Chapter Fourteen: Treating Illness and Saving People
After Gu Yu spoke of a prescription for pain relief, Shentu’s expression became even more shocked, as if he hadn’t expected Gu Yu to possess such a precious prescription.
When he treated patients before, he always operated with the patient awake. Occasionally, if someone was afraid of pain, Shentu would use force to knock them out before proceeding with the treatment.
However, after once causing someone to die from pain, Shentu no longer dared to knock people out.
No matter how severe the pain of the injured person, Shentu would keep them awake.
Screaming in pain was much better than dying silently.
Now, after hearing Gu Yu mention a prescription that could make people feel no pain, Shentu was initially disbelieving. Then, he thought of Gu Yu’s superb medical skills and couldn’t help but secretly look forward to it.
If such a prescription truly existed, it would be a blessing to all mankind!
If nothing else, the injured soldiers alone could reduce their suffering because of this pain-relieving prescription.
Gu Yu mentioned the pain-relieving prescription not out of guesswork, but because he truly knew it.
As for where he knew it from, it was naturally from flipping through the Medical Scripture… Before, Gu Yu had wanted to find poison prescriptions in the Medical Scripture, but after searching for a long time without success, he stumbled upon this chapter on pain relief.
It listed various prescriptions for pain relief, but compared to them, Hua Tuo’s Mafeisan was more practical.
It was unknown what kind of origin this Medical Scripture had, as it recorded all sorts of strange things. Now, even Hua Tuo’s Mafeisan appeared, so Gu Yu wouldn’t be surprised if Western medical prescriptions appeared later.
However, regardless of these practical or impractical matters, as long as it could be used to treat illnesses and save people, it was sufficient for now.
“I have a prescription for pain relief called Mafeisan. Take Cao Wu Tou, Man Tuo Luo Zi, and Tian Nan Xing… Prepare these according to the proportions, and then take them with wine. After some time, the patient will no longer feel pain.”
“Take it with wine? Aren’t tea and wine incompatible with medicinal properties?”
“That’s where you’re wrong. Mafeisan can utilize the ascending power of wine to guide the medicine upward to the head, thereby causing unconsciousness and achieving anesthesia.”
“I see. I’ll have someone fetch the medicinal herbs right away.”
After hearing Gu Yu’s explanation, Shentu’s expression became one of understanding. He then quickly hurried outside to order people to fetch the medicinal herbs, preparing to quickly concoct Mafeisan.
Subsequently, after the required medicinal herbs were quickly delivered, Shentu, under Gu Yu’s guidance, quickly completed the preparation of Mafeisan.
After administering Mafeisan to a severely injured person and waiting for some time, Shentu saw the patient’s eyes slightly closed and a long-lost relaxed expression on their face, and only then did he believe that Mafeisan was truly effective!
“Alright, everything is ready now. It’s your turn to act.”
Seeing that Mafeisan had taken effect, Gu Yu quickly spoke to Shentu, urging him to act quickly.
It was unknown how effective the ancient Mafeisan was. If the patient suddenly woke up in a few minutes, they would have to repeat the process.
Although Mafeisan was effective, it could not be used multiple times, as it would harm the patient’s body.
Upon hearing Gu Yu’s words, Shentu immediately nodded, then took out his small knife from his tool bag and quickly walked towards the patient.
As for the process, due to its excessive bloodiness, Gu Yu could only watch for a few glances before being disgusted and unable to continue. He then walked out of the house to check on the other decocting medicines outside.
Taking advantage of the unawareness of those boiling the medicine, Gu Yu quickly poured some of the spring water from his space into each medicine pot. After he finished, he walked back into the house with his hands behind his back.
As soon as he entered the house, Gu Yu was hit by an indescribable smell again, almost making him vomit.
After Shentu finished dealing with all the patients, they had to be removed from here, and it was also necessary to instruct them to ensure good ventilation in their living quarters and not to be stuffy.
Otherwise, even if they were cured now, they would die later.
“Divine Doctor Gu, I have removed the necrotic tissue from the patient’s wound.”
“Let me see.”
As soon as Gu Yu entered the room, he was addressed as “Divine Doctor Gu” by Shentu, almost smacking him in the face. While Gu Yu was still bewildered, Shentu, with an excited expression, quickly called him to the patient’s side.
When Gu Yu saw the festering, maggot-infested wound, and the surrounding necrotic tissue had been cleanly cut away, he couldn’t help but nod, thinking that Shentu’s knife skills were truly good. If it were someone else, they probably wouldn’t have been able to do it so cleanly and efficiently.
Gu Yu’s nod made Shentu beside him extremely happy, and he also felt smug in his heart.
To be affirmed by Divine Doctor Gu was truly a great honor!
At this moment, Shentu thought of himself who had previously obstructed Gu Yu’s treatment as a fool.
Divine Doctor Gu’s medical skills were so formidable. If he hadn’t appeared, it would have been impossible to save even half of the injured people in this house, but now there was a high hope that all of them would survive!
