Chapter 48: Snake Bites
"Oh no! Big Horn was bitten by a poisonous snake!"
Jiang Xuan, Chishao and Uncaria Rhododendron had just returned from hunting when they heard someone in the tribe shouting in panic.
"Go and have a look."
Jiang Xuan put the prey on the ground and ran over in a hurry, followed closely by Red Peony Root and Uncaria Rhynchophylla.
There were already seven or eight people gathered in the breeding area, and it was noisy.
Da Jiao sat on the ground, his face pale.
There were two deep tooth marks on his calf, and the blood that flowed out was black, obviously highly poisonous.
"Get out of the way, why are you surrounding us so closely?"
Jiang Xuan roared and dispersed the crowd, preventing them from continuing to surround Da Jiao.
Then he squatted down, took a look at the wound on Dajiao's leg, and frowned.
Snakes are divided into non-venomous snakes and venomous snakes, and the tooth marks left by bites from the two snakes are different.
Non-venomous snakes do not have fangs. The tooth marks are in two rows and are relatively dense. They usually do not bite very deeply. If the snake is not very big, it will only break the skin a little.
But poisonous snakes are different. They usually have two long fangs in their mouths. After biting a person or a wild animal, the fangs will penetrate deeply into the flesh and inject deadly venom.
The wound on Bighorn's leg was obviously caused by a venomous snake bite, and the poison seemed to be quite strong.
"How long have you been biting me?" Jiang Xuan asked as he took out a piece of animal skin rope.
"Just... just been bitten not long ago..." Da Jiao was covered in cold sweat and was obviously very frightened.
In the primitive jungle, many people are bitten by poisonous snakes or insects every year. If they are lucky, they can survive, but if they are unlucky, they will die! Faced with the threat of death, few people can remain fearful.
"What about the snake that bit you?"
“Run away.”
"What snake bit you?"
Big Horned Snake describes the appearance of a venomous snake, which is a common venomous snake in the jungle, and its venom is not particularly strong.
This made Jiang Xuan feel slightly relieved.
"I'll tie your legs first to prevent the snake venom from spreading further."
Jiang Xuan used a braided animal hide rope to tightly bind Dajiao's calves just below the knees to prevent the poisonous blood from continuing to flow to other parts of the body.
Jiang Xuan found a piece of stone with the sharpest edge from the animal skin bag.
The material of this stone flake is similar to obsidian. Although it is relatively brittle, the thin cross-section is extremely sharp. Jiang Xuan usually uses it to peel animal skins.
"Hold on."
Jiang Xuan didn't have time to disinfect the stone. He took a deep breath, and then decisively used the sharp stone to cut open the wound caused by the snake bite to enlarge the wound.
He used a stone to scratch the wound on Dajiao's calf twice in the shape of a "cross", in order to release the poisonous blood.
Then, he squeezed Da Jiao's calf from top to bottom, trying to drain the poisonous blood from Da Jiao's calf as quickly as possible.
As Jiang Xuan continued to squeeze, black poisonous blood flowed out from the cut wound, and the ground was covered with blood.
While Jiang Xuan was squeezing out the poisonous blood, he said to Chi Shao beside him, "Sister, I can only try my best to expel the poisonous blood. I'll leave it to you to find the medicine to detoxify it."
"I'll go find the antidote right away."
Chishao ran away in a hurry.
The tribesmen have been facing various poisonous snakes and insects for a long time, and have summed up a lot of experience in dealing with them. They have also found many effective antidotes from various plants.
Chishao was familiar with the plants growing near the Teng tribe, and she knew where to find medicine that could cure snake bites.
At some point, the mysterious old man also came over.
He heard that someone was bitten by a poisonous snake and wanted to help, but when he came over, he found that Jiang Xuan had already dealt with it, so he just watched quietly from the side.
He saw Jiang Xuan tie up Da Jiao's legs with animal skin ropes, cut open the wound with a stone slab and squeeze out the poisonous blood. He also found that Da Jiao's condition did not deteriorate, so he did not say anything.
In fact, if he were to treat it, he would use a method that is more common among the tribesmen: burning! The specific method is to directly pick up a burning firewood and put it on the wound of the venomous snake bite to directly burn the wound and the flesh around the wound.
This method is very rough and the person who gets burned will suffer greatly, but it is indeed effective when a poisonous snake has just bitten you.
Snake venom is actually a kind of protein, but it is a toxic protein. After being burned at high temperature, the snake venom will deteriorate and change from highly toxic to non-toxic.
Another reason is that because the flesh and capillaries near the wound have been burned and the blood has coagulated, the poisonous blood naturally cannot spread.
Of course, whether it is bloodletting, blood sucking, or high-temperature burning, it is only effective for people who have just been bitten.
If the bite lasts too long, the poisonous blood will have spread and these methods will be ineffective.
If that is the case, I am afraid we can only carry it to the totem god and pray for his blessing.
Soon, Chishao came back with some plant rhizomes.
She quickly found a relatively flat stone, placed some of the plant roots on it, and crushed them with another stone.
"Huh? Octagonal lotus, not bad."
The mysterious old man standing nearby nodded, obviously approving Chishao's use of this medicine to detoxify and heal Dajiao.
The plant picked from the red peony root is called the eight-angle lotus by the tribesmen, because each of its leaves has eight corners. Its rhizomes are generally used as medicine.
Oleander can cure snake bites and is also often used to treat bruises, swellings and so on.
It should be noted that the whole plant of Illustrated Lotus is poisonous, so the red peony root should be crushed on a stone instead of being chewed directly.
If someone does not know how to use this medicine, it is very likely that instead of saving the patient, he or she will poison himself or herself.
After the red peony root was crushed, Jiang Xuan had almost squeezed out all the poisonous blood.
Chishao immediately applied the crushed rhizome to Dajiao's wound, and took out a cotton-like spider web to cover the wound to prevent the medicine from falling.
Chishao said to Jiang Xuan, "You watch him first and change the medicine every once in a while. I'll go roast these octagonal lotus roots."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "Okay, leave this to me."
Chishao hurried back to the bamboo house, dug some red-hot charcoal from the fire pit, put a thin stone on it, and roasted the rhizome of the octagonal lotus on the stone.
The thin stone slices were quickly heated by the charcoal fire, and the roots on them were roasted little by little.
If there is no stone, the rhizome will be thrown directly into the charcoal fire, the skin will be burnt and the effect will not be so good.
From time to time, the red peony root is turned over on the stone slabs with a wooden stick until the root is completely roasted, then it is immediately wrapped with a leaf and returned to the cultivation area.
During this process, Jiang Xuan had loosened the animal skin rope once to prevent Da Jiao's legs from being damaged due to prolonged lack of blood circulation.
Chishao walked up to Dajiao, handed him the rhizome wrapped in leaves, and said, "Eat it quickly."
Da Jiao looked at Chi Shao with gratitude, and then ate all the roasted rhizomes.
Chishao watched him finish eating the rhizomes, then checked the wound and found that it was no longer black. She finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If nothing unexpected happens, Da Jiao's life should be saved by tying him up to prevent the toxin from spreading, widening the wound to let the blood flow, and taking and applying antidotes internally and externally.
Jiang Xuan said, "Carry Dajiao back to the bamboo house first."
The people around immediately worked together to carefully lift Dajiao up, carried him back to the bamboo house, and placed him on the bed.
After the crowd dispersed, the old man remained where he was, with a bright light in his eyes.
The treatment method Jiang Xuan used just now was one he had never used before, and it seemed quite effective.
This small tribe can really bring him a lot of surprises! (End of this chapter)
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