Queen of flowers - Chapter 29

 “Then?” Feng Liao looked at Yong Ruo with bright eyes and asked.

“After soothing my mother and two younger brothers, I went to the Wu family to teach them how to debride the wound.” Yong Ruo glanced at Su Mingjian and Rob next to him, and began to impart simple common sense of sanitation and disinfection. “Does Feng Liao know what ‘debridement’ is? “

She even taught this kind of common sense, to people like the Wu family. She had no reason not to tell it to the people who are good to her.

Su Mingjian and Rob were guards, and the risk of getting injured was relatively large. Mastering these common wound care may save their lives at some point. Of course, whether they believed it or not, it was their own business.

Feng Lan shook his head blankly.

Yong Ruo said, “Trauma causes wounds. Debridement is to clean these wounds.”

 “Why is this?” Feng Liao asked puzzledly.

Su Mingjian and Rob obviously listened more seriously!

Yong Ruo didn’t explain this in a hurry, but instead said, “When I was young, I saw a man cleaning his wound. He said that there were all kinds of qi between heaven and earth. There were also many kinds of sick qi and filth qi. Everything in the world would be contaminated with sickness and filth to some extent, except that there would be less stains on clean things and more stains on dirty things. If a person’s limb was cut or stabbed with a sharp weapon, he would absorb these sickness gas and foul gas into the body. If you didn’t clean the sick gas and foul gas from the wound, the wound will become festering and would ulcerate. In the worst case, the sickness gas would infect the whole body, and there wouldn’t be a cure! “

 “Everything in the world is contaminated with sickness and filth?” Feng Liao gazed at Yong Ruo in confusion, “Do I also have sickness and filth? “

Yong Ruo nodded affirmatively, “It’s natural! That man said that  a human body is like a big city. The skin is the wall, the sickness and filth are the enemies, and the passages connecting the inside and outside of the body are the gates. The physical body is the garrison in the city. If there is no injury, the skin can block many diseases. If it is injured, the skin gets damaged, a hole is opened in the city wall, and the filth will swarm in from this hole. If the hole is not big, and the influx of disease will not be much, and the defenders in the city can repel the enemy by themselves. If the hole is slightly larger, the defenders in the city will need the help of medicine and stones. But if the mouth is very large, the defenders in the city with the help of medicine will be defeated … “

 Feng Liao nodded thoughtfully. This metaphor was very vivid so he understood.

 Su Mingjian and Rob nodded involuntarily.

 Yong Ruo said, “The so-called ‘illness from the mouth’ means eating unclean things. You think ordinary people are entering the city but in fact it’s the enemy spy who entered the city. This enemy leads to sickness. Epidemics also spread because there is too much sickness and filth gathered in one place, as there are too many enemy forces outside the city, and the defenders in the city cannot do much. Therefore, the most important point in the prevention of epidemics like plague is disinfection and isolation … “

After explaining that, Yong Ruo began to talk about what was debridement and how to do it, “The role of debridement is to reduce some of the sickness gas and filth gas that invade the body, so as not to flood the city through the breach in the wall. The enemy is strong and the defenders can’t carry on. The method of debridement is to rinse the wound with saline or alcohol, and clean all the dirt and debris … “

“Rinse the wound with saline?” Su Mingjian next to him couldn’t help but interject. “That would hurt!”

 How was that different from applying salt to the wound? Too cruel! Rob, who had never spoken a word, nodded.

“It hurts! But in the end, life is more important, right?” Yong Ruo said lightly, and continued, “The deeper the wound, the greater the need for debridement. The stronger the alcohol used for debridement. Salt water cannot be prepared directly with water and salt, because there is actually sickness gas and filth gas in the fresh water. You have to boil the salt water and let it cool down. By the way, boiling water is also a way to remove sick gas and filth gas. This is a good way. Therefore, it is best to drink boiled water, and even the cloth covering the wounds must be put inside boiled water and then dried … “

After Feng Liao heard her, he nodded to indicate that he understood, and asked with interest, “Did the Wu brothers listen to you and clean the wound?”

Yong Ruo sighed softly, “When I said it initially the Wu family didn’t believe me. They thought I was causing more harm. They said that thebrother had been injured so much already, why would they torture them again? Few days later, in the Hutong, widow Qin said a few words and Wu Da agreed to clean the wound. Wu Er was afraid of pain, and would rather die than that  …”

“What did widow Qin say?”

“The widow Qin said that once her husband fell in a dark ditch and his toe was cut by a small piece of iron before he died!

“It was really a small hole! But her husband didn’t care about the wound. After a few days, the toe was swollen like a radish, then the whole foot was swollen, and it hurt so much that he rolled on the bed. Seven or eight days later, her husband started to feel dizzy, weak, and sick. About half a month later, he convulsed to death! When he died, his body was stretched like a bow, his face was twisted like he saw a ghost …”

“Some priest told her that her husband was caught by evil spirits! Over the years, she has always believed in evil spirits, and almost spent all her money for her first husband. It was too much …”

Feng Liao, Su Mingjian, and Luo Bu had goosebumps!

“After hearing what widow Qin said, Wu Da was frightened, so he bit his teeth and suffered the pain, and asked his wife to clean his wounds. Wu Er couldn’t accept the pain, and refused to believe anyway …” Yong Ruo frowned slightly, “I only hope both the brothers are okay. “

Feng Liao looked at her with a strange look: “The brother broke into your house to steal, and are you still worried about them?”

Yong Ruo smiled bitterly, “the brothers did not commit sin to be punished with death!”

‘If I could choose, I wouldn’t want to have any blood on my hands.’

 As the couple were talking, they saw Aunt Gu looking at Feng Gongzi and others in surprise, and walked in quickly and said to Yong Ruo, “Yang’s family replied!”

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