"Malaria...Malaria!" The doctor in the village fell backwards to the ground, and shouted in surprise. Because he was too nervous, his voice changed, and his whole body shook like a sieve.

"Malaria?" Li Xiu couldn't help but look at the body in front of him in surprise when he heard the name of the disease, and then turned his head to ask the doctor, "Doctor, how did you see that he died of malaria?"

"Look... look at his mouth and nose, those herpes are the most obvious characteristics of malaria!" Although the doctor was very scared, he might have recovered a little when he saw Li Xiu so calm, and he said trembling again.

When Li Xiu heard this, he turned his head to look again. Sure enough, he found that the mouth and nose of the corpse were covered with herpes, some of which had broken and pus, which looked very disgusting. However, this was indeed one of the external manifestations of malaria. Li Xiu seemed to have heard Sun Simiao say that he was just two swords in medical skills. Not to mention comparing with Sun Simiao, even the city doctor behind him who was so scared that he was trembling all over was better than him.

"Brother Li, come with me, let's leave here tonight!" Zhang Shiyi also came over and pulled Li Xiu to leave here. Malaria is also a kind of plague, especially the humid and hot climate in the south, which is even more deadly. Although malaria may not necessarily die, the mortality rate is still not low, so he doesn't want Li Xiu to stay here and take risks. Otherwise, if something happens, he will not be able to go back and explain.

"Haha~, Brother Eleven, don't worry. If it is another disease, I may be a little worried, but malaria is different. This disease is transmitted through mosquito bites. Now you only need to burn the body and ignite the mugwort to repel the mosquitoes. In addition, even if someone really has malaria, I have a way to treat it!" Li Xiu laughed indifferently at this time.

Malaria was indeed a very terrible plague in ancient times. Even in later generations, in Africa, where medical conditions were backward, hundreds of thousands of people died of malaria every year. Some even calculated that every minute, one person died of malaria in Africa.

However, malaria was almost extinct in the Central Plains in later generations, and there was another matter related to malaria at that time, that was the first Nobel Prize in Medicine won by the Chinese, that is, the artemisinin discovered by Tu Youyou. This incident caused a great sensation in China at that time. It was from this news that Li Xiu heard about malaria and was forced to popularize it, and then he learned about the pathogenesis of malaria, and artemisinin was the nemesis of malaria.

"It's true, Brother Li, can you cure malaria?" Zhang Shiyi couldn't help but ask in shock when he heard Li Xiu's words. Although he knew that Li Xiu's medical skills were amazing, he still couldn't believe it for a while.

"Haha~, since I can prevent and treat smallpox, why can't I treat malaria?" Li Xiu said with a confident expression at this time. In order to make Zhang Shiyi believe, he had to make such an expression.

Seeing Li Xiu's confident look, Zhang Shiyi finally dispelled his suspicion, especially when he thought of the violent plague of smallpox, Li Xiu found a way to prevent and treat malaria, so it seems that nothing strange is to be able to treat malaria.

Thinking of the above, Zhang Shiyi immediately slapped his thigh and said, "That's great. I almost forgot that Brother Li, you have such ability. With your above words, I feel relieved!"

When Zhang Shiyi talked about it, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After all, this stronghold also spent a lot of manpower and material resources. If he really gave up because of a malaria, he would feel distressed. Now that Li Xiu can cure malaria, he can finally feel relieved.

With Zhang Shiyi's order, someone immediately poured the tincture oil on the body and burned it. Li Xiu took Zhang Shiyi around the city. After a while, he picked a large bundle of herbs in his hand. However, Zhang Shiyi said in surprise: "Brother Li, why are you picking these artemisia for? "

"This is called Artemisia phylla. If you want to treat malaria, you have to rely on this herb!" Li Xiu smiled and introduced that there are many types of artemisia, but the one that can really treat malaria is this artemisia phylla. The smell of this artemisia phylla is very special and can be seen everywhere on the roadside in the mountains. When Li Xiu was a child, he often pulled many of this artemisia phylla and put it next to him in summer. It is said that he can repel mosquitoes. It was not until he grew up that the famous artemisinin comes from the artemisia that he used to repel mosquitoes when he was a child.

"You're not mistaken. Can this kind of artemisia that can be seen everywhere cure malaria?" Zhang Shiyi said with some suspicion when he heard Li Xiu's words, because it is too common to plant artemisia that Li Xiu calls Artemisia vermicelli. Whether in the south or north, it can be seen almost everywhere on the fields and roads. No one even thought it could be used as medicine, but it was regarded as a kind of weed. But now Li Xiu actually said that it can treat the famous malaria, which made Zhang Shiyi a little unbelievable.

"The Eleventh Brother, don't doubt it. In fact, the natives outside are very stupid and don't know that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, so the corpses they threw in are useless. However, there are many mosquitoes here, and no one can guarantee that they have not been bitten by mosquitoes. So we should be careful. In the future, people drink a glass of this artemisia juice every day to avoid getting infected with malaria!"

