Chapter 7 Making the Plaster
Gu Fan walked to the TV and looked at the photos of his parents and sister on it, but he always felt that there was still a lack of family warmth, maybe a family photo was missing.
Pick up a separate photo of my sister, which should be from when my sister was in elementary school. In the photo, my sister is wearing a hat with a birthday cake and a large cake in front of her. Looking at the words Happy Tenth Birthday written on the cake, Gu Fan felt a little sad.
The age of 10 is a very important day in the minds of the older generation. If the family has the conditions, a banquet needs to be held to give the child the most perfect coming-of-age gift.
As can be seen from the photos, Gu Yue's coming-of-age ceremony was held at home, and there was no arrangement at home, just fried a few simple home-cooked dishes and a cake, which was my sister's coming-of-age ceremony.
Looking at the photos of Gu Yue everywhere in the house, Gu Fan asked with a smile, "Do you like taking pictures very much?"
Gu Yue glanced at Gu Fan, "I don't like it very much, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I see pictures of you all over the house, so I casually asked. Gu Fan put down the photo frame and said.
Gu Yue, oh, looked at Gu Fan's legs, "What's wrong with your legs, do you need to go to the hospital?"
Gu Fan looked at the injury on his leg and shook his head. "It's okay, I got into a car accident on the road, and I got it while treating a patient. ”
Gu Fan sat on the sofa, "Do you have medical scissors?"
Gu Yue extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand in the ashtray, "I'll get it for you!"
Gu Fan put his leg on the coffee table, unscrewed the medical alcohol in his bag, and poured it directly on his wound.
It's been almost an hour since I was injured, and the blood has already dried up. If you lift the pant leg directly, it may cause the wound to rupture again. By drizzling alcohol on the trouser legs, it can soak the trouser legs, and it will be much easier to cut the pants with scissors for a while, and the alcohol can also play a role in disinfection.
Gu Yue took the medical scissors and threw them on the coffee table, looking at Gu Fan's bloody trouser legs and shuddering. "Do you need help?"
Seeing his sister shrinking her head and looking at her wounds, Gu Fan replied with a smile, "It's okay, it's just a small injury, our family is also a family of doctors, I didn't expect you to be afraid of blood!"
Gu Yue said nonchalantly, "Who said I'm afraid of blood, I just feel disgusted when I look at the bright red blood flowing out." ”
Gu Fan did not argue on this issue.
Holding medical scissors, cut off the entire trouser leg along the top of the wound, and looked at the blood sticking out of the wound. Pick up a medical cotton and stick some alcohol on the wound for a simple treatment.
Looking at the turned meat, Gu Fan frowned, thinking to himself. "I didn't expect the wound to be so deep, and if it was just a simple treatment, it would take at least a week or two for the wound to recover. No, it's a waste of time. ”
Gu Yue pointed to Gu Fan's wound, "Are you sure you don't have to go to the hospital?"
"Stitching up the wound does give me better recovery, but I have a better way. Gu Fan smiled, disinfected himself with alcohol, unscrewed the anti-inflammatory capsule and sprinkled it on the wound. After a simple bandage with gauze, I injected myself with two more sticks of tetanus.
Looking at his bandaged wound, Gu Fan nodded with satisfaction.
Looking at Gu Fan's bandage, Gu Yue pouted, "What's the difference between this and the bandaging in the hospital? ”
"It's just a simple Western medicine treatment, where's the bathroom? I'm going to change my pants. Gu Fan stood up, looked at his legs and asked.
"Over there"
Following the direction Gu Yue pointed, Gu Fan nodded. Take a pair of clean pants out of your backpack and walk into the bathroom to change them.
Gu Fan looked at his sister who was lying on the sofa again, "I'll go out and buy some medicine." ”
Gu Yue lit a cigarette for herself, "Forget it, you are not familiar with the neighborhood, besides, you still have a wound on your leg." Let my parents know, they're going to nag me again. Tell me the medicine you need, and I'll buy it for you." ”
Gu Fan looked at his sister, and he didn't know whether he was too embarrassed to say it, or if he was really afraid of his parents' nagging. Gu Fan nodded, picked up the pen and paper next to him, and wrote down some Chinese medicine.
Gu Yue looked at the medicine that Gu Fan handed him to buy, "Why is it all Chinese medicine?"
