The Crown Prince That Sells Medicine - Chapter 24

The Crown Prince That Sells Medicine Chapter 24

Episode 24. Diseases that can be cured with support (2)

Moxibustion.

A treatment that applies heat stimulation by placing a moxa stick on a specific part of the body and burning it.

Moxibustion has several effects. Firstly, it increases body temperature. It can promote blood circulation and improve immunity by stimulating the blood vessels, organs, and endocrine glands corresponding to the area where moxibustion is performed.

It can also soothe oversensitive nerves, relieving pain, paralysis, and spasm symptoms. In other words, moxibustion could be said to be the concept of molppang 1jeomsa, which focuses the heat treatment commonly enjoyed when experiencing muscle pain and concentrating it on a small area.

In particular, what about symptoms such as occipital neuralgia that Damian experiences?

‘Moxibustion is direct.’

Rakiel grinned.

He prepared the moxa stick today. It wasn’t just because of occipital neuralgia.

‘We must break the curse embedded in that stigma.’

The brand on Damian’s back caught my eye. It looked exactly like the one I saw in the illustration for the novel Demon Sword Emperor.

Suddenly, the contents of the novel came to mind.

‘The stigma is placed when a gladiator signs a contract with a promoter. As a token of a contract. As an indication of affiliation with a particular promoter. But in fact, it was the most vicious means of binding gladiators.’

That brand was not simply a sign indicating the gladiator’s affiliation. It was actually some kind of small magic circle.

There was a curse in the magic circle. Once the branded person’s blood circulation became active, the curse was activated one hour later. It was a terrible curse that inflicted extreme pain.

In other words, after a fierce battle? It was almost certain that he would suffer extreme pain.

‘It wasn’t just Damian. It was the same with other gladiators.’

But no one realized that stigma was the cause of suffering. I couldn’t even imagine it. I guess it was just the aftereffects of the battle. I lived with that in mind and took painkillers.

Living while being deceived.

He died deceived.

No one knew that at all.

The only money I had wasted on painkillers. No, I gave it to the promoter. In the process, debt even increased.

We fight and fight every day.

I do make money.

Rather than having any money left over, debt was accumulating.

‘Write it. ‘When I think about it, it’s the same as working and working again, only to have a negative balance accumulated on the loan.’

A brief feeling of self-destruction from my time in Korea. Rachiel put aside the bitter memories that were surging and looked back on the novel’s setting in more detail.

‘Anyway, that stigma is the problem.’

According to the novel, there is no use in scarring the stigma. Did they even say that the same thing applies if the skin from the area where the stigma was engraved is removed?

‘That’s not even possible. Because they are gladiators. This is an occupation where it is common to get hurt on the body. But what if it’s a brand that loses its function just by being scratched by a knife? ‘I won’t be able to use it for even a month.’

The more I thought about it, the more vicious it became.

It was truly a stigma that showed the promoter’s will to keep the gladiator alive until he died. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way to get rid of it.

‘Suffering from high fever.’

It was a stigma and a curse engraved with heat.

Therefore, it was possible to get rid of it by burning it with heat. No, in fact, that was the only means.

But what about yourself?

I was used to heating the human body. No, it just wasn’t what I was used to.

‘Because I did it every day.’

That was moxa.

“Come on, don’t be scared. “Relax.”

Damian’s prone back.

A stigma engraved on the left shoulder area.

A moxa pole was placed in the center. It was a cone-shaped moxibustion stick with a round bottom that easily overwhelmed the average size.

Damian arched his back.

“What is this?”

“are you okay. “I won’t die.”

“….”

“Are you scared?”

“Of course not. But-”

“But?”

“I still have doubts about whether this strange treatment will work.”

“Do you think I’m a bitch or a quack?”

“of course.”

Damian’s mouth twisted.

“An object placed on my back. It looks like it was made by clumping finely chopped dried grass. “I wonder if my pain will subside just by putting something like this on my back.”

“ah. yes. “Please try to answer your questions yourself.”

Rachiel chuckled and lifted the candle on the table. The flickering flame was placed on the top of the moxa stick.

“I’m going to sleep. going. going.”

“uh?”

Cheeeeeek-!

A fire spread to the top of the moxa. Damian’s gaze became fierce as he looked this way.

“What are you doing?”

“This is how it was originally done.”

“Put it away now.”

“Then there is no treatment.”

“….”

“I told you to relax. Don’t raise your head. Don’t whine. Take it easy. Yes, like this. “Don’t put pressure on your shoulders.”

“Hey, I…”

“If you live with even a little bit of humanity in your heart, let’s trust people in times like this, okay? It’s going to get hot little by little. “Hold on.”

“what?”

It was then.

Puchwiiikik-!

The heat from the moxa gradually spread downward. It spread like wildfire to Damian’s back below.

“…That town?”

Damian’s face, who was lying face down and looking at me, distorted.

“That level.”

“Is it really hot?”

“…What is this?”

“are you okay. “It’s a healing process.”

“What kind of treatment is such strange behavior…”

“Where I live, even children receive it?”

“…what?”

“Tsk tsk. They say he’s the absolute powerhouse of the underground gladiatorial arena and all. “I don’t know if people know that there’s such a fuss because even a child can’t tolerate the treatment he or she receives.”

“….”

“are you okay. “If you hold back from now on, I won’t spread any rumors.”

“….”

Damian’s eyes became fierce as he glared at us. Rakiel swallowed a bitter smile. In fact, the statement that even a child could endure it was, of course, a lie.

‘This is really hot. Besides, it’s probably even hotter because it’s just cooked in the direct method.’

In fact, there were two main ways to do moxibustion.

There were indirect and direct methods.

