Miracle Medicine

It was early in the evening that I heard a knock on the door to my room. 

“Who is it?” I called out questioningly. 

“It is me…Auntie here,” I heard Auntie’s voice call to me through the wooden door. 

“Please come in,” I said as I sat down on a chair and waited for her. 

“Good evening, Lady White Lotus,” Auntie greeted me with a bow while carefully balancing a bowl on a tray. 

The bowl and its hot content caught my attention and I wondered what it was. Since I was particularly interested in medicine, the aroma of herbs coming from the bowl in question stirred my curiosity as I tried to figure out what herbs were mixed in there. 

As if noticing my interest, Auntie smiled at me as she carefully placed the bowl on to the table. I watched, intrigued, as the hot smoke swirled up from the hot liquid inside the bowl. I couldn’t figure out what herbs were