Yingbao touched the big black ear and stuffed a pill made of honeysuckle, atractylodes, astragalus and ephedra into its mouth.
The big black tail wagged even more happily, and it licked its little master with its tongue.
Yingbao first went to see Zhang Yuying and Zhang Xiaolang, and then went to check the well water at home.
The water level in the well is almost reaching the wellhead, and the water is not very clear.
Yingbao asked her aunt to boil a pot of water and boil all the bowls, chopsticks and pots in the house. After washing her hands, she took out some herbs from the medicine box and boiled them in a pot.
She did it herself and quietly replaced the water used to boil the medicine with Pupil Spring.
Two portions of medicinal materials were boiled in two pots. After five bowls of water were boiled into one bowl, Yingbao poured out the medicinal juice and asked her aunt to bring it to the two children to drink.
She added water to the remaining medicinal residue, boiled it slightly, and then poured it out, letting Hongxiao and her aunt drink it as well.
Then he asked, "Aunt, how are my eldest cousin and his family?"
She had also met her eldest cousin two days ago and brought gifts for his children. Her eldest cousin's father-in-law and his family also went to the Jiang family to congratulate Jiang Jie on passing the imperial examination.
Who would have thought that an epidemic would break out the next day? It was truly unexpected.
Jiang Yunniang drank the whole bowl of medicine in one breath and said, "Dacheng's family was fine. His father-in-law came to tell him when he found something wrong. But who could have expected that Yuying would have such a thing happen just after she caught a few fish."
After the rain, water accumulated in many places in the county, and a lot of fish flowed over from the river. They were quite big, as long as half an adult's arm. Many families rolled up their trousers and took wooden basins to catch fish. Yuying and Xiaolang also caught two fish, and ended up getting sick.
Yingbao continued to cook medicine, this time using three large pots. She built three small stoves in the yard and placed the pots on top.
She ran straight to the kitchen, filled three jars with water in an instant, and carried them out one by one.
Seeing this, Jiang Yunniang came over to help: "Let me boil the medicine."
Yingbao put the herbs into the pot and said to her aunt, "Aunt, pour the boiled medicine into the bamboo tube. Remember to pour it into a bowl when you give it to Yuying and the others. Half a bowl is enough. You can only drink it three times a day."
Jiang Yunniang nodded repeatedly: "I know."
"I'm going to the pharmacy now to buy some medicinal herbs." Yingbao said as she walked out of the yard.
Jiang Yunniang said loudly: "Yingbao, let Hongxiao go with you."
"No need." It would be inconvenient for Hong Xiao to go with him to get things, so she could hide herself by carrying a backpack. She could bring back as many things as she wanted, which was very convenient.
Yingbao trotted to several pharmacies, but only bought a small amount of medicinal materials, which made her very anxious.
Then she went to the hospital and found that it was packed with people, with patients everywhere inside and outside the hospital.
Most of the doctors and students were busy decocting medicine in the backyard.
Someone recognized Yingbao and immediately called out, "Isn't that a student from the Yin-Yang Department? Come over and help."
Yingbao had no choice but to walk over and ask, "Does the medical department still have Atractylodes macrocephala?"
Atractylodes macrocephala, also known as mountain thistle, is mainly used to treat gastrointestinal diseases. There are detoxifying herbs such as honeysuckle and licorice in my cave, but this medicine is the only one missing.
Of course, there was no ephedra either, but she had the pupil spring, and as long as there was mountain thistle, it didn't matter even if there were no other medicinal herbs.
The prescription for treating an illness does not mean the more types of medicinal ingredients the better. Sometimes only one medicine can cure the illness.
The man frowned and scolded, "Why are you, a student of Yin-Yang Department, asking about medicinal materials? Nowadays, not a penny of medicine for treating epidemics can be sold outside."
Seeing that he was showing off, Yingbao ignored him and turned around and ran away.
I have important things to do, so I don't have the time to help others here.
When the doctor saw Yingbao running away, he was so angry that he went to the medical officer to complain.
The medical officer was also very busy and didn't care about such matters. He just said a few perfunctory words and let him go.
The child was not a formal student of the Medical Department. At best, he was a shaman and a disciple of Zhou Wuchang.
What can I do? Can I send a few people to catch her back
Yingbao went to several pharmacies and bought some medicinal herbs for treating epidemics at a high price.
Seeing that there were too many people coming to buy medicine, these pharmacies raised their prices.
How cruel! Yingbao returned to the shop angrily, and suddenly saw the eldest brother in the backyard. "Huh? The eldest brother, you're back."
Zhou Hao nodded and said, "Yingbao, Master is waiting for you at your home."
Yingbao heard that her master was looking for her and asked hurriedly, "What do you want from me?"
"Let's discuss the treatment of the epidemic." Zhou Hao said, "There are many patients living in the Qinglong Taoist Temple. If we don't find a solution, they will die within two days."
Yingbao looked solemn when he heard this.
By the way, there was a flood in my previous life, and it seems there was also an epidemic. Many people died in the county. The county magistrate at that time took drastic measures and confined many patients to Qinglong Mountain. He then dug a big pit on the mountain and threw the dead bodies in to burn them.
So this life begins again
"Okay, I'll put the medicine away and go back." Yingbao quickly ran into the kitchen, and seeing that there was no one around, she reached into the large water jar and instantly collected the water in it into a water jar in the cave. Then she put a jar of Pupil Spring into it, and then she went back to her father with Zhou Hao.
Master Zhou was indeed here, sitting in the main room talking to Mr. Wu.
Seeing Yingbao nodded, he said, "Yingbao, come with me to the Qinglong Taoist Temple. Many sick refugees went to the Taoist temple to ask for medicine, but ended up lying there."
The temple master was almost going crazy, but he couldn't just abandon those people down the mountain, so he could only ask Zhou Wuchang for help.
Yingbao blinked and asked, "Master, do you have medicine?"
Zhou Wuchang: "Master only bought five catties of mountain thistle and some liquorice, nothing else."
"Just wild thistle and licorice are enough." Wild thistle treats the stomach and intestines, licorice detoxifies, and it would be even better if you add some honeysuckle.
Yingbao looked at her master's feet, where there was a backpack filled with oil-paper bags.
Zhou Wuchang stood up and said, "Let's go now."
Yingbao nodded, took out some pills and gave them to her father, telling them to stay at home and she would be back soon.
But Jiang Sanlang was worried about his daughter and insisted on going with her.
Originally, Wei Zhan, Jiang Quan and others also wanted to go, but were stopped by Mr. Wu, who told them not to cause trouble.
If there are too many people, and one of them gets sick, it will cause trouble for Yingbao.
So, Yingbao secretly put some fruits and vegetables in her room, and followed Zhou Wuchang to the Qinglong Taoist Temple with her father.
Qinglong Taoist Temple is the largest Taoist temple in the county, with dozens of Taoist priests inside. At this time, many victims were lying on the ground inside and outside the temple.
The abbot had two toilets dug by the roadside in the woods, and surrounded them with mats so that these people could use the toilet together.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are back." The temple master was so happy that he cried when he saw Zhou Wuchang coming back with his little genius doctor apprentice. "You are Yingbao, right? Come on, let's go into the temple and have a chat."
Seeing that the people on the roadside were almost exhausted, Yingbao said without further ado, "You are welcome, sir. Please prepare two large pots. I need to boil some medicine."
"Good, good, good!" The temple master was eager for the little doctor to cure these people quickly so that he could invite them down the mountain.
With hundreds of people here, the rice and flour in his temple disappeared in bags every day, and he was already heartbroken. Now one after another fell ill, and the temple master felt numb.