In response to his symptoms, I prescribed medicine and told him: "These medicines must be taken on time. If the fever still cannot be reduced, come back."
The patient nodded and left sadly.
There were really many patients today, and it was not until evening that I could even have a bite to eat.
The warm soup flowed along my stomach and throughout my body, and I finally felt like I was alive.
I ate big mouthfuls of food, and before I was even half full, someone came to see me again.
Most of the people who saw the doctor at night were sick children, taking medicines and injections, and making a lot of noise. Before dawn, another wave of patients came. For several days, I only slept for two or three hours.
"Xiao Rui, the medicine you gave me seems to be of no use. My child is still having a fever and is in a daze. He has a red rash all over his body."
"how come."
I frowned, walked over to the child, opened his clothes, and saw red dots all over the child's body. At first I thought it was smallpox, but the pulse didn't seem like it.
"My family also had red spots on their arms. I thought they were insect bites."
Many patients have begun to report to me that they have been sick for two or three days and cannot recover after taking my medicine. They even have red herpes on their bodies.
"Everyone, please don't worry. In this way, you can continue to take the medicine to reduce fever. I also have some smoked leaves to fight against diseases. Let's take them back and disinfect the home first. Those with children should try to stay away from them to avoid infection."
I am the only doctor in the village. Everyone is sick and has no strength to go out and look for other doctors. They can only listen to my words.
Late at night, after finally getting everyone settled and sent away, I had some time to think about what kind of disease this was and why I had never heard of many diseases.
In the end, I had no choice but to call my teacher.
No one answered the phone for a long time. Just when I was about to give up, the call suddenly went through.
"Ruirui, why did you call me today? When will you come back with Bai Tian?"
"teacher."
My voice was a little hoarse, and the teacher on the other end of the phone probably sensed that something was wrong, and asked, "What's wrong? Why does your voice sound so tired? Are you sick?"
"No, I have some problems here."
I explained the villagers' illnesses in detail. After listening, the teacher was silent for a moment.
"Does the child have a high fever that doesn't go away? His face is blue, there is a black line under his belly button, and there are red rashes all over his body."
"Except for the belly button, which I didn't look at, all the other symptoms are correct."
The teacher sighed: "This is Qirisan. It is a poisonous insect that is about the same size as a flea. It is very contagious. Anyone bitten will have these symptoms. It is easy to get rid of it. Use hot water to get rid of it." Boiling water will do, but it’s not that easy to cure the disease he got from the bite.”
"Teacher, do you have any idea?"
"A person who is sick will be covered in red rashes. After seven days, if the soles of the feet are also covered with rashes, then the medicine is really useless. To cure him, any medicine is easy, but it is difficult to take medicine alone."
My heart was hanging in the air: "What?"
"Millennium Ginseng."
"Thousand-year-old ginseng? Teacher, you are really joking. A thousand-year-old ginseng is simply priceless. Even if we have one in our village, we are not that poor."
The teacher sighed: "I know that too, but ginseng whiskers can also be used. One whisk combined with herbal medicine, one pack can save many people."
He told me the formula and proportion of the herbal medicine, and I wrote it down carefully.
Basically, these herbs can be found in the mountains, but there is only this thousand-year-old ginseng, how can you find it?
I was so worried that I didn't sleep all night. Before dawn, I took the box and went up the mountain to find herbs.
There is no way, everyone in the village is sick, and the herbs are constantly being consumed. It has only been a few days, and the medicine cabinet is almost empty, so we have to replenish it quickly.
Grandma was preparing breakfast for me. When she saw me coming out of the room with a gloomy face, she was startled: "Ruiwazi, why do you look so bad? Do you want to rest for a while, and I will make you your favorite hibiscus cake?" .”
I smiled bitterly and shook my head: "No need for milk. I'll go up the mountain to collect herbs. I don't have any appetite now. You can eat it yourself."
"Xiao Rui."
Nai looked at me worriedly.
"By the way, Nai, do you know if there are thousand-year-old ginseng in our mountains?"
"I have never heard of Millennium Ginseng, but I heard from your grandfather that there is a mountain god on this mountain. If you can find him, you might be able to know about it."
My eyes suddenly lit up: "There is a mountain god on this mountain? Is it true?"
Grandma shook her head: "I've never seen your grandfather before. He usually looks quite decent. He drinks three bottles of wine and talks nonsense. I'm not sure."
"Okay, grandma, I'll find a way. I've been fumigating the house with my smoked leaves these days. You're old. If a patient comes to your door, you should stay away."
"knew."
I packed a few meat buns with oil paper and handed them to me: "You look so ugly. Eat something. You can save these buns for the road."
Grandma’s attitude was very firm, and I couldn’t shirk it, so I could only nod in agreement.
Going up the mountain, I observed the herbs carefully, and before I knew it, I had entered the depths of the mountain.
The herbs deep in the mountains have better medicinal properties and are more abundant. I picked a basketful of them. When I was about to get up, I felt a ringing in my ears. The blackness in front of me completely eroded me. I felt dizzy and fell to the ground. .
The second before I fainted, I was secretly thinking something bad.
This is the depths of the mountain. If there is any wild beast that eats people, I will really be doomed!
My body continued to fall into unconsciousness. When I regained consciousness, I heard the sound of children laughing.
After struggling for a long time, I slowly opened my eyes and found myself leaning against a big tree. Beside me, there was a child wearing a red bellyband sitting, who was playing in the mud.
"Having a child?"
I shouted weakly.
The boy with pigtails on the side heard my voice and raised his head.
"Brother, you're awake."
"Why are you here?"
Shengzi tilted his little head and looked at me with a smile: "I came here to play, and I saw my eldest brother fainted on the ground. I was scared to death. Brother, you are too weak."
I smiled bitterly, knowing that I was suffering from hypoglycemia, so I took out the buns made by my grandma from my arms.
The buns were a little cold, but it didn't affect the aroma they exuded at all.
I took a bite, and the meaty aroma spread in my nose and mouth. Only then did I feel that the dizziness was much better.
"Brother, what is this? Is it delicious?"
