"This is Chao Yuanfang's Treatise on the Origins of Diseases. I have read less than half of it." Tan Ruqing said with a smile.
"Chao Yuanfang? I've never heard of this person." Zhang Yanling flipped through the book, which was filled with dense words and some simple illustrations.
"Chao Yuanfang was a famous doctor in the Sui Dynasty. He had superb medical skills. If you are not an insider, you would not know him. In the medical field, his name is well known. This book "Treatise on the Causes of Diseases" is the culmination of his lifetime efforts.
"It contains the causes, symptoms, and treatment plans of more than 1,700 diseases. It can be called a medical treasure book." Tan Ruqing said in a deep voice.
Zhang Yanling praised: "It's amazing. Someone actually achieved this step in the Sui Dynasty. It's admirable. He is really a top scholar. I only know that people like Bian Que, Hua Tuo, and Zhang Zhongjing are really ignorant."
Tan Ruqing pursed her lips and said with a smile: "There are specialties in medicine. How do you know this if you are not a medical student? Even I am just an apprentice who has just started. But my plan is to spend ten years studying all of them."
After reading the medical works of our predecessors, we can spend a lifetime conquering some difficult diseases and benefiting the people."
Zhang Yanling raised her head and looked at Tan Ruqing. Reflected by the scenery outside the long window, Tan Ruqing smiled sweetly and had a firm look on her face.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Female Bodhisattva, it turns out you hold such a lofty ideal. I admire you, I admire you."
Tan Ruqing said angrily: "You are laughing at me."
Zhang Yanling hurriedly said: "I don't mean that at all. It's just admiration. Eliminating illness and benefiting the people is a matter of accumulating good deeds and not a bodhisattva. In fact, I always think that doctors are knights. Knights eliminate violence and bring harm to the people. Doctors
Even if you eliminate illnesses and fight against evil spirits like illness, you are still doing the same for the people. So in my eyes you are not only a female Bodhisattva, but also a female knight."
Tan Ruqing chuckled and said, "You don't need to praise me like that. I just think people in this world are too miserable. Not only do they suffer mentally, but they also suffer physically. I can't help others with what's going on in their heads."
I am busy, but the physical pain can be relieved as much as possible. Therefore, I want to learn medical skills and save people from illness."
Zhang Yanling applauded: "That's very true. Only in this way can life be meaningful."
Tan Ruqing said: "It's a pity that my ability is limited. I'm afraid I won't be able to achieve that goal. There are too many difficult and complicated diseases. There are only more than 1,700 kinds of diseases in this book, but in fact there are more than tens of millions of diseases in the world. Many.
There is no cure for any disease."
Zhang Yanling said: "Just do your best. There is no need to be demanding. And you have talent. For example, the disease I was infected last time was originally incurable. Didn't you also use bloodletting to revive me? It is equivalent to overcoming it.
It’s an infection.”
Tan Ruqing shook his head and said: "That's because you are lucky. I didn't even dare to tell you. After curing you, my rhubarb was injured, and the wound became suppurative and infected, so I used bloodletting to save it.
But he couldn't be saved."
Zhang Yanling said: "Who is Dahuang? Do you look at diseases and kill people?"
Tan Ruqing said angrily: "It's my big yellow dog. It has yellow hair all over its body. Its name is Dahuang."
Zhang Yanling smiled bitterly and said: "It turns out to be a dog."
Tan Ruqing said: "It doesn't matter whether it's a human or a dog. The important point is that this shows that my bloodletting method is not completely effective. Grandma said that it is related to the intensity of the toxins in the infection. You were discovered and treated in time that time. Bloodletting
There were not many toxins in it. Rhubarb was not so lucky. It took three days to get back from the outside after breaking its leg, so there were a lot of toxins in its blood. If I used the bloodletting method, I'm afraid I would have to drain the blood. But let it dry.
If it loses blood, it will die. If there is less blood, the poison will still kill it."
Zhang Yanling nodded slightly. Although he didn't understand medicine, he still understood the truth.
Zhang Yanling said casually: "Actually, you can change your mind, such as looking for a drug that can be injected into the blood to kill toxins. If this drug can be found, infected patients can be cured by controlling the dosage. Another example is refining
If a topical drug has a good effect on stopping bleeding and preventing infection in wounds, if it is applied externally to the injured wound in time, it can reduce the chance of infection."
"Ouch! Why didn't I think of that?" Tan Ruqing suddenly looked at Zhang Yanling with wide eyes, a look of joy on her face.
Zhang Yanling was startled and said hurriedly: "I'm just talking nonsense, don't take it seriously. I'm afraid that you think we have nothing in common when talking about medical skills, so I'm just talking nonsense."
"No, no, no. What you said makes sense. Bloodletting is not a normal treatment after all. It is indeed the right way to find a drug to kill the toxins in the infection and clean up the toxins in the blood. There are many medical books I have read about this method.
For example, the Treatise on the Causes of Diseases explains that bathing with traditional Chinese medicine is used to treat diseases, which is to allow the medicine to penetrate into the blood vessels of the body to achieve the therapeutic effect. This is the same as infusion." Tan Ruqing said loudly.
Zhang Yanling felt that she had caused a big disaster, and maybe she was right, but as far as she knew, antibiotics like penicillin were needed to treat viral infections. These things cannot be found in nature.
It is a drug prepared through various chemical means in the early stage. If Tan Ruqing wants to follow this path, his whole life will be in vain. Then he has harmed her.
"Ruqing, listen to me, this kind of drug may not be found. I just said it casually. And even if you find it, how do you know that the drug you find that kills toxins in the blood will not also kill the patient?
How to prepare the usage and dosage? How to master it? As long as something happens once, you will regret it for the rest of your life. I was quick to talk and talked nonsense." Zhang Yanling hurriedly made up for it.
Tan Ruqing didn't listen at all. At this moment, she was in a strange excitement and felt that something had suddenly dawned on her.
"That's right!" Zhang Yanling suddenly shouted: "Ruqing, I know a drug that can treat trauma and effectively prevent infection. If you can prepare it, it can greatly reduce infection and treat various traumatic sores and internal injuries and bleeding.
Waiting for symptoms.”
Tan Ruqing looked at Zhang Yanling in surprise and said, "Do you know? What kind of medicine is that?"
Zhang Yanling said: "I only know that it is called Yunnan Baiyao. The ingredients in it include Pangolin, Borneolum, Sanyucao, White Ox gallbladder, and... Wait a minute, let me think about it... By the way, there are also pangolin, Huaiyam... and so on.
There’s galangal, geranium, white wine, and yes, there’s also Cao Wu..."
Tan Ruqing looked at Zhang Yanling in astonishment and said, "How do you know?"
Zhang Yanling said: "Well... a visiting doctor told me... that the powder prepared by boiling these medicines in a certain proportion is called Yunnan Baiyao, which can cure all external injuries and prevent wound infections."
Zhang Yanling actually remembered that the prescriptions of Yunnan Baiyao were leaked in the United States in later generations, which made a big fuss at that time. As a member of the cyber army, she even complained to others on the Internet. At that time, she remembered the names of the ingredients of these traditional Chinese medicines. Just now.
Suddenly something popped into my head in my anxiety, so I spoke out.
In fact, Zhang Yanling doesn't know whether her memory is accurate or not, but as long as it can dispel Tan Ruqing's futility in searching for some kind of antibiotic that can be injected into the blood, it can divert her attention. Anyway, these are traditional Chinese medicines, no matter how they are tinkered with
Any combination of drugs will always have some effect. It is better than doing useless work.