The Crown Prince That Sells Medicine

The Crown Prince That Sells Medicine Chapter 186

Episode 186 How to overcome whooping cough (1)

“How are you feeling?”

hot.

My whole body is hot and my throat hurts like it’s going to split. My throat is torn as I exhale, and my chest is crushed as I inhale. Every moment was so painful and painful that there were no more tears left to shed.

I just thought it was like that.

It was like that until that young doctor came.

“….”

Naila, the young granddaughter of the Lord of Tulun, opened her eyes with difficulty. I didn’t have the energy to answer. All my energy was drained from the coughing that I had to do without stopping. Still, I was able to show at least a faint smile.

are you okay.

More than before.

At the end of the eye smile that I made with difficulty, I turned my gaze to the side. There, on the table next to the bed, was a small baby elephant. Did you say his name was Komong? After that elephant came, breathing became less painful than before. Just a little bit. Less. I was grateful for that alone.

“okay. Thank goodness. “Be a little more strong.”

Rakiel tried to smile brightly.

Long-rooted licorice that I found with difficulty. It took two days just to dig it up without damaging it. As soon as I finished collecting, I ran over to check on the child. I realized it as soon as I saw the child. The fact that there isn’t much time left.

‘We have to hurry.’

Rachiel comforted the child for a moment. Even in that brief moment, an extremely heavy feeling of fatigue came over me. It could have been so. I haven’t been able to rest properly since I started collecting. Because I had to rely on a sleeping bag and take a nap while out in the wilderness collecting.

But there was no time to rest.

He immediately occupied one of the kitchens in the upper building. The job of soaking the giant serpent carcass in alcohol was left to Damian and the orcs. And he started by analyzing the ingredients of long-root licorice.

“Bbook! “Pobobo!”

I took off a small part of the tip of the long root licorice and fed it to Bbobok. As expected, Bboboki died, came back to life, and wrote a long ingredient analysis report under the guise of a diary.

“Hmm…”

Rakiel looked at Bbobok’s diary, which contained the ingredient analysis details.

[Today’s diary]

[What is the piece of root the owner gave me this time? There was a fragrant smell. I was looking forward to it. But I was deceived again. In particular, I really disliked the alpha-glycyrrhizin that was found in abundance in the root. It felt like eating sweet and sour pork with mint chocolate.]

‘…Alpha-glycyrrhizin?’

It was the first ingredient I saw. Glycyrrhizin is contained in quite a bit in ordinary licorice, but alpha-glycyrrhizin was a substance I had never heard of before. The function of alpha-glycyrrhizin written in the following diary was significant.

[Alpha-Glyricisin That really hit the nail on the head. It’s good that it has a strong anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect as soon as you eat it, but it also causes pseudoaldosteronism. I joined hands with sodium and potassium in my body and danced the hula dance of destruction like a dog. I wanted to tell him to stop, but I didn’t listen.]

“….”

Powerful anti-inflammatory ingredient. However, it also has strong side effects. Rakiel’s eyes became even busier.

[I wanted to stop. But that doesn’t work. In the end, he died again today. Probably, even if it wasn’t me, any normal person, without exception, would have won a free pass for Samdocheon and automatically been scheduled for a career counseling interview with King Yeomna. So, eating this raw is an act of suicide. Perhaps it can barely withstand the strength of the strongest oak and I wonder if it will have any medicinal effect or not?]

After reading it, I understand.

‘Alpha-glycyrrhizin found only in long root licorice. That’s the point.’

With its powerful anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect, it can be a savior for the human body suffering from illness. However, the problem seemed to be that the side effects were severe.

‘Normally, for pseudoaldosteronism to occur… you have to consume a really large amount of licorice.’

What about the long-rooted licorice that you just fed to Bbobok? It was only about 1 millimeter from the tip of the root. In fact, I only took the size of the eyelids and fed it. However, if that alone caused strong side effects, it could be considered serious enough to be used as a medicine.

