Chapter 107 Bile alum poisoning

He Yanxiu suddenly felt that his mind seemed a little unable to turn around, but he immediately subconsciously moved back a little, "What?"

"There seems to be something quite hard on your body that is pushing against your waist." Su Yujin complained.

But but but...

He didn't!

He Yanxiu's mind suddenly went blank.

Seeing that He Yanxiu was silent, Su Yujin simply frowned and reached out to grope around He Yanxiu's waist. After a moment, he pulled out a dagger and said, "Here, this is it."

"Can the second master put it away properly?"

This dagger was so hard that even if she wore it lightly, it would still hurt her waist.

Su Yujin found the dagger extremely distasteful at this time.

The color on He Yanxiu's face returned little by little. He breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out his hand to take the dagger, "So this is what you were talking about."

"Otherwise? What do you think your servant is talking about?" Su Yujin tilted her head.

"No, it's nothing." He Yanxiu paused, then shook the riding whip he had been holding in his other hand, "I thought this was what you were talking about."

"The road ahead is a bit difficult, please hold on tight to avoid falling down."

He Yanxiu quickly changed the topic.

Su Yujin saw that the road ahead was quite steep uphill, so as He Yanxiu said, he grabbed the front edge of the saddle harder and harder.

After walking for half an hour, the group arrived at the valley at the foot of the mine mountain.

Because of such an incident, the valley seemed to be shrouded in haze, and the faces of everyone present were very solemn. They were busy taking care of patients who were weak at this time, and there were even a few patients who were already somewhat unconscious.

Two or three doctors, including He Yanxiu and Su Yujin, arrived here early and were taking pulses and checking for symptoms.

Su Yujin also began to check the conditions of nearby patients.

After taking the pulse, looking at the patient's pupils, checking the condition of the limbs, and asking about the number of vomiting times, Su Yujin then checked the meals those people had eaten.

After testing with a silver needle and smelling the smell of food and vomit carefully, Su Yujin frowned.

"How?" He Yanxiu asked.

"It should be because of the consumption of gall alum." Su Yujin said, "Chole alum can be dug from copper mines. It has the functions of removing decay and detoxifying. It is an excellent medicinal material, but gall alum also has the effect of inducing vomiting.

If consumed in small amounts, people will only experience vomiting symptoms. If consumed in excess, in addition to vomiting, gastrointestinal erosion will cause severe pain. In severe cases, respiratory failure, excessive liver and kidney damage may lead to life-threatening conditions.”

"Fortunately, these people have not eaten much. There is no immediate danger for their lives, but they cannot delay. They need timely treatment. I will write down the prescription and get the medicine to cook as soon as possible."

"Okay." He Yanxiu hurriedly ordered people to bring paper and pen, and also asked Qu Zhiwen to inform the people who went down the mountain to buy medicinal materials.

"Going down the mountain to grab medicine and then bring it back to boil it, it takes half a day at the fastest. It's really a waste of time. We can't wait in vain at this time. It's best to take something that can protect the stomach and intestines and prevent toxins from spreading too much." Su Yujin

Asked. “I wonder if there are eggs and soybeans here?”

"Yes." Qu Zhiwen replied.

"This is the best." Su Yujin said, "Egg white or soy milk made from ground soybeans can protect the gastrointestinal tract and prevent further spread of toxins. At this time, you can take a small amount first to see if it can have any effect."

"I'll arrange for someone to do it right away." Qu Zhiwen hurriedly called someone over to prepare egg whites and grind soy milk.

By the way, he informed everyone that they had been poisoned by bile alum, and that they already had antidote prescriptions and sent people to get the medicine and boil it.

Sudden vomiting and pain in the abdomen for unknown reasons made everyone panic. Now that the cause is clear and everyone knows that his life is not in danger, everyone can feel at ease.

On Su Yujin's side, after everything was arranged, he checked on several patients to make sure that they were indeed poisoned by bile alum. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and went to check on the conditions of several doctors after feeding the patients egg whites.

A series of actions and arrangements can be described as smooth and flowing, without any redundancy.

The most important thing is that those who were poisoned looked slightly better after drinking egg white, which shows that Su Yujin's judgment was also very accurate.

Even the doctors who were invited to see him praised Su Yujin and expressed their affirmation.

It seems that Su Yujin is really a person with outstanding medical skills.

It's no wonder that after He Yanxiu heard about the situation here, his first reaction was to bring Su Yujin with him.

In this way, the reason why He Yanxiu loves Su Yujin so much is because she is really outstanding.

Qu Zhiwen sighed in his heart, but he was also busy arranging the patients and organizing some follow-up matters.

He Yanxiu on the side frowned.

Since this gall alum can be obtained from copper mines, these people are now acting like this because they have eaten gall alum...

Could it be accidental ingestion?

Or did someone do it deliberately?

Qu Zhiwen said that before the meal started, the cooks tried the food and found nothing unusual, but after the meal started, something happened.

After He Yanxiu wandered around twice, his eyes fell on the big pot, and he waved to Su Yujin, "Come and check the food in this pot. Does it contain the alum you mentioned?"

According to what He Yanxiu said, Su Yujin carefully inspected the four large pots with a lot of food left and the steamed buns in the baskets, and quickly came to a conclusion.

Whether it's the rice in the pot or the steamed buns in the steamer, there is no alum.

But the food those people ate was full of gallbladder.

To put it this way...

He Yanxiu asked, "Where are these bowls and chopsticks placed before eating?"

"Put them all in the room over there. They will take them out to scoop out meals for everyone before dinner starts." A cook replied.

"Bring out the remaining dishes and chopsticks."

Following He Yanxiu's instructions, the cooks hurriedly moved several large baskets of dishes and chopsticks in front of him.

Su Yujin carefully examined the bowls and chopsticks again and found that they were all contaminated with bile alum to varying degrees.

"Chole alum is very easy to weather and is usually kept sealed. The reason why the gall alum can stick to the bowls and chopsticks is probably because the gall alum is dissolved in water and then the bowls are soaked in the water. The gall alum is not pure enough and has extremely high impurities.

There are many, and the color is a little light, so no one notices it.”

Su Yujin said, "But I have been a little strange since just now. This gall alum is astringent and bitter. Even if there is not much on each bowl and there is food to cover it, the taste in the mouth is not good. How come no one feels it?"

What’s wrong?”

"I just asked about this, and they said that although the meals cooked in the four large pots today were different, braised pork was added to them all, and there was a lot of it. I guess it was because there was meat to eat today, so I didn't want to say it tasted bad.

To avoid not being able to eat in the future." Qu Zhiwen replied.

The information about cholestasis comes from Baidu. The symptoms may not be accurate enough. Let’s just take a look at it~
Chapter completed!