In the afternoon, Li Dandao practiced sword skills with his bare hands, and then went to the shop.

My father was sitting in the hall, feeling the pulse of an old woman and prescribing Four Gentlemen Soup.

Ask Li Dandao to get some medicine.

"The old lady has diarrhea?"

"No, I haven't had a good appetite lately. Let's take a look." Li Fucheng said.

Li Dandao asked: "How is the old lady going to the toilet recently?"

The old woman looked sad and said, "I haven't been able to solve it for several days."

Li Fucheng's face turned dark, so he changed his medicine and stopped using Four Gentlemen Decoction.

"Don't use strong medicine!" Li Dan said, "This is an old man!"

Li Fucheng was just about to say, use croton, but then stopped: "Then what medicine should I use for my father's test?"

"Use fried hemp seeds, crush them, mix them with porridge and eat them. Put less, you can only put a little in one pot, but you still have to ask your mother-in-law what have you eaten these days?"

"I ate a big green fruit a few days ago and it made my teeth sticky. It was a pastry bought by my son."

"It's not digestible." Li Dan said, "Let's boil some amomum villosum in water and drink it. After my mother-in-law takes the medicine, be careful and eat less of these indigestible cakes."

"Thank you! Doctor Li."

There are eight coins for sitting in the hall and twelve coins for medicine, a total of twenty coins.

Li Fucheng's eyes were complicated.

"Where did you learn this medical skill?"

"In a dream."

Li Fucheng sighed: "Tell me when you can. I am willing to learn from you."

"This! No, there is no way to learn this! You are my father and I am your son, how can you teach me this?" Li Dandao said.

Li Fucheng rolled his sleeves and said, "If you don't want to, just don't!" and took Yaya back.

Li Dandao looked at the half of Li Fucheng's medical book. There were only a few prescriptions in it.

But Li Fucheng made dense annotations with his pen.

Just for these few recipes, it is obvious that Li Fucheng has thought them through and knows how to use them.

But these prescriptions are folk remedies and the techniques of witch doctors.

Originally, Li Dandao didn't think highly of it, but now that he knows that there are monsters in the world, he can study this half-book of witch doctor skills.

There are things here that can help children lose their souls, stop women from having massive hemorrhages during childbirth, and relieve flatulence like toads and grass gu... evil ghost abscesses on the back... snake sores...

It's just a little hard to say...that is to say, sincerity can lead to spiritual success, and it looks a bit like Zhu Youke's witchcraft.

In ancient times, basically all wizards also had the profession of doctors, even in the Tang Dynasty. This was true for monks and monks, and for Taoists, there were Taoists. Or they could not study well and became self-taught doctors, such as Li Fucheng.

As for Zhu Youke, to be honest, my Chinese medicine teacher has never mentioned it, but I heard that there is a teacher who knows how to use Jiulong bone-melting water to melt away the fish bones stuck in the throat.

The witch knows the victory of all diseases and predicts the origin of the disease, so he can just give blessings. This is what the "Nei Jing" says about the blessings.

Li Dandao always believed that it was ancient psychiatry, specializing in the treatment of mental illnesses, such as loss of appetite due to fright, gradual weight loss, etc. If the treatment was good, he would attribute it to himself, and if the treatment was not good, he would blame ghosts and gods.

It says that big poisons are used for serious diseases, small poisons are used for minor diseases, no medicine is used when there is no disease, and poison is used to fight poison. For example, to kill malignant sores, the medicines are very bold. Many of them contain highly toxic substances such as gold, stone, and minerals. The same is true for removing poisonous insects from the body.

Li Fucheng obviously didn't learn this, but he also learned that big diseases should be treated with big poisons, and small diseases should be treated with small poisons, so he was accustomed to using strong medicines to treat diseases.

What Li Dandao has learned since he was a child is to maintain the stability of serious illnesses and to treat minor illnesses, to treat minor illnesses without illness, to prevent illnesses without illness, and to be more cautious.

Li Dandao often said that his medicine would not kill anyone, but he was very cautious in using medicine and did not dare to use poison, strong medicine, or medicine with many contraindications.

Li Fucheng, a half-toned man, is accustomed to using strong medicines, which can easily kill people. Common ones include aconite and aconite, which need to be fried at high temperature to remove the poison and then steamed or sun-dried, or boiled with honey and licorice.

