"Oh no, Dajiao was bitten by a poisonous snake!"
Jiang Xuan, Chi Shao and Uncaria had just returned from hunting when they heard someone in the tribe panic shouting.
"Go and have a look."
Jiang Xuan put the prey on the ground and ran over in a hurry, with red peony root and uncaria root following closely behind.
There are already seven or eight people gathered around the breeding area, making it very noisy.
Dajiao sat on the ground, his face pale.
There were two deep tooth marks on his calf, and the blood flowing out was black and obviously highly poisonous.
"Get out of the way, why are we so crowded?"
Jiang Xuan shouted and dispersed the crowd, preventing them from continuing to surround Dajiao.
Then, he squatted down, glanced at the wound on Dajiao's leg, and frowned.
Snakes are divided into non-venomous snakes and venomous snakes. The bite marks of two snakes are different.
Non-venomous snakes do not have venomous fangs. Their fangs are arranged in two rows and are relatively fine. Generally, the bite will not be very deep. If the snake is not very big, it will only break the skin.
But venomous snakes are different. Venomous snakes generally have two long fangs in their mouths. After biting a person or beast, the fangs will penetrate deeply into the flesh and inject fatal venom.
The wound on Dajiao's leg was obviously bitten by a venomous snake, and it seemed to be quite poisonous.
"How long have you been biting?" Jiang Xuan asked as he pulled out an animal skin rope.
"Just... I was bitten not long ago..." Dajiao was sweating all over his body, obviously very frightened.
In the primitive jungle, many people are bitten by various poisonous snakes or insects every year. If you are lucky, you can survive, but if you are unlucky, you will die!
Facing the threat of death, few people can avoid fear.
"Where's the snake that bit you?"
"Run away."
"What kind of snake bit you?"
Dajiao described the appearance of a venomous snake. It is a relatively common venomous snake in the jungle, and its toxicity is not particularly strong.
This made Jiang Xuan feel slightly relieved.
"I'll tie your legs first to prevent the snake venom from spreading."
Jiang Xuan used a braided animal skin rope to tie Dajiao's calf from just below the knee to prevent the poisonous blood from continuing to flow to other parts of the body.
Jiang Xuan found a piece of stone with the sharpest edge 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.
"Be patient."
Jiang Xuan didn't have time to disinfect the stone flakes. He took a deep breath, and then decisively opened the wound bitten by the poisonous snake with a sharp stone flake, causing the wound to expand.
He scratched the wound on Dajiao's calf twice with a stone chip in the shape of a "cross". The purpose of this was to release the poisonous blood.
Then, he squeezed Dajiao's calf from top to bottom to drain the poisonous blood from Dajiao's calf as quickly as possible.
As Jiang Xuan continued to squeeze, black poisonous blood flowed out along the open wound, and there were blood stains on the ground.
While squeezing out the poisonous blood, Jiang Xuan said to the red peony root next to him: "Sister, I can only drain the poisonous blood as much as possible, and I will leave it to you to find medicine to detoxify."
"I'll find the antidote right away."
Chi Shao ran away in a hurry.
Tribal people have faced various poisonous snakes and insects for a long time, and have accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with them. They have also found many effective antidotes from various plants.
Chi Shao is very familiar with the plants growing near the Vine Tribe, and she knows where to find medicine that can cure snake bites.
At some point, the mysterious old man also came over.
He heard that someone was bitten by a poisonous snake, and originally wanted to help, but when he came over, he found that Jiang Xuan had already taken care of it, so he quietly observed from the side.
He saw Jiang Xuan binding Dajiao's legs with animal skin ropes, cutting the wound with a stone chip, and squeezing out the poisonous blood. He also found that Dajiao's condition had indeed not deteriorated, so he said nothing.
In fact, if he were asked to treat it, he would adopt a more common method used by tribesmen: burning!
The specific method is: directly pick up a burning firewood, place it on the wound bitten by the poisonous snake, and directly cook the wound and the flesh and blood near the wound.
This method is very rough, and the person who is burned will suffer serious consequences, but it is indeed effective when the person is just bitten by a poisonous snake.
Snake venom is actually a kind of protein, but it is just a toxic protein. After being burned at high temperature, the snake venom will change from highly toxic to non-toxic.
On the other hand, because the flesh and capillaries near the wound have been cooked and the blood has coagulated, the poisonous blood cannot naturally spread.
Of course, whether it is bloodletting, blood sucking, or high-temperature burning methods, they are only effective for people who have just been bitten.
If the bite lasts too long, the poisonous blood will have spread long ago, and these methods will lose their effect.
If that's the case, I'm afraid I can only carry it to the totem god and pray for blessings from the god.
Not long after, Red Peony came back with some plant roots.
She quickly found a relatively flat stone, placed part of the plant roots on it, and smashed them with another stone.
"Huh? Octagonal lotus, not bad."
The mysterious old man standing aside nodded, obviously approving the use of red peony root to detoxify and heal Dajiao.
The plant collected from red peony root is called octagonal lotus by the tribesmen, because each of its leaves has eight angles, and the rhizomes are generally used as medicine.
Star anise can treat snake bites, and is also commonly used to treat bruises, unnamed swellings, etc.
It should be noted that the whole plant of Star Anise is poisonous, so the red peony root should be pounded on a stone instead of chewed directly.
If you don't know how to use this medicine, you may not be able to save your life, but you may be poisoned yourself.
After pounding the red peony root, Jiang Xuan also squeezed out the poisonous blood.
Chi Shao immediately applied the mashed rhizome to Dajiao's wound, and took out the cotton-like spider web to cover the wound to prevent the medicine from falling.
Red peony root said to Jiang Xuan: "You watch 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 this to me."
Chi Shao hurriedly returned to the bamboo house, pulled out some red charcoal fire from the fire pit, then placed a thin stone slice on top, and placed the rhizome of the star anise lotus on the stone slice to bake.
The thin stone slices were quickly heated by the charcoal fire, and the roots on them were cooked bit by bit.
Without this stone piece, if the rhizome is thrown directly into the charcoal fire, the outer skin will be burnt, and the effect will not be as good.
From time to time, the red peony root uses a wooden stick to turn over the rhizome on the stone chip, until the rhizome is completely roasted, then immediately wraps it with a leaf and returns to the breeding area.
During this process, Jiang Xuan had already loosened the animal skin rope once to prevent Dajiao's leg from breaking due to long-term blood blockage.
Red peony walked up to Dajiao, handed him the root wrapped in leaves, and said, "Eat it quickly."
Dajiao looked at the red peony root with gratitude, and then ate all the roasted roots.
Chi Shao watched him finish eating the roots, then checked the wound and found that the wound was no longer black. She finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If there are no accidents, after banding to prevent the spread of toxins, widening the wound and bleeding, and taking the antidote internally and externally, Dajiao's life should be saved.
Jiang Xuan greeted: "Carry Dajiao back to the bamboo house first."
The people around immediately got into trouble and carefully lifted up the big horn, carried it all the way back to the bamboo house, and placed it on the bed.
After the crowd dispersed, the old man still stayed where he was, with brilliant eyes.
Jiang Xuan's treatment method just now was something he had never used before, and it seemed quite effective.
This small tribe can indeed bring him a lot of surprises!