Chapter 88 Tetanus
The three of them got up in the morning, had dinner with Lin Wu, and then Lin Wu went to do his work.
"Sister, when are we leaving?" Lin Shuo asked.
"Go check on Uncle Ye. If everything is fine, tell him we'll leave in the afternoon," said Lin Qian.
With that, the three of them left the tent.
Who knew that as soon as he walked out of the tent, he saw Ye Duhuo rushing towards him in a hurry, and he almost fell down.
"Uncle Ye, what's wrong with you?" Lin Qian quickly supported him and asked.
Ye Duhuo grabbed Lin Qian's wrist and said with a pale face, "Oh no! I just found out that all the soldiers who went to the battlefield a few days ago are in trouble."
"What's going on?"
Ye Duhuo ran forward, holding Lin Qian's hand, and said, "Since yesterday, those who were seriously injured have started to smile bitterly, their muscles have cramped and twitched, and they can't use their teeth to eat."
Lin Qian frowned after hearing what Ye Duhuo said. Isn’t this tetanus?
At this time, Xu Jingcheng said, "This is tetanus. I have encountered it before with my elder brother."
Ye Duhuo nodded: "It is tetanus, yes, but there are too many of them. Anyone who has been injured on the battlefield has it."
As they were talking, Ye Duhuo had already brought Lin Qian into the tent. Lin Qian took a closer look and saw that the soldiers in the tent all had stiff faces and bitter smiles, and some of them were even twitching.
After looking around, Lin Qian said, "First prescribe Chan Yi Centipede Powder, and then add Niuhuang Powder for them to take." After saying that, Lin Qian went downstairs to help boil the medicine, and added some cold spring water to the water.
After boiling a large pot of medicine, Lin Qian returned to the tent and found that there were many more patients, all with the same disease as before, tetanus.
Among them, Lin Qian also saw Lin Wu.
"Dad? Why are you here too? Are you not feeling well too?" Lin Qian walked over and asked.
Lin Wu shook his head: "It's not me, I'm fine. It's your Uncle Yi. I brought him here." As he said that, he pointed at Lin Yi who was sitting aside with a wry smile.
Lin Qian was relieved, and then asked Lin Wu: "Dad, did you feel anything was wrong during the battle this time? Also, did they change their weapons?"
After hearing what Lin Qian said, Lin Wu remembered something. He said, "Those people seemed a little crazy this time. They attacked anyone they saw without caring about anything. As for whether they changed their weapons or not, I don't know."
At this time, Lin Yi said: "It's a little different."
Lin Qian and Lin Wu immediately turned around to look at him and asked, "What did you notice?"
Lin Yi said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that their weapons seem a bit worn out, and many of them are rusted."
"So that's how it is. You were injured by rusty weapons, so so many of you got tetanus. It seems that those people from the Western Regions and the grasslands must have done it on purpose." Lin Qian said.
Lin Wu narrowed his eyes. If this was the case, he definitely couldn't just let it go. He asked, "Is there any medicine to prevent tetanus?"
If it were modern times, a tetanus shot would be enough, but this is ancient times.
And if the enemy does this intentionally, there will definitely be a second time after the first time, so we must solve this problem from the root.
Lin Qian nodded: "Yes, I will write out the prescription later. After you leave the battlefield, apply the medicine I prescribed to the wound and drink a dose of medicine, and it will be prevented."
"Okay, I'll go tell the prince about this. You should write out the prescription as soon as possible." After Lin Wu finished speaking, he went out.
Lin Qian wrote out the prescription and handed it to Ye Duhuo.
"Hundred-eyed vine, plowhead grass, tiger tail wheel, blood-scattering vine, snow mountain forest, mountain-crossing root, wild loquat..." Ye Duhuo took it and took a look, and his eyes lit up immediately. These medicines are all used to clear away heat and detoxify, dispel wind and resolve phlegm.
"This prescription can prevent tetanus. Next time the soldiers come back from the battlefield, you can make a bowl of it for them to drink." Lin Qian said.
Ye Duhuo accepted the prescription and praised Lin Qian repeatedly.
Three days later, these soldiers who had contracted tetanus were almost recovered, and this time, Lin Qian and the other two really left the border.
"Master, where are we going next?" Xu Jingcheng asked.
"Let's go to Bashu first." Lin Qian said. She had already made up her mind. In two years, she would travel all over Yongyao, and the first stop would be Bashu.
The three of them didn't ride horses this time. Instead, they each carried a bag and walked along the road. Lin Qian wore Meng Yi's copper bell around her waist, which rang as she walked. And so they headed towards Bashu.
When they arrived in Bashu, the three of them would stay in each village for several days, simply because most of the people in this village were not in good health.
But it's not a serious illness that can kill people, just some orthopedic diseases like rheumatism, leg pain, and back pain.
Bashu is close to the mountains, and some villages are built on the mountains. Most elderly people suffer from this disease due to long hours of climbing and walking, coupled with the cold weather in the mountains.
For Lin Qian and Xu Jingcheng, encountering such patients is a good opportunity to practice Xuanyuan acupuncture on them.
After three months in Bashu, Lin Qian and Xu Jingcheng's acupuncture skills improved dramatically. Lin Qian was now able to use the Xuanyuan acupuncture method in sets of six needles.
Moreover, she had vaguely touched the threshold of using Qi for acupuncture, but she was just one step away from the final step and could not make it.
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Three days ago, Lin Qian, Lin Shuo and Xu Jingcheng came to a place called Meihua Village. The village was large and had many elderly people, so the three of them stayed here for a few more days to treat their illnesses.
The villagers were very grateful to the three men and arranged for them to live in the most luxurious house of the village chief.
That day, in the middle of the night, Lin Qian and the other two first heard the barking of a dog, then the sound of people making a lot of noise, and then there was a knock on their door.
"What's wrong?" Lin Shuo asked as he opened the door and found that the person knocking on the door was the village chief.
The village chief was sweating profusely as he said, "Xiao Liu, the grandson of the old Zhang family at the head of the village, went hunting in the mountains yesterday. He didn't come back all day, so his family went to look for him. They found him lying at the foot of a cliff covered in blood. It seemed he had rolled down the mountain."
When Lin Qian heard what the village chief said, she frowned and asked, "Where is he now? Did you touch him?"
The village chief pointed back and said, "It has been brought here."
Hearing what the village chief said, Lin Qian secretly thought that this was not good. Generally, with such a serious fall, one cannot move at all. A professional must be found to avoid worsening the injury.
Lin Qian sighed and walked over.
Xiaoliu was about seventeen or eighteen years old, tall and strong, but now he was lying on the ground dying.
Lin Qian first took his pulse and, as expected, found internal injuries. She then began to feel Xiaoliu's body and found three broken ribs and a broken left calf. But that wasn't the worst of it.
The most serious injury was in Xiaoliu's spine, where there were two fractures.
The other parts can be connected, but the spine is more difficult to deal with. If it is not done properly, Xiaoliu will have to lie in bed for the rest of his life.
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