Returning to the Inspection Department, Jiao Xin picked up the book and read it carefully.
The first chapter is a preface written by Ge Hong himself: If a person can have faith, he can avoid untimely death, and his intention can be seen. Since the great change of heaven and earth, most of this side has been lost, and those who have survived can't control the original intention of this side...Heaven is also
, it was engraved on the order of the marquis for the sake of its success, lest it be too late for the sick to see the cure...
Although it is obscure, people's life and death are closely related. It comes from the time, but there is a dull pain and compassion. If you are anxious, you have a heart that can't bear others. If you have a heart that can't bear others, then you have an intolerant government, and then the lord will be benevolent.
The people... are the ones inspired by my benevolent heart. Because I read the destiny in order, I specially write down the beginning and end to inform those who don't know...
It can be seen that when Ge Hong wrote the book, he did not think about becoming famous. Instead, he tried to make the language in the book as easy to understand as possible for ordinary people. The prescriptions contained in the book are cheap and effective, and the treatment methods are simple and easy to implement.
The so-called elbow refers to the place where the sleeves are used to carry things, which happens to be the elbow. It is named behind the elbow, which means that the sleeves are not much and can be hung behind the elbow for easy carrying.
The book consists of eight volumes and seventy-three chapters, each of which records several or even dozens of prescriptions, most of which are used for common sudden diseases.
For a family of imperial doctors like Jiao Xin, the prescriptions recorded in this book are too sparse and common, and the medicines used are also messy. If it were taken to the Imperial Hospital, people would probably laugh to death.
However, if you think about it carefully, these seemingly messy things can actually save people's lives at critical moments.
"That's weird, that's weird!"
Jiao Xin couldn't help but talk to himself. By this time, he had already faintly felt that something was strange.
As a third-generation imperial doctor, in his understanding, medicine is extremely rigorous. The proportion of medicines in each prescription must be exactly the same. If the book says one penny, it must be one penny, one penny more.
Anything less will not work.
However, the dosage of medicinal materials in this book is very vague. It seems that just grabbing a handful of herbs from the roadside and stuffing them into your mouth will cure the disease.
Isn’t it nonsense to treat diseases in this way?
However, when I thought about it, if a person suddenly fell ill and was dying, and saw an herbal medicine on the roadside, which was the life-saving medicine recorded in the book behind the elbow, what would he do?
At this time, who will prepare and prepare medicine for him?
The only way is to take the herbal medicine into the stomach, it will take effect and save a life, and then go to the medical clinic to find a doctor, and then you can prescribe the right medicine and take care of it.
Even if the herb is poisonous and will become poisonous if you eat too much, you will not hesitate to give it a try when your life is at stake.
If you eat it, you can hope to survive.
If you don’t eat it, you will only die!
Most of the prescriptions recorded in the book are for emergencies. People do not know medical skills or herbal medicine. They only need to follow the methods recorded in the book, at least in times of crisis, they can save their lives.
For example, in the Prescriptions for Treating Cold, Heat and Malaria, the method of stirring Artemisia annua juice is recorded.
I only mentioned a handful of Artemisia annua. Men, women, old and young, with different hands, big and small. How much is this handful?
It’s not stated explicitly in the book, but no matter what, just grab a handful and eat it!
With Jiao Xin's medical background, he quickly grasped the essence of this book.
That is to prepare first aid soldiers, who are available everywhere.
The whole book highlights the characteristics of "simplicity, convenience and simplicity". The prescriptions collected should have been collected and selected by Ge Hong during his medical practice and travels.
Moreover, Ge Hong specially selected some medicines that are relatively easy to obtain. They are easy to collect, cheap and practical.
Even in mountainous villages where there is a lack of medical treatment, or on inaccessible journeys, it can be used for emergency relief at any time.
Even if you have to spend money, they are relatively cheap medicinal materials, completely changing the past shortcomings of difficult to understand emergency medicine prescriptions, difficult to find medicines, and expensive prices.
The oil lamp ran out and slowly went out, turning the surroundings into darkness.
Jiao Xin looked out the window. The moon and stars were sparse. Before he knew it, it was already midnight.
He didn't go to replenish the lamp oil, but just sat there in the dark until dawn.
Early the next morning, King Zhou continued to take people to various villages to treat malaria.
People drank well water mixed with artemisia annua juice, and their symptoms began to be controlled.
However, there is still a long way to go to completely eliminate malaria.
On the one hand, throwing Artemisia annua into wells can temporarily relieve malaria. More importantly, it is because people will move around each other and infect each other repeatedly. However, no matter where you go, you must drink water, right?