"Our family has been a Chinese medicine practitioner for generations, and many Chinese medicines are better at treating external injuries than Western medicines. Gu Fan patiently explained.
"Aren't centipedes, scorpions, mint, and plaster just slaked lime?
Gu Fan looked at his sister's back and muttered in his heart, "My sister, who was born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine, doesn't know any knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, and it's true." ”
About an hour or so, Gu Yue returned home and looked at Gu Fan who was sitting there, and put a bag of Chinese medicine in front of Gu Fan. "Do you need me to decoction for you?"
Looking at her sister's expression of refusal, I knew that she didn't want to decoct herself with medicine, and she just meant it.
"No, I'm going to make ointment, not decoction. Gu Fan walked into the kitchen with the bag.
"Make the ointment, it won't be the tiger skin plaster written in the novel, right! Go over and take a look?" Gu Yue walked to the kitchen curiously.
Watching Gu Fan classify each medicinal herb, put some of the medicinal herbs into a casserole and boil it over low heat.
Gu Yue asked puzzledly, "Why don't you put the medicinal herbs directly into the casserole and boil them?"
Gu Fan turned his head to look at his sister who was standing at the door of the kitchen, "The first step in making plasters is to soak the glue medicine for twenty-four hours to let it swell. Since I don't want to waste all my time, I just turn on a small fire, which will also have a swelling effect, but the effect will be reduced. ”
Gu Yue stood at the door and sighed.
Gu Fan looked at his sister's curious look and continued, "The second part is decoction, put all the medicines together for torment, this step takes two or three times. The third part is to concentrate the medicinal juice. The fourth part is the anointing. By the time of the fourth part, even if the plaster is ready, the storage of the plaster must be stored in a cool and dry place. If the environment is too wet, it is easy for the plaster to flow and reduce the medicinal properties. If the plaster is too dry, it will dry out, and the effectiveness of the medicine will be reduced, and it will not be easy to fit the wound. Gu Fan explained the making of the plaster to his sister while making the plaster.
Gu Yue nodded, "The plaster made of Chinese medicine will not make the wound infected, after all, the plaster is black, and the Chinese medicine is not made in a sterile environment." ”
Gu Fan turned his head to look at his sister, "In ancient times, after picking traditional Chinese medicine, it was dried, and most of it was baked in modern times. It has been scientifically proved that the germs can be effectively sterilized and disinfected in hot water at 121 degrees, and the protein and protoplasm colloids are easy to denature and coagulate under humid and hot conditions, and the enzyme system is easy to be destroyed. The water can only reach 100 degrees under normal circumstances, but due to the long time of boiling Chinese medicine, it can also effectively kill germs. Therefore, the use of plasters will not cause bacterial infection. ”
"Damn, there's so much knowledge in one poultice. Gu Yue looked at his brother in front of him, who was not too close, in surprise.
"The culture of Chinese medicine has a long and profound history, and it has been proven by our ancestors for generations. If it didn't work, how could it have been passed down to the present?" Gu Fan covered the casserole.
"Then why did you go to country M to study Western medicine?" asked Gu Yue puzzled.
"We can't just study in retreat, only by getting better exposure to new medical knowledge can we better fill ourselves. Just because he is an outsider, we can't completely abandon it, don't learn it, don't understand it. Only by combining the needs of contemporary patients can we better develop traditional Chinese medicine. Gu Fan smiled slightly and replied.
"Hehe, what is your education now?" asked Gu Yue as she listened to her brother's words with a wide range of eyes.
"Doctor of Clinical Medicine. Gu Fan returned.
"Damn, you, you're two years older than me. I'm only in high school, are you all medical doctors?Isn't the clinical medical doctor of Western medicine too easy to get into?" Gu Yue looked at Gu Fan in surprise.
Of course not, clinical medicine includes diagnostics, physiology, pathology, biochemistry, internal medicine, surgery, and more recently, the humanities. There are more than a dozen smaller branches of them, and I only got three of them with a doctorate. Gu Fan said carefully.
Hearing Gu Fan's words, Gu Yue coughed, that's all, just three. Listen to this tone, three kinds of doctorates are not enough. People are really angry compared to people, and it's really tiring to chat with this person in front of you.