Chapter 357 Artemisinin



Song Jinxiu casually transplanted some Artemisia annua into the space. 꺗 and sister, Su Chuan and the three 굛 six guards each carried a bundle back to the camp.

To extract artemisinin, alcohol is needed. Fortunately, she had stored a lot of alcohol in her space for this trip to southern Xinjiang.

Instruct the three guards and six guards to clean and dry the collected Artemisia annua.

After drying, it is crushed and then added with alcohol for soaking and extraction.

Song Jinxiu uses the continuous extraction method, which is to use new solvents for extraction multiple times to increase the concentration of artemisinin in the solvent.

The extracted artemisinin solution is distilled to remove impurities and obtain relatively pure artemisinin.

While ordering her men to continue refining artemisinin, Song Jinxiu also took time out to enter the space and try to use the extracted artemisinin to refine new detoxification pills.

It took a whole hour to refine a furnace of pills, and eight pills were finally produced.

The efficiency of alchemy was still too low. There were tens of thousands of soldiers in the Dingguo Army, and at least one of them was plague soldiers. It would definitely not be possible for her to refine the alchemy and treat the disease alone.

At this time, there was a commotion in the Lu Army camp.

"An Yi, go and see what happened to the 굛路军?"

An Yi took the order and left, and soon came back.

"Boy, it's the patient who's convulsing. I'm afraid he's dying."

Song Jinxiu quickly stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look."

Song Jinxiu packed up the remaining artemisinin and said, "Take it all with you. If this medicine is used, then there is no way to control the epidemic."

The road was filled with smoke, which was the smell of soldiers burning mugwort.

"Doctor Hu, you can't just ignore it. Please, give our Lü Zushu General an injection."

Zushuai is the title given by subordinates to centurions.

It seems that the one who is seriously ill is a centurion.

"Stop, stop pulling me. I'm in great pain right now. I'm shivering with cold. How can I give him an injection? Besides, he took the detoxification pill, so it's fate that he can't make it. I really can't do anything."

When Song Jinxiu arrived, several soldiers were struggling with an old man in a cotton coat.

"Stop it. Don't be rude in front of His Highness." Su Chuan frowned and scolded coldly.

Everyone was startled and realized that several people had arrived.

The princess and her companions had also seen her from afar. She was surrounded by a group of black-clad guards, and they, the small soldiers, did not dare to approach her at all.

Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness the Duke, who was high up in the sky, suddenly appeared here, and they hurriedly saluted in a panic.

A soldier kowtowed and cried, "Your Highness, please order Doctor Hu to give acupuncture. Please save our Lü Zushu."

Song Jinxiu quickly took out two bamboo tubes of bodhi leaf water, took out two freshly refined pills and handed them to An Yi, "Doctor Hu and Captain Lu, one each. Take them with this water."

If it is malaria, the medicine with artemisinin can quickly kill the malarial parasites and control the disease.

If it is not malaria, the heat-clearing and detoxifying effects of the pill can also help the patient.

At least this pill is quite effective in reducing fever.

Doctor Hu picked up the pill and did not dare to refuse it under Song Jinxiu's gaze. He took a big sip of water from the bamboo tube.

As the pill entered his stomach, he suddenly felt a cool sensation, and he felt that the chill in his body had improved a lot.

Doctor Hu was an expert in medicine, and he immediately realized that this elixir was not ordinary. It was probably given by the palace to the eldest prince. Unexpectedly, the Duke gave him the military doctor without blinking an eye.

Doctor Hu was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

The soldier also fed the pill to the centurion.

Seeing that both of them had taken the medicine, she took out the remaining artemisinin and asked the other soldiers to take it.

When Xiao Kuishan rushed over after receiving the news, Song Jinxiu was looking at military doctor Hu and several epidemic soldiers with concern.

She waited for the medicine to work.

In less than half an hour, Doctor Hu felt that his body was relaxed, without any muscle tightness or soreness. The imperial medicine in this palace is extraordinary.

He hurriedly felt Captain Lu's pulse, then came out with a look of surprise and knelt down.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the miraculous medicine."

Song Jinxiu looked at him: "How do you feel?"

Doctor Hu said quickly, "I feel much more relaxed. I no longer feel the chills and I have more strength. Captain Lu also has a fever and is asleep."

"The effect is so fast?" Everyone looked over in disbelief.

Song Jinxiu nodded. For some diseases, once the symptomatic treatment is given, the effect is very obvious. Artemisinin is a symptomatic treatment for malaria.

"Well, take their pulse again." Song Jinxiu pointed at the soldiers who had drunk artemisinin.

When the epidemic soldiers heard their conversation, they hurriedly lined up obediently to wait for their pulses to be felt. They had also more or less felt the changes in their bodies, so their eyes met, all with a look of surprise.

After taking their pulses, Doctor Hu smiled and nodded, saying, "Their pulses are much more stable and stronger, and it seems their symptoms are much better too, and they no longer have fevers."

"Yes, yes, I feel much more relaxed too."

"Yeah, I don't have a headache anymore. I really don't have a headache anymore."

"Me too, it's not that hard anymore."

Song Jinxiu breathed a sigh of relief.

At this point, she was able to determine that these people had malaria.

The most effective and convenient drug for treating malaria is artemisinin.

Artemisinin can quickly kill malarial protozoa. Once the protozoa die, the patient will get better immediately.

According to computer query data, most patients will recover within one or two days. However, severe patients may need about seven or eight days.

The significant effect on the epidemic soldiers may be due to the high quality of the artemisinin she extracted and the different tolerance of the soldiers' bodies.

Song Jinxiu instructed Xiao Kuishan, "General Xiao, pass the order down. Set up camp away from sewage sources, drink boiled water, fumigate with wormwood to prevent mosquito bites, send people to buy wine and collect a large amount of Artemisia annua. I want to extract artemisinin for treating toxic disorders."

"yes."

Xiao Kuishan hurriedly gave orders to his men in a loud voice.

As soon as I heard that the prince was going to use Artemisia annua to treat poison disorders, and that the effect was amazing. More effective than detoxification pills.

The soldiers were immediately excited. They told each other and formed teams and batches to pick Artemisia annua overnight.

After getting Artemisia annua, everyone divided the work and cooperated to clean and chop it, and followed the three and six guards to learn how to extract and separate it.

Song Jinxiu explained to a group of soldiers how to distill alcohol from wine. Occasionally, he would enter the space to refine a few batches of artemisinin detoxification pills.

Three days later, most of the soldiers who took artemisinin had recovered. They all joined in the work of collecting Artemisia annua.

Only a few critically ill patients are still bedridden, but their conditions have improved significantly.

Without the suppression of the poison barrier, the soldiers all had light in their eyes and walked with a breeze, and the whole camp was bustling with enthusiasm.

The soldiers in charge of patrolling the company also carried a bundle of Artemisia annua on their backs when they came back to change shifts.

"Hey, you're in charge of patrolling, you can't do two things at once."

"Don't worry, we're just using Artemisia annua as camouflage."

"Tsk, I don't believe you."

"Hehe, Artemisia annua is a weed that can be found everywhere in the fields and forests. I didn't expect it to be able to treat poison disorders."

"You said that our Lord Prince can even cure poisonous diseases, so is he more powerful than the Saint of Southern Border?"

"Bah! What's the Saint of Southern Border? How can that vicious old witch compare to our godlike Lord Changgong?"

Looking at these soldiers who had regained their energy, Song Jinxiu happily began to study pesticides.

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