Chapter 103 Indigenous method to detoxify Gu poison
"I'm doing acupuncture for them. Using acupuncture to prick their Quchi, Hegu, Xuehai, and Sanyinjiao acupoints can relieve their pain." Wen Qingshan said, turning to me and asking: "Have you two finished digging the earthworms?
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I brought the wooden basin in front of him: "Do you think this is enough?"
Wen Qingshan glanced into the wooden basin and said: "It's almost done. You two go find a bowl and mash all these earthworms. They will be useful later."
"Mash them all?"
"Yes! Mash it into a pulp. Remember to wash it before mashing it and clean the dirt off the earthworms, because you will feed them to them later."
"What!? Give them this... this thing to eat!?" Jianjian and I were both surprised.
"There's nothing to make a fuss about. Earthworms are also known as earthworms. They are mainly used to treat snake pits, three insects lying on corpses, ghosts and poisonous poisons, etc. They are a very good traditional Chinese medicine. Go!"
The two of us had no choice but to bite the bullet and mess with these newly dug earthworms.
Although it is not difficult to mash earthworms with soft bodies into meat, watching the live earthworms being smashed to pieces by the two of us, and a faint earthy smell emanating from them, makes people feel...
It was disgusting. We tried our best to hold our breath and worked hard for a while. Finally, we pounded all the earthworms into a pulp.
Looking at the large bowl of bloody earthworm mud, I couldn't help but wonder: "Why is the blood of this earthworm red?"
Jianjian said: "What's so strange about this? Isn't your blood and mine also red?"
"But have you ever seen any other insects with red blood?" I asked.
"Of course I've seen it before!"
"What?"
Jianjian blurted out: "Mosquito!"
"Holy crap! That's because when a mosquito bites someone, its stomach is full of human blood, so it turns red, okay? Have you ever seen the blood of a mosquito that hasn't bitten someone turn red?"
Wen Qingshan heard our conversation, turned around and smiled, saying: "Earthworms are indeed a very special species. Its blood is unique and has hemoglobin that is very similar to the red blood cells in human blood. It is said that it is now available abroad.
Some scientists have synthesized artificial blood using the blood of earthworms.”
"What, using earthworm blood to synthesize human blood?"
Wen Qingshan nodded and said: "And according to historical records, in the southwestern mountainous area, there is a giant earthworm with a body length of nearly one meter and as thick as an adult's wrist. This giant earthworm is also called a goblin by the locals. It is said that
The blood of goblins can cure all kinds of poisonous diseases, even the most powerful golden silkworm poison can be resolved."
"A giant one-meter-long earthworm, doesn't it look like a snake!?" Jianjian couldn't help but shudder.
"Indeed! However, I have never seen it with my own eyes."
While we were talking, Bai Sanyuan led several villagers back carrying the things Wen Qingshan wanted.
Wen Qingshan immediately ordered: "Hurry up and light a fire, boil the wine first, and then bring dozens of bowls over to hold the medicine. By the way, all the garlic must be mashed into garlic paste."
Everyone quickly split up and started working, and the hard work fell to me and Jian Bian again.
After pounding the garlic, Wen Qingshan mixed a small amount of realgar powder with the garlic and the bowl of earthworm meat, stirred it together, and then asked Jianjian and I to help knead it into pills about one centimeter in diameter.
At this time, the wine happened to be almost cooked.
He asked us to distribute two pills and a bowl of hot wine to each patient who was poisoned. Then he stood up and said loudly: "You can take the pills and the strong wine, and it will take less than half an hour."
, the voodoo should be forced out of your body."
Although I don't know what the pills mixed with earthworms, garlic and realgar powder will taste like if taken with a big bowl of strong liquor. But I can imagine that it will not be delicious.
But at this moment, the villagers who were poisoned couldn't care less about the taste of the stuff. They all followed Wen Qingshan's instructions and swallowed the pills. They also drank the strong wine in the bowl.
After about twenty minutes of touching, everyone began to vomit, and their expressions were even more painful than before. Seeing this, Mr. Qi asked Wen Qingshan with some anxiety: "Professor Wen, does this method of yours work?"
It’s no use?”
Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "Isn't it working now?"
Soon, the pungent smell of vomit filled the surrounding area. I quickly pinched my nose and held my breath.
"Come and take a look!" Wen Qingshan led us to a puddle of black-red vomit, picked up a wooden stick from the side, and started playing with the puddle of vomit.
I stood watching and felt my stomach churn. If I continued to watch, I was afraid that I would also vomit. I quickly turned my head and turned my gaze to the distance.
Huang Yixian couldn't stand it anymore, so he asked: "Boss Wen, what are you doing?"
Wen Qingshan said: "We are looking for the culprit that caused their symptoms." Not long after he finished speaking, he suddenly shouted: "Found it! Look." I lowered my head subconsciously and saw him using a wooden stick to remove from a pool.
