Chapter 52: The Scriptures
After drinking the medicine and settling her to sleep, I relaxed and walked out into the sun, stretched for a long time, and felt a lot more energetic.
Looking at the mountain again, the people in Xujiazhuang have almost gone, and many people are looking this way when they pass by us just now. I guess although they have some doubts because of Rui's illness, they still can't let go of that glimmer of hope in their hearts anyway.
Wang Shaoting looked at me with a relaxed expression, pointed to the remaining medicinal soup and asked, "Are these eaten at noon and at night?" ”
I smiled and said, "Well, but I don't think I need to." ”
He was a little surprised, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he was also a little used to the style I didn't understand very well, and he was quickly relieved.
In fact, I don't believe in myself much, but I believe in the system of scriptures left by Master Zhongjing, whom I have always admired.
The reason why it is called "Jing Fang" is the meaning of the classic formula.
Generally speaking, Chinese medicine is dialectical treatment, that is, what kind of symptoms you see, what kind of prescription you use. Zhang Zhongjing left hundreds of prescriptions in his "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" and "Jin Kui Yaolu", all of which correspond to very clear and definite descriptions of symptoms. The naming of the disease has therefore become very simple, like Rui Wei's current situation, with fever and body aches and wheezing, it is called "ephedra soup disease".
In the case of a more comprehensive symptom, you can also combine the two recipes together, or increase or decrease some of the non-main herbs, as long as you are familiar with the medicinal properties of the herbs, it is actually very easy to do this.
Because it's simple, even an original layman like me can use it under the guidance of Master Li. I even wondered if Zhang Zhongjing wanted to make it more accessible to ordinary people when he first designed them.
Although the Western medical system often makes it difficult to understand this, in fact, in the past, when technology was not developed enough, Western medicine also judged the condition from simple and simple consultations and general examinations. It's just that because of the difference in thinking habits, it finally began to develop in the direction of more and more accurate inspection and inspection.
I don't know what year in history it is, if I have the opportunity to meet Zhang Zhongjing and his old man, and answer questions in person, what a happy thing it would be!
Not long after, Daddy Yan also came down, saying that he was not worried about us, and came down to see if there was anything he could help with. The three of us gathered around the side of the road, preparing food and chatting casually.
About half an hour later, when I took the boiled porridge to see Rui Wei, although she was still asleep, her face was not so red.
I reached out and touched the back of her neck, and I felt a slight dampness, and I couldn't help but feel relieved! The so-called sweating, in fact, is not what many people usually think, you have to sweat profusely, but just like now, the back of the neck is slightly damp, which is the best heat.
I woke her up and gave her some porridge. In fact, people don't feel hungry in this situation, because the stomach qi has been completely consumed to cope with the high state of alertness of the body. Give her some porridge just to help maintain her strength.
When I walked out with the empty bowl, I suddenly remembered a conversation and asked Daddy Yan: "Since there are very few doctors who use prescriptions now, where did you find so much ephedra?" Won't you go back to Xiping Town? ”
He shook his head and said, "Of course I won't go back, with the information network of the Digging Ying Regiment, as long as I appear there, I probably won't be able to come back." I also thought it was a little tricky when you told me, but I thought that there was an old friend of mine in a town about twenty miles ahead, who used to be a medicine doctor and was relatively low-key. Although he has not practiced medicine for some years, it is estimated that his family's illness is still treated with prescriptions, so he gambled on this opportunity and went to him. I didn't expect it to be really estimated by me. ”
I immediately complimented, "Thanks to your connections, otherwise this time it would have been really dangerous." ”
He smiled: "Although I have also studied prescriptions, I have really never seen such a simple and dangerous condition as you prescribed, and only used four flavor medicines for such a dangerous condition." ”
"If it's all open like this, I guess the pharmacy will be closed, right? Ha ha! I quipped.
I guess that because the transportation in ancient times was not very convenient, in addition to people who were a bit of a collector like Dad, the lack of medicinal materials in various pharmacies should also be conceivable. Most of the simple and cheap medicinal materials used in "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" are licorice and cinnamon branches, which are absolutely related to the background of this era.
Then I thought about the mysterious deaths of the doctors, it wasn't because of commercial competition that they were killed, right? Are you afraid that these people will promote cheap and affordable medical care and affect the interests of some people?
Forget it, I can't figure it out, but no matter when and where, if I catch this kind of bastard who pits the common people, they must be cut so that their mother doesn't recognize it!
I didn't expect a curiosity to lead to so many forks, seeing that Wang Shaoting's injury is almost better, and when Rui Wei is also healed, after solving the matter here, he must hurry up and go to Luoyang as soon as possible to find out!
When it was almost noon, I went to see Rui Wei again, and found that her face was calm, her breathing was steady, and the fever on her forehead had completely subsided! Except for the fact that the spirit is a little weak due to the exertion of physical strength, there is no problem anymore.
