Era: I have a two-world door

Chapter 550, Artemisinin
Wang Qingsong looked at Li Yingying curiously and asked, "Doesn't malaria only appear in summer? How come it also appears in winter? The insects are all frozen to death. There are no mosquitoes now!"

Li Yingying shook her head: "I don't know either!"

The conversation between the two was also heard by others.

Wang Wenqiang from the sales team next door said, "That's not necessarily true! My sister is a nurse in the hospital, and she told me that malaria is not entirely spread by mosquitoes. Of course, mosquitoes are the most common, but there are also blood and other things, drinking raw water, and the environment. If the temperature is always high in a place, the eggs will not freeze to death."

Wang Qingsong was surprised to see that he was talking so convincingly, "Mosquitoes don't lay eggs in this season, right?"

"Hey, I don't know about that. I'm not a medical student."

Wang Wenqiang didn't know a lot to begin with, and when he was asked in detail, he couldn't explain it clearly.

"Hey, I heard that there are children in the cafeteria who have malaria. I don't know if they were infected by the people there. We have night shifts in the cafeteria, and the temperature is always high. Could this be the reason why the bug survived?"

Someone asked curiously.

"Hey, that's possible!"

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded based on their limited knowledge.

Then everyone started talking there.

Wang Qingsong also joined the conversation, interjecting from time to time.

But there was one question on his mind: would it break out once spring or summer comes?
Although malaria today is not as severe as in ancient times, once it occurs, nine out of ten houses in a city or village will be empty.

The main reason, of course, is that chloroquine is now a relatively effective Western medicine.

Not as scary as before.

But in this era it is also considered an infectious disease with a high mortality rate.

Thinking of this, he decided to get some medicine.

What if my younger sister gets infected, or I get infected myself?
These are all uncertainties.

"Master, I'm going out for a while."

Just do it if you think of it.

There were often orders from the company that required going out, so Li Yingying didn't think much about it: "Well, go ahead. Be careful on the slippery roads."

"Ok!"

Wang Qingsong agreed and went out directly.

There is no need to rush to get the medicine. I mainly want to see Sha Chunming’s youngest son.

After all, he still needs to build a good relationship with Sha Chunming, which may be of some use in the future.

Of course, Sha Chunming is a part of it.

And it also depends on whether Sha Chunming can bear it at that time.

All of this is just to plan for the future.

During the conversation just now, he already knew that Sha Chunming's youngest son was in the hospital with a high fever.

But he didn't go to the hospital.

Instead, he rode his bike directly to a nearby Chinese medicine store.

Many people arrived at the place and were getting medicine.

It has only snowed in the past two days, and the temperature has dropped significantly, so many people have caught colds.

"Master, do you have Artemisia annua, also known as Artemisia Annua?"

There is definitely no fresh Artemisia annua in this season, so you can only buy some dried products, which must be available in the pharmacy.

"Yes! 1 yuan per ounce, how much do you want?"

"Give me half a pound!"

"Okay! Just wait."

Then I went to get the medicine.

Soon, half a pound of dried Artemisia annua was weighed and wrapped in a large bag with newspaper.

Wang Qingsong took his things and left, then returned to Sijiu City and drove back to the villa.

Take a casserole that I bought on the way, clean it, and heat water.

Before the water is cooked, soak the purchased Artemisia annua dry in water and put it into the casserole.

At this time, the artemisinin medicine he bought online had arrived.

Wang Qingsong took the artemisinin and opened the drug instructions and looked at them.

After reading it, I was pondering in my mind.

In fact, using medicine in this way is dangerous.

But from what he heard from them, he felt that Sha Chunming was in danger, so he thought of this medicine.

There are two types of Western medicine for treating malaria. One is quinine, and the other is another more widely used drug of choice: chloroquine.

However, according to the information found on the Internet, some quinine and chloroquine are useless even if taken.

Sha Chunming's son is probably one of them.

So he thought of artemisinin.

He can't bring people here for treatment, so he has to use this method.

The medicine soon turned color, and the smell of wormwood filled the room.

He didn't want to use Artemisia annua to treat the disease, but artemisinin.

When the temperature of the medicine dropped to warm, he started to fill the bottles.

The salt water bottle used was from the 1960s.

According to the instructions, the child should take 1 tablet on the first day, half a tablet after 6 to 8 hours, and half a tablet on the second and third days.

Two and a half pieces in total.

Looking at the saline bottle, he put one and a half tablets of medicine in it, added a little sugar, stirred it evenly, and then put it away.

