Strange Words of Materia Medica: a Legend of Traditional Chinese Medicine Across Time and Space

Lin Zhixia, the grandson of a family of modern Chinese medicine practitioners, and Zhao Shouzheng, the grandfather who was forced to close his practice for practicing medicine without a license, accidentally traveled through the Tai'an Dynasty with a snow-green peony. This peony is actually a plant elf with hidden wisdom, giving the two people the ability to talk to plants and trees - they can listen to mint talking about coolness, astragalus talking about replenishing qi, and even the problems of the soil can be "explained". In this era when curative effect is king, the grandfather and grandson used modern medical logic to dismantle ancient prescriptions and used traditional Chinese medicine experience to harmonize herbs. From neighborhood free clinics in rural medicine houses to the herbal medicine market in Xingyuan Medicine Town, they rely on their ability to "understand vegetation and people's hearts" to plant medicine gardens, open stores, and set up schools, allowing humble herbal medicines to take on new life amidst the fireworks in the market. "Plants can talk" is a unique skill, but also a hidden risk. They did not shout the slogan of "medical revolution", but relied on authentic curative effects to resolve difficult and complicated diseases, and accumulated a reputation in the collision of ancient and modern medicine. They not only guarded the mystery of dialogue with plants and trees, but also allowed Chinese medicine to take root in rural areas and wells, and embarked on a legendary road full of medicinal fragrance and warmth.