"this……"
"Master, he..."
A group of people almost choked up when they saw Liu Zheng like this.
"Sir, we are hopeless!"
"Please give me some advice, Master!"
A group of people suddenly fell to their knees.
Qingyang Shuo never saw such a scene, he smiled bitterly and said: "Everyone, since the young master said that you should live well, then listen to him and live well!"
"Military medical officer, don't give up, treat them one by one!"
"Everyone, please wear a strip of cloth before you can go in and help!"
Although Qing Yangshuo was in a wheelchair, he was very prestigious in the army. No one dared to resist his orders.
"good!"
"Wait for the young master!"
"We are all brothers. If the young master says we will never leave, then we will never leave!"
Suddenly, even those who were not infected wanted to stay. For a time, the entire Yinzhou Legion gathered together and saw that there were not enough military doctors. Some people volunteered to come in to help take care of the patients, and some helped boil medicine.
See it all.
Qingyang Shuo's heart was slightly touched.
Regardless of whether Liu Zheng can succeed or not, the cohesion of the Yinzhou Army alone will probably scare the whole world, right?
This is……
This is malaria. Can you really cure it?
…
"drive!"
"hurry up!"
Liu Zheng was very anxious and kept going all the way. His goal was very clear, go south! Although it is still a Gobi desert at this time, there should be rivers all the way south.
Jiang Xuan and Pei Qianyun didn't waste any time and led a group of people to follow Liu Zheng.
This run actually lasted a few hours. Fortunately, a group of people prepared enough water. When the horses were tired, they took a rest. When the people were tired, they drank water and continued.
The sun was blazing in the sky and it was extremely dry.
This vicious sun even caused the Gobi land to become distorted.
Everyone in the team of more than a hundred people was exhausted.
However, no one complained about being tired or suffering.
They didn't ask Liu Zheng where he was going.
Yinzhou soldiers trusted Liu Zheng so much.
If you have a heatstroke, drink some Huoxiang Zhengqi water. If you feel uncomfortable, wash your face with water and move on.
"Sir, there is a river ahead!"
Just when no one saw any hope in this Gobi Desert, Jiang Xuan suddenly shouted loudly. Everyone cheered up and Liu Zheng shouted, "Let's go." More than a hundred people ran in that direction.
as expected.
A winding river appeared in front of everyone.
A group of people couldn't help but cheer.
The grown men, whose bodies had long been sticky with sweat, couldn't help but jump into the river, take a cold bath with their clothes on, and feel so good.
Liu Zheng also laughed and his mood got better.
Because he saw what he was looking for!
Artemisia annua!
A kind of Artemisia annua!
Liu Zheng's luck this time turned out to be pretty good!
There is indeed a lot of Artemisia japonica that Liu Zheng wanted growing beside this river. It seems that he has a good idea. Artemisia annua is distributed in places with an altitude of 2,000 to 3,000 in the northwest region.
Artemisia annua, especially Artemisia annua, is a good thing. You should know that in later generations, Tu Youyou extracted artemisinin from Artemisia annua and won the Nobel Prize for it.
"Bielu" says: Qinghao is born in Huayin and Chuanze.
Hongjing said: It is found everywhere, even today's Artemisia annua, and people also take mixed coriander and eat it. Baosheng said: When it is tender, it is soaked in vinegar and turns into jingang, which is naturally fragrant. The leaves are like wormwood but the back is not white. It is about four feet high. Collected in April and May, dried on the day and used as medicine.
"Poetry" says: Yo Yo, the deer roars, eating the wild wormwood. That's Artemisia.
Therefore, in ancient times, people have recorded Artemisia annua.
But why did artemisinin become a miracle drug for treating malaria in later generations? But not in ancient times?
First of all, there were too many traditional Chinese medicines for malaria in ancient times, among which Artemisia annua was a very inconspicuous one. There is even no record of Artemisia annua treating malaria in orthodox medical books. It is mentioned only once in Ge Hong's book. In other words, in the society at that time, Artemisia annua was a type of folk remedy and was not recognized by orthodox Chinese medicine at all.
