Yan increase his knowledge.
“That’s it.”
After listening, Ye Yan looked completely inspired. He looked at Zhou Xu with admiration, and at the same time, he felt a little ashamed in his heart.
Originally, Ye Yan was very confident in his abilities, but now it seems that compared with their new leader in front of him, he is far behind.
"Please teach me, leader!"
Zhou Xu was not polite about this. Since he did know more than Ye Yan, he naturally didn't mind sharing what he knew. Teach each other everything.
“Follow me.”
After that, he took Ye Yan and the two apprentices to the lake. "First of all, we clean these herbs."
The traditional Chinese medicines they use are basically dried, and they have been processed while being convenient for storage.
But this fresh herb was obviously different, and Zhou Xu felt that it still had to be washed.
He is also quite skilled in the process of cooking Chinese medicine.
The process of cooking Chinese medicine can generally be summarized as the process of continuously collecting the juice.
In the past when prescribing medicine, doctors always said that three bowls of water can be boiled into one bowl, which is basically what it means.
During this continuous boiling process, the soup gradually changed, and at the same time, the slightest medicinal smell began to escape with the steam.
This change made Ye Yan's eyes light up.
“Chief, is this good?”
"It's still early. The medicinal properties have just been brewed. It will take longer to fully utilize the medicinal properties."
Zhou Xu taught everything about his own experience.
It takes time to cook medicine, and naturally they will not sit idle during this process.
"Ye Yan, have you ever thought about growing these herbs ourselves?"
"Growing herbs?"
In this era, the concept of farming does not yet exist. Even a person with five-star intellectual potential like Ye Yan cannot understand this meaning without a concept.
Facing this situation, Zhou Xu spoke quickly after thinking about it for a while...
"Even if the weeds growing outside are pulled out, they will grow back after a while. You know this, right?”
“Yes.”
Ye Yan nodded, and then seemed to have some reaction, vaguely understanding what their new leader wanted to express.
But he did not interrupt easily, but continued to listen.
“Just like these weeds, medicinal herbs can actually grow again, but if they grow outside, there are too many influencing factors, and you may not be able to pick them any day. Conversely, if you grow medicinal herbs Move it before our eyes..."
At this point, Zhou Xu no longer needs to say any more, because Ye Yan has completely understood what he wants to express.
“Why didn’t I think of that? At the same time, when needed, I won’t have to go out and search so hard!”
Muttering to himself, Ye Yan's whole body became excited.
Judging from his posture, he wanted to take action immediately. Seeing this, Zhou Xu quickly signaled Ye Yan to calm down.
"Calm down, this is not something that can be done in a short while. We will make arrangements slowly tomorrow. The most important thing at the moment is this pot of medicine."
"Oh, yes, yes! The pot of medicine in front of him is more important!”
Under Zhou Xu’s reminder, Ye Yan’s attention quickly returned to the pot of medicine in front of him.
In the meantime, Zhou Xu certainly wouldn’t mind giving Ye Fan some time to think.
For example, dried medicinal materials.
For another example, you can try to boil medicinal materials with similar medicinal properties together, and achieve a better effect through the cooperation of multiple medicinal materials.
The ideas and ideas that Zhou Xu constantly put forward can be said to have quickly pushed Ye Yan's ideas on medicine and pharmaceuticals to maturity.
Invisibly, the traditional Chinese medicine system has formed a relatively complete outline in Ye Yan's mind.
Next, it depends on how far Ye Yan can practice it.
In this regard, Zhou Xu felt that he could not help much, so he could only rely on Ye Yan to use his clever mind to think about it.
In this process, the first pot of medicine is officially cooked.
“It’s almost done when it’s cooked like this. The medicine residue needs to be fished out. Divide the medicine soup into three bowls and give them to the patients.”
(End of Chapter)