Chapter 229 - 0229: An Impersonal Request 1_1
Next, Feng Qingxue was completely immersed in her chores, feeling as if there was never enough time.
On top of managing the household affairs, she was taking care of Lu Jiang while making efforts to study medical books and the medical records of both Wu Zheng and Dr. Guo. She was also reckoning acupoints, herbs, and memorizing various prescriptions.
There was a severe shortage of medicine in the countryside. Both Wu Zheng and Wang Zhengguo cleared up Feng Qingxue’s doubts. Because the state had very strict regulations in this regard, medical supplies were distributed in proportions annually. The worker’s hospitals in the city could receive a portion, but it did not extend to communes and production brigades. Hence, Feng Qingxue hiked in mountains and waded through waters to gather medicines every day, applying her knowledge into practice.
Nature is a natural treasure house, the greatest gift to mankind.
In this era of hunger and poverty, it is a granary, a Pharmacy.
Dandelion, wild chrysanthemum, white clinopodium, motherwort, nettle, malabar spinach, lophatherum gracile, plantago asiatica, wild mint, devil’s needle grass, sambucus, chervil, portulaca oleracea, Artemisiae annuae, Ranunculus japonicus, Cardamine hirsuta, honeysuckle, Artemisia... Every mountain and every field is full of common vegetables and Chinese herbal medicines.
Wax gourd peel, wax gourd seeds, sponge gourd tendril, earthworms, cicada slough, mulberry branches, mulberry leaves...anything can be used as medicine.
Everything listed as a Chinese medicine material, whether it’s a plant or not, was collected by Feng Qingxue. She processed and stored them according to the methods in the books.
Although she didn’t need them for now, who could guarantee that she wouldn’t need them later?