A thing about an inch long and black in color, like a locust, was picked up from the vomit.
"Could this be a Gu insect?" Huang Yixian was slightly startled.
Wen Qingshan nodded and said: "That's right! This is a leech. After a person drinks the water containing the leech eggs, the leech eggs will hatch out in the human body and attach themselves to the human intestines, absorbing the human body.
of blood.”
"Isn't this just like a leech?"
"It's a voodoo grown from locusts! But the difference between it and locusts is that it contains highly toxic substances that can kill people!"
After hearing what Wen Qingshan said, everyone was shocked.
After a while, all the villagers were vomiting, and they all collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily, and their faces were still pale, but no one was seen holding their stomach or head and screaming anymore.
Wen Qingshan said: "The poison in everyone's body should have been eliminated. Let's go home and rest first. Make some ginger soup with brown sugar to drink at night. In addition, everyone should be careful not to drink raw water these days."
The villagers stood up, thanked us, then supported each other and went home. Before Mr. Qi could fully recover, he asked Wen Qingshan in a daze: "The poison on their bodies has really been removed."
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Wen Qingshan said: "The Gu insect has been vomited out, it should be fine."
"Then will these Gu insects survive and reproduce in the ground?" Looking at the vomit everywhere, Mr. Qi seemed to be frightened.
Wen Qingshan said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Qi, these things have been killed long ago. Among the three herbs I just used, realgar powder can kill Gu insects. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" records that realgar powder can kill hundreds of insects.
It can ward off hundreds of evil spirits and control poisonous poisons. When people wear it, tigers and wolves will lurk when they enter the mountains and forests, and hundreds of poisons will escape when they enter the river.' Therefore, people who raise poisons must not dare to drink realgar wine."
After hearing this, Mr. Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that it was getting late, Huang Yixian cupped his hands towards Second Master Qi and said, "Second Master Qi, it's time for us to go back. We'll come see you tomorrow to say goodbye!"
A few of us turned around and were about to leave, but Second Master Qi stopped us: "Wait! Thanks to a few of you today, why not go to my house for a casual meal."
Wen Qingshan was so lucky that he immediately said: "Okay, then we have to be respectful and obey orders!"
We followed Mr. Qi to his house. While his wife and daughter-in-law were cooking, we sat in the yard and chatted.
Second Master Qi asked Wen Qingshan in confusion: "Professor Wen, how did they get the poison?"
Wen Qingshan frowned and said: "Someone must have laid the poison eggs in the water, and everyone happened to drink the poisoned water."
Second Master Qi's expression changed: "Could it be that the well in the village has been poisoned?"
Wen Qingshan waved his hand and said: "Probably not. They were poisoned almost at the same time. This means that they must have been poisoned at the same time. It is impossible for so many people to drink well water at the same time.
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"Second Master Qi, has anyone hosted a banquet in the village recently?" Huang Yixian asked.
"Hold a banquet?" Second Master Qi thought for a while, "No one has hosted a banquet recently!" As he said this, he suddenly thought again: "By the way, last night, Daoist Huang helped Bai Xiaowu do something, and the villagers
They all came, but they didn’t eat either, just cracked melon seeds and drank tea.”
"Drinking tea?" Wen Qingshan was slightly startled.
"Boss Wen, do you think there is something wrong with the tea?"
Wen Qingshan nodded: "It's very possible."
I said in confusion: "But Mr. Qi and Brother Sanyuan were probably present last night. If there was something wrong with the tea, how could they be fine?"
Second Master Qi coughed a few times and said, "I only drink boiled water and I can't get used to the taste of tea, so I didn't drink a sip of tea last night."
"That's right, there must be something wrong with the tea! Someone has poisoned the tea!" Wen Qingshan said with certainty.
Second Master Qi immediately turned to Bai Sanyuan on the side and said: "Sanyuan, go and get my notepad. I'll see who was arranged to be in charge of tea yesterday."
Bai Sanyuan turned around and entered the room, and soon walked out with a crumpled elementary school homework book.
Second Master Qi put his finger on his lips with a little saliva, looked through the homework, suddenly raised his head, stared at Bai Sanyuan, and said in surprise: "How can she be your wife?"
When Bai Sanyuan heard this, he was slightly startled for a moment, then turned to the kitchen and shouted: "Xiuying, come out! I have something to ask you."
Sanyuan's wife quickly walked out of the kitchen, wiped her oily hands on her clothes, and said, "If you have anything to say, tell me! I'm cooking!"
Bai Sanyuan asked straight to the point: "Were you in charge of the tea last night?"
"Yeah! What's wrong?"
"Then what did you add to the tea?" Bai Sanyuan asked loudly.
Sanyuan's wife glared at him: "Why are you yelling! Of course tea is added to the tea, what else can be added!"