Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 238 Natural Bezoar and Artificial Bezoar (Monthly Ticket Plus)

Bezoar is a kind of stone in the body of cattle.

The "bile yellow" produced in the gallbladder has the best medicinal properties.

The second is the "biliary jaundice" produced in the bile duct and the "hepatic jaundice" produced in the hepatic duct.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bezoar has a fragrant smell, tastes slightly bitter when chewed, and then turns sweet.

It is generally used to calm wind and stop convulsions, clear away heat and detoxify, and resolve phlegm and open the mind.

It can be used to treat high fever, coma, mania, infantile convulsions, convulsions, sore throat, mouth ulcers, carbuncles, uremia and other diseases.

Speaking of bezoar, its origin is somewhat legendary.

According to legend, more than 2,500 years ago, Bian Que came to the Bohai Sea area, where he practiced medicine and developed medicines.

One day, he was taking out the processed bluestone from the medicine jar and preparing to grind it into powder to treat a patient named Yang Wen who had hemiplegia caused by stroke, when he suddenly heard a noise coming from outside the door.

When Bian Que went out to take a look, he found that it was an old ox that Yang Wen had raised for more than ten years. For some reason, the ox had become increasingly thin in recent days and could no longer be used for farming. Therefore, Yang Wen's son Yang Bao asked someone to slaughter the ox.

Who would have thought that when dissecting the cow, Yang Bao discovered a stone inside the cow's gallbladder.

The people watching the slaughter of the ox were curious, and Bian Que was also very interested, so he asked Yang Bao to keep the stone for further research. Yang Bao smiled and asked:

"Sir, do you want to use this stone to make medicine?"

"My cattle's illness is caused by this stone. This is the root of the disease. How can it be used to treat it?"

After hearing this, Bian Que was at a loss for words, but he just put the stone and the bluestone together.

Later, Yang Wen's illness recurred. Bian Que rushed to Yang Wen's side and saw that Yang Wen's eyes were rolled back, phlegm was coming out of his throat, his limbs were cold and he was short of breath. His condition was very critical, so he gave him acupuncture to save him while telling Yang Bao to "quickly bring me the bluestone in my bag."

Yang Bao brought the bluestone, and Bian Que didn't observe it and asked him to grind it into powder. He took five parts and gave it to Yang Wen to drink. After a while, Yang Wen stopped twitching, his breathing became stable, and his mind became much clearer.

Only then did Bian Que realize that what he had just fed was not bluestone, but stones in the cow's gallbladder.

This accidental mistake gave Bian Que something to think about.

On the second day, he directly replaced the bluestone in Yang Wen's medicine with the remaining cattle stones. On the third day, Yang Wen's condition miraculously improved. Not only did the convulsions stop, but even his hemiplegic muscles could move.

The story of how Bian Que mistook ox gallstones for bluestone and used it to treat acute stroke with miraculous results was later included in the Shennong's Herbal Classic.

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"I think this must be worth a lot of money, right?" Fangyan had never seen anything like this in real life, fresh bezoar just taken out of a cow's body.

He had seen partially used dried bezoar in Tong Ren Tang.

The price is 40 yuan per gram, exactly twice that of gold.

The only thing that can be compared in price with his is the musk I used yesterday.

Dean Ouyang looked like he had gotten a bargain and said:
"After discussing with their production team, the price was set at ten yuan per gram."

"How about it, this price is good!"

When Fang Yan heard the price, his eyelids jumped, he returned the bezoar and gave Dean Ouyang a thumbs up:
"You are such a bargain freak..."

Dean Ouyang held the bottle of bezoar and said with a smile:

"No, we didn't let the farmers suffer. We organized a village-wide physical examination and health promotion every few days, and asked their village doctors to come to the hospital to learn, and provided some medicines for free,"

After hearing this, Fangyan suddenly understood. After all, the villagers were not fools. He nodded:
"Oh, that's... okay."

Dean Ouyang showed a helpless expression and said:
"There's nothing I can do. Artificial ones are useless now. I still have to use this thing."

"All Chinese medicine hospitals across the country have a demand for it, and even Western medicine hospitals have started to accept it. Previously, the higher-ups said they would wait for a share to be allocated, but when our stock ran out, no share was given to us. We had no choice but to go out and ask around. If anyone has bezoar, we'll take the money and buy it."

"If we don't accept them, other hospitals will."

After hearing this, Fangyan nodded. This is indeed true. Natural bezoar has been in short supply since ancient times.

Five years ago, in 1972, artificial bezoar was synthesized.

The Ministry of Health approved artificial bezoar as a partial substitute for raw bezoar. However, it was later discovered that the effect of artificial bezoar was far less than that of natural bezoar. Artificial bezoar with only 0.7% bilirubin played almost no role in treatment.

Finally, they had no choice but to use natural bezoar.

The dialect is still known, and the situation was similar in the following decades.

In the 1980s, they tried to implant foreign objects and bacteria into the gallbladders of living cows to grow bezoar, and then remove it through a second operation. However, the growth cycle was as long as three to five years, and the quality could not be guaranteed. The economic benefits were not good, so this method was subsequently abandoned.

In the 1990s, Professor Qiu Fa of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor Cai Hongjiao of Tongji University invented a method of cultivating bezoar in vitro, and finally cultivated artificial bezoar with more than 18% bilirubin.

However, compared with natural bezoar, the effect of artificial bezoar is still far inferior.

It just reached the stage where it can be used.

So until Fangyan traveled through time, their Chinese medicine hospital also had a position that was specifically responsible for purchasing these rare medicinal materials from all over the place.

"Fangyan, the things are ready!"

Just then Her Majesty the Queen came back having bought the invitations.

Dean Ouyang in the car heard it and immediately called out:

"Hello, Comrade Xiao Zhu!"

They had met at a conference of the Ministry of Health last time, and Zhu Lin still had some impression of the old man. She said:
"You are... from Dongzhimen Hospital..."

Having said that, I can’t remember anymore.

"Dean Ouyang." Fang Yan reminded in a low voice.

Zhu Lin suddenly realized and said hurriedly:
"Oh, yes, hello, Dean Ouyang!"

Then he walked over and shook hands.

Then asked:

"Are you here to buy something, too?"

Dean Ouyang smiled and shook his head:
"No, I just came back from out of town, and when I saw Fangyan here, I came over to chat."

As he spoke, he looked at the red invitation in Zhu Lin's hand and asked:

"Did you buy the invitation?"

Zhu Lin nodded:
"Yes, we got our marriage certificate the day before yesterday. We are going to have the wedding at the beginning of the month, so we are preparing to write the invitations."

Upon hearing that Fangyan had obtained the marriage certificate, Dean Ouyang hurriedly bowed:
"Yo, congratulations to you two, you are getting married!"

Then he pointed at the dialect and said:

"Fangyan, this is your fault. Why didn't you ask me to write the letter of introduction?"

Fang Yan smiled and said:

"You were busy, so I didn't bother you."

Dean Ouyang waved his hand:
"Stop talking nonsense. You must invite me to the wedding."

Fangyan nodded repeatedly:

"Then I definitely can't forget you!"

Then Dean Ouyang said:

"By the way, the hospital provides subsidies to married doctors. When are you free this afternoon to go over and fill out the forms and pick up the stuff?"

PS: I got more than a hundred more monthly tickets, so after finishing this chapter, I still owe you all forty-five thousand.

There's more in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)