Chapter 329： Treat 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.

Ying Bao poured some strong liquor on his back with an expressionless expression, and signaled his wife and brother to hold down his hands and feet before opening the sores with a knife.

The patient was shivering in pain and clenching the cloth tightly with his teeth.

It was also the first time that Yingbao saw the inside of a back gangrene. It was like a honeycomb, with maggots crawling inside, but she was disgusted.

Suffering from nausea, I used tweezers to pinch out the maggots one by one and put them into a plate.

There is water on the plate, and some poison has been added to the water, which is enough to kill the bugs.

The patient's brother saw the little miracle doctor tweezing out dozens of maggots, and one of them couldn't hold it back and vomited.

Zhang Min said disgustedly: "I haven't vomited yet, why do you want to vomit if you are his brother?"

The man was speechless and kept retching.

At this time, the patient had fainted due to pain, and was woken up again by being poked.

Ying Bao removed all the maggots before using knives and scissors to clean out the carrion.

This honeycomb-like bad flesh must also be cut off and cleaned, otherwise it will cause secondary infection.

Cutting back 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 cures 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 wound on the back where the gangrene was dug out was so terrible that the bones of the back could be seen.

Yingbao carefully applied Wuding Zhi into the wound, then applied a layer of wound medicine and 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.

Let no one 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 this busy time, Yingbao put away the knives that had been cooking for half an hour, ate something casually and went to sleep.

Sleep until you wake up the next day and rush to see the patient.

Fortunately, the patient's fever has subsided and he can eat something.

Yingbao felt relieved. After going back to wash up, he changed the medicine for the patient again. 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 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. You can go back and take care of them after you pay the silver."

“Yes, I will go back to get the silver.”

The three people came to seek medical treatment with a donkey cart. The patient's brother immediately drove the cart 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 Wujian's young apprentice seriously cured a patient with back gangrene, thinking thoughtfully.

“Yingbao, how can you cure back gangrene?” Zhou Wuchang was very curious. It is outrageous that his apprentice, who is obviously very skilled in medicine and has the potential to be a miraculous doctor, insists on learning forbidden spells from him.

I had no choice but to learn forbidden spells, but this child did the opposite and seemed to be different from what ordinary people think.

Ying Bao: "Because I can prepare the magic medicine. Just 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 doesn’t want to go to a place she has been to once.

Although the capital city is prosperous, it is very boring if my parents and brothers are not there.

Zhou Wuchang stroked his beard and said, "Then I'll write a letter to ask 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 his second senior brother went to the fields to dig up a lot of dandelions, smashed them up to the roots and set them aside.

We also collected honeysuckle, mugwort and atractylodes. Bupleurum forsythia and Coptis chinensis are not available here and can only be purchased from drug stores.

Once the herbs were ready and boiled into ointment using Pupil Spring, Ying Bao asked the two of them 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.

Actually, I can cure many diseases myself. 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 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.

Since the villages have become wealthy, villagers should also know how to prevent themselves and their families from getting sick.

When Jiang Sanlang saw the notice written by his daughter, he couldn't help but smile: "It's okay to take a shower frequently in summer, but I'm afraid it won't be possible in winter. The weather is cold, and many people don't take showers throughout the 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 it looked like a big pot. There were several people 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.

Chunniang 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 sit 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 in our house. The flue passes underneath, so the water in the pool will not get cold. "

Chunniang was confused, but Jiang Sanlang understood.

"Okay, I'll make a bathhouse when I have time. Well, there will be one for men and women." Burning one pool is burning, but it is not impossible to burn two pools together.