Chapter 173 The use of Western medicine in Chinese medicine to save lives
crematorium.
It is said to be a crematorium, but it is actually a place carved out in the wilderness and a large pit dug next to it.
After the corpse was burned, it was poured into the pit together with the charcoal, bones, and ashes. It was prepared to wait for the plague to end, then fill it with soil, and completely return dust to dust and earth to earth.
The common people have their own set of rules for epidemic prevention and control. This is not the time to talk about humanitarianism.
Lin Sanqi held the little girl's body, gently placed it on the pile of firewood, and then placed a small bag of fruit candies in the girl's hand.
He didn't cry, he just touched the little girl's withered hair, sighed and left.
Mayor Lei chased me from behind: "Comrade Lin, do you want you to light the fire?"
Lin Sanqi really wanted to complain, are you hosting the Olympics?
He shook his head: "Forget it, it's just a chance encounter after all. Just send her off for the last journey and let her go in peace."
"Okay, that's okay..."
What doctors fear most is empathy. This is the most important principle of medical practice taught by every medical student in school.
Lin Sanqi was very upset before, but after calming down, Lin Sanqi knew that she could not make the same mistake again and again, and could not be immersed in the death of a certain patient without extricating herself.
A little girl died, and there were hundreds of patients waiting to be rescued.
If he didn't take action, dozens or even hundreds of new patients would be added every day, and dozens of old patients would die every day. The plague would be a life-and-death struggle.
Since God allowed him to travel back in time to 1959 and let him come to this remote mountain village by chance, then God hopes that he can save people.
It’s destiny, so do your best!
Lin Sanqi, who was determined, was ready to fight the real epidemic prevention war:
"Chief Lei, please contact the county and the region for help and ask them to send these kinds of Chinese medicinal materials. The sooner the better."
Lin Sanqi handed a piece of paper to Mayor Lei, who took it over and took a look. There were about ten kinds of medicine.
Coptis chinensis, skullcap, phellodendron, gardenia, bupleurum, citrus aurantium, tangerine peel, chuanxiong, peony, cyperus, licorice...
Lin Sanqi wanted so many medicinal materials, but actually he wanted to confuse the public and make people confused.
"Chief Lei, these are common medicines that are available in most drug stores or traditional Chinese medicine clinics. Don't ask about the specific uses. This involves the secret recipe of our Lingnan sect, and I won't tell you!"
Mayor Lei burst into laughter upon hearing this:
"Okay, I don't need to ask. I know that all the great doctors from your capital are very capable. It seems that I kept you in the right person. I will go to the county myself now."
Lin Sanqi said to Huang Zhibai again:
"Dr. Huang, please help me organize a group of villagers to boil medicine for me and prepare medicine jars. The more the better. If there are no medicine jars, any iron pot will do."
Huang Zhibai is a little strange:
"Dr. Lin, are you so casual? If an iron pot is used for traditional Chinese medicine, the efficacy will be reduced a lot."
When boiling traditional Chinese medicine, casseroles, pottery, earthenware pots, etc. are preferred because these utensils conduct heat evenly, have moderate heat, have strong heat preservation around the pot, have low water evaporation, and are not prone to chemical changes.
As for iron pots, copper pots, and aluminum pots, they all have certain chemical components, which can easily interact with the drugs in traditional Chinese medicine, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the medicine, and even causing toxic side effects.
Therefore, Huang Zhibai, who has been practicing Chinese medicine for decades, was very confused by Lin Sanqi's request.
Lin Sanqi thought to herself, what I am going to use is western medicine ingredients, and I am just going to put a layer of Chinese medicine on it. Now there are more than 600 patients waiting. If I use the traditional Chinese medicine method of simmering slowly, how long will it take to simmer it? ?
What needs to be ensured now is quantity, not quality.
In fact, if he hadn't been afraid of not being able to explain clearly, he could have taken out the capsule and stuffed it directly into the patient's mouth without having to go to such trouble.
"Don't worry, Dr. Huang, our Lin family's secret recipe is not particular about what tools are used to cook the medicine. You heard me right."
Huang Zhibai had already heard what Lin Sanqi had just said, don't ask too much, this is his family's secret recipe, so he nodded heavily:
"Okay, Comrade Lin, I will listen to you and I will make arrangements immediately."
People from several parties began to work separately. In order to save the lives of more villagers, everyone was ready to fight.
All the medicinal materials of Huang Zhibai's team were gathered together and handed over to Lin Sanqi, the "commander-in-chief".
Lin Sanqi didn’t know too many medicinal materials, so she pointed at one of them, Polygonum Leaf, and said:
"Dr. Huang, please distribute the spicy polygonum leaves immediately and let everyone start decoction. Use 1 yuan per pot. Boil for 30 minutes and put it into a bowl to cool. I can use it."
Only 1 qian of spicy polygonum leaves are needed for one pot? Or a single drug?
This was the first time that Huang Zhibai came across this strange prescription. The usual dosage of Polygonum Leaf was more than 3 qian. This dosage seemed not enough.
But he suppressed the doubts in his mind and immediately organized a team of 50 people to start boiling spicy polygonum leaves on the school playground.