Immediately overjoyed and ran out to announce the news, Wang Shaoting and Father Yan were also very happy to hear it, and at the same time, they were also amazed by the quick effect of my formula.
In addition to the joy, I am also very encouraged, although I have handled countless prescriptions, it is the first time that I have helped a person by myself, and I am still a very important person to me!
In addition to the joy, Wang Shaoting asked me, "Do you want to tell those villagers?" ”
But I stopped him and said, "Wait a little longer." Fever tends to recur in the afternoon, so as long as there is no problem in the afternoon, you can go and notify them. ”
waited until the afternoon, Rui Wei's condition was very stable, and she did not burn again, which could not help but mean that the external evil had been completely expelled from the body, and because of the antibodies produced, she was not easy to be infected again.
I joked happily to Rui Wei and said, "Female Heavenly Master, you still need to cultivate, ghosts can't hurt you, why are you so easily infected by this little disease?" It's not as good as me being a half-tone! ”
To my surprise, she didn't reply this time, just smiled faintly.
In this way, I was embarrassed, so I had to find my own way, and continued to laugh: "Then, call a senior brother to listen to it!" ”
But she just looked at me seriously, lightly opened her lips, and exclaimed, "Senior brother." ”
Uh, now I don't sing at all, I can only touch the back of my head and giggle "hehe". Then she ran out of the car in embarrassment, as if I had bullied her, and her face burned badly.
After the news of Rui Wei's recovery was notified to Xu Youren, if he grew legs, he would not go away. In the evening, almost most of the villagers gathered around the edge of the village, and the road welcomed us in.
Finding a private opportunity, I also had a showdown with Xu Youren, telling him that I already knew that the sick villagers were hiding outside the village, and hoped that he would cooperate with me in the past to treat them together. He saw with his own eyes that Rui Wei was fine, of course, he no longer had any doubts, and happily agreed.
But I knew in my heart that it was going to be another uphill battle.
When we arrived at the col where the villagers were hiding, we learned that five more people had started coughing and had been moved to the cave where they were seriously ill.
At this time, the batch of masks made by Wang Shaoting before began to be useful, and I asked the villagers to wear them, set up a cauldron at the mouth of the mountain pass, and began to cook the medicine in batches. Considering that there are too many sick people, it is impossible for everyone to prepare according to the amount of three bowls, so we can only ensure one bowl per person first, and then make follow-up preparations for the extra ones.
The next step, and the most difficult, is to triage these patients.
When I diagnosed and treated Rui Wei, it was relatively easy, because I had been with her for a long time, and I had a basic understanding of her health condition, and she was young and basically had no old diseases, so I just had to take medicine strictly according to the symptoms this time.
Therefore, among these sick villagers, those who only have symptoms of fever and body aches and are young and strong are the easiest, and they can take ephedra soup directly. This is the first category.
Among young people, ephedra soup should not be used if they have already started coughing, because the cough in this case means that the lungs have been overwhelmed and the dose of drugs to lower lung fever, specifically raw gypsum, must be increased. On the basis of ephedra soup, gypsum, ginger, and red dates are added, and it becomes another representative of the scriptures - Daqinglong soup. This is the second category.
If you encounter some people who are a little older and have some diseases, it is more complicated, and you need to ask them carefully to find out whether their current symptoms are caused by the plague, or whether they may be caused by old diseases at all. If necessary, you need to add or subtract from the square. This is the third category.
In order to facilitate the consultation, I simply set up a simple table at the entrance of the col and asked them to line up one by one to talk, and it was really comforting to see a long queue in front of me.
Wang Shaoting and Father Yan were familiar with medicinal materials and cooking methods, so they were responsible for guiding the villagers to cook medicine. Rui Wei was still a little weak, but he had to run over and sit next to me to make a record, and write down a small note about which medicine everyone should take, so that they could get the medicine later. I also prepared a notebook to record who had finished taking the medicine.
I looked at her serious and busy appearance, and quipped, "You know what? I've heard of a profession called a nurse, which is dedicated to working as an assistant to doctors. ”
She glanced at me and said, "What do you want to say?" ”
I laughed and said, "That's a compliment, nurses are quite popular among men!" ”
Sure enough, her brute strength came again, and she kicked me in the calf with a "bump", and said angrily: "Phew, who wants you to welcome!" ”
I sizzled and inhaled, rubbing my legs and shouting, "Yes, yes, if I didn't have nine lives, I wouldn't dare!" ”
She snorted and ignored me. I saw that she had really recovered completely, and although she had suffered a little sin on her leg, she was very happy in her heart!
Rui Wei wrote, and suddenly said, "Senior brother, do you know? Now this meeting reminds me of a skill I learned before. ”
"What are you capable of?" I asked.
She turned her head to look at me and said, "Recognize ghosts." ”