Secondly, even if it is recorded that Artemisia annua is used to treat malaria, the medicine used is just ordinary Artemisia annua, not Artemisia annua at all. Not a thing at all.
Especially in ancient medical books, the evaluation of Artemisia annua is actually not high. Known as "smelly mugwort"!
Shizhen said: Artemisia odorifera and Artemisia odorifera can be called Artemisia vulgaris. This Artemisia is similar to Artemisia annua, but this Artemisia is green in color with light yellow color, has a pungent smell and is not suitable for other people to eat.
Therefore, because of its smell, Artemisia annua was disliked by the ancients!
However, Liu Zheng knew that this was definitely a good thing!
Artemisia annua is the main raw material of the anti-malarial drug artemisinin. Artemisinin is a drug that treats malaria. It can quickly eliminate malaria parasites in the human body. Artemisinin and its derivatives, artesunate and artemether, have good therapeutic effects on falciparum malaria such as cerebral malaria.
"Okay, let's start working after washing!"
Liu Zheng was in a good mood and laughed.
A group of people were stunned.
Work?
Liu Zheng nodded, pointed at the wormwood by the river and said, "Pick them all up and take them back!"
Everyone was shocked.
Jiang Xuan blinked: "Sir, what are you doing? This thing stinks!"
"Sir, what's so rare about this? There are so many of them in our hometown in Yinzhou!"
"Haha, when I was a kid, I used this to stink others. It was very useful!"
Liu Zheng smiled and said: "There is so much nonsense. It used to be wormwood, but now it is a good thing. Remember, the lives of those brothers depend on this thing. Everyone can take as much as they can!"
When a group of people heard this, they all didn't believe it.
Can wormwood also cure malaria?
But the young master must have a reason for saying this. There are quite a lot of mugwort in this river. Liu Zheng gave an order, and more than a hundred people all got busy.
Chop it, pile it up, tie it up, and finally, everyone's horse is covered with Artemisia annua.
Liu Zheng was relieved.
It seems that in this northwest region, there are more Artemisia annua than other types of Artemisia annua.
"Let's go home!"
One hundred people got on their horses again.
By the time they returned to the camp, it was already dusk.
"Sir, this is..."
Qingyang Shuo and others came forward.
On this day, no other infected persons appeared. Liu Zheng was relieved after hearing this. It seemed that the quarantine was relatively early and the control was good.
Seeing this large pile of stinky wormwood, a group of people covered their noses.
Liu Zheng chuckled and said: "Distribute it around and drink the juice!"
A group of people with strange faces.
Several seriously ill people were startled: "Master, Master, if you don't want to care about us, just leave us. Why do you want to stink us to death?"
Everyone laughed.
The tense atmosphere also eased a lot.
Of course, this was just a joke. They knew that what Liu Zheng found after going out for a day would definitely be useful.
This is the people of Yinzhou who have the most unconditional trust in Liu Zheng.
Extract artemisinin...
Liu Zheng does not have such conditions yet, because artemisinin is very sensitive to temperature. Later Tu Youyou extracted it with low-temperature ether. Liu Zheng couldn't do it, so he could only drink the juice according to Ge Hong's book.
tonight.
This camp of Yinzhou Army stinks to the sky.
Many people were crying and howling...
If I am guilty, please kill me.
Why do you want me to drink something so smelly?
Liu Zheng didn't sleep.
A thousand people...
He won't give up.
He has been observing the conditions of these people in this isolation camp.
The moon and stars were sparse, and he didn't want to leave.
Everyone saw what the young master did today, and they couldn't help but secretly wipe their tears behind their backs.
The cohesion of the Yinzhou Army has reached an unprecedented level.
Everyone is waiting.
Many people were outside the cordon, accompanying Liu Zheng.
Overnight, several seriously ill patients died one after another, which once plunged everyone into despair.
However……
The darkest hour just before dawn.
Suddenly someone yelled.
"Someone is getting better, Master, someone is getting better!"
"And again and again!"
"Sir, I feel a lot more relaxed..."
The entire Yinzhou Army cheered.
