Doctors were very welcome on the grasslands, especially since Miao He and Tao Yanbai possessed real skill. The two charged no consultation fee, only for medicine.
Medicinal herbs also grew here.
The ailments of the grasslands had their own grassland remedies.
Miao He and Tao Yanbai broke apart the prescriptions they had learned before and used grassland herbs to create new proportions, developing quite a few new formulas.
Some were less effective than the original formulas, but others far surpassed them.
Moreover, when the tribe's shaman and herdsmen sought their advice, they did not hold anything back. Not only did they teach medical principles to the best of their ability, they also left behind several prescriptions suited to common illnesses.
Even the herbs were ones that could be found everywhere on the grasslands.
In this day and age, medicinal herbs were basically wild and grew everywhere. All one had to do was step outside a tent, and there would be a patch of plantain beside it. So long as one paid attention, the herbs for several common grassland ailments could all be found on this land.
It was winter now, and the vegetation had withered yellow, yet beneath the blanket of white snow, the shapes and roots of certain herbs could still be seen.
Miao He did not find it troublesome. She led the grassland youths in brushing aside the snow, then pointed them out after finding them. "This is blue basin. Blue basin flowers can clear lung heat and treat liver disease..."
The boys scratched their heads, their eyes wide as they tried to memorize it. "But I've forgotten what it looks like when it's green."
The girls said, "We remember. We even remember what it looks like when it blooms."
Miao He then taught them how to gather