Chapter 509 - 511 Sister Control
Tiannan City also had several Chinese medicine shops, and Song Xiaodong went directly to the most famous one, Tong Ren Tang.
The herbal medicine selection here was the most comprehensive. Song Xiaodong managed to obtain everything he needed, although the age of the ginseng and such was much inferior, with the oldest being only twenty years.
Song Xiaodong didn’t just purchase the highest quality twenty-year-old ginseng, he also bought some of other ages. He needed to verify something: to see if the difference in age would bring any variation in effects.
As for things like Thousand-Year Ginseng, they seemed to exist only in legends. There was no specific record in the herbal compendium about any medicinal properties changes between it and regular ginseng.
All these ingredients were expensive. Song Xiaodong had spent over a hundred thousand in one go. Even though he was not short of money, this type of expenditure made him realize for the first time that preparing medicine was definitely a very costly affair. It wouldn’t be something an ordinary person could afford, especially considering the uncertainty of success.
Having prepared all these ingredients, Song Xiaodong needed to conduct some practical research.
The booklet said that refining these elixirs required a Pill Furnace and mastery over a strict heat control, but Song Xiaodong believed that was just because ancient technology was not advanced, and a Pill Furnace was merely a heating device better suited for controlling temperature than ordinary pots. Nowadays, with the multitude of heating devices available, there was absolutely no need for a Pill Furnace.
It’s not like in some fantasy or xianxia novels where one needs the ’true fire of Samadhi’ to refine anything.
So, Song Xiaodong thought about it and called He Wenbai directly, asking him to arrange a laboratory for his use.
He Wenbai agreed immediately. Song Xiaodong rarely sought him out, so He Wenbai was determined to help even if it was difficult. Moreover, such a request was not hard for him since their hospital had doctors engaged in scientific research, and a laboratory was essential for them.