Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2675 Yellow Dragon Blood Rat Artemisia Wine

   It is actually very important for soldiers to study.

  In ancient times, there was no separation between civil and military affairs. The so-called "generals and ministers" were basically all senior military officers who were scholars, first the nobles, and then the bureaucrats. The upper strata of these ruling classes are basically cohesive as a whole, and there is no specific distinction between civil and military. More conflicts are personal or family, rather than between civil and military.

In troubled times, there will naturally be reckless people who rise up, and most of these reckless people are illiterate, just like the Three Kingdoms, or the even more chaotic Five Hu era, a large number of illiterate reckless people became soldiers in the army. The main force also led to an increasing proportion of middle and high-level generals who could not read among the warriors in troubled times.

On the other side, when the old interest class has been impacted, it will naturally try its best to attack, slander, ridicule, and even slander the emerging meritorious class, that is, these reckless rise of the martial arts army. He despises martial arts, and even despises martial arts.

The Song Dynasty’s emphasis on literature over military affairs originated from the domineering, cruel, and even complete destruction of human nature by warriors during the Five Dynasties. On the other hand, many warriors and even senior generals were illiterate or semi-literate, unable to communicate effectively. The complete incompatibility led to the overcorrection of military power and warriors by the children of the gentry in the end, which is also an important reason that cannot be ignored.

Since the Tang Dynasty, there has basically been a trend of civil and military divisions. By the Song Dynasty, it was basically in a state of complete division. They are hostile to each other, and they are getting farther and farther away.

When warriors are suppressed politically and discriminated culturally, they will naturally have complaints and even hatred in their hearts. Once a national calamity occurs, these original suppression and discrimination will become some warriors who are greedy for money and afraid of death. From the beginning, and many Chinese literati like to generalize, and one thing is to veto all of them, so they despise warriors more and more, and no longer believe in warriors, so civil servants and even eunuchs supervise the army and even generals, laymen lead experts All kinds of garbage incidents will emerge in endlessly.

  Life is full of life, some people like to read, some don’t like to read, some read history books as novels, and some read novels as history books, this is all normal.

  So we can’t expect everyone to be capable of writing and martial arts, but no one should discriminate against anyone.

   This is done very well in the Hussars.

   Those who can read have more opportunities, but those who can read will not be discriminated against those who cannot read, because in the military, sometimes fists are the last word.

   It has to be said that the Hussar General's military academy has broadened the military's vision and broadened its future path.

   Just like this sudden incident, if the soldiers are not in chaos, the people will not be in chaos. Seeing that the soldiers are still on duty calmly, and there is no panic buying, hoarding and reselling in the market, those people who feel that the mountain gods and ghosts have gradually become just chatter after dinner, and have not affected much of the daily life in Chengdu.

  A powerful soldier will always be the magic needle for ordinary people.

  Don't worry about how big the waves are, as long as the Dinghaishen needle doesn't fall, it will pass after a while.

  Xu Shu naturally couldn't just be satisfied that Chengdu Zuojin was not disturbed by this news, he still had to find a way to solve this problem completely, at least try to solve part of it.

  Everyone will encounter various problems, the key is what to do when encountering problems. Some people like to make excuses, and then spread their hands to put all the responsibility on the ghosts and gods, saying that the mountain gods are so-and-so, the forest ghosts are so-and-so, we have nothing to do, we are powerless, go find others, not me...

   Xu Shu is not the case.

  As the highest civil affairs leader in Sichuan and Sichuan, the three words "no way" cannot be said easily. If there is no way, he must find a way, otherwise what kind of leader should he be?

   Therefore, after Xu Shu stabilized the situation around Chengdu, he immediately summoned relevant personnel to conduct research and discussion on the problems that occurred at the construction site.

   Ma Heng of the Wen Department dealt with the spies who tried to disrupt the situation, while the Sichuan Medical Center, established after imitating the Chang'an Hundred Medical Center, conducted diagnosis, treatment and research on these patients.

   Not to mention, in Sichuan and Sichuan, there is really some research on malaria...

  In fact, as early as the pre-Qin period, the ancients had discovered malaria and began to look for ways to deal with it.

