“Really, is just taking medicine enough?”
Yun Wei still couldn’t believe it.
She couldn’t believe that the private affliction that had troubled her for years had become a minor ailment that could be cured by a bit of medicine, according to the young girl before her.
“Yes, but you still need to pay more attention to protecting yourself. Especially when your period comes, you shouldn’t go to bitterly cold places. It would be best to carry a hot water bag to protect yourself.”
Shen Yu kept her head down, writing a few body-strengthening prescriptions on the scrap paper beside her.
These were chronic Chinese medicines that could be bought at any apothecary.
Shen Yu wasn’t an unscrupulous medicine merchant looking to profit from price differences.
As a Pediatric Master among masters and a Director among directors, she had her own moral code.
She would have Yun Wei buy these herbs herself and brew them at home.
Then, supplemented by Shen Yu’s own painkillers and finished medicines for tonifying blood and regulating menstruation, she would recover quickly.
Shen Yu had these medicines because her mother, Su Lianyue, had similar issues.
When her mother was pregnant with her, she had suffered some unknown trauma that damaged her body.
Shen Yu had developed this entire regimen to nurture her mother’s health; she never expected to use it on this young lady from the Capital today.
“What is… a hot water bag?”
“Oh, you haven’t seen one, right? In my hometown, every household has them.”
As Shen Yu spoke, she took a deflated animal skin pouch from her medicine box and demonstrated how to use it.
“Open this mouth, pour in boiling hot water, and seal it. This thing can maintain a comfortable temperature for about 4 hours without burning you.”
“Moreover, it’s small and light. If you hold it in your arms, it can effectively relieve the coldness and dragging pain in your lower abdomen.”
Listening to Shen Yu’s introduction, Yun Wei’s beautiful phoenix eyes widened significantly.
“Such a strange item actually exists? It truly is rare… To be able to hold water and maintain heat, couldn’t it also be used when marching and fighting during the bitterly cold seasons?”
Yun Wei’s mind was filled with images of border soldiers equipped with it.
It could be hidden under armor to ward off the cold during the freezing seasons, and it could also serve as a portable water bag to drink hot water at any time.
A good item!
This was definitely a good item!
“I don’t know. I’m just a doctor; I don’t understand those things. Though Lady Yun’s fingers are slender, one can tell at a glance that you are someone who frequently wields weapons…”
Shen Yu stopped there.
The other party was a lady from the Capital, after all.
A lady who could wield spears and sticks in a society that favored men over women was certainly no simple character.
“Take the medicine first.”
“This medicine is also quite strange. Why is it such a small piece? I’ve seen the Imperial… no, the doctors in the Capital’s clinics make medicinal pills the size of a child’s fist.”
Yun Wei, who had always believed in the “bigger is better” creed, looked at the small, exquisite white tablet before her and found it difficult to trust its effectiveness.
However, considering the abnormal pain in her lower abdomen, she took a deep breath and swallowed the tablet with some hot tea.
Unlike the pills given by the Imperial Academy of Medicine, this small tablet was surprisingly easy to swallow, despite being exceptionally bitter.
“After taking it, you’ll soon feel the pain slowly subside.”
“Is it really that miraculous?”
Yun Wei’s eyes were full of disbelief.
If it were truly as this Physician Shen said, then this was simply a divine medicine…
And wouldn’t Shen Yu, who could produce such a divine medicine, be… a Divine Physician?
Could it be that someone could actually cure the Princess’s illness?
“Physician Shen is also heading to the Capital to take the Imperial Examination, right?”
Since it would take some time to verify the efficacy of the medicine, Yun Wei simply started chatting with Shen Yu.
“Yes.”
“Then has Physician Shen heard of the current National Teacher observing the celestial phenomena and calculating that the Princess’s illness would be cured by a young, enlightened Divine Physician descending from the heavens?”
“For real? That kind of thing…”
‘Is someone actually gullible enough to believe such nonsense?’
Shen Yu almost blurted out, but she reflexively swallowed the words just in time.
One could eat indiscriminately, but in this feudal era, one could not speak recklessly.
“No one can say for sure about such things. We are here to treat an illness, so let’s not discuss state affairs. Lady Yun might as well feel for yourself—has that painful sensation eased a bit?”
“Can the medicine really work that fast? Why do I feel… Wait, it seems—it seems it really doesn’t hurt anymore!?”
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