Artemisia annua has been added to the water of more than a dozen wells in Dongxiang, which is equivalent to the fact that the entire Dongxiang people have drunk the medicine. Everyone's symptoms are relieved, and naturally there is no infection.
The next step is to prescribe the right medicine and distribute medicinal soup to the people who are seriously ill.
For people who died of illness, they should be cremated as soon as possible and then buried.
A team of policemen spread quicklime on the street to eliminate the miasma.
After spreading the lime on the streets, go from house to house, especially the homes of infected people. Lime should be carefully sprinkled on every corner, front, back, and every corner, once a day.
The king of Zhou took command from the center and passed the orders one after another. He was very busy.
Inadvertently, I seemed to see a familiar figure...
King Zhou couldn't help but be a little surprised. He walked forward and saw Jiao Xin squatting in front of a large pot, concentrating on boiling medicine.
"Doctor Jiao, things are ready here!"
A doctor said hello, and Jiao Xin hurried over, scooped up a spoonful and tasted it.
"Pay attention to the heat and cook for another quarter of an hour."
"OK!"
Jiao Xin turned around, took a sniff, and said to the doctor next to another medicine pot: "You put too much Bupleurum over there!"
"so what should I do now?"
"Add two liang each of skullcap and pinellia, and some water!"
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Jiao Xin shook his head, turned around, and was suddenly stunned.
"See Your Highness!"
King Zhou asked: "Why are you here?"
Jiao Xin said seriously: "I'm here to help your highness with the disaster relief!"
"Yeah?"
King Zhou was a little confused and asked: "Didn't you say that the people were walking around among each other, delaying your treatment?"
"no no……"
Jiao Xin quickly changed his words and said, "This is a lowly official who is ignorant. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
King Zhou said calmly: "What crime is there?"
"I'm a lower official, I'm a lower official... I'm not good at academics, I'm arrogant!"
"Any more?"
"have!"
Jiao Xin thought for a while and said, "I don't know how to adapt."
"Any more?"
"Also... I shouldn't contradict His Highness!"
King Zhou sighed and said: "The last thing you should do is to read medical books for half your life, but you don't care about the common people, so you pretend to be a doctor!"
Jiao Xin's face turned red and he said, "I know I was wrong!"
King Zhou asked again: "I am very curious, aren't you very noble? What happened today? Why did you suddenly change your temper?"
Jiao Xin said truthfully: "Xiaguan read "Behind the Elbow" by Ge Hong last night and stayed up all night."
"Oh, is it so?"
The people around him suddenly became interested and asked again: "Tell me how you feel. Is this book vulgar and unpalatable to the eyes of your experts?"
Jiao Xin's face was full of shame and he said: "After reading this book, I realized that I have wasted more than forty years. As a doctor, it is your duty to cure diseases and save people. Any medical books or principles are all empty talk. In front of the people,
As long as he can save people's lives, he is a good doctor!"
"very good!"
King Zhou nodded and said: "Now you should understand why the emperor wants to rectify the hospital?"
Jiao Xin said: "The Taiyuan Hospital upholds the emperor's favor, but sticks to the old ways and does not think about innovation. It only covets the false reputation above its head, but no one is willing to put down its identity and work for the people. It is time to rectify it."
King Zhou sighed softly and said: "You people have been reading poetry and books since childhood, and you have quick thinking and are beyond the reach of other people. If you can care about the people and do more things that benefit the country and the people, wouldn't it be a masterpiece of the Ming Dynasty?"
Fortunately! But I still hold on to medical books and refuse to let go. No matter how many books I read, if I don’t know how to adapt when things happen, and I don’t know how to keep pace with the times, what’s the use?”
"His Highness taught me a lesson, and I have learned from it!"
Today's Jiao Xin has changed drastically. The arrogant look of the past has long disappeared, replaced by unspeakable shame.
King Zhou looked around and said: "It's important to save people now, let's wait until we return to the capital!"
"I will do my best to assist His Highness!"
"You are just here looking at the medicine pot, and I am worried about the others!"
"yes!"
Not far away, Zhu Ji mingled in the crowd, quietly took out charcoal and paper, recorded Jiao Xin's every move, and then put them in his arms.
After a series of combination punches by King Zhou, the malaria was effectively controlled.
Seeing that the number of people infected with the disease was decreasing day by day, Qiu Yuan was so happy that he wrote a letter overnight and sent it to Lantian County.
The magistrate of Lantian County had already known that King Zhou had come to Dongxiang, and originally planned to ride the horse in person. However, the Ming Dynasty law stipulated that local officials were not allowed to get too close to the vassal king, otherwise they would be punished as treason.
After thinking about it, my life was still at stake, so I had to endure it.
