Taking decoction medicine actually takes only about twenty minutes or half an hour more than Chinese patent medicine, but its efficacy is definitely much better. After all, the Chinese patent medicines sold on the market nowadays are often compromised to some extent. Some manufacturers weaken them more significantly, while others are bolder and their versions aren't as thoroughly diminished. However, the taste of decoction medicine is too strong, and the boiling process is quite troublesome, so many people choose not to use it.
Wu Buwei finished boiling the medicine. The female patient, her face a mask of reluctance and pain, held her breath and drank it down. After drinking, she immediately grabbed a cup of water from the infusion room's water dispenser and began to rinse her mouth frantically. It was as if she wasn't drinking medicine, but sewage! Yet, the medicine's effect was just as Du Heng had predicted when prescribing it: one dose was all it took!
