Chapter 278: There is no cure
"Ahh
Marcus woke up feeling uncomfortable in his nose, and the next second, his face twisted sharply, his lungs contracted and he sneezed violently, and gas squirted out of his nose along with droplets.
A faint stench wafted through the air, and Marcus's heart sank after the vertigo.
It's broken.
He's got a cold!
But then there was a hint of luck, maybe it was just an uncomfortable nose, and when spring came, some of the flowers bloomed, maybe they were pollen......
"Sneeze, sneeze."
The next two sneezes ruthlessly shattered Marcus's luck, and he sniffed and his face was indescribably gloomy.
Catching a cold in the city is not a big deal, and it will be fine in two days, but being alone in the wilderness is a big deal.
Feeling the clogged nostrils and heavy body, Marcus, who had just wanted to get up, scolded in a low voice and lay down on the dead leaves again.
As everyone knows, this scene was seen by all the audience, as early as when Marcus was still asleep, everyone realized that something was wrong, the sun was up, and the other contestants got up and hurried to hunt for food, and he was still asleep.
I sneezed a few times together, and anyone could tell that it was a cold.
[It's over, will it be eliminated the next day?] 】
[The first eliminator! 】
[Not necessarily, no one said to give up, don't you hit it like this, okay? ] 】
[Fang Shen, tell me quickly, how is it? ] 】
"I don't know if Tao will be eliminated or not, it still depends on personal will and development, but there is a high probability that I will not be able to survive." Bi Fangmo rubbed his chin and pondered Marcus' performance.
"Marcus has not eaten for more than 30 hours since the airdrop to today, and the water he drinks is full of frost, which further aggravates the energy consumption in his body, and now he suffers from a cold, it is good to have strength, and you look at his appearance, almost curled up in a ball."
On the screen, Marcus looked like a boiled prawn, huddled in the shelter shivering, with obvious chills and coughing violently from time to time.
"So this is not an ordinary cold, but a wind chill cold, the symptoms of a wind chill cold are severe chills, mild fever, clear nose, cough, generally need to be cold and warm to feel more comfortable, from Marcus's performance is almost exactly the same, and further down may also have a fever."
Run a fever?
The audience was shocked, the fever was quite serious, and the fever was uncomfortable in ordinary life, and they didn't even want to go to work, let alone in the wilderness.
If he had a fever, he would have almost been declared a failure in the Marcus challenge.
What the audience can understand, Marcus naturally understands, he doesn't want to be eliminated so quickly, and struggles to get up from the ground, trying to find something to eat.
But as soon as he stood firmly, he felt that the darkness in front of him almost fell, but soon the light came in again, allowing him to see his surroundings clearly.
Coughing twice, Marcus walked towards the improvised trap he made yesterday, and in his current state, it was basically impossible to hunt, so he could only see if the trap that had been placed overnight had been harvested.
Unfortunately, the first trap was empty.
A fairly simple trap is to use two small branches to prop up a ring, and one end of the ring is tied to the tree, as long as there is prey passing through, it can be tightened instantly.
Bi Fang took the opportunity to introduce to the audience: "This is the simplest and most primitive rope trap, commonly known as the hanging neck trap, although it is simple, but the hunting range is wide, small like squirrels, hares, large such as wild boars, can be caught."
To set this trap, you should be familiar with the size of the animal, the height above the ground should also be considered, and the most important thing is to find the path of the animal, otherwise it will be difficult to harvest. ”
[Are there any animals that often pass by here?] 】
"Nope."
The audience was stunned, isn't it a ghost?
"Anyway, I didn't see any animal paths here, Marcus must be just trying his luck, didn't you notice? He set several traps, and this is the third. ”
Bi Fang shook his head, the traps set by Marcus were far and near, and it would take a long time to check them.
The program team didn't mean to follow him all the way, and switched the picture to a few other people.
Mugallen's bow had been made after a night of smoking, and he broke it vigorously, and the strength was so high that he could see that he had a good bow, and he couldn't wait to start winding it, and when it was finished, he was ready to go.
It's a full day late, and I don't know if I can strike later.
Ji Zuodong's harvest is also good, backed by the wild river, he really caught a small fish last night, but unfortunately it can't be smaller, barely enough to stuff his teeth, he got up early this morning and walked along the riverbed, obviously, he wanted to see if there was a suitable place for fishing, and if he could catch a big fish, it meant that he didn't have to worry about food for two or three days.
Bono, Doligon, and a few others are still not in a hurry, and are still in a hurry.
Two of them, however, stayed where they were to maintain the shelter, and in a surprising move, they dug up a thick layer of earth, half a meter deep, and then pulled out a pile.
Earthworm!
The soil has an insulating effect, and in winter the earthworms do not die, but burrow into the ground, close to half a meter deep!
Looking at the contestants with serious expressions, the audience had a bad premonition in their hearts.
