Chapter 226 Two Medicines Missing
In the afternoon, Hao Zhiguo arranged for Bian Chengjun to bring Zhang Ke and Chen Rou to the research center, where they were mainly engaged in breeding, planting and other projects.
If they want to grow Chinese medicine at that time, it will be their expertise.
Leng Yi drove Yang Qing and Xie Yunfang to the hospital.
Hao Zhiguo gave them three sets of protective clothing and notified Director Cheng and Xie Yunfang of the hospital to contact them for work.
Dean Cheng brought people to the hospital entrance to pick someone up. When they saw the cool Knight XV coming, they thought it was some rich second-generation kid. But when they saw it was Xie Yunfang, the other two were surprised.
When did the government have such a luxurious car?
"Dean Cheng, this is Teacher Xie Yunfang!" Yang Qing introduced her to Dean Cheng, while Leng Yi parked the car first and came to them with a gun slung over his shoulder.
"Are you Miss Yang?" Dean Cheng recognized Yang Qing. Mainly because she was wearing protective clothing with only a pair of eyes exposed, so she couldn't be seen at first.
"It's me!" Yang Qing smiled, "Teacher Xie is also my teacher. I just happened to come here with her."
"That's great," Dean Cheng said happily as he shook hands with Xie Yunfang. "Your student is incredible! He just donated a brain microscope to us a few days ago, and it's saved several patients with brain injuries."
"Really?" Xie Yunfang was surprised and looked at Yang Qing, "You still have this ability?"
Yang Qing smiled and said, "It was just luck. When the apocalypse came, all the hospitals were closed. I thought it would be a pity to lose some of the equipment, so my husband and I collected some that could be salvaged and hid them away."
"Unfortunately, the water level in Xia City rose so much that it reached the sixth floor of ordinary buildings. Many buildings were flooded, and a lot of equipment was also flooded and cannot be used."
"That brain microscope was fortunately preserved because it was in high-level service. Otherwise, it might have been useless."
Xie Yunfang nodded, "That's because you guys are thoughtful. Otherwise, why wouldn't others think of collecting it?"
"Yes, when the accident happened, we all evacuated, and those large equipment were difficult to take away. When we came back, many of them were broken. It was such a pity. Miss Yang really has a long-term vision." Dean Cheng said.
Yang Qing felt a little embarrassed by the compliment, "Dean Cheng, please call me Xiao Yang."
"Okay, then I'll take advantage of my seniority." Dean Cheng smiled and said to Xie Yunfang, "Teacher Xie, please follow me."
When Xie Yunfang walked into the hospital, there were patients everywhere. The wards were full and even the corridors were filled with people, almost everyone was coughing.
"Teacher Xie, we've selected some typical cases. We've got patients of all different levels of illness. Would you like to take a look?" Dean Cheng said. "The main problem is that the medicine is in short supply, and there are so many patients that there's no medicine left."
"So we can only put our hope in traditional Chinese medicine and see if we can use it. At least traditional Chinese medicine can still be grown, as almost all Western pharmaceutical factories have shut down."
Xie Yunfang nodded, "Yes, the situation is very serious now."
"What does the current epidemic look like from the perspective of modern medicine?" Xie Yunfang asked.
"It should be some kind of virus," said Dean Cheng. "Those patients got sick after drinking rainwater. The rainwater might contain the virus."
"With the apocalypse approaching and high temperatures continuing, the icebergs in the Arctic and Antarctic circles should have melted quite a bit, and the ancient viruses hidden beneath the icebergs are likely to have leaked out."
"Through various factors such as crustal movement and earthquakes, the ancient virus may have been carried to high altitudes along with water vapor. When it encountered cold air, it turned into water and fell down. The rain then became water carrying the virus."
"It's just that our current equipment can't detect it, but the symptoms are very similar to those of common viral infections. Patients with mild symptoms have colds, moderate ones have white lungs, and severe ones can't even breathe."
"It's a pity that we don't even have ventilators. We can only watch them die..."
"How many people died?" Xie Yunfang asked.
"More than 300 people have died in these two days alone." Dean Cheng looked heartbroken.
Yang Qing was also shocked. He didn't expect so many people to die in just two days. Dealing with the bodies was a problem.
Dean Cheng took Xie Yunfang to a clinic, and then asked patients of different conditions to go in one by one and let Xie Yunfang take their pulse.
After looking at about ten people, Xie Yunfang made a judgment.
"Traditional Chinese medicine mainly treats diseases based on diagnosis and treatment, which may not correspond to modern medical names. The symptoms of these patients are mainly febrile diseases, so we use the Lianhua Qingwen prescription with some modifications."
"You call it antiviral treatment," Xie Yunfang said as she wrote out a prescription. "You can categorize all patients into mild, moderate, and severe cases. Medical staff who aren't sick can also take herbal decoctions based on mild symptoms as a preventative measure."
"For moderate to severe cases, I will add a few more potent medications as appropriate to intensify the treatment."
"Thank you for your hard work, Teacher." Dean Cheng said, "I'm just worried that the Chinese medicine won't be enough. There are so many patients."
Xie Yunfang wrote the prescription and handed it to Dean Cheng. "Gather all the traditional Chinese medicines in the city and try to boil them for everyone to drink."
Dean Cheng took the prescription and handed it to the assistant beside him, "See if the hospital has these medicines."
Then he said to Xie Yunfang, "Yesterday we brought all the medicine we could find in the city and are waiting for Teacher Xie to come. They will check it and should have results soon."
"Teacher Xie, please come to the office and sit for a while, then teach us how to decoct Chinese medicine."
Xie Yunfang nodded, took Yang Qing to Dean Cheng's office, and then taught the people in their hospital how to decoct Chinese medicine.
Yang Qing happened to listen along as well.
"There are so many patients in the hospital and the amount of medicine used is large. We should use an automatic medicine boiling machine, right?" Yang Qing said.
Dean Cheng shook his head. "Our hospital doesn't have any. We never had a Traditional Chinese Medicine program. The other hospitals were basically wiped out. Some hospitals had their supplies ransacked before we could even find them. We can't find them anymore."
"Then you can only cook it in a pot. Find any pot you can use, but don't use aluminum or iron pots. If you have a clay pot, try to use it. If not, use stainless steel or coated non-stick pots."
"It is not recommended to use these pots under normal circumstances, but now the conditions are limited and there is no choice but to use them for now," said Xie Yunfang.
Dean Cheng's men nodded while taking notes.
Then someone came over to report, "Director Cheng, we've checked and we have almost all the medicine for mild symptoms, but the quantity is small, only enough to last a few days at most."
"But we don't have the Guanzhong and Rhodiola needed for moderate to severe cases..."
Xie Yunfang frowned, "Not at all? Then..."
Patients with moderate or severe conditions are almost beyond help.
Yang Qing knew these two medicines. Guanzhong is a fern plant, usually wild, and prefers a dark and humid environment. Now that the temperature is so high, it may be difficult to find it in the mountains.
Like isatis root, it has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, but it can cool blood and stop bleeding, and has a good therapeutic effect on vomiting blood, epistaxis, and metrorrhagia.
Many of the critically ill patients now suffer from vomiting blood. If it cannot be stopped, they will die sooner or later.
Rhodiola rosea is a plateau plant, generally found in places like New South Wales and the western provinces. It is rarely used in inland areas, so it is not surprising that hospitals do not have it.
The main function of Rhodiola rosea is to replenish qi and clear the lungs, improve human immunity, and it also has a good effect on the recovery of moderate and severe patients.
If these two medicines are not available, patients with moderate or severe symptoms can almost give up treatment.
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