Chapter forty-eight snake bite
"Not good, Bighorn was bitten by a poisonous snake!"
Jiang Xuan, Chishao and Uncaria had just returned from hunting when they heard someone in the tribe shouting in panic.
"Go and take a look."
Jiang Xuan put his prey on the ground and hurriedly ran over, with Chishao and Uncaria followed closely.
There were already seven or eight people surrounding the breeding area, and it was noisy.
Dajiao sat on the ground with a pale face.
On his calves, there were two deep tooth marks, and the blood that was flowing out was black and obviously very poisonous.
"Everyone is out of touch, why are you doing so tightly?"
Jiang Xuan roared and drove the crowd away so that they could not continue to surround Dajiao.
Then he squatted down, only glanced at the wound on his big horn leg, and his brows frowned.
Snakes are divided into non-venomous snakes and venomous snakes. The teeth marks bit by two snakes are different.
Non-venomous snakes have no venomous fangs. The teeth marks are in two rows, which are relatively fine and generally do not bite very deeply. If the snake is not very big, it will only break the skin.
But poisonous snakes are different. Vipers usually have two long poisonous fangs in their mouths. After biting a person or a beast, the poisonous fangs will penetrate deep into the flesh and inject deadly venom.
The wound on the big horn leg was obviously bitten by a poisonous snake, and it looks quite toxic.
"How long has it been bitten?" Jiang Xuan asked while pulling out an animal leather rope.
"Just... I was bitten not long after..." Dajiao sweated coldly all over, obviously very scared.
In the primitive jungle, many people are bitten by various poisonous snakes or poisonous insects every year. If you are lucky, you can save your life, but if you are not lucky, you will die!
Facing the threat of death, few people can not be afraid.
"Where are you biting your snake?"
"Run."
"What snake is biting you?"
Big Kok describes the appearance of a poisonous snake. It is a common poisonous snake in the jungle and its venom is not particularly strong.
This made Jiang Xuan breathe a little relieved.
"I'll tie your legs first to prevent the snake venom from spreading."
Jiang Xuan used a woven animal leather rope to tie his big horned calves from a point below his knees, so that the poisonous blood would continue to flow to other parts of the body.
Jiang Xuan found the sharpest and sharpest stone piece from the animal skin bag.
The material of this stone flake is similar to obsidian. Although it is relatively brittle, its thin section is extremely sharp. Jiang Xuan is generally used to peel animal skins.
"Hold on."
Jiang Xuan didn't have time to disinfect the stone slabs. He took a deep breath and decisively used the sharp stone slabs to cut the wound bitten by the poisonous snake, enlarging the wound.
He scratched the wound on the big horned calf twice with a stone tablet, forming a "cross" shape, the purpose of doing this was to release the poisonous blood.
Then, he squeezed hard along the big horn's calves from top to bottom, so that the poisonous blood on the big horn's calves could be discharged as soon as possible.
As Jiang Xuan continued to squeeze, the black poisonous blood flowed out along the cut wound, and blood was covered with on the ground.
While squeezing poisonous blood, Jiang Xuan said to Chi Shao next to him: "Sister, I can only try my best to excrete poisonous blood. I will leave it to you for finding medicine to detoxify."
"I'll go find the antidote right away."
Chishao ran away in a hurry.
Tribes have summarized a lot of experience in dealing with various poisonous snakes and insects for a long time, and have also found many effective antidotes from various plants.
Red peony is very familiar with plants growing near the vine tribe, and she knows where to use medicine to detoxify snake bites.
At some point, the mysterious old man also came.
He heard that someone was bitten by a poisonous snake and wanted to help, but after he came over, he found that Jiang Xuan had already taken action, so he observed quietly from the side.
He saw Jiang Xuan tied Dajiao's legs with an animal skin rope, cut the wound with a stone slice, squeezed out poisonous blood, and found that Dajiao's condition did not deteriorate, so he didn't make a sound.
In fact, if he was asked to treat it, he would take a more common method for tribes to use: burn it!
The specific method is: directly pick up a burning firewood and place it on the wound bitten by a poisonous snake, and directly cook the wound and the flesh near the wound.
This method is very rough, and people who are burned will suffer heavy casualties, but it does work when they are bitten by a poisonous snake.
Snake venom is actually a protein, but it is just a toxic protein. After being burned at high temperature, snake venom will deteriorate and turn from highly toxic to non-toxic.
Another one is that because the flesh and blood vessels near the wound are burned and the blood has also solidified, the poisonous blood naturally cannot spread.
Of course, whether it is bloodletting, blood sucking, or high-temperature burning, it is only useful for people who have just been bitten.
If the bitten time is too long, the poisonous blood will spread long ago, and these methods will lose their effect.
If that is the case, I'm afraid I can only carry it to the totem god and pray for the gods' blessing.
Soon, red peony roots came back with some plant rhizomes.
She quickly found a relatively flat stone, placed some of the plant rhizomes on it, and mashed them with another stone.
"Huh? Star Anise Lotus, not bad."
The mysterious old man standing aside nodded, obviously recognizing the use of this medicine for the detoxification of the big horn.
The plant collected from Red Peony is called the star anise lotus in tribes because each leaf has eight corners, and is usually used as medicine with rhizomes.
Star anise lotus can treat venomous snake bites and is also often used to treat bruises, unknown swelling and poisoning.
It should be noted that the whole plant of star anise is poisonous, so the red peony should be mashed on the stone without chewing it directly.
If someone who does not know how to use this medicine is likely to be unable to save it and instead poison himself.
After mashing the red peony, Jiang Xuan also squeezed the poisonous blood almost to the point.
Chishao immediately applied the mashed rhizomes to the wound of the big horn, and took out the cotton-like spider web to cover the wound so that the medicine would not fall.
Chishao said to Jiang Xuan: "You should look at him first, change the medicine every once in a while, and I will roast the roots of these star anise lotus."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "Okay, leave it to me here."
Chishao hurriedly returned to the bamboo house, digging out some red charcoal fire from the fire pit, then put a thin piece of stone on it, and then put the rhizomes of the star anise lotus on the stone flakes to roast it.
The thin stone flakes were quickly heated by charcoal fire, and the rhizomes on them were roasted bit by bit.
If there is no such stone flake, the rhizomes will be thrown directly into the charcoal fire, and the outer skin will be burned and the effect will not be so good.
From time to time, red peony roots and stems on the stone flakes are turned with wooden sticks, until the rhizomes are completely roasted, immediately wrap them with a leaf and return to the breeding area.
During this process, Jiang Xuan had loosened the animal skin rope once to prevent the big horned legs from breaking due to long-term blood blockage.
Chishao walked to Dajiao, handed him the rhizome wrapped in leaves, and said, "Eat quickly."
Dajiao looked at Chishao gratefully, and then ate all the roasted rhizomes.
Chishao watched him finish eating the rhizomes, checked the wound again, and found that the wound was no longer in black. She finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If there is no accident, the life of Dajiao should be saved by binding to prevent the spread of toxins, widen the wound and bleeding, and the internal and external application of antidotes.
Jiang Xuan called out, "Please carry the big horn back into the bamboo house first."
The people around him immediately raised their big horns carefully, carried them all the way back to the bamboo house and placed them on the bed.
After the crowd dispersed, the old man still stayed in place, his eyes full of dazzling colors.
Jiang Xuan’s treatment method just now was something he had never used before, and it looked quite effective.
This small tribe can indeed bring him a lot of surprises!
Chapter completed!