[Hastily, what's going on with this sense of déjà vu! ] 】
[On that day, people once again sounded the ...... dominated by earthworms I'm sorry, I did the wrong set]
[Awesome, awesome, I thought I would never see this famous scene again, this wave is expected to be the god operation of the old party online! ] 】
The audience called 666, and most people could predict what was going to happen next.
Sure enough, one of the contestants frowned, which was funny, he learned this trick after watching Bi Fang's video, and it was also his first attempt.
Squeeze out the dirt in the stomach, leaving a deflated one, and the contestant closes his eyes and takes a sip!
"Gross!"
The thick earthy smell exploded, and none of the contestants couldn't hold back, and the sour water spit out with the earthworms, and in the lump of spit out, you can faintly see the red earthworms wriggling, but this scene was quickly mosaiced by the program team.
It's a bit of a drop.
The other behaved a little better, swallowed it in one gulp, and then kept retching.
It's not for people at all!
At least until the two of them really can't hold on, it is impossible for the earthworm to eat anymore, both psychologically and physically, and they are extremely uncomfortable.
Then a large group of viewers asked Bi Fang how he ate it in the first place, Bi Fang didn't say anything, laughed, and after reading everyone's appearances, he switched the picture to Marcus again.
Marcus had already walked around, and the attentive audience counted a total of thirteen rope traps.
It's all empty.
"Traps are only useful if they are placed in the right place, otherwise they are like waiting for a rabbit, the probability of harvest is pitiful, you think about it, a hundred-meter-long piece of land, how much do you occupy with a rope sleeve, is there twenty centimeters?
The probability of an animal just passing by you is pitifully small, but if you change to a place that animals frequent, similar to a passage, only a few meters away, the probability of running into it is much greater. ”
Marcus, who had gone around a long circle but had gained nothing, almost fainted to the ground, he staggered back, fell against the tree, had not eaten for nearly two days, and the stomach acid burned the walls of his stomach like boiling water, and the pain was terrible.
It's over, it's over.
Don't say anything about the competition, simply surviving these twelve days seems to have become a luxury at the moment.
In desperation, Marcus sat on the dirt, picked up the weeds and threw them on the ground, then put his head in his hands.
Bi Fang was attracted by the weeds thrown by Marcus, he frowned, looked at it for a long time, and after confirming that Marcus didn't realize what he had done, he regretted: "It's a pity, in fact, the opportunity to turn the tables is in front of him." ”
[Turnover, what turnover? 】
[Did Fang Shen notice something, tell me quickly! ] 】
[Don't sell it! 】
[It's all like this, and you still want to turn the tables? ] 】
"Do you know what he just threw out?" Bi Fang pointed to the "weeds" on Marcus's side and said, "This is echinacea, also known as echinacea." ”
Echinacea?
The audience looked at the blades of grass with dirt on the ground and slowly typed a question mark.
[Is this a flower?] Tweed? 】
[No one believes it, I don't believe it (dog head)]
"The flowers haven't bloomed yet."
Bi Fang's reaction to the audience is not surprising, because the current echinacea does not look like a flower at all, it looks like a simple weed, but it is indeed a very common herb.
"Echinacea is native to North America, where Indigenous people used it to treat toothaches, sore throats, colds and infectious diseases. Especially in the early stages of a cold, the treatment is very effective.
If you want to cure a cold quickly in the wild, you can take a dip in the hot springs like I did last time, and those with good physique can take a dip.
Otherwise, it depends on medicine, many common herbs have the effect of treating colds, such as nepeta, banyan root, mulberry leaves, grass roots, dandelions, and road yellow, these things are very common and exist all over the world. ”
[, dandelion can also cure colds? ] 】
"Yes, but the effect is far less good than echinacea, this thing is the best-selling health supplement in the ugly country, especially suitable for the body when the immune system needs to play a strong role.
Let me tell you a trivia that there is no medicine in the world that can cure a cold......"
How can it be?
[Nonsense, I feel much better after taking the medicine! ] 】
[Yes, yes, there are so many cold medicines, how is it possible]
[The old side is a bit grandstanding, right? ] 】
[I'm a medical student, actually]
The screen was filled with a barrage of suspicion, with the occasional person standing up in support, but it was also quickly drowned out in the voices of the masses.
"Mr. Bi, what you said is true?"
Not only the audience, but even the staff on the side cast suspicious eyes after hearing this, if there is no medicine to treat a cold, then what do they usually eat?
Lonesome?
"You can look it up." Bi Fang raised his eyebrows, "I know it doesn't match your consistent understanding, but that's the case, because colds are viral infections, and there are no doctors, and now the treatment of colds in the medical community is still based on rest, symptomatic treatment, and prevention of secondary infections."
Among them, symptomatic treatment refers to symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, sneezing, and fever caused by a cold. The cold medicines on the market now are aimed at them.
In other words, all cold medicines nowadays are not used to "cure colds", but are only used to relieve various uncomfortable symptoms caused by colds.
The only line of defense that can play a role in killing cold viruses is our body's immunity, so this is the best time to take echinacea. ”
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