For ethnic minorities, it is very simple to build a simple outdoor stove. Once more than 50 small fires are lit, the scene is very spectacular.
In fact, Lin Sanqi couldn't help it. He didn't know how to make traditional Chinese medicine. He only knew that polygonum leaves can dispel wind and dampness, dissipate blood stasis and relieve pain, detoxify and reduce swelling. It can treat dysentery, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, etc. The reason why it is a single medicine is because he is afraid that if several medicines are concentrated together, if there is any conflict, it will be worse.
The dosage is random, I would rather have less than too much.
Lin Sanqi gathered all the medicinal materials in a classroom and started tinkering with the "ancestral secret recipe", and prohibited anyone from approaching.
Half an hour later, Huang Zhibai came and knocked on the door:
"Comrade Lin, the spicy polygonum leaf soup has been boiled, what to do next?"
Lin Sanqi opened the door, pointed to a row of tables in the room and said:
"Come on, everyone put the cooked soup into bowls and put them on the table. It doesn't matter if there is more or less soup in each bowl. After pouring the first batch of water, add cold water and continue to cook the second batch."< br>
"Okay Comrade Lin."
More than 50 people collectively boiled the medicine, working quickly. One pot of soup can hold three bowls, which means there are more than 100 bowls.
When all the medicine bowls were put into the room, Lin Sanqi clicked and closed the door again.
Then quickly open the levofloxacin capsule, pour one powder into each bowl, pull it out a few times with chopsticks, and continue to prepare the next bowl.
More than a hundred tablets of levofloxacin powder quickly melted into more than a hundred bowls of spicy polygonum leaf soup.
Lin Sanqi quickly opened the door and shouted:
"Quick, quick, everyone, take this soup away. One bowl per patient, no more, no less. In addition, this spicy polygonum leaf soup is not suitable for children. I have other arrangements."
Quinolone antibiotics are strictly prohibited for use by children under the age of 18. They can easily cause lesions in children's joints, damage bone and joint tissues, and damage the central nervous system, hematopoietic system, liver and kidney functions, etc.
As a result, when mycoplasma pneumonia was at its peak in 2023, expert guidelines stated that quinolones could be used in children.
But for safety first, Lin Sanqi decided not to use it. Anyway, there are alternatives such as cephalosporin and amoxicillin.
The villagers walked into the room one after another, picked up the soup and medicine on wooden trays and left, preparing to deliver them to each patient. The whole process was like holding a banquet.
Huang Zhibai also picked up a bowl of medicine and walked out. When he turned a corner, he immediately took a sip and tasted it.
The soup was very bitter, with an indescribable bitterness, and there was some powdery residue at the bottom of the soup.
Huang Zhibai thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't taste it. He sighed in his heart, thinking that he really overestimated his abilities. How could people guess the secret recipe of the capital expert so easily?
Half an hour later, the second batch of spicy polygonum leaf soup was ready, and Lin Sanqi followed the same method.
After the third batch of spicy polygonum leaf soup was cooked, Lin Sanqi replaced it with cefixime, which was specially prepared for children.
By the time Mayor Lei returned from the county seat, almost all the patients in Naxiang Commune had drank the spicy Polygonum Leaf Soup, but no effect could be seen for the time being.
By this time it was already evening.
Lin Sanqi is still making the "secret recipe" behind closed doors. Countless villagers are waiting outside the door, waiting for this great doctor from the capital to save their lives.
Suddenly the door opened and Lin Sanqi shouted again:
"Come quickly, take these water tanks away. Remember, the water inside allows the patient to drink as much as he wants. Tell the patient to drink more if he wants to survive."
Upon hearing this, the villagers quickly moved the five water jars to different directions, preparing for the sick people to drink from them.
This is not ordinary water. Lin Sanqi has poured a certain proportion of "oral rehydration salt" into it according to the amount of liquid.
What patients with diarrhea fear most is actually dehydration. For malignant intestinal infectious diseases, dehydration is the first cause of death.
In severe cases of dehydration, you cannot drink boiled water directly.
Because when the human body is dehydrated, it will also cause electrolytes to be lost. Boiled water does not contain electrolytes. Drinking water directly may lead to deficiencies in sodium, chloride, potassium, etc., which can cause hyponatremia, hypochloremia, and hypokalemia, which can be life-threatening.
Oral rehydration salts contain sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, sodium citrate and glucose. In addition to replenishing water, sodium and potassium, oral rehydration salts also have a therapeutic effect on acute diarrhea.
This is the medical black technology from 2023. It is not a boast. When faced with such a large-scale acute infectious disease of the gastrointestinal tract, traditional Chinese medicine still has limitations, and the fastest effect depends on western medicine.
By 8 o'clock in the evening, all the doctors came back for the meeting.
As the temporary person in charge, Lin Sanqi needs to know how many patients have taken the medicine.
One of the doctors said uneasily:
"Comrade Lin, the situation in the group I am responsible for is not optimistic. 13 of the 80 patients are unable to drink the decoction at all, and some of them drank it and vomited it out."
"Yes, there are 10 patients in my group who cannot take medicine."
"Me too!"
"I have that too!"
If you can't take the medicine and feel like a dead little girl, that would be terrible...
(End of chapter)