Chapter 13 my atypical life

At five o'clock in the morning, I learned about this on the Internet.Before going to bed, I left a note for my wife in the bathroom: "There is an epidemic of infectious disease in Guangzhou, the cause is unknown, and it will kill people. Avoid going to crowded places and buy some Banlangen and some vinegar." After falling asleep for six or seven hours, I was awakened by the smell of vinegar one after another.Putting on my clothes and going downstairs, I found my wife was using an electric steamer to fumigate vinegar.She said that there is no vinegar in the supermarket, and there is no banlangen in the pharmacy.What is smoking now is half a bottle of vinegar left in the kitchen.She also said, true or false, it must not be a rumor made by a vinegar seller.

When I opened the newspaper the next day, it was not a rumor.This incident was confirmed by authoritative units, and the disease was officially called "atypical pneumonia".There are many differences between what was published in the newspaper and what was said on the Internet, and some key issues are even far apart, but the following four points are consistent, that is, it is an infectious disease; people will die, and some people have already died; place; fumigate vinegar indoors, keep ventilated; take Banlangen. To be honest, I felt a little guilty at the time, because I had neither vinegar nor isatid root.The only thing left to do is to stay at home, open the windows and doors, and feel a little bit waiting to die.At night, an enthusiastic Shenzhen friend called, urging me to take my family and flee the "epidemic area".I solemnly warn the other party not to spread rumors and rumors, and then go online to see the latest rumors.

After a few days of confinement in the house with the windows open day and night, the wind outside seemed to be less tight, so I went to the street to ventilate myself.On the night of the Lantern Festival, the streets of Guangzhou were surprisingly deserted, with ambiguous jealousy in the damp breeze.It's really "I don't see people from last year, tears wet the sleeves of spring shirts" ah.A buddy who just came from Beijing and I were sitting in a restaurant for dinner. Before drinking, the buddy took out a few packs of Banlangen granules from his backpack and asked the waiter to wash them with boiling water on the spot. Clink glasses happily, and it's done.

On the way home, I received a call from a friend who was driving to Beijing to play, saying that he was passing through Hunan and found that Banlangen could be bought here, and asked me if I wanted it.I said yes, and then he asked me what brand I wanted. On the New Year's Eve, a beautiful day, a good night of "Growing Chazi" turned into a "Banlangen" party.The last time Banlangen was in the limelight was during the Hepatitis A pandemic in Shanghai in 1988.I remember that there were rumors in Shanghai that when hepatitis A first became popular, the isatis root and leaves in the Shanghai Botanical Garden were eaten by birds overnight.

In the two epidemics of infectious diseases, Banlangen was obliged to act as a super stable factor, although the last time it was the liver, this time it was the lungs. "Tell you, according to this logic—" A bar owner who had experienced the Hepatitis A in Shanghai stared at me and said, "After the epidemic in Guangzhou, I have every reason to believe, at least hopefully, that banlangen can cure AIDS Because, just because you and I don’t know why Banlangen can cure both the liver and the lungs, it’s impossible for you and I to know why Banlangen can’t cure AIDS.” We Chinese, like peace-loving people all over the world, do not like to get sick, but we prefer to take medicine.Moreover, we have always had a consensus on medicines—especially traditional Chinese medicines—"to treat diseases when there is a disease, and to prevent diseases when there is no disease".In this "atypical pneumonia" scare, I don't know what kind of medicine the doctor finally used to cure the patient. The prescription for the attachment to "medicine" is not only vinegar and the heating of liquid vinegar into a gaseous state, but also Radix isatidis that dissolves solid Radix isatidis particles into liquid.Strictly speaking, vinegar cannot be regarded as medicine. Even in an atypical situation, fortunately, we have the tradition of "medicine and food come from the same source", so we don't care so much.Therefore, it is understandable that vinegar and Radix Banlangen were out of stock in the market for a time, and it can be regarded as an extreme manifestation of "respecting the doctor's order".Therefore, let’s not talk about vinegar, but Banlangen is a genuine medicine. Although it cannot be regarded as a life-saving straw, the important thing is to keep the root.

As for why Banlangen can prevent "atypical pneumonia", no authoritative person or institution has come out to say it.Moreover, there has never been an exact "doctor's order" on how to take this medicine and what dosage to take.Of course, if you ask your doctor to explain in detail the pharmacology of every drug they prescribe to you, they will probably suggest that you go to a psychiatrist first.Besides, Banlangen is a traditional Chinese medicine, why can bullwhip be aphrodisiac?Perhaps adults can make a consistent understanding from the standpoint of intuitive and simple materialism. Similarly, no one asks doctors why ginseng prolongs life.

Regarding Banlangen, those who should say it didn't say it, and those who should know it didn't seem to want to know.Of course, it is not good to talk nonsense about matters involving wealth and life, and it is not appropriate to "know indiscriminately". It was not until the panic was over that I read the most detailed "medical advice" so far in a newspaper in Nanjing, far away from Guangdong: "Isatidis has certain antiviral effects on some upper respiratory infectious diseases, but it is not very suitable for atypical pneumonia. Of course, this is not to say that it has no effect, because 'drinking is better than not drinking', and many people take it with this mentality." "Isatidis has little side effects at all, but it has been used for a long time , it will accumulate 'medicine' and become a disease."

Still to no avail.But it’s also true, “Drinking is better than not drinking.” In fact, I don’t know exactly what “atypical pneumonia” is.Anyway, I'm safe and typically alive to this day anyway.Looking back on my week-long atypical life, the only thing I can't figure out is why some people snapped up the salt?Can salt be taken as medicine?Recently, just as I was in shock, I had another "surprise after the fact" unexpectedly, because the aforementioned incomprehensible thing was finally explained by the insider: what is in the salt?There is iodine.Isn't that disease called "atypical pneumonia"?