Artemisia annua is the main raw material of the anti-malarial drug artemisinin. Artemisinin is a drug that treats malaria and can quickly eliminate malaria parasites in the human body. Artemisinin and its derivatives artesunate and artemether are effective against Cerebral malaria and other falciparum malaria have good therapeutic effects.
"Okay, let's start working after washing!"
Liu Zheng was in a good mood and laughed.
A group of people were stunned.
Work?
Liu Zheng nodded, pointed at the wormwood by the river and said, "Pick them all up and take them back!"
Everyone was shocked.
Jiang Xuan blinked: "Sir, what are you doing? This thing stinks!"
"Sir, what's so rare about this? There are so many of them in our hometown in Yinzhou!"
"Haha, when I was a kid, I used this to stink others. It was very useful!"
Liu Zheng laughed and said: "There is so much nonsense. It used to be wormwood, but now it is a good thing. Remember, the lives of those brothers depend on this thing to save them. Everyone can take as much as they can!"
When a group of people heard this, they all didn't believe it.
Can wormwood also cure malaria?
But the young master must have a reason for what he said. There are really a lot of mugworts in this river. Liu Zheng gave an order, and more than a hundred people all got busy.
They chopped it, piled it up, and tied it up. Finally, everyone's horse was covered with mugwort.
Liu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that in this northwest region, there are more Artemisia annua than other types of Artemisia annua.
"Let's go home!"
One hundred people got on their horses again.
By the time they returned to the camp, it was already dusk.
"Sir, this is..."
Qingyang Shuo and others came forward.
On this day, no other infected persons appeared. Liu Zheng was relieved after hearing this. It seemed that the quarantine was relatively early and the control was good.
Seeing this large amount of smelly wormwood, a group of people covered their noses.
Liu Zheng chuckled and said: "Distribute it and knead the juice to drink!"
A group of people with strange faces.
Several seriously ill people were startled: "Master, Master, if you don't want to care about us, just leave us. Why do you want to stink us to death?"
Everyone laughed.
The tense atmosphere has also eased a lot.
Of course, this was just a joke. They knew that what Liu Zheng found after going out for a day would definitely be useful.
This is the most unconditional trust that Yinzhou people have in Liu Zheng.
Extract artemisinin...
Liu Zheng does not have such conditions yet, because artemisinin is very sensitive to temperature. Tu Youyou in later generations extracted it with low-temperature ether. Liu Zheng couldn't do it, so he could only drink the juice as mentioned in Ge Hong's book.
Tonight.
This camp of Yinzhou Army stinks to heaven.
Many people were crying and howling...
If I'm guilty, please kill me.
Why do you want me to drink something so smelly?
Liu Zheng never slept.
A thousand people...
He won't give up.
He has been observing the conditions of these people in this isolation camp.
The moon and stars were sparse, and he didn't want to leave.
Everyone saw what the young master did today, and they couldn't help but secretly wipe their tears behind their backs.
The cohesion of the Yinzhou Army has reached an unprecedented level.
Everyone is waiting.
Many people were outside the cordon, accompanying Liu Zheng.
Overnight, several seriously ill patients died one after another, which once plunged everyone into despair.
However......
Just before the dawn comes the darkest time.
Suddenly someone yelled.
"Someone is getting better, sir, someone is getting better!"