In this way, it still has a lot of residual toxicity. It is very useful for treating headaches and strokes. It is in line with the above-mentioned treatment of serious diseases and serious poisons.

The same medicine is nux vomica, which is fried and boiled in sand. It is used externally to relieve pain and swelling. It must not be taken internally...

Another example is the kernels of wild plums, cherries, and apricot trees, which contain cyanide toxins. The traditional poison of bitter almonds is also the same, but bitter almonds are very effective in treating headaches caused by colds and fevers when used in small amounts.

Arsenic is used to treat corns, sores, malaria, tuberculosis...

Famous Chinese medicine doctors all started their careers by using poisons. Li Dandao looked at it but did not dare to learn it. It was fine for external use, but he would never dare to take it internally.

However, it seems that a lot of people have been bitten by venomous snakes recently, and a few of them have died. I need to get some snake repellent powder.

I brought some realgar, wild cassia, and impatiens. If they sell snake repellent powder, it would be very popular. After making a bunch, I wrapped some in yellow paper and sprinkled some in the corner. It suddenly contained some sulfides.

The smell makes people feel hot when smelling it.

Calculating the accounts, although there is no need to pay store rent, there are tax items, buying medicinal materials, and lighting oil lamps all cost money. Li Ji Pharmacy uses cheap medicinal materials to treat diseases, not expensive ones, so it is difficult to earn money from patients.

"What does it smell like? It smells so bad!" The snake catcher frowned as soon as she entered the door.

Li Dandao raised his head: "Snake repellent powder brings out the smell of realgar."

"No wonder these guys in the basket are moving." The snake catcher said, "Your shop is far enough away and remote enough."

Li Dandao sighed: "Why does a pharmacy open in such a prosperous place?"

"You're sitting in court at such a young age?" the snake catcher asked curiously.

Li Dandao shook his head: "How can you do that? Just be a handyman and my father will sit in court."

"You know how to do accounting!" The snake-catcher girl curiously exclaimed: "You know a lot!"

Li Dandao chuckled: "How fresh."

"Didn't you say you collect medicine here? I'm going to check out the place first and sell the poisonous snakes by the way."

"How much do I sell for this venomous snake? I'm in need of an accountant to help me with the accounting. If it's accurate, I'll hire you in the future."

Li Dandao asked: "Girl, how much money do you make from business? You can't count it with ten fingers, and you still need to hire an accountant?"

"It's just more profitable than your shabby drugstore."

"My father raises a pond of snakes, extracts their venom, removes their gallbladders, peels off their skins, eats their meat, and sells snake medicine. How big of a business do you think it is?"

"Good guy! There is a pond of venomous snakes, and your father is raising gu!" Li Dandao exclaimed.

The snake-catching woman chuckled: "Snake voodoo can be passed on from female to male, how can my father know how?"

When Li Dandao heard this, he immediately bowed and said, "May I ask if this girl is from Miao and Dong people?"

"No! I started out as a street entertainer, a snake charmer."

Li Dandao took a breath of cold air: "Besides Xu Xian, there are also you, girl, who are playing snake games?"

"Who is Xu Xian?" asked the snake-catching girl.

Li Dandao shook his head: "He is also a street performer."

"Okay, you haven't asked me my name yet!" the snake catcher reminded.

Li Dandao asked quickly: "Dare you ask the girl her name?"

"Poria."

"What a good name." Li Dan said.

"What's so good about it? Poria cocos is so ugly, why not give it a fancy name!"

"Haha, Poria cocos is a good medicine. It ranks among the best. There are rumors that people who took Poria cocos became immortals after taking it. Moreover, medicinal materials that can cure diseases all have good names."

Fu Ling smiled heartily: "You're so glib, little one! What's your name again?"

"Li Dandao."

"Li what?" Fu Ling didn't know why.

Li Dandao took a pen and wrote on the straw paper. He found that the girl could not read and said, "This word is really strange!"

He could only say: "Li Goudan."

"Haha! Goudan! What a good name."

Li Dandao asked: "Then tell me what's good about it?"

"My father often said that there are three good things about dog meat: dog whip, dog eggs, and dog kidneys."

"Dogs are man's best friend, why should we eat dogs?" Li Dandao sighed: "When can dogs stand up!"
Chapter completed!