There were two bottles in total, and one tablet was put in the remaining bottle.

After finishing, I washed everything and left.

……

I rode my bike carefully to the People's Hospital.

After so many days, Skinny must have been discharged from the hospital, so he didn't go to the previous ward.

After asking the nurse, I found out which ward Sha Chunming was in.

After all, malaria is an infectious disease in this era.

In fact, without mosquitoes, the infectiousness is very weak.

Sha Chunming's son was also unlucky.

"Chief Sha!"

When he arrived at the ward, Wang Qingsong looked at Sha Chunming who was squatting on the ground smoking and shouted.

The other party raised his head when he heard this.

He was surprised: "Qingsong! Why are you here?"

Wang Qingsong looked at the people busy in the ward and said, "Oh, I heard from the people in the department that someone in the family is sick. How is it?"

As he spoke, he handed him a cigarette.

Sha Chunming took a deep puff of the almost finished cigarette in his hand.

He took the cigarette and sighed, "Hey, if you have malaria, don't come here. It would be bad if I get you infected. I took antipyretics before, but it didn't take long for the fever to subside again. Now they are using some physical method to cool my son down! They are rubbing alcohol on his body. I don't know if it will work."

Wang Qingsong said nonchalantly: "It's okay, be careful it won't be contagious."

He was not in a hurry to give the medicine, but just chatted there.

After a while, he took out the medicine.

"Chief Sha, do you want to try this medicine? I heard about it from someone when I was on a business trip last time. Do you want to try it?"

Sha Chunming looked at the brown liquid with curiosity.

"What kind of medicine is this? Does it work?"

Wang Qingsong shook his head. "No medicine is necessarily useful. I just heard about this and bought some medicine and boiled it to send over. This is boiled with Artemisia annua. They say it's very useful. Do you want to try it?"

Sha Chunming took it and looked at it.

The inside has been cleaned up at this time.

The doctor and nurse also came out.

Sha Chunming saw the man just coming out, and he asked anxiously: "How is it? How is my son?"

The leader was an old man who was nearly sixty years old.

Looking at Sha Chunming's expression, he said, "Don't worry, the hospital will definitely do its best to treat him. Don't worry, he will definitely get better."

The doctor was unwilling to say anything unpleasant. Sha Chunming was not stupid either, and he could sense that the other party was not sure either.

While thinking, he saw the medicine in his hand and asked, "Doctor, I have medicine here, can I give it to my son to try?"

The other party frowned when he heard this: "What kind of medicine is this? You can't drink it carelessly, otherwise the condition will be delayed or even worse, and then it will be troublesome."

"this!!"

Sha Chunming hesitated for a moment.

Seeing this, Wang Qingsong took a step forward.

I asked, "Doctor, were you a Chinese medicine practitioner?"

Judging from his age, he must have studied medicine before liberation.

I just don’t know whether it is Western medicine or Chinese medicine.

The other person glanced at him and hummed, "Yes, I did learn Chinese medicine, what's wrong?"

Wang Qingsong smiled and said, "This treatment for malaria has existed since ancient times. This recipe comes from the "Emergency Prescriptions for the Elbow". Take a handful of Artemisia annua, soak it in two liters of water, squeeze out the juice, and drink it all. The old man said the same thing when I went on a business trip to the south last time. But now there is only hay, and I bought the hay to make the medicine."

This sentence is naturally the origin of artemisinin.

Artemisinin was discovered based on this ancient prescription.

As for how to refine it, he didn't know.

Hearing this, the other party was surprised: "Are you also studying medicine?"

Wang Qingsong smiled bitterly: "No, I'm just a junior high school graduate. When I went to the south before, someone told me about this recipe, and I remembered it. It seems that there are photocopied and printed copies of this book."

"Emergency Prescriptions for the Elbow"?
The old man thought for a moment and said, "I'll go take a look."

Then he left directly.

After everyone left, Sha Chunming was anxious: "Hey, doctor, can I drink this medicine?"

"Wait a moment!"

The old man just replied and left with his men.

Watching the people leave, Sha Chunming felt a little embarrassed: "Qingsong, don't misunderstand me, I don't mean anything else."

Seeing this, Wang Qingsong said nonchalantly: "It's okay. Treating illness is no joke. It's better to be careful."

Sha Chunming nodded slightly when he heard this.

Go inside.

At this time, the woman at the head of the bed was the one I saw last time.

"sister in law!"

The woman looked worried at this moment. When she saw him coming in, she simply greeted him: "Hello!"

Seeing this, Sha Chunming looked at the person on the bed, frowned and asked, "How is it?"

