Chapter 329 Treatment of back gangrene
After sorting out the medicinal materials and knives, Yingbao put on the mask that her mother had specially made for herself, washed her hands and cut the patient's sores.
The second senior brother also wore a mask and washed his hands to help.
The patient had a bath with the help of his wife, and his hair was washed with soap and dried.
Then he lay down on the bamboo bed and wrapped his hair in a cloth to prevent it from falling down and getting in the way.
With an expressionless expression, Ying Bao poured some liquor on his back, signaled his wife and brother to hold down his hands and feet, and then used a knife to open the sores.
The patient shivered in pain and clenched the cloth tightly with his teeth.
It was also the first time that Ying Bao saw the inside of a back gangrene. It was like a honeycomb, with maggots crawling inside, but she was disgusted.
Holding back the nausea, I used tweezers to pinch out the maggots one by one and put them on a plate.
There was water on the plate, and some poison was added to the water, which was enough to kill the bugs.
When the patient's brother saw the little miracle doctor tweezing out dozens of maggots, one of them couldn't help but vomited.
Zhang Min said disgustedly: "I haven't vomited yet, why are you vomiting if you are his brother?"
The man was speechless and kept retching.
The patient was already fainting from the pain, and was woken up again by the stabbing.
After Ying Bao removed all the maggots, she used knives and scissors to clean up the carrion.
This honeycomb-like bad flesh must also be cut off and cleaned, otherwise it will become secondary to infection.
Cutting off the back for gangrene is the most painful. Yingbao was afraid that the patient could not bear the pain and would burp, so she gave him a small bottle of Wudingzhi and said to his wife expressionlessly: "This is five taels of silver, please remember it." ”
A woman doesn't care how much money she has. As long as the little miracle doctor can cure her husband, she will accept it even if it costs a hundred taels.
Zhang Min watched the junior sister dig out sores in an orderly manner, and goosebumps appeared on his back.
An hour later, Ying Bao finally cut open the sore on the man's back and cut off the rotten flesh inside.
The wounds on his back were so terrible that the bones of his back could be seen.
Ying Bao carefully applied Wudingzhi into the wound, then applied a layer of wound medicine, and then bandaged it with clean cotton cloth.
After packing up the patient, Yingbao let out a sigh of relief and asked the woman to take care of the patient carefully before packing up and going out.
But she couldn't rest yet. She had to boil and disinfect the knives, scissors and other items.
No one can interfere with these matters, so Chun Niang just helped her daughter boil a large pot of water to wash herself, and then found some clothes for her to change into. Changes of clothes, masks, etc. must also be boiled in water.
After all this busy work, Yingbao put away the knives that had been cooking for half an hour, ate something and went to sleep.
I slept until I woke up the next day and rushed to see the patient.
Fortunately, the patient's fever has subsided and he can eat something.
Yingbao felt relieved and went back to wash up and change the medicine for the patient. He also took out the herbs he had prepared and asked the woman to cook them for the patient to drink.
Three days later, the patient's back healed well, the fist-sized wound slowly healed, and new flesh had grown out, which meant that the back gangrene inside was gone.
The woman and her brother-in-law were so happy that they immediately wanted to kowtow to Ying Bao again.
Yingbao helped the two of them up and said, "There are fifty-five taels of silver in total. After you pay the silver, you can go back and take care of them."
"Yes, I'll go back and get the money right now."
The three people came to seek medical treatment with a donkey cart, and the patient's brother immediately drove back to his hometown to collect money. Fortunately, his family is a well-to-do family, and he really can't afford to leave it to others.
Zhou Wucheng's apprentice seriously treated a patient with back gangrene and looked thoughtful.
"Ying Bao, how can you cure back gangrene?" Zhou Wuchang was very curious.
It was outrageous that his apprentice had great medical skills and had the potential to be a miraculous doctor, but he still wanted to learn forbidden spells from him.
He had no choice but to learn forbidden spells, but this child did the opposite and seemed to have different ideas from ordinary people.
Ying Bao: "Because I can prepare the magic medicine. I just need to cut open his wound and use my magic medicine, and it will be cured naturally."
Zhou Wuchang's forehead twitched and he asked, "I have a good friend who also has back gangrene. Can you also cure it?"
"I won't know until I see it," Ying Bao said.
"He is in the capital."
"The capital?" Yingbao immediately shook his head: "I won't go to the capital."
She didn't want to go to a place she had been to once.
Although the capital is prosperous, it would be boring if my parents and brothers were not there.
Zhou Wuchang stroked his beard and said, "Then I'll write a letter asking him to come over."
Ying Bao nodded: "Okay, when he comes, I will try my best to treat him."
Unexpectedly, before the master's friend arrived, two more people came to seek medical treatment, both suffering from sores.
One of them had a sore on his thigh and could no longer walk.
Ying Bao and her second senior brother went to the fields to dig up a lot of dandelions and pounded them up to the roots for later use.
We also collected honeysuckle, mugwort and atractylodes. Bupleurum forsythia, coptis and cypress are not available here and can only be purchased from drug stores.
After the medicinal herbs were prepared and boiled into ointment with Pupil Spring, Ying Bao asked the two people to take a bath and wash their hair, and then he operated on them.
Five days later, the two went home happily.
From then on, Yingbao had to see a patient with back gangrene or sores every few days, which made her scratch her head.
In fact, I can cure many diseases myself, so why do I only come to see a doctor for sores?
From this, Yingbao also discovered a pattern: most patients with back gangrene are not very particular about cleanliness.
In the middle of summer, they only took a shower for several days, and they never rubbed their backs.
So Yingbao wrote a method on a large piece of paper to prevent back ulcers, which is to ask everyone to bathe frequently, wash their hair, and rub their backs frequently. In winter, it is best to bathe once every seven or eight days and cleanse with soap locust. Over and over again.
There is a man with leprosy in the village next door. Because of his slovenliness, he has sores on his head and almost all his hair has fallen out. It is very ugly.
Now that the village has become wealthy, villagers should also know how to prevent themselves and their families from getting sick.
Jiang Sanlang couldn't help but smile when he saw the notice written by his daughter: "It's okay to take a shower frequently in the summer, but I'm afraid it won't be possible in the winter. The weather is cold, and many people don't take showers all winter."
"No wonder so many people suffer from back ulcers." Ying Bao muttered, wrote and drew on the paper again, and then handed it to her father: "Dad, let's build a bathhouse in the village. It will burn every seven days in the winter." There is a pool of hot water, and anyone who comes to wash it will be paid.”
With a bathhouse, it is convenient to take a bath at home in winter, and you can also earn money for firewood.
Jiang Sanlang took the paper and saw that the top looked like a big pot. Several people were squatting in the pot, and firewood was burning under the pot.
Although my daughter's painting is not pretty, it is simple and clear enough that a three-year-old can understand it.
Chun Niang also stretched her head over to take a look and said, "How big of a pot do you have to make so that people can squat in it and take a bath?"
Yingbao blinked: "It doesn't need to be too big, just like the big iron pot we use to roast pig food, but we need to build a small pool on top of the iron pot. The small pool is connected to the big pool. The iron pot is cooked here. The hot water will also flow into the big pool. The bottom of the big pool is like the kang we burn at home. The flue passes underneath, so the water in the pool will not get cold."
Chun Niang was confused, but Jiang Sanlang understood.
"Okay, I will have someone make a bathhouse when I have time. Well, there will be one for men and women." Burning one pool is enough, but it is not impossible to burn two pools together.