Chapter 230 Rosary
Chao Gai and Abe Takano spoke sincerely and described in detail the illnesses of their relatives and compatriots in their hometown.
Patients start with weak lower limbs and weakness, then anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and then swollen and festered feet.
In severe cases, they will be unable to walk normally, or even get out of bed, until their muscles are paralyzed, and they will lie in bed waiting to die.
"Is that so"
Li Ang leaned back a little, looked at the two people who were saluting him, and fell into thought.
Abe Takano said in a soft voice: "I heard that Mr. Li likes to appreciate gold and silver utensils. Japan Island is rich in gold and silver. People in my hometown specially asked me to bring more local specialties."
"That's easy to say."
Li Ang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and waved his palm.
Feelings like gold and silver luxury things have spread abroad?
Do you want to be so exaggerated.
"Well, there are quite a lot of potential diseases that can cause such symptoms. It's hard for me to make a direct judgment without seeing the specific patient."
Li Ang thought for a while, and said, "I remember that the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty usually bring a lot of people with them, right? I don't know if you know the patients in Chang'an."
"I know."
Chao Gai immediately said: "He is a businessman and lives near the West Market. Do we need to invite him over?"
"Huh? If he's sick, it's better if we used to."
"No, no, how can I bother Mr. Li."
Chao Gai got up immediately, went outside the gate of the courtyard, and said a few words to the servants who were waiting there. The servants immediately ran to the West Market, and after a while, a carriage drove into Jingchengfang. .
Two servants helped a Japanese man from the carriage. His feet were indeed slightly swollen as Chao Gai and Abe Takano said.
Li Ang checked, and suddenly asked: "Have you had dinner?"
"ah?"
The Japanese merchant traveler knew Chao Gai and Abe Takano's aristocratic identities, and he seemed extremely sincere and fearful. He couldn't even speak to Li Ang.
You must know that the ancestor of the Abe family was Emperor Kogen, the prince of the Emperor Ohiko, and many high-ranking officials were born in his ancestors, and he was extremely noble in Hijima.
And let them all be so respectful. Li Ang's status is obviously more noble.
Seeing the businessman was stunned, Chao Gai couldn't help but whispered, "Don't answer Mr. Li yet."
"Oh, oh, I ate it. At the Ping An Restaurant in Xishi, I ate sunflower vegetables, roasted fish, and tofu soup."
"Where's the rice?"
The merchant replied: "I ate a bowl of polished rice."
White rice is white rice that has been finely ground. It is whiter in color and tastes better. Of course, the price is more expensive.
"Um."
Li Ang nodded as expected, "It looks like a lack of vitamins."
"vitamins"
Chao Gai asked cautiously, "Is it the illness of the former Zhen Guo General?"
As a bureaucrat in Chang'an, he also learned about Li Ang's deeds during the chat with his colleagues, including the cure of Yan Yundang.
"Almost. But not the same vitamin."
Li Ang said casually.
Yan Yundang suffers from anemia, the cause is the lack of vitamin b12,
The Japanese business traveler in front of him should have beriberi, and the cause is a lack of vitamin B1 and thiamine.
Once it is lacking, it will cause glucose metabolism disorder, sugar oxidation will be blocked, and pyruvate and lactic acid will accumulate, which will affect the energy supply of the body, and clinical symptoms of digestion and circulatory system will appear.
is beriberi.
Li Ang asked: "If I remember correctly, Japanese nobles should like to eat polished rice, right?"
"Yes."
Abe Takano nodded respectfully and said: "Since the upper kingdom rewarded a new type of waterwheel two hundred years ago, waterwheel mills have been popular in Hishima to finely grind rice."
"What about the meat?"
Li Ang asked: "Do you usually eat meat from livestock such as chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, and pigs?"
"This will be eaten occasionally."
Chao Gai and Abe Takano looked at each other, and explained with some embarrassment.
During the pre-Sui period, Ridao was already a vassal state of the Sui state.
Prince Shotoku, the regent at the time, in order to resist the intervention of a family of relatives named Soga, got inspiration from the Goguryeo eminent monk Huici, determined to follow the Sui system, centralize the monarchy, promote Buddhism, and unify thinking.
He carried out a series of drastic reforms, including but not limited to formulating twelve ranks of crowns, distinguishing official ranks by the color of hats and clothes, appointing officials according to talents, making official positions non-hereditary, promulgating written codes, etc.
In the process, the self-confident Prince Shotoku also changed his previous attitude of submission to the Sui Dynasty, and asked the envoy Ono Meizi (just named Meizi, male gender) to send a letter to the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Book.
It is the very famous letter "The emperor at the sunrise sent a letter to the emperor at the sun, and you are welcome to ask for nothing."
Of course, it is one thing to have self-confidence, and quite another to practice it.
Prince Shotoku's reforms ultimately failed due to the obstruction of his relatives. He himself was also under the surveillance and suppression of his relatives, and unfortunately died. Only his extreme admiration for Buddhism survived.
Buddhism does not allow meat to be eaten, so Prince Shotoku promulgated a ban on meat, using strict laws to restrict people from eating meat such as cows, horses, and chickens. Later, even pork and dog meat were not allowed to be eaten.
In nature, vitamin b1 mainly exists in the outer skin and germ of seeds, such as rice bran and bran. It also exists in the meat of poultry and livestock.
It is not surprising that Japanese nobles do not eat brown rice or meat, and suffer from vitamin b1 deficiency.
"Li Jun, can this disease be cured?"
Chao Gai asked cautiously.
"Okay. I need to prepare a little something, you guys wait here."
Li Ang thought for a while, went to the backyard and found the hand-cranked simple centrifuge he used before, and found the yeast for steamed buns from the kitchen.
Using the method of extracting vitamin b12, filter, centrifuge and purify the yeast fermentation broth,
Pour out the supernatant from the test tube, return to the living room, and pass it to the Japanese business traveler.
"Here, drink it. If all goes well, the effect will appear within seven to ten days."
Li Ang said.
Yeast contains a large amount of vitamin b1. Drinking the purified liquid can completely replenish the lack of vitamin b1. In the future, as long as you eat more meat and brown rice, the disease will heal itself.
"Yes Yes."
Ridao Business Hotel nodded like a pounding garlic, took the test tube respectfully, drank the solution, and smacked his lips.
"Thank you very much Li Jun."
Abe Takano once again saluted Li Ang, and said excitedly: "This way, mother will be saved."
Chao Gai also said: "Mr. Li, this is a gift reward for you. Please wait a moment, I will go to the mansion to get more gifts."
"No, no, it's what I should do."
Li Ang paused, "As for the reward, Takano, can you show me the rosary in your hand?"
In his induction, the transparent rosary in Abe Takano's hand was exuding a subtle fluctuation.
Familiar, the fluctuation of the relic of the sword fairy.
(end of this chapter)