What outstanding medical skills! Gu Yu was entirely worthy of the title “Divine Doctor.”
Shentu had originally thought that when Gu Yu grew up, he would definitely be astonishing in medicine… but he was wrong.
Even though Gu Yu was still young, his understanding of medicine was already very profound. Even veteran doctors with decades of experience in treating illnesses were ashamed of their inferiority.
“Your knife skills are good. This necrotic tissue has been cut very cleanly. Good.”
“Thank you for your praise, Divine Doctor Gu. However, after the necrotic tissue was removed, the patient’s wound continued to bleed. Although I have applied hemostatic drugs, the situation is not optimistic.”
Although Shentu was very happy to receive Gu Yu’s praise, he still pointed out the existing hidden danger when faced with reality.
Even though the wound’s bleeding was not as uncontrollable as at the beginning, it was still slowly bleeding. The patient’s body was already very weak, and if they lost too much blood, the situation would become even more dire.
Upon hearing Shentu’s words, Gu Yu did not rush. Instead, he raised the bamboo tube he had been holding and handed it to Shentu.
Shentu looked at Gu Yu doubtfully, not knowing what he meant by suddenly giving him a bamboo tube.
Then, at Gu Yu’s beckoning, when Shentu opened the bamboo tube, he saw that the liquid inside was cloudy. Upon smelling it closely, the taste was also very strange, which made Shentu even more confused… What did Gu Yu want to do by giving him this bamboo tube?
“The bamboo tube in your hand contains the hemostatic solution I carefully prepared. You only need to sprinkle this solution on the wound, and it will quickly stop the bleeding.”
Seeing the doubt on Shentu’s face, Gu Yu immediately explained.
After hearing that the liquid in the bamboo tube could quickly stop the bleeding, Shentu immediately held the bamboo tube and went to the still-sleeping patient, pouring the solution onto the bleeding wound.
The next second, something magical happened.
The wound that was still bleeding incessantly actually stopped bleeding miraculously after being sprinkled with the solution!
It truly stopped bleeding immediately!
Shentu swore that in all his years, he had never seen such miraculous medicine.
It was like medicine concocted by an immortal!
At this moment, Gu Yu didn’t manage Shentu’s shocked expression, as Shentu had maintained a similar expression almost constantly since Gu Yu started treating illnesses and saving people.
With the expectant expressions on the faces of the surrounding patients, Gu Yu now started to attend to the next patient.
After working for half a day and resolving all the patients in the house, Gu Yu also had Xing Zhi carry all the patients out of the room and place them in a quiet, well-ventilated place to recuperate. They would be back on their feet soon.
When Gu Yu walked out of the house, it was already close to noon, and it was almost time for lunch.
However, seeing the scene of cutting necrotic tissue and the strange smell inside the house had completely dampened Gu Yu’s appetite. He just wanted to breathe in some fresh air outside.
“Son-in-law, why are you still standing here!”
“???”
“Hurry to the next location and continue treating the injured!”
“There’s more?”
“Son-in-law, you don’t think there are only these dozen severely injured people after a war, do you? There are dozens more houses like this filled with injured people!”
“…”
Just as Gu Yu wanted to relax his mind and body, he unexpectedly heard Xing Zhi say this, and his mouth turned down. He felt like he had fallen into a den of thieves.
With so many people, how many lifetimes would it take to treat them all!
With a sigh, Gu Yu could only accept reality and, with Shentu, continue to the next location of the injured, preparing for a long-term battle.
During this process, having witnessed Gu Yu’s extensive theoretical knowledge and marvelous treatment methods, Shentu had become Gu Yu’s little fanboy and admired him to the utmost.
When they encountered doctors who questioned Gu Yu’s medical skills on the way to other locations of the injured, Shentu would directly jump out and scold them severely without Gu Yu even needing to speak, leaving them speechless.
Thus, after three to four days of high-intensity work, Gu Yu finally resolved all the patients.
At this point, he could finally rest!
After the treatment ended, Shentu hesitantly came to Gu Yu and said that he wanted to use Mafeisan for future treatments and asked if Gu Yu agreed.
To this, Gu Yu naturally nodded in agreement and had no objections.
Setting aside Shentu’s good intention of wanting to save more people, the previous precedent of treating measles alone made Gu Yu eager to pass on his medical skills to more people, letting them help him earn good deeds points.
After resolving all the patients, Gu Yu found a place to wash thoroughly and change into new clothes. Then, he smelled himself and, after confirming there were no other strange odors, prepared to go find his little wife.
He had been busy treating illnesses and saving people for the past few days, and he had seen Gu Mengyao for only a very short time. Now that he had finally resolved everything, he could finally hug and kiss his little wife.
Just thinking about it made him a little impatient!
“What did you say? There’s a shortage of grain supplies on the front lines and a need to transport a large amount of grain?”
However, just as Gu Yu happily walked into the room where Gu Qing was, he heard his father-in-law exclaim in shock, and he felt that more trouble had appeared.