Ni Lieshui was born in 1946 in Shuohe Village, Xinheng Town, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province.

Ni Lieshui’s mother had suffered from stomach problems for over forty years. When she was seventy-six, her condition suddenly worsened, and due to the severity of her illness, she was turned away from several hospitals. Ni Lieshui felt very distressed. He made up his mind that as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would do everything to treat his mother’s illness. He set aside all his work to seek out remedies for stomach ailments. After much effort, he learned from a gentleman named Huang at a supply and marketing cooperative about a book titled "A Thousand Effective Remedies," which contained very effective prescriptions. Ni Lieshuiwas overjoyed. He searched all the bookstores in Jieyangto purchase this book but was unsuccessful. Thanks to a kind person's introduction, he traveled over two hundred miles to a bookstore in Shantou, where he finally obtained "A Thousand Effective Remedies." After acquiring the book, he cherished it and hurried home to study it. Based on his mother's condition, he prescribed aherbal formula consisting of four ingredients, which he still remembers: Puhuang (Acorus calamus), Baishao(white peony root), Shancha (hawthorn fruit), and Wulingzhi (Five Spirit Resin).

After seven days and nights without food or water, his mother was in a coma. His sister-in-law gently pried open his mother’s mouth with a small spoon and slowly fed her a bowl of herbal medicine. An hour later, a miracle occurred: his mother's stomach began to rumble, and after two or three bowel movements, she woke up. After five days of taking the herbal medicine, she could sit up, astonishing the whole family. Ni Lieshui then prescribed additional herbal remedies for his mother, and after more than twenty days of careful nurturing, she fully recovered. With this small prescription, Ni Lieshuisaved his mother’s life, extending it by another fifteen years, until she passed away at the age of ninety-one.