"I have received psychological counseling several times..."
Lying in bed at night, Gu Xia rested her head on her right hand, her whole body lying flat on her back, thinking of Yu Jun's words in her mind.
Generally speaking, soldiers do need psychological counseling because war is cruel and new recruits will find it difficult to bear when they see dead bodies for the first time.
But after fighting more and seeing more life and death, your psychological endurance will become stronger.
This is also why Yu Jun spoke in such a normal tone when he talked about the group of his men who died in battle.
He's used to seeing life and death...
After that, I met Yu Jun countless times in the hospital. He was always in a hurry, busy comforting the soldiers' families, transferring the ashes of the deceased, and arranging pensions...
The aftermath of the war unfolded one by one in front of Gu Xia.
One day, he even treated one of our soldiers who had just escaped from a neighboring country.
Even though the war has been over for several months, there are still fighters who remain in neighboring countries and have not yet returned.
When the patient first came into Gu Xia's care, there was not a single intact piece of skin on his body.
Many of those wounds were not caused by fire, drugs or other sharp objects.
"It looks like a poisonous insect bite." Gu Xia frowned. He had seen such wounds in his master's notes.
The master didn't have a deep understanding of poisonous insects and could only prescribe some prescriptions for clearing heat and detoxifying.
Fortunately, the patient had only one wound on his body at the time, and it healed slowly after taking the medicine.
But this is different now. Gu Xia can help him treat all the other external injuries on his body.
But apart from this, more than half of the skin was covered with ulcers caused by densely packed poisonous insect bites.
Gu Xia could only prescribe Western medicine to reduce inflammation to prevent the condition from getting worse.
He has no idea how to treat it.
The dean learned about the situation and soon brought an elderly man over.
The man was wearing traditional local clothing, looked to be around sixty years old, and had a tuft of white beard.
He spoke the local dialect to the dean, and after they talked for a while, he went to see the patient in the bed.
After examining the patient's entire body, he took his pulse and observed his breathing.
Then he took out a small box with a black mass inside. He took a small bamboo board and applied the black medicine on the patient's wound.
He took out some medicinal herbs and handed them to the dean, saying something.
The dean nodded and patted him on the shoulder.
"Nurse Li, boil this medicine for the patient in bed number 10.
Then prepare the barrels and water."
Nurse Li seemed accustomed to such things. She said okay and took the medicine away.
After the nurse left, Gu Xia asked, "Dean, what is this?"
The dean explained to him, "This is our local witch doctor. This old man is the best doctor in the area. He is very good at treating diseases caused by poisonous insect bites."
Gu Xia remembered that Master Zhang had once said that different regions had different treatment methods due to different species.
This witch doctor sounds very mysterious, but its core is actually to use local herbs and treatments to heal patients.
This place is full of miasma and many kinds of poisonous insects. Each different kind of poison has its corresponding treatment.
The old doctor has been practicing medicine for many years and can easily determine which type of poisonous insect caused the wound.
Therefore, if he took action, he could eliminate the poison in the patient in bed number 10.
A few hours later, when Gu Xia came to check on the patient in bed number 10, he had already woken up.
Gu Xia chatted with him for a while.
His name is Deng Zhipeng. He has been fighting here for several years and is also originally from Beicheng.
Therefore, he felt very cordial when chatting with Gu Xia.
Deng Zhipeng said that his regiment commander and comrades are also in Beicheng now, and he plans to go back to see them after he recovers from his illness.
Gu Xia thought of her cousin's husband and asked him, "Do you know Fang Huaiyuan?"
Deng Zhipeng's eyes lit up: "He is our leader! Do you know him?"
Gu Xia also thought it was a coincidence.
"He is my cousin's husband."
"The captain is getting married? That's great, that's great! We always thought he would end up alone."
With this relationship, Gu Xia and Deng Zhipeng became closer.
The nurse came in and saw that he was awake, so she said, "Bed number 10, Deng Zhipeng, needs fumigation. Get ready."
Deng Zhipeng has been here for several years and therefore knows this treatment method.
Seeing that Gu Xia was a little confused, he explained to him: "It's just a bath. There is hot water and some black medicine in it. I haven't tried it yet."
When he woke up and saw the state of his body, he knew that he had to soak this.
Some of my comrades have used this method before, and they gradually recovered. It's quite magical.
Gu Xia was also very interested and asked if he could go and see it.
Since they were all grown men, there was no inconvenience, so Deng Zhipeng agreed.
After watching a "bath", Gu Xia became even more interested in witch doctors.
The old doctor's surname is Mu. He can speak Mandarin, but his accent is heavy.
Gu Xia was already able to understand the local accent, so there was no problem communicating with him.
It seems that ever since I met Dr. Mu, I often see him in the hospital.
Gu Xia would observe him whenever she had time and found that he used a very simple method to treat illnesses. The results were not quick, but very good.
He wanted to learn witchcraft, so he finally went to see Dr. Mu.
But Dr. Mu refused: "This is our own thing, we won't pass it on to outsiders."
He also has apprentices and sons, who are to pass on the knowledge to his successors. They have been doing this for thousands of years, and he is unwilling to break the tradition.
Gu Xia requested repeatedly, but he always refused, and finally had no choice but to give up.
After all, he couldn't force others.
Deng Zhipeng also comforted him: "It doesn't matter if he doesn't want to teach you. You already know a lot."
During this time, he watched Xia work and could feel how strong his professional ability was.
It is said that he won international awards when he was a student, and many doctors in the military hospital come to him for advice.
Gu Xia knew that the old man was quite persistent. He had his own beliefs and was unwilling to break them.
Therefore, he could only understand the other party.
Although Dr. Mu was reluctant to teach, Gu Xia often watched from his side and learned a few things.
Most of the medicinal herbs used by witch doctors are common in the southwest region, and there is not such a rich variety in other regions.
Even some flowers and grasses that appear to be ornamental actually serve a purpose.
He observed the prescriptions and was able to find some patterns in them.
If he had come from a Western medicine background, he probably wouldn't have been able to do it, but he studied under an old Chinese medicine practitioner and later got involved in Western medicine.
So from the prescription, Gu Xia could see the key medicinal ingredients that worked.
He took those herbs from the hospital's herbal medicine room and observed them himself.
These actions did not escape Dr. Mu, and he did not seem to care much about Gu Xia's stealing behavior.
Maybe he thought that one cannot learn the essence by just stealing.
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