Chapter 78 Controlling the Epidemic
Mu Qingniang already had an eyebrow in her heart, and then asked, "Is your relative from other places a cattle farmer?" And they must have had smallpox only because the children were too young to take care of the animals. ”
"Yes, Doctor Mu, how do you know, my relative is indeed a cattle farmer, and he also has a connection with the prefect's yamen, usually raising some farming cattle and cattle, and there are very few cows that produce milk, which are exclusively for the dignitaries and nobles in the city, how do you know this."
"Because it's so lowly that no one grows it except for the farmers who raise livestock, but it can cure smallpox and chickenpox. If a cow has smallpox, and people come into contact with it again, the body will only have slight discomfort, but it will produce antibodies against smallpox, and the cause of snake sores is basically similar to smallpox, so this Hejia Village, the whole village has this kind of poisonous sore, but you are fine. ”
"I don't really understand what cowpox and antibodies you just said, can you understand it a little more?"
"You don't have to understand too much, just know that your whole village has been saved, and the main reason is that it is enough for you." Mu Qingniang didn't say anything further, in fact, what she just said was beyond the scope of what the people here could bear.
Vaccinia virus is a virus that causes minor cowpox lesions in cattle. If a person is infected with the virus, they will only experience mild discomfort and develop resistance against the vaccinia virus.
Since the vaccinia virus has the same antigenic properties as the smallpox virus that causes smallpox disease in humans, people can also acquire immunity against smallpox virus after vaccinia vaccination.
In the world where Mu Qingniang lived in her previous life, cowpox was used as an immunization against highly contagious smallpox, which was nothing new, and she also had cowpox when she was a child.
The carriage traveled for a while, and finally arrived at Hejia Village.
Mu Qingniang looked at the villagers here, although she was still a little weak and listless, but like He Feng at the beginning, her complexion had improved greatly, and the painful expression on her face was not as frightening as a few days ago. Some young people with mild lesions have already started basic farm work.
The roads on both sides of the village have also been slightly cleaned up, and even if there is still no order, it is not too bad at all.
When some villagers saw Mu Qingniang and He Ming, they hurriedly said hello, and hurriedly shouted some words of thanks.
However, some children, when they saw Mu Qingniang, were a little scared, and hurriedly leaned their bodies against the side of the adults, and the adults hurriedly explained: "The children have no malicious intentions, but, but ......."
"It's just that it's in pain, isn't it?" Mu Qingniang squatted down with a smile and looked at the children with a smile.
She knew in her heart that the child was probably frightened by her own long needle the day before.
When Mu Qingniang administers needles to people, her strength and techniques have been tempered thousands of times, these children naturally can't bear this kind of pain, and once she treats people, she will become very attentive, and even have some inviolable aura.
She took out a packet of candy from her bosom and handed it to the child, who took it timidly, still without saying a word.
Mu Qingniang was not angry, but joked, "Auntie also has two children at home, one of whom is about the same age as you, this is his favorite candy, will Auntie give you food now?" And I had already been injected last time, and the child's disease is not serious, so this time you can just drink the medicine. ”
When the boy heard that there was no need for any more needles, he was in a good mood and grinned.
Mu Qingniang saw that the child believed her words and walked in front of the child, touched the sore with her hand, the child trembled, Mu Qingniang pressed it lightly, and nodded with satisfaction.
"This sores no longer bleed pus, but it's still not good, but this time I don't get a needle, I can only eat sugar after taking medicine, because this medicine is a little bitter, are you okay to listen to your aunt?"
"Well, good!" The kid nodded solemnly, then put the bag in his underwear pocket and ran into the house.
Mu Qingniang looked at this child at this time, and she didn't think of Ah Shui in her mind, but Yunluo that Jiang Xiaoyu took away.
It's almost time, isn't Yunluo coming back too......
Mu Qingniang thought so, and then dispelled her thoughts, Yunluo is back, isn't it that terrifying "Jiang Dashan Man" is also coming back?
After thinking about it, Mu Qingniang would rather Yunluo not come back so early.
I walked into the original house in the village, moved the medicine stove that I had not used last time into the large courtyard of the last decoction, started a fire to decoct the medicine, and put the packets of medicine I brought into the medicine stove.
After a while, the medicine was fried and poured into the bowl, and He Ming methodically asked the villagers to come in and line up to get the medicine.
This should be foolproof. Mu Qingniang thought so.
The stoves for decoction were lined up, the coals in the stove glowed red, there was no open flame, and the lids of the jars were all steaming upward.
Mu Qingniang separated the medicinal materials brought over on the high platform in front of the medicine stove, and there were more serious patients sitting next to her.
She has seen the condition and will probably have to give another injection.
She didn't dare to slack off, and after sorting all the medicinal herbs that had not been put into the jar, she continued to treat the people in the village.
He Ming was gently fanning the fire in the back, Mu Qingniang was treating her, and she was calculating the time in her heart. Those who rested, Mu Qingniang did not let them leave.
Mu Qingniang thought for a while, and ordered He Ming to pour out the decoction, He Ming understood, discharged two rows of large bowls, and carefully operated them.
When the decoction was poured into the bowl, a strong smell of medicine spread, even a little pungent, and some of the patients present frowned.
"The medicine has been decocted, you can take it in order, but be careful, drink the medicine while it is hot, and don't let the medicine burn yourself."
"But, Dr. Mu, this medicine looks so turbid, it's a little black, and the smell is also a little pungent, are you sure? We won't have a problem drinking it. One of the patients asked.
A few days ago, I was still complaining about my illness, but now that my illness has just improved, I began to suspect it.
Mu Qingniang didn't say anything, if people have gradually moved away from danger, they will naturally consider the danger of what will happen later, which is really human nature.
After administering the needle to the last patient, she got up from her seat, walked behind the table lined with soups, and took the bowl to look at it carefully.
"You don't have to worry, this medicine dispels dampness and detoxification, and relieves meridians and activates the meridians. There is no problem, the so-called good medicine is bitter, this bowl of medicine can eliminate toxins after three days of decoction, and the condition will slowly improve. ”
Some of the people present still muttered in their hearts, probably still thinking that there was something wrong with this medicine, the decoction they had taken before was very sour and bitter, but the smell of the decoction this time was really a bit rushing.
They didn't know the pharmacology, and they didn't see how many things Mu Qingniang had put in, but there were scorpions and centipedes in this medicinal material, and many people had indeed seen it.
Of course, this is only a small part, Mu Qingniang's treatment in Hejia Village in the past few days has improved the mental state of some people a lot, so many people have not doubted much, since they are already covered with poisonous sores, what can the toxin of the scorpion centipede in this bowl be counted?
The people present drank all the medicine in their hands one after another, they put the bowl back, their faces showed painful expressions, and some people stuck out their tongues and kept exhaling, probably because they were a little upset by the smell, and they opened their mouths one after another, and saliva was flowing from the corners of their mouths.
As more and more people drank the medicine, Mu Qingniang let them leave.
He Ming put down the strainer in each medicine jar to filter out the medicine residue, Mu Qingniang poured the medicinal materials that had just been divided into it, and He Ming repeated the action just now and continued to decoct the medicine.
"The severity of the illness of each villager is different, and the severity is different, you have to write down which medicine bag corresponds to the village just now, this medicine can be decocted three times, and then I will come to observe the situation, and by the way, I will see the recovery situation and prescribe medicine, you must remember all of them." Mu Qingniang cautiously instructed He Ming.