Quick Transmigration: The Love Rescue Plan

If Dong Xiaoshuang provided Shi Yiyi with all the medicinal herbs for the prescription, then this matter would be far from simple. Therefore, even in the original storyline, the original owner only provided two key ingredients.

"The principal, assistant, adjuvant, and guide" is a term in traditional Chinese medicine, referring to the basic principles of prescription composition.

The Shennong Materia Medica states: "The superior medicines are the sovereign, mainly for nourishing life; the middle medicines are the ministers, mainly for nourishing nature; the inferior medicines are the assistants, mainly for treating diseases; the use of medicines must be in accordance with the sovereign, ministers, assistants and guides."

Take Ephedra Decoction, used to treat exterior syndrome of typhoid fever, as an example: Ephedra, Cinnamon Twig, Apricot Kernel, and Licorice.

Ephedra is the principal herb for inducing sweating and relieving exterior symptoms; cinnamon twig assists ephedra in inducing sweating and relieving exterior symptoms and is the assistant herb; apricot kernel assists ephedra in relieving asthma and is the adjuvant herb; and licorice harmonizes all the herbs and is the guiding herb.

In a prescription, the principal ingredient is indispensable, while the assistant, adjuvant, and guiding ingredients can be added or removed as appropriate.

The assistant medicine can better assist the principal medicine in enhancing its efficacy, so the original owner chose to take out the principal and assistant medicines from the prescription used by Shi Yiyi.

Of course, a typical prescription doesn't just contain one type of herb, but the original owner couldn't possibly provide all of them.

Although the original owner's tumultuous love life stemmed from a tendency to attract unfavorable romantic partners, she wasn't a fool. "A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime." It was already astonishing that she happened to produce two medicinal herbs; producing more than that would have made the matter far more complex.

If it's just one or two medicinal herbs, you can say it's something you found by chance while trying to clear your mind in the mountains after a heartbreak. But if you give away all of them, how do you explain it?

It wasn't that the original owner distrusted the country; it's just that this matter was truly incomprehensible. At the time, the original owner had only obtained the Lotus Space for a little over a year and had no idea what that space was all about.

Unlike the original owner who knew the plot and had no reminders from Yingying, the original owner relied on the instincts ingrained in the Chinese people to sow seeds in the fields.

As for why medicinal herbs are being planted?

Please, the original owner studied traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacy. Were they supposed to grow cabbages instead of medicinal herbs?

Besides, the original owner didn't enter the Lotus Space physically, but rather with their consciousness. So how could the original owner explain this to anyone?

Moreover, although it is only two medicinal herbs, it can achieve the desired effect, so the original owner naturally did not want to cause trouble.

After all, the Lotus Space is a complicated matter, so it's best to just pretend it never existed. Of course, when the original owner needed medicinal herbs from the space, she wouldn't be stingy, which is why some people with ulterior motives approached her later.

Even if the original owner was extremely careful and said nothing, clues would still emerge. The fact that highly effective medicinal herbs appeared from time to time was not easy to overlook.

In addition to sending the two medicinal herbs to Shi Yiyi, Dong Xiaoshuang will also be sending some licorice. Of course, Dong Xiaoshuang has already prepared her excuse: she will say that the licorice is one she grew herself, has good medicinal effects, and is sending it to her master for his opinion.

Although the licorice grown by Dong Xiaoshuang actually has the same medicinal effects as the one bought in the pharmacy, Dong Xiaoshuang has decided to harvest all the licorice in the field in the next two days, replace it with the licorice grown in her space, and then process it into roasted licorice.

When Jiang Guoshou asked, Dong Xiaoshuang handed over the environmental data on licorice cultivation in the space that Yingying had compiled, saying that she had also coincidentally grown such effective licorice, and wondered if it was because of these reasons.

Soil moisture, air humidity, light intensity, and so on can all be caused by human intervention or natural factors, such as when to water, when it rains, when there is shade, and when the sun is intense.

Of course, Dong Xiaoshuang's claim that all of this is not entirely unfounded, since the efficacy of natural wild medicinal herbs is far superior to that of artificially cultivated ones.

Logically speaking, artificially cultivated medicinal herbs should not lack water, fertilizer, or sunlight, so shouldn't the cultivated herbs be better than the wild ones? But the reality is not like that.

Why is it that wild medicinal herbs are more effective than artificially cultivated ones?

Even experts and national team players couldn't give an answer to this question.

If all scientific methods fail to provide an answer, then the problem likely lies in the wild environment.

It's impossible for someone to spend years observing the growth environment of a wild medicinal herb. Since it's described as a wild medicinal herb, you first need to locate its location, then observe its seeds taking root, sprouting, and growing...

Frankly, even if you had the time to watch over a plant, you might not be able to reach a conclusion. Because once you have the raw data, you can't interfere with its growth.

Who knows, maybe one day it will dry out, die from the sun, or get eaten by a small animal? Then you'll have to go and look after the new seedlings...

Therefore, this idea was not unique to Dong Xiaoshuang; it's just that no one else was able to collect the data.

But Dong Xiaoshuang is different. She can have Yingying organize the data in the Lotus Space and then experiment with it in reality.

As long as this theory is correct, and with the Lotus Space existing and supported by modern technology, cultivating artificial medicinal herbs with a wild quality is not a dream.

In the original story, the original owner was unable to do this because he didn't have Yingying as a virtuous wife.

The original owner could only enter the Lotus Space with his consciousness. Although the Lotus Space is magical, it doesn't mean that medicinal herbs can be harvested in ten days or half a month after being planted there. The growth cycle of medicinal herbs in the Lotus Space is the same as in reality.

Although the four seasons can be switched at will in the Lotus Space, the time required for medicinal herbs to mature remains the same.

Simply put, if it's currently summer, but the best time to plant X is spring, with a growth cycle of 90 days, then in reality, Dong Xiaoshuang definitely cannot plant X.

However, she can transform the environment in the Lotus Space into springtime, give the seeds to Yingying to plant, and have Yingying record the environmental data during the planting process.

Then, 90 days later, in what should have been winter, the environment was simulated in an experimental greenhouse to mimic the conditions of the planting day in spring. The parameters were changed daily according to the recorded environment, and the effects of the cultivated product X were observed in the real world.

As for the two principal and assistant herbs, one is ginseng, and the other is polygonatum.

Ginseng has the effects of greatly replenishing vital energy, restoring pulse and preventing collapse, tonifying the spleen and lungs, promoting body fluid and nourishing blood, calming the mind and improving intelligence.

Polygonatum has the effects of replenishing qi and nourishing yin, strengthening the spleen, moistening the lungs, and benefiting the kidneys.

These two medicinal herbs have similar growing environments.

Ginseng grows in the shady, damp forests of deep mountains. Polygonatum grows in the forest, thickets, or shady, damp grassy slopes.

Therefore, it wouldn't be surprising if Dong Xiaoshuang discovered both ginseng and polygonatum at the same time; people would simply say that Dong Xiaoshuang was lucky.

This is why the original owner chose Polygonatum among many medicinal herbs.

Of course, the medicinal herbs that the original owner brought out were all processed, not fresh.

Even if Dong Xiaoshuang wanted to give the fresh medicinal herbs to Shi Yiyi, she probably couldn't, since this was Jiang Guoshou's territory.

Even if Dong Xiaoshuang discovered the wild medicinal herbs herself, she couldn't dispose of them arbitrarily. However, she could still get a small share to offer to her master.