‘Write it. After all, you can’t have it easily.’

Rakiel clicked his tongue. But I wasn’t disappointed. Since ancient times, in Oriental medicine, the difference between weakness and toxicity is a single piece of paper. This means that a strong drug can be used as a poison, and a strong poison can also be used as a medicine.

Therefore, from the time I decided to look for long-rooted licorice, I had already anticipated and prepared for this level of toxicity.

‘Then what I have to do from now on is to develop a new decoction by alleviating this toxicity and harmonizing it with other medicinal ingredients.’

That is the only way to save the child. With confidence, I began my research.

Tot!

“…sigh!”

I stabbed myself in the thigh with a black K-flavored thorn. The extreme pain that sent my soul flying beyond the spiral arms of the galaxy struck my cerebral cortex repeatedly. I gritted my teeth and endured it. After that, ‘8282 mode’ came, which was the result of pain and rapidly accelerated metabolism.

Ding dong!

[Your metabolism rapidly accelerates to ‘8282 mode.’]

Whoop!

A heart that awakens like an awakening. Explosive increase in breathing volume. The cerebral blood flow was flowing as if riding a torrent. Brain cells neurons started fireworks. The speed of thought ran like a mechanical cheetah equipped with a 12-cylinder supercharged biturbo engine.

In that state, the ‘Medicine Mixture Preview’ option of the herbal medicine preparation skill was activated. The medicinal ingredients prepared were maekmundong banha glutinous rice, jujube, ginseng, and long root licorice, which will be used as ingredients for the new maekmundong soup.

Ding dong!

[Medicines that have been organized and ready for dispensing have been captured. Would you like to run option 〈②: Preview the medicinal ingredient combination〉 with the corresponding medicinal ingredient combination?]

[YES / NO]

‘Of course yes!’

The response came immediately.

[Decoction preparation option ②: Run preview of herbal medicine combination.]

[Calculate the efficacy and side effects of the herbal medicine that will be made by combining the captured medicinal ingredients.]

[Loading.]

[The loading window is rapidly accelerated due to the influence of the 8282 mode. It’s torn apart!]

Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding ding dong!

[22%… 39.5%… 78.1%…!]

[…100%!]

[Loading complete]

Ding dong!

The results appeared in an instant.

Rachiel’s eyes also moved like a flash of light.

[Preview of medicinal ingredients]

[Sample number A001]

[Expected efficacy: Powerful anti-inflammatory and antibiotic/antifungal action, relief of dry cough, etc.]

[Expected side effects: Total destruction of beneficial intestinal bacteria, death due to rapid pseudoaldosteronism, etc.]

“… .”

As expected, if you just mix long root licorice into the recipe for maekmundongtang, you can make poisonous medicine. Rachiel looked at the results window and reflected. I felt like I was too complacent.

‘The problem is that the ingredients in long root licorice are too strong.’

Originally, licorice, used in oriental medicine, was used to neutralize the toxicity of other medicinal ingredients and to harmonize various medicinal ingredients.

However, long-rooted licorice had very different characteristics. Rather than trying to harmonize the surroundings, he was appealing his presence with his innate strength. But it was too severe.

for example?

‘I play League of Rajand, but the supporter does everything by himself. ‘As the support was installed from the beginning, CS and kills were all consumed, and the ADC, which was supposed to be great, was in a situation where it collapsed.’

Or, it could be seen as a similar situation to a wedding guest who appears at a wedding wearing a dress with bling-bling emerald glitter all over her body.

In short, it was a situation where I stood out too much and became a nuisance.

‘We have to somehow find a way to soften and harmonize this weakness.’

It was from then on.

Tot!

“…that town!”

I endured the pain and entered 8282 mode. The option for the decoction preparation skill was activated. Using his rapidly accelerated metabolism, he researched, experimented, and created numerous recipes at lightning speed.