  During the Zhou Dynasty, there were special people in the official positions of the state court who studied malaria.

   This is not surprising, after all, the vegetation in ancient times was obviously much more than that of the current big man. The climate is warm and the vegetation is abundant, so there are more mosquitoes, and there are more diseases caused by mosquito bites.

  In the earliest Chinese medical classic "Huangdi Neijing Suwen", there are more than 10 kinds of diseases classified as "malaria" such as wind malaria, warm malaria, and cold malaria...

  This book was definitely not written by the Yellow Emperor, but it also proves that in the era around Qin and Han Dynasties, or even earlier, there were already people in China who were researching this disease.

  Malaria in China was first prevalent in the southern region, and people in the pre-Qin period had roughly figured out the law of malaria incidence. There is a record in "Zhou Li·Tian Guan": "There is malaria in autumn. 』And this is an order for the "Disease Doctor", which means that the "Disease Doctor" must grasp the epidemic law of seasonal epidemics and carry out targeted prevention and treatment.

   "Disease Medicine" is one of the four disciplines of physicians in the Zhou Dynasty, that is, food, disease, ulcer, and animal. It is more similar to the physicians of later generations, but not all of them. Equipped with eight sergeants, their duty is to "take care of the diseases of the people, and divide and cure the diseases of all the people." 』

Although it is said that with the change of climate and the reclamation of wasteland by humans, the Central Plains of China gradually changed from dense forests to cultivated fields, and mosquitoes that like warmth and humidity gradually moved southward, but in the land of Sichuan and Sichuan, Nanzhongjiaozhi, there are still These disease-causing mosquitoes are abundant.

  The black miasma in the mouths of many people in Nanzhong is actually this kind of large-scale mosquitoes, floating like black smoke, and people and animals die when they touch it...

  If there is such a disease, of course there will be doctors who specialize in this disease.

  In Sichuan and Shu, there are of course good doctors.

  When people of later generations talk about famous doctors in the Han Dynasty, they are either Hua Tuo or Zhang Zhongjing, but in fact, there are famous doctors in Sichuan, Shu and Wuzhong.

  Most of the doctors in Sichuan and Shu are descendants of the famous doctor Guo Yu.

  Guo Yu is from Guanghan. His master is Cheng Gao, and Cheng Gao's master is a hermit doctor called "Fu Weng". Therefore, the medical skills of this school can be said to be basically derived from the inheritance of the "Fu Weng" lineage.

  The characteristic of this faction is that the drug is ruthless and the needle is ruthless. It is also this characteristic that makes this faction not very effective in the process of treating high-ranking officials and nobles.

It's very simple, because for ordinary people, they basically don't seek medical treatment unless it is a last resort. Drug crossing, one needle to kill, are all basic operations.

  If Hua Tuo is the sharp edge of the Jinchuang Branch, then the doctor in the "Fu Weng" department in Sichuan and Shu is the pioneer of the emergency department.

Although these doctors of the "Fu Weng" line sometimes act ruthlessly and people are rescued, they often have some sequelae, but for ordinary people, these sequelae are not a big deal. It is already a thousand thanks if you get your life back. It is absolutely impossible for the kind of person in the future to be rescued, and then to kill the doctor with a knife after recovering from illness...

  But the children of the gentry are different. They really go to kill the doctor.

  For the nobles, these sequelae are uncomfortable. If they feel uncomfortable, they will feel that the doctor is not good enough, and if they feel bad, they will inevitably want to hire this doctor. Even if he recovers from his illness but suffers from the after-effects, he will still have to chop the doctor more than a dozen times...

  So that doctors of this school gradually left the court and went to the countryside.

   After all, even Iron Man can't handle the patient's kitchen knife.

   One peck and one drink, because far away from the imperial court and close to the mountains and forests, in Sichuan and Sichuan, the doctors of this faction have more experience in dealing with this kind of disease than other regions...

  In the lobby of Chengdu, most of the doctors sitting in a circle are middle-aged, and a few are elderly.

  The bowl of rice in Chinese medicine is based on experience.

