Patients in deep comas lack the ability to swallow, and all medication must be administered intravenously.
However, in the realm of traditional Chinese medicine, there's no such thing as intravenous infusion. So, the first phase of Su Wen's treatment wasn't only aimed at adjusting Yan Wenzheng's body but, more importantly, at bringing him back from the depths of the coma.
Patients in a light coma still have bodily instincts; if medicine is put into their mouth, they will swallow it subconsciously, but the process can't be rushed or they might cough and spit out the medicine reflexively.
After more than ten minutes, Yan Yi finally finished feeding her father a small cup of medicine.
"But father still hasn't woken up..." Yan Yi murmured doubtfully after administering the medicine and seeing her father still deep in his coma.