The price of Bezoar was skyrocketing year after year.
Li Xu looked it up. The latest market price for Natural Bezoar was as high as 7,500,000 yuan per kilogram—more expensive than gold!
「In the past,」
Bezoar hadn't been so expensive.
This was mainly due to its extreme rarity.
As far back as ancient medical texts, it was classified as a precious medicinal ingredient for clearing heat, detoxifying the body, and reviving consciousness. It was often used to treat acute conditions like high-fever convulsions and comas from strokes.
However, this remarkably effective substance was, in essence, a gallstone formed within a cow's body over a long period due to pathological conditions like bile stasis and inflammatory blockages.
In other words, the formation of Bezoar was an extremely sporadic event. A cow had to live under specific conditions for several years before a high-quality stone might naturally form in its gallbladder or bile duct.
