Section 256 - Nutmeg

Dean Zhou threw Li Bai under Granny Wang's hands like a burden, which now seems to be not a bad thing, and there are even many benefits.

Since returning from his inpatient rotation, he has been regarded by the psychiatrist as the best doctor.

Being able to temporarily take charge of the intensive care area means that Vice President Wang has recognized the ability to stand alone.

When Director Qiao encounters an uncontrollable situation, he will naturally be the first to think of Li Bai.

Li Bai asked directly, "What type?"

Before the official start, Qiao Shangyang's preliminary judgment could save him a lot of effort.

"Not sure type!"

Qiao Shangyang's expression was a little embarrassed.

As the head of the department, I am a little ashamed to not be able to judge the type of cause of the patient.

"Okay! Let's have a consultation!"

Li Bai did not throw Qiao Shangyang away, but joined forces, after all, the other party is the director of the department, and his direct leader, this little face must be given.

He reached out and snapped his fingers in front of the patient, who was still struggling.

The effect was immediate, and the other party's gaze fell into a daze, and quickly quieted down.

Completely different from the principle of tranquilizers, the effect of hypnosis in the human brain is more complex, involving multiple levels of interference, resistance and other reactions, plus there is no external introduction of drugs, hypnotism has almost no side effects.

Tranquilizers always have to be weighed, but hypnotism is not so contraindicated.

Therefore, psychiatrists who specialize in hypnosis are often the most popular doctors in the field of mental health.

The family members of the three patients who accompanied the treatment looked suspicious, and the new doctor was like a spell, and with a snap, the aunt who couldn't control it immediately quieted down, which was better than an injection.

Originally, they were still a little worried, but the family members finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

Li Bai said to the security guards who came to help: "Don't worry, it's okay, you guys go get busy first!"

"Dr. Li, call us if you have something!"

Several security guards nodded and exited the room.

It may not be common for patients to get out of control in other hospitals, but in the Seventh People's Hospital, it is commonplace, and doctors, nurses and security guards are accustomed to it, and they will not mess up.

"Doctor, what's going on with him?"

A young patient's family finally couldn't hold back their doubts and asked.

"Oh, it's hypnosis, it's better than tranquilizers, and this Dr. Li is a master of hypnotism in our hospital. ”

Seeing that the patient was quiet, a big stone in Qiao Shangyang's heart also fell to the ground.

There are many people in the Seventh People's Hospital who know that Li Bai can do hypnosis, but there are few who know that he has been certified by the national registered hypnotism master, and even the entire psychiatric department knows that Li Bai got this small book from President Zhou.

"Hypnosis?"

Several family members of the patients looked at each other.

I had only heard of his name before, but I had never seen it with my own eyes, but when I heard the doctor's explanation, I immediately realized it.

Qiao Shangyang's words are like a reassuring pill, although the patient's condition is not completely controlled, the emotions of the family members have become much more stable.

After looking through the medical records brought by the patient, as well as the historical prescription records associated with the personal medical insurance card, and asking the family a few questions, Li Bai finally paid attention to the patient, gently opened his eyelids and looked at the pupils, stretched out his fingers and pressed them under his neck for a while, sniffed, and said: "Mental illness caused by exogenous factors, prepare for gastric lavage!"

The patient was a middle-aged woman, about forty-four years old, from the north, with no family history of mental illness, and through several questions and answers, Li Bai ruled out several possibilities and confirmed some kind of speculation.

The little nurse Su Mei did not hesitate and hurriedly went to get the equipment and materials for gastric lavage.

"Food poisoning?"

Qiao Shangyang was taken aback, Li Bai's diagnosis was a little unexpected.

He is not a doctor in this specialty, so he did not think in this direction.

"There was no history of mental illness, no mental stimulation, family harmony, and if I guessed wrong, it should have been food-induced insanity. Li Bai sniffed again and said, "It's nutmeg!

Since ancient times, there are many foodies in China, and they are ruthless, and the Chinese people even gnaw on stones, who cares if you can eat it or not, anyway, there is always a way to get it into the stomach, so the traditional Chinese medicine that develops simultaneously with the food culture not only defines whether everything in the world is edible, but also distinguishes its medicinal value.

As a professional foodie, Li Bai was able to distinguish each spice, and he smelled a strong smell of nutmeg from this middle-aged female patient, which is rarely used in Huaxia, but there is such a heavy aftertaste, I am afraid that he has used a lot.

Aside from the dosage to talk about toxicity is a hooligan, many spices are homologous to medicine and food, more or less with some toxicity, but the usual dosage is not much, a little for seasoning only benefits and no harm, 2 grams of nutmeg will cause adverse reactions, a whole bite to eat is bound to have problems, patients are surrounded by such a heavy smell of nutmeg, you can guess how much the other party has ingested, the result is obvious.

If it weren't for Li Bai's fact that he happened to know something about the spice "nutmeg" and knew the existence of "cardamom psychosis", I am afraid that he would be as confused as Qiao Shangyang, not knowing the root cause of the disease, and helpless.