After saying that, Li Xiu took Zhang Shiyi to the doctor just now, and then used the other party's pestle and medicine tool to beat the artemisia weed. In addition, soaked in water for a while, artemisinin is more afraid of heat, so it must not heat it, and it cannot be cooked as hard as boiling medicine. This is also the reason why Artemisia annua can cure malaria in later Chinese medicine, many people found that it was not effective after experimenting, because many of them boiled Artemisia annua as an ordinary herb.

"Come on, try this and make sure that you can cure it even if you have malaria!" Li Xiu poured this dark green grass juice into a bowl, then pushed it directly in front of Zhang Shiyi and said, "The smell of wormwood is special. It is said that it is fragrant or smelly, but it is not smelly. It can only be said that it is very strange. It smells so people don't want to get close, let alone drink it.

"Why don't you try the medicine you made first?" Zhang Shiyi said with great resistance at this time. He also disliked the smell of Artemisia anthracite, so he naturally didn't dare to slap in his mouth.

"This... Master, do you think this bowl of medicine can cure malaria?" At this moment, the city doctor suddenly asked in confusion. Li Xiu's identity was kept confidential, and no one except Zhang Shiyi, so he didn't know what to call Li Xiu for a while, and in the end he could only call him "Master". Anyway, he usually called Zhang Shiyi that way.

"Of course, the juice of Artemisia vera is very effective for malaria!" Li Xiu said with great affirmation.

"I wonder if the villain can try it on behalf of the master?" The doctor's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he spoke on his own initiative.

"That's great. Mr. Huang, since you are interested, I'll trouble you!" Before Li Xiu could speak, Zhang Shiyi took the bowl containing the medicine juice to the other party and said, "At this time, Li Xiu realized that the doctor's surname was actually Huang.

Mr. Huang did not be polite to Zhang Shiyi, and directly picked up the bowl and tasted it. He found that although the taste was strange, it was not impossible to put it in. It didn't taste like it was poisonous. So he drank it all and tasted it for a moment before speaking again: "The Shennong Baicao Jing once recorded that Artemisia can treat malaria, but after verification by many people, he found that Artemisia annua has no effect on malaria. Could it be that the method they used was incorrect and the Artemisia annua? The Baicao Jing should refer to this kind of wormwood?"

Li Xiu was also a little surprised when he heard Mr. Huang's words. He knew that Artemisia annua had recorded in traditional Chinese medicine to treat malaria, but he thought it was the incident after the Song Dynasty. After all, the most prosperous period of traditional Chinese medicine was in the Song Dynasty, but he did not expect that in the Tang Dynasty, doctors of this era already knew that Artemisia annua could treat malaria.

In fact, what Li Xiu didn't know was that "Shennong Baicao Jing" was a medical book that had been completed in the Han Dynasty. At that time, it had already recorded that Artemisia annua could treat malaria. However, the ancients' classification of plants was very vague. No matter what kind of artemisia annua was called Artemisia annua. Artemisia annua, which is often used in medicine, is Artemisia annua, rather than the truly effective Artemisia annua, which led many doctors to doubt the records of Artemisia annua treatment of malaria.

"Is Artemisia vera really able to treat malaria? Mr. Huang can find a patient to try it. However, I am worried that since the natives outside the city are infected with malaria, they may be transmitted to the city in the future. So I think everyone in the city can drink this medicine, at least it can be prevented in advance!" Li Xiu said at this time, saying that Mr. Huang is the only doctor in the city, and his words are more useful than Zhang Shiyi in this regard, so Li Xiu wanted to convince him first.

"This... I'll try it, but most of the people in the city are rebellious, and they may not necessarily listen to me. Moreover, the taste of this medicine is a bit strange. I can't guarantee that drinking it when you are not sick will have any bad effects, so I'm afraid not many people are willing to drink it." Mr. Huang said at the end, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Shiyi. According to his thoughts, it would be better to just ask Zhang Shiyi to directly order everyone in the city to drink this medicine, which is much simpler.

"These guys in the city are all bold and crying without seeing the coffin. Even if I give orders, someone will inevitably throw away the medicine secretly. After all, I can't stare at them and drink the medicine in person, so I think it's better to make a bucket of medicine and everyone will drink it voluntarily. Anyway, Brother Li, you said that even if you have malaria in the future, this medicine can be cured, but it will only cause some suffering." Zhang Shiyi said again at this time.

Hearing Zhang Shiyi's words, Li Xiu also felt it made sense and nodded in agreement. That night, there was a large bucket of sausage at the intersection in the center of the city, filled with medicine juice for people to drink at will. A few days later, the effect of this medicine juice finally appeared, and it also gave Zhang Shiyi a new idea.
Chapter completed!