"A sharp needle, a sewing needle, any kind of needle will do." Yun Qiao said calmly, "But it needs to be disinfected, either with alcohol or by burning it."
"I have a sewing needle!" A conductor hurried forward and said, "Wait a moment, I'll get it."
While waiting for the conductor to return, Yun Qiao whispered to the little girl's mother, "I'm going to acupuncture her eyes to bleed her to reduce her fever. This is a traditional Chinese medicine bloodletting therapy, where you need to prick the ten Jing points or the ten Xuan points on your hands to let out blood and reduce fever."
"Because children have convulsions and acute convulsions, bloodletting and acupuncture at the same time can effectively relieve her symptoms by clearing away heat and calming wind."
The little girl's mother didn't hesitate for a moment, "Go ahead, I believe you.
The conductor came back quickly, holding not only a sewing kit but also a bottle of wine.
"Alcohol is not available. I brought a bottle of strong liquor."
Yun Qiao took a look at the packaging of the liquor and saw that it was a 62-degree liquor.
The concentration is not high enough, so it is definitely not qualified for disinfection. However, in an emergency, we can't care so much, so it is better to have it than not.
Yun Qiao picked out a long, thin needle from her sewing kit and turned to the little girl's mother. "Please put the child on the bed and undress her. The clothes she's wearing are a bit thick, and it's not easy to dissipate the heat."
"Tuo."
Taking advantage of this time, Yun Qiao carefully cleaned the needle he was about to use twice with alcohol, and burned the needle tip with matches provided by other passengers, doing his best to disinfect it.
The little girl had already laid down on the bed, but she was still in a bad state, and her body was still twitching from time to time.
"The needle pricks my hand a little, please hold her down and don't let her move."
Yun Qiao sat down on the edge of the bed and washed the little girl's hands with alcohol first. Then he pinched her finger and quickly pierced the tip of her finger on the Shixuan acupoint.
The fingers are connected to the heart. The moment the needle pierced the fingertips, the little girl cried out in pain and subconsciously twisted her body to try to break free.
Yun Qiao remained calm as he pinched the little girl's fingers, squeezing out a few drops of blood. He wiped them away with a handkerchief, while reminding her mother, "Press hard and don't let her move."
The little girl's mother held her daughter's small body tightly. She held back her tears and coaxed her softly, "Be good and listen. Auntie is treating you. Just bear with it, and it will stop hurting soon."
Yun Qiao held her breath and continued to prick her fingers one by one to let the blood out. After she finished pricking her left hand, she switched to her right hand, focusing on the task without distraction. She breathed a sigh of relief only after she had pricked all ten fingers.
"Yes."
After putting down the needle, Yun Qiao realized that he was so nervous that his whole body was sweating.
The little girl was still crying, but her stiff body had softened.
Yun Qiao touched her forehead, which was a little damp. She would probably sweat in a while.
The little girl's mother held her daughter in her arms and couldn't help asking, "Comrade, when will my daughter's fever go away?"
"About ten minutes to half an hour." Yun Qiao knew she was worried, so he explained a few more things. "The girl's pores were clogged before, and the heat couldn't escape, so it was all trapped inside her body, so the fever wouldn't go away. I pierced her Shixuan acupoint, and the blood flowed out, and her body is now unblocked. Touch her forehead, you'll see she's starting to sweat. Don't worry, the fever will go away once she sweats."
The little girl's mother touched her daughter's forehead as she was told, and sure enough, she had started sweating.
The tense string in her body finally relaxed, and the woman's body softened, and she sat down on the bed as if she had lost her strength.
She looked at Yun Qiao with gratitude and thanked her from the bottom of her heart: "Thank you."
"You're welcome. It's my wish for the child to be safe," Yun Qiao said. "Also, her fever has only subsided temporarily. If the lesions in her body are not removed, there's no telling when the fever will flare up again. When the train reaches the next stop, you should take her off and take her to a specialized hospital for a detailed examination."
"I can."
The woman looked at her daughter's sleeping face, feeling somewhat worried.
She had never experienced such a thrilling moment before. Recalling her daughter's foaming mouth and convulsing body, she was filled with fear and couldn't help but ask, "By the way, comrade, my daughter's condition—you just said it was a febrile seizure—seems to me like epilepsy. Do you think she could be... epilepsy?"
The woman became more and more frightened as she spoke, and when she mentioned the last word of 'epilepsy', her tearful eyes were filled with fear.
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