"Doctor, how do you know?"

Several family members of the patient heard Li Bai say the word "nutmeg", and their eyes widened in disbelief, this doctor was simply an unpredictable prophet.

The young patient's family quickly talked about nutmeg.

Three days ago, a relative brought back a large package of nutmeg from Southeast Asia, saying that it was a high-quality seasoning for roasting lo-mei, and the middle-aged female patient used this package of nutmeg to burn a large pot of lo-mei, and sure enough, the aroma was sky-high and made people appetite.

I couldn't resist the temptation of the fragrance, and before I gave the lo-mei to my family, I tasted a bowl of it, but it didn't take long for the family to eat the big pot of lo-mei, and the middle-aged female patient began to have seizures, crying for a while and laughing for a while, and wanted to beat people with teeth and claws, and the family fell into chickens, flying and dogs.

The family didn't know what was going on, so they hurriedly shouted 120 to send them to the hospital, and the ambulance personnel in the car found that the patient was constantly talking nonsense along the way, as if he was hallucinating, and the preliminary judgment was that he was mentally ill, so he was sent to the Seventh People's Hospital.

"Eaten? That's really ......."

After listening to the explanations of the patients' families, Qiao Shangyang, who was almost planted in the gutter, shook his head with a wry smile on his face.

The truth is simply incredible, too much marinated spices caused food poisoning and induced mental illness.

The gastric lavage machine was quickly sent over, and it was operated by the little nurse Su Mei herself, and when the patient was inserted into the gastric tube, Li Bai reminded: "Hurry up and dispose of that pot of lo-mei, you can't eat it anymore." ”

A bowl can make people crazy to eat, how much nutmeg should be put in it? Besides, nutmeg is not cheap, this patient must have spent a lot of money on roasting lo-mei.

"Ahh ”

After listening to Li Bai's words, the patient's family members seemed to suddenly remember something, their faces changed drastically, they screamed in a hurry, and hurriedly made a phone call.

Some people call their children at home, some call their neighbors, some call other relatives and friends.

They rushed patients to the hospital with sudden onset of illness, making mistakes in their busyness, forgetting that there was a child at home.

Adults ate the pot of nutmeg and the excess lo-mei became like this, if the child ate it, then it would be worth it?

It's not a human life!

After making those phone calls, the families of the patients were glad that the worst thing had not happened, and the children at home thought that the aroma of lo-mei was too rushing, so they didn't move again after taking a bite and escaped.

Children have keen senses and instinctively sense that something is wrong, and they will not force themselves, but the taste of adults begins to degrade at the age of 30, so that even if the nutmeg taste is too strong, they will still eat a bowl of unexpectedly.

Such examples are very common, many adults carelessly eat overnight leftovers, causing nitrite poisoning or bacterial acute enteritis, vomiting and leaking, but children inadvertently protect themselves because of "squeamishness".

After washing the patient's stomach, Qiao Shangyang arranged for a saline hanging bottle to maintain the balance of body fluids and electrolytes until the body completely metabolized the myristic ether ingested through the stomach and intestines.

There is no special medicine, so you can only carry it yourself.

Li Bai's hypnotism and tranquilizers that have not been able to play a role have some inhibitory effects, preventing this "cardamom psychotic" patient from hurting others and himself because of his uncontrollable madness.

But the aftermath of the "cardamom psychosis" incident did not end there.

Two days later, Li Bai saw in the newspaper sent by the little nurse Su Mei that a large area of unknown deaths of stray cats and domestic cats occurred in a community in Huxi City.

In just 24 hours, nearly 30 cats died, and all the residents with pets in the community were worried about their personal safety.

The middle-aged female patient who suddenly had a "cardamom psychosis" lived in that community, and when the residents of the community and social media were shocked, Li Bai could roughly guess the cause of death of those cats.

The aroma of braised meat and nutmeg is simply full of fatal temptation for cats, even if they are thrown into the trash, they will definitely not be able to stand up to these greedy cats' rummaging cabinets, and turning over a garbage heap is not a matter at all.

Excess nutmeg can not only have a very serious effect on people, but it can also kill cats.

Li Bai didn't plan to break this matter, if he let those shovelers know the truth, it would be difficult for the whole community to make waves again.

He borrowed the account of the Qingyao Demon Maiden and posted a post on the local Internet forum "17th Floor" in Huxi City, specifically explaining the danger of nutmeg to people and animals, and the Chinese people rarely use this spice, so their vigilance is usually not high, and they are prone to danger.

Even Westerners, who often use nutmeg, have died quite a few as a result.

One of the most famous people, the painter Vincent Wilhelm van Gogh, drank too much absinthe containing nutmeg, coupled with the effect of alcohol, in a trance, he gave himself a gun for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he had no way to return to heaven.

From the point of view of modern medicine, this is exactly the typical "cardamom psychosis".

Van Gogh was not only a painter, but also a Christian pastor who opposed suicide, and died without any warning at all, if it were not for this reason, otherwise how could he have shot himself with a gun in a good manner.

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