Now that I saw Qiu Yuan's letter and learned that malaria in Dongxiang was under control, I didn't dare to neglect for a moment, so I hurriedly wrote a letter and delivered it to Xi'an Mansion.
The prefect of Xi'an revised another letter and handed it to the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province.
Then, the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province personally wrote a memorial, attached letters from Dongxiang inspection, Lantian County, and Xi'an Prefecture, and sent it to the capital.
Nowadays, the 800-mile express is rarely used because of the railway.
No matter how fast the horse runs, it is not as fast as the train.
What's more, the train doesn't need to rest, it just needs to refuel and it can go.
On the third day after the memorial arrived in the capital, King Zhou had already left the train station and got into a carriage specially made by Jin Yiwei.
Arriving at the Meridian Gate, soon a young eunuch trotted out and said he was summoned by the emperor.
King Zhou bowed and saluted: "I obey the decree!"
When he arrived at the Imperial Study Room, Zhu Qizhen had already greeted him.
"Uncle, long time no see. How are you doing?"
The king of Zhou hurriedly saluted and said: "My minister Zhu Ziyi wishes you the best of greetings!"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be so polite. Get up quickly!"
Zhu Qizhen stepped forward to give him a hand, then took King Zhou's hand and said, "Thank you for your help, uncle. I have been thinking about this for a long time, and it is most appropriate for your uncle to do it!"
King Zhou smiled faintly and said, "The emperor is talking about the Imperial Hospital?"
"It turns out that the emperor already knows!"
"When I was in Dongxiang, I met Zheng Jiaoxin, the doctor of the imperial hospital, and talked about it a little bit."
"Too hospital..."
Zhu Qizhen smiled helplessly and said: "Since the emperor knows, let's talk about the hospital!"
King Zhou nodded and said: "Most of the ministers are just hearsay and do not dare to show off in front of the emperor."
"What did the emperor say? What did he say to show off? I really intend to reorganize the Taiyuan Hospital. After much thought, it is best for the emperor to come forward in this matter."
"First, the emperor's uncle is an expert in the apricot forest and is quite familiar with prescriptions, medicinal materials, and methods of treating diseases."
"Secondly, most of those old doctors are relying on their family's power, or they are relying on their old age. I want to find someone with a high status to shock these old guys!"
King Zhou listened carefully for a long time and asked: "The accumulated ills of the imperial hospital will only accumulate more and more. I wonder how the emperor plans to rectify them?"
Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said: "I am going to break the hereditary system of Taiyuan Hospital. From now on, I will recruit young doctors from the private sector and train them in Taiyuan Hospital. How about that?"
"This... I'm afraid it's a little difficult."
King Zhou hesitated, but finally shook his head.
Zhu Qizhen asked: "Why?"
King Zhou thought for a long time, and then said: "The rank of the imperial hospital is not low, it is higher than that of a county magistrate. Those who have occupied the position must be unwilling to move."
Zhu Qizhen looked determined and said: "This time it is mandatory. Those who fail the assessment will be demoted one level! Those who fail for three consecutive years will be dismissed directly!"
King Zhou asked again: "How is the emperor preparing to take the exam?"
"These days, I have a headache about this matter!"
Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said helplessly: "I originally planned to imitate the imperial examination and take the medical imperial examination. However, I have been unsure about who will be the examiner and who will set the questions. What does the emperor think?"
King Zhou thought carefully for a long time, and then said: "Actually... it doesn't mean much who will take the exam and who will set the questions."
Zhu Qizhen was puzzled and said: "What does the emperor mean?"
King Zhou solemnly said: "Why doesn't the emperor let them treat illnesses and save people?"
"Uncle Huang said that as soon as he entered the Imperial Hospital, he had to treat illnesses and save lives?"
"no!"
King Zhou slowly shook his head and said: "What I mean is that instead of racking your brains to come up with those test questions, it is better to let everyone go deep into the countryside. Whoever cures the most and most complicated diseases will be qualified to enter the Imperial Hospital."
Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but nodded and said: "Uncle Huang, this is a good idea. Since it is about treating diseases and saving people, it makes sense to use patients as the subject."
King Zhou added: "Not only the candidates are required to participate, but everyone in the Imperial Hospital must also participate. Those who fail will be expelled!"
Zhu Qizhen was very happy and liked King Zhou's temper.
"By the way, I have also established a women's medical school to take charge of the harem. I will ask the emperor to give me some advice when the time comes."
King Zhou said in astonishment: "What is the Women's Medical College...?"
Zhu Qizhen said: "In addition to the six bureaus and one department of the inner palace, I have added the Shangyi Bureau, which is the Women's Medical College."
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