Chinese Medicine: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 661: Chapter 661: Taking Effect

Feng City. Li’s Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic.

The rich aroma of medicinal herbs filled the air.

Li Xu stared intently at the clay pot before him. The heat control was at its most critical stage.

This "Tooth Regeneration Formula 2.0" not only included high-quality Dendrobium, but also used top-grade wild gromwell and Drynaria that he had personally harvested from the cliffs of Yandang Mountain.

Any one of these medicinal ingredients, taken on its own, was a priceless treasure.

As the final step was completed, a deep purple topical paste and a brownish-red oral decoction were finally ready.

Li Xu wiped the sweat from his forehead, picked up his phone, and called Lin Xiaoyu. "Editor Lin, the medicine is ready. This is an upgraded version, so it should be even more effective. Do you have time to come by and try it?"

Before long, Lin Xiaoyu arrived in a flurry.

Although the last attempt had failed,

her trust in Li Xu remained unshaken.

"Doctor Li, will it really work this time?"

Lin Xiaoyu felt a little apprehensive as she looked at the decoction, which was even darker than the last one.

"Don’t worry,"

Li Xu said, full of confidence. "I personally went into the deep mountains to dig up these ingredients myself. They’re absolutely top-grade. I’ve also adjusted the formula. There won’t be any problems."

Lin Xiaoyu hesitated no longer. She drank the decoction in one go, then obediently let Li Xu apply the paste to her alveolar ridge.

"Go home and pay close attention. Let me know immediately if you feel anything."

...

「That night.」

Lin Xiaoyu lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

The spot on her alveolar ridge, which had already healed after the tooth extraction, suddenly began to itch.

It wasn’t a surface-level itch on the skin, but one that seemed to emanate from deep within the bone, as if a tiny insect were burrowing inside, or a seed was pushing its way up through the soil.

"It’s so itchy..."

Lin Xiaoyu couldn’t help but press her tongue against the spot. The tingling, numbing sensation reminded her of losing her baby teeth as a child.

Early the next morning, sporting two dark circles under her eyes, she called Li Xu. "Doctor Li, I can’t take it anymore! My jawbone has been itching all night, and I couldn’t sleep at all. Is this an allergic reaction? Should I keep taking the medicine?"

After listening, Li Xu actually laughed. "Itchy? That’s a good sign. It means the qi and blood have reached the affected area, the bone cells are becoming active, and the tooth germ is being stimulated. Keep taking it. Hang in there."

Reassured by Li Xu, Lin Xiaoyu gritted her teeth and endured it.

For the next few days, a "bone-deep" itch constantly plagued her.

Though it was uncomfortable, her heart was filled with anticipation.

This continued for seven straight days.

On the evening of the seventh day, the itching suddenly vanished, replaced by a slight, throbbing ache.

「The next day, Lin Xiaoyu went to Li’s Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic.」

"Doctor Li, it’s not itchy anymore. Now it’s a little sore."

Li Xu examined her mouth. Her gums were still pink and healthy, not red, swollen, or inflamed.

"Mm, the course of treatment is complete," Li Xu nodded. "Go get an X-ray. I have a feeling it worked this time."

Lin Xiaoyu returned to the dental clinic.

It was the same dentist as before.

Seeing Lin Xiaoyu again, he shook his head helplessly and sighed. "Young lady, why are you doing this to yourself? I’ve already told you, teeth can’t regenerate. That goes against all common scientific knowledge. Coming here for X-rays over and over is not only a waste of money, but the radiation is also bad for you."

"Have you lost your mind? Did that Chinese medicine doctor brainwash you?"

In the dentist’s eyes, Lin Xiaoyu was simply a naive young woman who had been completely fooled by a charlatan.

Lin Xiaoyu didn’t get angry. She just said firmly, "Doctor, this is the last time. If there’s still nothing, I’ll give up and obediently get an implant."

"Fine, fine, have it your way."

The dentist didn’t try to persuade her any further and wrote out the order.

「A few minutes later, in the X-ray room.」

As the machine’s humming stopped, the image was quickly transmitted to the dentist’s computer screen.

The dentist glanced at it casually, about to say, "See? Nothing there," just like last time. But then, his gaze froze.

"Huh?"

The dentist leaned sharply toward the screen, took off his glasses, wiped them, put them back on, and stared intently at the spot on the alveolar ridge that was supposed to be empty.

There, beneath the smooth surface of the bone, was a small, high-density white shadow with clearly defined edges.

Its shape was unmistakably that of a budding tooth germ.

Moreover, the nascent crown was already vaguely visible, pushing against the cortical bone above, poised to erupt.

"This... How is this possible?"

the dentist exclaimed. "Is... is that a tooth germ? But it was extracted! How could a new tooth germ grow there?"

He had been a dentist for twenty years and had never seen anything so bizarre.

It was like a barren plot of land, where even the roots had been dug up, suddenly sprouting a new sapling on its own.

"Could it be a supernumerary tooth? Or maybe a root fragment was left behind?"

The dentist muttered to himself, trying to find a scientific explanation.

But he quickly ruled out his own theories.

The previous X-ray had shown nothing, and this was the position for a permanent tooth. Where would a supernumerary tooth come from?

The only explanation was—regeneration.

"My God..."

The dentist collapsed into his chair, feeling his entire worldview crumble.

Seeing the dentist’s expression, as if he’d seen a ghost, Lin Xiaoyu already had a good idea of what had happened.

She leaned in for a look. Although she didn’t know much about radiology, she could still recognize that distinct little white spot.

"It grew back! It really grew back!"

Lin Xiaoyu was so excited she jumped for joy.

Ignoring the dentist, who was still questioning his own existence, she grabbed the X-ray, turned, and ran, sprinting all the way back to Li’s Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic.

"Doctor Li, look! Look!"

Lin Xiaoyu, panting for breath, slapped the X-ray down on the table. "It’s really there! The dentist was completely floored."

Li Xu picked up the X-ray, examined it closely, and let out a long sigh of relief, a smile spreading across his face.

It worked.

’The Tooth Regeneration Formula... it really has defied the heavens and changed fate.’

"Doctor Li, should I keep taking the medicine?"

Lin Xiaoyu asked.

"There’s no need," Li Xu shook his head. "The ’primer’ has been planted, and the tooth germ is activated. This is your third set of teeth. From now on, just let it grow naturally, just like when you got your adult teeth as a child."

"That’s wonderful! Thank you, Doctor Li! You’re practically my savior!"

Lin Xiaoyu was so thrilled that she threw her arms around Li Xu in a hug.

After calming down a bit,

Lin Xiaoyu suddenly asked, "Doctor Li, this is just too amazing. Can I report on it in our magazine? This would be a huge story!"

Li Xu thought for a moment.

’This is a bit shocking, but it’s ultimately a good thing.’

’Besides, once it’s promoted in the future, people will find out sooner or later.’

"You can. But be careful with the wording. Don’t make it sound too fantastical. Just report it as a case study of exploratory treatment in traditional Chinese medicine."

Lin Xiaoyu excitedly agreed.

「Back at the magazine’s office, she immediately found her chief editor and told him the whole story, showing him the X-rays.」

The chief editor listened with a look of utter disbelief.

’Tooth regeneration?’

’Isn’t that just bullshit?’

But looking at the solid evidence of the X-ray in Lin Xiaoyu’s hand, especially when compared with the previous blank one, he had no choice but to believe it.

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