Indirect treatment was a method of burning by placing a device such as a ring or stand on the skin and placing a moxa stick on top of it. It hurts less that way. Less hot. This is because the device placed in the middle filters the intense heat coming from the moxa stick.

So it was a more popular and accessible method.

‘In terms of gaming, it’s an easy mode for beginners.’

On the other hand, what is the direct ball method that Damian is receiving now?

There is no device placed in the middle.

It was a direct method of hardcore moxibustion by a real man who placed the moxa stick directly on the skin and scorched the skin with raw heat.

‘Of course it’s very hot. ‘It’s not just for a moment, it’s because you’re constantly being killed by burning objects.’

Especially Damien?

You will feel hotter.

Actually, there was enough reason for that.

This was because Damian had almost all the conditions for feeling particularly hot when receiving moxibustion.

‘Usually, people who are more nervous tend to be hotter. Damian? You live in the gladiatorial arena every day, fighting between life and death and seeing blood. If you look closely, you probably have PTSD. Of course, I’m on edge 24 hours a day. So it will feel really hot.’

That wasn’t all.

Rachiel spoke with a bit of sympathy(?).

“Still, it will be quite unbearably hot. But what can I do? People with stronger bodies tend to be hotter.”

“…Geuuk.”

“Usually men tend to be hotter than women.”

“…Whew.”

“Besides, the younger you are, the hotter you are? Especially around the age of twenty. “This age group is the worst.”

“…huh huh.”

“But you’re a little tired because you just had a sword fight a while ago, right? Too bad. “In general, you feel the most hot when you feel a little tired.”

“….”

“Besides, even the weather isn’t helping there. Moxibustion often feels the hottest in cloudy, low-pressure weather. “Just like today.”

“…shit.”

“Oh! Moreover, it is hotter in the afternoon than in the morning, and it is hotter when receiving treatment at night than in the afternoon. But what should I do? “It’s the middle of the night right now?”

“…please.”

“Plus, unfortunately, if you place the moxibustion on the correct point, it gets a little less hot. But today it will be hotter because it is a place that has nothing to do with acupuncture points. sorry.”

“…please. “Shut up you idiot.”

“But doesn’t it hurt a little less because I at least talk to you?”

“…Fuck it.”

“okay? Okay then.”

“….”

Rakiel closed his mouth.

I just smiled and looked at the moxa stick that was burning well. Meanwhile, Damian’s face became more and more distorted. And then finally.

“…Are you really not saying anything?”

“….”

“hey.”

“….”

“hey?”

“….”

“Whatever you say….”

“Ask? Look. “It hurts more because I keep my mouth closed.”

“…Tsk.”

“Thank you?”

“…Shit.”

“Still, I hope you know this. “I didn’t make that moxa stick easily.”

“what?”

“It’s made with mugwort. It’s not just any mugwort. I only got the ones that grew on the beach under the sea breeze. Well, originally, it was supposed to be made from something that had been aged for at least three years, but we didn’t have time to do that.”

“….”

“I pounded it a lot with a mortar. I sifted through a sieve and filtered out the residue. Did you repeat that about ten times? I continued until only white fur remained. Thanks to this, a good moxibustion stick was created with water, protein, nitrogen, organic matter, fiber, fat, ash, flavonol compounds, sesquiterpene alcohol, etc. mixed in the golden ratio.”

“What…”

“I’m now supporting this guy because he made it with great care and the effects are good.”

“….”

“It’s done. “Just lie down for a moment.”

Just then, the moxa stick burned out.

Rakiel carefully removed the ashes of the moxa stick. The place where the moxa stick was placed. The entire center of the stigma was ripe red.

It was a burn mark created by moxibustion.

‘good. It was properly supported.’

A warm smile like a top-notch steak chef appeared on his lips. The skin was very properly (?) cooked.

In particular, tightly packed wangtteum was used. As such, it was an item that burned hotter and longer than regular moxibustion. An average person probably wouldn’t have been able to endure the heat.

But Damian believed he would do it.

‘The main character of the novel.’

The protagonist’s perseverance and extraordinary will. I believed in that and pushed forward, and Damian lived up to my expectations exactly. Thanks to this, a successful result was achieved.

Rakiel, who set up the moxibustion spot, said.

“It’s over, so wake up.”

“….”

Damian slowly gets up.

Fortunately(?), he didn’t break this bamboo stick. Instead, he sat down on the bed and frowned deeply.

“Hmm?”

The guy’s eyes immediately look this way. There was an expression of surprise and disbelief.

“…How did you do it? “The back of my head… my head…”

“It doesn’t hurt, right? “It’s completely clear, right?”

Nod.

Damian nodded.

Honestly, I couldn’t believe it.

The pain really disappeared completely. There was no more pulling in the back. The feeling that made my temples tingle all over. The terrible pain that felt like my eyeballs were going to pop out.

I couldn’t feel it anymore.

My mind became clear.

No matter how many painkillers I took, I had never felt so refreshed, but this was the first time in several years.

‘How on earth?’

Damian looked at Rachiel.

I thought it was just a quack.

That was until I was told to lie down and my back was covered in lumps of strange grass. My back, head and face hurt here, so why am I supporting my back when it has nothing to do with it?

I couldn’t understand at all. It felt like I was just losing my life. I thought countless times about getting up from my seat.

‘Still, since Kusman was the one who sent it, I thought I’d just check the results.’

If the treatment doesn’t work, I’ll break both my arms. I will make it so that you cannot even walk for a while.

I gritted my teeth and made a promise.

But an unexpected result emerged.

I really didn’t know it would be like this.

It didn’t hurt anymore.

Honestly, it was amazing.

“…Who are you?”

In a world in a novel, the Demon Sword Emperor conquered the continent with a single sword. But here, Damian opens his eyes to a new world of moxibustion.

For the first time, an honorific word came out of his mouth without me even realizing it.