Seeing this, the woman looked at her son and said, "It's down a little, but the doctor said it might come back soon. We'll see then. They said we can't keep taking the fever-reducing medicine."

Seeing her say this, Sha Chunming didn't say anything.

There was a solemn look on his face.

Wang Qingsong looked at a young man lying on the bed, who looked about six or seven years old.

But the other person's lips were red.

People are a little confused.

The atmosphere at the scene was somewhat solemn.

Wang Qingsong looked a little anxious, but he really couldn't be persuaded when it came to taking medicine.

He was also afraid that something might go wrong with the food.

Sha Chunming looked at the medicine in his hand, thought for a moment and said, "Let's give it to him first!"

"What kind of medicine is this?"

Seeing this, Sha Chunming's wife asked.

"Oh, this is the medicine that Qingsong brewed. It's from a certain prescription. Give it a try."

People of this generation have some trust in folk remedies. What Wang Qingsong said just now makes a lot of sense, so given the current situation, we can only give it a try.

Then he came to the side and supported his son.

"Dongdong, come and take your medicine?"

The boy named Dongdong was a little confused when he saw this. He was helped up and took the thermos and started drinking.

"sweet!"

He just said this and started drinking it up.

"Hey, you can only drink two-thirds!"

Wang Qingsong hurriedly stopped him when he saw this. The medicine in here had a specific dosage, and he was afraid that something might happen if he drank too much.

Wow, I drank it as if it were sugar water!

He didn't cook the herb for a particularly long time, so the bitterness wasn't as strong, and with the addition of sugar, it tasted sweeter.

I don't know if it will destroy the medicinal properties.

"Oh!"

Seeing this, Sha Chunming quickly put it away, looking at the one-third of the medicine left, and said, "When should we drink the rest?"

Wang Qingsong calculated the time and said, "Just before dinner tonight. If it's useful, I'll get you some more tomorrow."

"Oh, well, look at the effect!"

Now he is desperate and is trying every possible means to cure his illness.

Sha Chunming looked at the time and said to his wife, "I'm here. I've already asked for leave from work. You go home and cook first! The kids need to eat after school at noon!"

Wang Qingsong knew that the other party had two children in his family.

Moreover, Section Chief Sha is not a local. He found his wives in the city after liberation, and his oldest child is only 12 years old.

Seeing this, Sha Chunming's wife looked at it and nodded: "Okay, I'll go cook first and come back in the afternoon. Qingsong, right? Then I'll go back first."

"Okay, go ahead. The road is slippery. Don't walk too fast."

"it is good!"

After saying hello, he left.

After everyone left, Sha Chunming looked at the sleeping child, gestured to Wang Qingsong, and the two of them left the ward.

After all, the disease is contagious.

After coming out, Wang Qingsong handed Sha Chunming a cigarette and said, "Chief Sha, don't be too anxious. Let's see what the doctor says when the time comes!"

Sha Chunming hummed when he heard this: "This is the only way now. I didn't expect these medicines to be useless to Dongdong."

Wang Qingsong didn't know how to persuade him.

He was also worried about whether the medicine was effective.

While the two were talking, the doctor from before came over and said with a smile: "My dear friend, I looked up the information you mentioned before, and it really exists!"

Wang Qingsong smiled and said, "Then there's nothing wrong with taking this medicine, right?"

"Well, there shouldn't be any problem. You can drink some, but I don't know how effective it is! If it works, that would be great."

Sha Chunming next to him said awkwardly: "Um... Doctor, I just gave it to the child to drink."

The doctor paused for a moment and said, "Since you've already drunk it, let's wait and see! We'll see what happens later."

In fact, you can't do this in the hospital.

But they didn't have any good way to deal with this child.

The two existing medicines are useless. To put it bluntly, all we can do is leave it to fate.

Then he said, "The nurse will come over often to check on me. I have something else to do."

After saying that, he left here directly.

After the people left, Sha Chunming looked at him and said, "Qingsong, thank you for this. It's thoughtful."

Wang Qingsong smiled nonchalantly: "It's okay! I'll wait here for a while. I have to go to the factory to do some work later."

Then the two chatted there.

After waiting for nearly an hour, Wang Qingsong left when he saw that there was no bad reaction.

Although artemisinin itself has the effect of reducing fever, its speed is not that fast and it should have initial effects by tomorrow morning.

Your body temperature will return to normal in three days.

This is useful in some cases.

After making sure that the child didn't have any serious problems for the time being, he left.

(End of this chapter)