However, the results were not good for all of them.

Ding dong!

[Sample number A016]

[Expected efficacy: Powerful anti-inflammatory and antibiotic action, lowering blood pressure, liver protection and function improvement, etc.]

[Expected side effect: Shock and death due to rapid decrease in blood pressure]

“….”

More again.

Toot!

“…Kk!”

Ding dong!

[Sample number A029]

[Expected efficacy: Strong anti-inflammatory and antibiotic action, activation of intestinal peristalsis, etc.]

[Expected side effects: Diarrhea due to excessive activation of intestinal motility and shock and death due to rapid water loss]

“….”

How? Is death always a side effect?

Rachiel wanted to cry. But I didn’t give up. It repeatedly entered 8282 mode. With each experiment, Magee’s sample number continued to increase. It surpassed the 30, 40, 50s, 90s, and 100s.

Nevertheless, the results were still not satisfactory. Instead of getting powerful efficacy every time, the side effects were always marked with the word ‘death’ in red.

‘Isn’t this actually a poison similar to cyanide?’

I felt increasingly skeptical.

My whole body became heavy.

I also had a mild fever.

I felt fatigue creeping up and taking over my whole body in an instant.

‘Whoa… that’s hard.’

When the sample number finally reached nearly 150, Rachiel took a deep breath. I was tired. I felt dizzy and nauseous. It could have been so.

‘Because I haven’t been able to rest these days.’

It has been like this ever since I started at Byeolgung Oriental Medical Clinic. We hastened our journey to this region. From the moment I arrived, I was busy wandering around the wilderness looking for long-rooted licorice. I focused on excavating licorice root, and as soon as I finished it, I started focusing on research like this.

With a schedule as hardcore as this, wouldn’t it be enough to compensate(?) for the body aches?

‘But… I want to rest, but I can’t.’

A bitter smile came out.

To be honest, I wanted to spread out the blanket and take a nap right away. But I can’t. We don’t know what will happen to the child right now. To put it in extreme terms, you could become critically ill even today. Not only can we not be at ease, but we are in a situation where we need to develop new herbal medicines as quickly as possible.

‘So just a little more.’

Rakiel shook his head vigorously to shake off the drowsiness that was coming on him. I tried to forget about my fatigue. I tried to ignore the sincere concerns of the five intestines and six parts in my ears and held up the black thorn.

“Whoa…”

I’ve already been stabbed dozens of times, but I still can’t get used to the pain of the black thorn. I took a deep breath, bracing myself for the pain to come. I aimed the thorn.

But that was then.

…ping.

A sudden tinnitus ringing in my ears.

Nausea comes on.

A world tilted to one side.

‘uh?’

I widened my eyes. I felt a faint sense of dizziness, as if the world in front of me was suddenly disappearing. Finally, I vaguely realized. I’m falling down.

A dull shock to the buttocks came immediately after the realization.

Kwadangtang!

“…Tsk.”

My legs gave out and I fell badly. The chair was pushed away and there was a loud noise. My forearm hit the floor and it was sore. A bitter smile naturally flowed out.

‘Oh my gosh, I’m going crazy.’

There is no such thing as ugly. The child who is dying from an illness is lying calmly, and this person who is trying to save the child is such a jerk.

‘It can’t be like this.’

This is not the time yet. This is not the time to be harsh. There are patients waiting only for this outcome. But this side must not collapse first. Until the patient leaves the room and wakes up, such a thing cannot be tolerated.

With determination, I touched the floor. I tried to cheer myself up and get up as if nothing had happened.

But that was then.

Ding dong…!

A heavy alarm sound rang at a much lower pitch than usual.

[WARNING!]

[Massive growth of Bordetella pertussis bacteria has been detected in your body.]

[Pertussis incubation period ends.]

[You are infected with whooping cough!]

A bloody message appears in an instant.

Suddenly, goosebumps appeared.