  Efforts and years of precipitation can make a good Chinese medicine doctor.

"The onset of malaria begins with the vellus hairs, and when you stretch your jaw, you will feel shivering and drumming, and your waist and spine will hurt. When the cold goes away, you will be hot inside and outside, and you will have a headache..." A doctor frowned and said, "Now there is Most of the patients are in this condition, so it can be defined as malaria...』

"However, according to the old man's diagnosis, there are other symptoms..." Another doctor also said, "The occurrence of malaria is caused by the imbalance of yin and yang. Hair, yin and evil are internal, yin and yang cannot be competed, and it is done in a short period of time... But now when looking at the sky, spring and summer are moving forward, and yin and yang are not in chaos. Really strange. 』

  『If there is no spring and summer, it may not be the plague...』 Another doctor said, "The disease, according to my opinion, should be miasma. There is a place in Nanzhong that has been uninhabited for a long time, the five poisons are rampant in the mountains and forests, peaches and apricots are rotten in the valleys, so there is miasma, people and animals infected by it, all fall down...』

  『If it’s a miasma, I’m afraid it will be difficult...』

  『In the past, when General Fubo marched south, the military officials suffered from miasma, and the dead died during the 14th or 15th year, which shows the poison of miasma...』

   Then gradually more doctors joined in, and finally came to a conclusion that what Xu Huang encountered at the construction site was not an ordinary plague, but a miasma.

  The ancients often attributed many unexplainable diseases to miasma. Miasma is a comprehensive name for various difficult and acute diseases in ancient times, which may include malaria, dysentery, beriberi, sand lice, poisoning, throat disease, hemorrhagic fever, jaundice, etc...

   So in general, these physicians are right. It's just not very precise.

  Xu Shu didn't understand these things either, so he asked, "Now that there is miasma, how can we cure it?" 』

  All the doctors looked at each other, and then the oldest doctor said: "Miasma often occurs in March and April, and it is caused by heat and poison. If it is autumn and winter, it will naturally be fine." 』

   This answer is not wrong.

   It's a pity that waiting for the weather to pass and the temperature to drop is not the answer Xu Shu wanted.

The previous discussion between Xu Shu and Xu Huang was that if the disease could not be controlled or cured, then they could only start construction when the autumn and winter were colder. Four months were wasted.

   These labors, no matter whether they are working or not, they still need to eat. At most, they eat less. It is impossible to say that when they are not working, they do not need to consume food and grass at all...

There are also some craftsmen who are recruited, so the longer the time of recruiting, the greater the impact on the local area, and three or four months, it cannot be said that these craftsmen will be sent back. Everyone knows the roads of Sichuan and Shu. One time, maybe the person has not yet arrived home, so he has to go back again.

  In history, when Zhuge went south, he also encountered miasma and was delayed for two months. According to historical records, "crossing Lu in May". It seems that in May, Lushui can leave without miasma, but in fact, it is probably a misunderstanding.

  Nanzhong was in critical condition at that time, and Zhuge Liang’s army gathered to eat, drink, and scatter. If they didn’t do anything, after dozens of days, if they didn’t act again, not only would the situation in Nanzhong deteriorate, but also how much food and grass would be consumed? If we really wait until autumn, I am afraid that even if Zhuge Liang sends troops, there will be no good results.

   Besides, are there no mosquitoes in May? It is still there. And general poisoning, no matter it is mineral poison or biological poison, as long as there is no contact, it does not have the nature of airborne infection, so what Zhuge Liang encountered at that time was probably malaria.

   Marching in May, in fact, Zhuge was forced by the situation at that time to really risk his life.

   Now, for Xu Shu, although it is not possible to risk his life, it is also impossible to wait for a few months without doing anything, so he said to these doctors: "If you have a disease, you should treat it. If there is no cure, what is the use of medicine? 』

   This is a bit heavy, but it is not completely unreasonable. If doctors only collect money but cannot cure diseases, is there any point in their existence? Isn't it almost like a liar?

  As soon as Xu Shu said this, all the doctors looked at each other one after another, and then discussed again, and the elderly doctor said again: "But please tell me..."

