No.361 Artemisin
Playing a pendulum, also known as malaria.
As a native of Yunnan Province, Wang Mingyuan is aware of this viral disease transmitted by mosquito bites in the summer.
Older people often talk about it, after all, the place that is most likely to develop this disease.
Especially in the sixth and seventh years, there were two large-scale outbreaks.
This is an infectious disease that has disappeared now, and at that time, everyone really heard about it.
At the earliest, Annan, who was still fighting with the big beauty, broke out on a large scale, and at that time he also applied for assistance from the country.
It is precisely for this reason that Tu Youyou, who successfully extracted artemisin, a special drug for the treatment of pendulums, became the winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Playing the pendulum, for a while, it makes people so cold that they still need to cover the quilt to bake the fire on dog days, and for a while, it can make people feel that they are steamed buns in a steamer and they can't stand it.
Even if you are young and strong, if you get this disease, within a few days, your body will collapse, not to mention the sin, and it will be fatal.
Wang Mingyuan, who has learned all kinds of information in the 80s, also knows that artemisinin is actually very simple to obtain.
In ancient times, there were good cures.
A kind of artemisia commonly found on the side of the road, the juice is directly grinded, and it can be treated without boiling, and it can be treated directly with water swallowing.
Tu Youyou's research and development is also based on this recipe.
Artemisinin, on the other hand, is not extracted from Artemisia annua, but from another plant that produces small yellow flowers called Artemisia annua.
Artemisia annua does not contain artemisinin, the reason why it is called artemisinin, is because in ancient times, Artemisia annua and Artemisia annua were both called Artemisia annua, and there was no obvious classification, until the Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen made a distinction.
It's a very common thing in the fields and even in the wilderness.
Probably because it is common, it is not taken seriously, and Da Mei even spends a lot of money on the research and development of drugs for malaria, which is the reason why it has always been unsatisfactory.
Wang Mingyuan saw that he was uncomfortable, and saw that there was artemisia outside, and immediately jumped out and came back with a few handfuls of artemisia leaves.
Although there should be medicine for this in the troops, the order now is to stay in the cat's ear hole. The fighters have always been easy not to get out of the line of fire.
This method can also be used.
Moreover, malaria is contagious, and since Guo Dazhuan has been hit, the rest of the people may also be infected.
He chose a somewhat sunken stone from the entrance of the cave, rubbed the mud on it briefly, poured some water from the pot and washed it, then chose a small stone, and put the artemisia leaves on the stone and crushed it.
Several people also looked at Wang Mingyuan inexplicably, not knowing what he was doing.
Guo Dazhuan couldn't help but ask.
"I'm making artemisia juice, this thing can treat pendulums, pendulums are contagious, brothers will eat a little bit in a few years, prevent it."
Wang Mingyuan explained in a low voice, and the movements at hand did not stop.
A few people looked at each other, casually got a handful of artemisia leaves from the outside, and said that they could treat the pendulum, is it really fake?
Is this ubiquitous artemisia so useful?
A few people obviously didn't believe it, and besides, the smell of this manuscript was a little unbearable just by smelling it, not to mention the green juice that came out, can it be eaten?
Wang Mingyuan spent more than ten minutes crushing all the yellow artemisia, grasping it in his hand one by one, and looked at Guo Dazhuo: "Open your mouth!"
Guo Dashuo's face was embarrassed.
Wang Mingyuan smiled, knowing that they didn't believe that it would be so simple to treat the pendulum, and he didn't ink, he opened his mouth, grasped it with his hand slightly, and wrung out a lot of green juice into his mouth.
Oh yes, it tastes so exciting.
The spicy and bitter are intertwined, and that is called a top.
As soon as he took his mouth, he almost couldn't help but vomit.
However, if you let someone else take medicine, he can't take it himself, what does that think?
He hurriedly opened the kettle, poured some water into his mouth, and swallowed it in one gulp, and the taste of artemisia in his mouth was uncomfortable.
I finally ate it.
After demonstrating by himself, Wang Mingyuan looked at Guo Dazhuan: "Do you want to try it?"
Guo Dazhuan looked at the green in Wang Mingyuan's hand, and swallowed his saliva: "The medicine in the army is very nervous, and I don't know if there is any medicine to treat the pendulum, if this method works, it will be terrible."
As he spoke, he opened his mouth as well.
Guo Dazhuan was the first to get sick, so Wang Mingyuan put a whole ball of Artemisia annua juice into his mouth as much as possible, and after he swallowed it, he quickly drank water.
For the rest, Wang Mingyuan got some for the other three veterans.
Cure the disease, prevent the disease.
Wang Mingyuan just had such a thought, if it didn't work, it would be okay for them to find a military doctor.
After Guo Dazhuan took the medicine, he changed to rest inside, and was replaced by another veteran.
The day is spent in torment, and the night is mosquitoes.
Wang Mingyuan simply got some more yellow artemisia, made branches and leaves and smeared them on the parts of the body, but he didn't expect that with this pungent smell, mosquitoes didn't bite anymore, and it also had a good anti-itching effect.
Unexpectedly, Guo Dazhuan was in a much better situation in the evening, which made him excited, so he took the time to jump out and get some back, and swallowed it into juice.
also learned from Wang Mingyuan's appearance, and used artemisia annua juice to apply it to his body to relieve itching, especially rotten crotch.
After discovering this, the other two veterans also learned to do it.
The reason why he chose to use Artemisia annua juice to smear his body to prevent insects was not made by Wang Mingyuan by mistake.
The most important thing is that Wang Mingyuan has seen some fellow villagers take the gourd bee hive at night and bring it home to raise, usually smear the artemisia sap on the branches where the gourd bee nest is built, so that even if there are wasps crawling along the branches, when they smell that smell, they are not willing to approach.
The next day, Guo Dashuang unexpectedly recovered, and the whole person was much more energetic.
Therefore, when the army came and recalled a group of militiamen, he deliberately mentioned this matter to the leader, which caused people to be impressed.
Back at the militia training ground, everyone was exhausted.
It's only been two days and two nights, and one by one they seem to have been tortured severely, their skin bubbles and eyes are swollen, and when they look at the whole circle, Liu Li and Wang Mingyuan are in good shape.
They were given a rare rest in the morning, and in the afternoon, they were led to shoot targets.
Xu is body strengthened, eyesight has also been well blessed, Wang Mingyuan found that the aim of the three points and one line is not too difficult, and the results obtained after training are not bad.
However, compared to Liu Li, there are a few veterans with rich hunting experience, this achievement is a bit insufficient.
But Wang Mingyuan is still very satisfied, at least, in the past, when he went out, he didn't know where the bullets went, but now as long as he is given enough time to aim, not to mention a hundred shots, at least he will not miss the target.
The next day, we learned how to operate grenades and mortars, and in the afternoon, we learned how to lay and remove mines.
After all, he had also studied the knowledge of demining seriously, and in this regard, his knowledge surprised the instructors.
However, despite this, he still prayed in his heart that he would never encounter such a deadly thing in the future.