Chapter 107 Bile Alum Poisoning

He Yanxiu suddenly felt that his brain seemed to be a little confused, but he immediately subconsciously moved back a little, "What?"

"There seems to be something quite hard on your body, pressing against my waist." Su Yujin complained.

But but but...

He didn't!

He Yanxiu's mind went blank.

Seeing that He Yanxiu didn't say anything, Su Yujin simply frowned and reached out to fumble around He Yanxiu's waist. After a moment, she pulled out a dagger and said, "Here, this is it."

"Second Master, can you keep it away?"

The dagger was so hard that it made her waist ache even though she was wearing quite a bit of clothing.

Su Yujin felt extremely displeased with the dagger at this moment.

The color on He Yanxiu's face gradually returned. He heaved a sigh of relief and stretched out a hand to take the dagger. "So this is what you are talking about."

"What else? What did Second Master think I was talking about?" Su Yujin tilted her head.

"No, nothing." He Yanxiu paused, then shook the whip in his other hand, "I thought you were talking about this."

"The road ahead is a little difficult to walk on, hold on tight to avoid falling off."

He Yanxiu quickly changed the subject.

Seeing that the road ahead was a rather steep uphill, Su Yujin gripped the front of the saddle even harder as He Yanxiu had said.

After walking for another half an hour, the group arrived at the valley at the foot of the mine.

Because of this incident, the valley seemed to be shrouded in a gloom. The faces of the people present were all very solemn. They were busy taking care of the weak patients, some of whom were even unconscious.

Two or three doctors arrived here earlier than He Yanxiu, Su Yujin and others, and were taking the patient's pulse, diagnosing the symptoms.

Su Yujin also began to check on the conditions of nearby patients.

After taking the patient's pulse, looking at his pupils, checking the condition of his limbs, and asking about the number of times he vomited, Su Yujin checked the meals he had eaten.

After testing with a silver needle and carefully smelling the food and vomit, Su Yujin's brows were furrowed.

"How?" He Yanxiu asked.

"It should be because of the consumption of gallstones." Su Yujin said, "Gallstones can be dug from copper mines. They originally have the effects of removing rot and detoxification. They are an excellent medicinal material, but gallstones also have the effect of inducing vomiting. If consumed in small amounts, people will only have vomiting symptoms. If consumed in excess, in addition to vomiting, gastrointestinal erosion will cause severe pain. In severe cases, respiratory failure will occur, and excessive liver and kidney damage will be life-threatening."

"Fortunately, these people didn't eat much, so their lives are not in danger for now. But we can't delay any longer, and they need timely medical treatment. I'll write down the prescription and go get the medicine and boil it as soon as possible."

"Okay." He Yanxiu hurriedly ordered someone to bring paper and pen, and told Qu Zhiwen to inform the people who went down the mountain to buy medicinal herbs.

"It takes at least half a day to go down the mountain to get the herbs and boil them back. It's really a waste of time. We can't just wait now. It's best to take something that can protect the stomach and intestines to prevent the toxins from spreading too much." Su Yujin asked. "Do you know if there are eggs and soybeans here?"

"Yes." Qu Zhiwen replied.

"This is the best." Su Yujin said, "Egg white or soybean milk can protect the stomach and intestines after taking it, preventing the toxins from spreading further. You can take a little at this time to see if it can have any effect."

"I'll arrange someone to do it right away." Qu Zhiwen hurriedly called people over to prepare egg whites and grind soy milk.

By the way, he told everyone that they were poisoned by alum and that there was an antidote, and he had sent people to get the medicine and boil it.

The sudden vomiting and abdominal pain for unknown reasons made everyone panic. Now that the cause is clear and they know that their lives are not in danger, they can rest assured.

As for Su Yujin, after all matters were arranged, she checked on a few more patients and made sure that they were indeed poisoned by alum. Only then did she feel slightly relieved and went to check on the condition of the patients after the doctors fed them egg white.

The series of actions and arrangements are smooth and there is nothing superfluous.

The most important thing is that after drinking the egg white, the complexions of those poisoned people all looked slightly better, which shows that Su Yujin's judgment was very accurate.

Even the doctors who were invited to see the patient praised Su Yujin and expressed their affirmation.

It seems that Su Yujin is indeed a person of outstanding medical skills.

No wonder He Yanxiu's first reaction after hearing about the situation here was to bring Su Yujin along.

In this way, the reason why He Yanxiu dotes on Su Yujin so much is probably because she is so outstanding.

Qu Zhiwen felt emotional, but he was also busy arranging the patients and taking care of some follow-up matters.

He Yanxiu on the side frowned.

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Since this gallstone can be obtained from copper mines, and these people are now like this because they have eaten gallstones...

Was it an accidental ingestion or was it done intentionally?

Qu Zhiwen said that before the meal, the cooks tasted the food and found nothing unusual, but when the meal actually started, something went wrong.

After walking around twice, He Yanxiu's eyes fell on the big pot and he waved to Su Yujin, "Come and check the food in this pot. Is there any gallbladder you mentioned?"

Su Yujin followed He Yanxiu's instructions and carefully checked the big pot with a lot of food left in it and the steamed buns in the steamer, and quickly came to a conclusion.

Whether it is the food in the pot or the steamed buns in the steamer, there is no gallbladder.

But the food those people ate contained bile alum.

In this case...

He Yanxiu asked, "Where are these bowls and chopsticks placed before the meal?"

"They are all placed in the room over there. They will be taken out before dinner time and served to everyone." A cook answered.

"Take out the remaining dishes and chopsticks."

After receiving He Yanxiu's instructions, the cooks hurriedly moved several large baskets of bowls and chopsticks in front of him.

Su Yujin carefully checked the bowls and chopsticks again and found that they were all stained with gallstones to varying degrees.

"Alum is very easy to weather, so it is usually sealed and stored. The reason why the alum can stick to the dishes and chopsticks is probably because the alum was first dissolved in water and then the dishes were soaked in the water. The alum is not pure enough and has a lot of impurities. The color is a little lighter, so no one noticed it."

Su Yujin said, "But I was a little confused just now. The taste of this gallbladder is astringent and bitter. Even though there is not much on each bowl and it is covered by the food, it still doesn't taste good. How come no one feels uncomfortable?"

"I have just inquired about this matter. They said that although the meals cooked in the four big pots today are different, they all contain braised pork, and the quantity is not small. I think it is because they have meat to eat today and they don't want to say that the taste is bad, so as to avoid not being able to eat it in the future." Qu Zhiwen replied.

The information about gallstones comes from Baidu. The symptoms may not be accurate enough, so please just read it. 　　 　 (End of this chapter)