  Xu Shu said: "One is rule." This is an acute epidemic. Since the onset of the disease, it has been hot and cold, excruciating pain, and then died in a few days. How to cure it and save its life. The second is medicine. The mountains and forests are complex and the valleys are deep and deep. Whether it is plague or miasma, how can the army be stopped here? Medicine should be prepared to prevent this disease. 』

  Xu Shu looked at the doctors, and then said that if they did well, they would be calculated according to their military merit.

   Immediately, the doctors became a little excited.

  After all, everyone knows that under the hussars, military achievements are quite popular, and this is not Xu Shu's fool. There is Jinchuangke in the army. For ordinary soldiers, killing people gets military merit, but for Jinchuangke doctors, saving people gets military merit...

  With such encouragement, these doctors gradually took out the means hidden in their homes.

  『There is a method below, which was handed down to "Fu Weng", and it is called the method of pricking acupoints with golden needles. The malaria pulse is self-stringing, the number of strings is hot, and the delay is cold. If the string is small and tight, the difference is lower, if the string is late, it can be warmed, and if the string is tight, it can cause sweating. Acupuncture and moxibustion. A doctor said, "If the backache is severe and the head is heavy, the cold starts from the back, the cold first and then the heat, then the heat stops sweating, and if it is difficult, bleeding will occur in the acupuncture point... Or if it is cold first, sprinkle it with water Xi, cold for a long time becomes hot, the heat goes away and sweats out, happy to see the sun and moonlight, fire, and then quickly, then stab the foot on the tarsus of the sun…”

   That’s right, acupuncture.

Perhaps in future generations, some people will find it difficult to treat malaria. Isn’t it just quinine? Those who know more will know cinchona tree, and those who know more will clamor for Artemisia annua, Or words like Artemisia annua, or records indicating that Artemisia annua was used to treat malaria in ancient times.

  However, in fact, whether it is quinine or artemisinin, it has been through how long the experiment has been, how many people have worked hard, and then it has been embezzled...

  The cinchona tree, a kind Indian woman was dedicated to the colonists, and then the colonists no longer feared malaria, and then returned smallpox and massacres to the Indians.

  The prescriptions of Chinese medicine are often empirical prescriptions. Just like the golden needle method proposed by the old doctor at present, it is also the experience of malaria patients in Sichuan and Sichuan for many years, and then it is summarized little by little, and this acupuncture method, this method on the meridian Research, even in later generations, has not been able to fully understand.

  Of course, among these prescriptions or treatment plans, there are some that don’t sound so reliable.

  For example, a doctor claimed that "Renzhonghuang" can be used to treat malaria malaria, and it is called "Huanglong Decoction".

  Are people yellow...

  Ahem, forget it.

Others said that they would catch a mountain rat in the place where the miasma broke out, and then smash it to death, squeeze out the blood and take it. Pound all the Tibetans and others, if the juice has a little water and twist, it is not difficult to swallow, and it is often used to test immediately. 』

  This is called "Blood Rat Drink"...

  If you think that "Huanglong Decoction" and "Blood Rat Drink" are reasonable, then using "skull" as a medicinal material to treat miasma and malaria is somewhat unacceptable...

  Of course, it doesn’t mean that these doctors were disregarding human lives when they prescribed these prescriptions, but that they, or their masters, used this prescription to save lives before leaving this prescription behind.

It can be said that in traditional Chinese medicine, no matter how wonderful the prescription is, most of them have saved lives, but as for whether a certain substance in the prescription wiped out the germs, or stimulated the mobilization of the body's defense function, or balance Electrolytes inside the body and so on what eventually lead to the elimination of the disease...

  No one knows.

  Xu Shu didn't know either.

For a while, Xu Shu couldn't determine what the prescription was, or whether acupuncture would be more effective, so he decided to do one thing, which was to let these doctors divide the cases according to their own plans to treat those who had malaria. patients, in order to determine what method and what prescription is the most practical.

   After all, it is a mule or a horse, and you will know it after walking around.

  Anyway, the first thing to do is to save people, don't care how much you brag about it, the actual effect depends on the specific curative effect...

  (end of this chapter)