1840Indian rebirth

In fact, allicin has very strong antibacterial ability, is not prone to drug resistance, and has few side effects on the human body. It is an excellent antibiotic.

The main reason why it has not become a mainstream drug for human body is that it is not easy to store and will decompose in 16 hours at room temperature.

If the bag of "garlic wine" made by Mashao is not used in time that night, the effect will be reduced by half after dawn.

Due to this characteristic, many allicin products in later generations actually do not contain real allicin at all, but only some close relatives or decomposition products of allicin.

Although these pseudo-allicin can be stored for a long time, the actual effect is not comparable to that of real allicin.

The only true allicin that is relatively easy to obtain is probably fresh minced garlic when eating dumplings.

The effect of a bag of allicin alcohol solution was better than Mashao expected.

Only in the second half of the night, Sanxue's high fever began to subside quickly, and by the time dawn came, her body temperature had basically returned to normal.

So when Mashao woke up in the morning and went to visit Sanxue, he saw people's smiles as soon as he entered the house.

"Chief, the garlic wine has taken effect, and Sanxue's condition has really improved!" said the red girl.

Ma Shao was also a little surprised.

He walked to the bedside, stretched out his hand to explore, and found that Sanxue's body temperature had indeed basically returned to normal, and her complexion was getting better, but she had not yet woken up.

The little sparrow looked happy: "I knew Brother Whistle must have a way!"

Seeing that allicin was indeed working, Ma Shao felt happy and smiled: "Don't take it lightly yet, continue to take good care of Sanxue."

The news quickly spread throughout the clan.

The Mianxiong clan, with a population of less than 1,200, is actually a village, and news about neighbors can easily spread.

What's more, yesterday the horse whistle ordered garlic to be collected and crushed in public, which aroused everyone's attention and discussion.

The chief made a medicine using garlic and spirits, which brought the dying Sanxue back!

This Indian story already sounded incredible, but as it spread, it was constantly added to and became even more exaggerated.

Some people even say that Ma Shao can understand the language of garlic, which is simply outrageous.

A few days later, Sanxue had recovered well.

Following the discussion among the tribesmen, Mashao also took the opportunity to convene a clan meeting, and it was held in the square, allowing all tribesmen to attend.

"The theme of today's meeting is alcohol control," he said almost immediately.

"Alcohol?" This is a new word. People don't understand it, but they can hear that it is related to wine.

Ma Shao explained: "The so-called alcohol is the essence of wine. Wine with less alcohol and more water is ordinary wine, and wine with more alcohol and less water is strong wine."

"That's it." People nodded.

Ma Shao continued: "Alcohol is one of the keys to 'garlic wine'. This magical medicine cannot be made without alcohol. You all already know about Sanxue."

"Therefore, in order to prevent precious alcohol from being wasted, and to urge more people to quit drinking, the Mianxiong Clan will implement alcohol control in the future and establish a 'Liquor and Pharmacy Bureau' to manage all alcoholic beverages."

"All alcoholic beverages in the hands of tribesmen will be purchased by the 'Liquor and Pharmacy Bureau' and will only be distributed when treating injuries and illnesses. From now on, no one will be allowed to manufacture, hold, trade or drink alcohol without permission."

Although it is a consensus among the Mianxiong clan that alcoholism is harmful to health, some members of the clan have not given up their alcoholic habits to this day.

Outside the Mianxiong clan, alcoholism among Indians is more common and more serious. It is a serious disease of Indians, almost comparable to opium in the Qing Dynasty.

So taking this opportunity, Ma Shao plans to formally establish some measures to control alcohol.

Of course, it wasn't alcohol prohibition. He was still aware of the impact Prohibition had had on history.

That's pretty much the alcohol restriction.

Some drunkards panicked when they heard the news and asked quickly: "Chief, can't I drink in the future?"

"It's not that you can't drink, but you have to go to a designated place to drink." Ma Shao looked at the panicked drunkards. Punishment alone would definitely not work, as it would be no different from the prohibition on alcohol. A combination of prevention and control is the best policy.

"Then where should we go to drink?"

The horse whistle pointed out: "Did you see the wooden house under construction? That is your 'drinking house'."

The drunkards all smiled: "Great, I thought I couldn't drink anymore."

"Don't be too happy too early." Mashao changed the subject, "The wine in the drinking house is not free, you need to spend money to buy wine, and the more you drink, the higher the price of wine will be. In addition, there will be someone to supervise you.

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The drunkards looked at each other.

"Quit drinking alcohol earlier, tribesmen... This is not only for your own health, but also for the lives of everyone." Ma Shao said again.

Stone Crow asked: "Garlic wine still needs garlic. Should we buy more garlic from white people?"

Ma Shao: "There isn't much garlic in Clark Town. We should still grow some ourselves. Tubu, do you know anything about garlic?"

Tu Kuan nodded: "I heard a little bit that you can grow garlic this season."

"Then make arrangements as soon as possible. You can go to Clark Town to find a white farmer who has grown garlic to help." Ma Shao said slowly.

"The harvested garlic is also managed by the Liquor and Pharmacy Bureau. Part of it is sold to the tribesmen as condiments, and the rest is reserved for medicine..."

Finally, he remembered something and quickly added: "By the way, garlic wine should be made and used immediately, and cannot be left for a long time. It is not necessary to use it for minor illnesses or injuries."

He probably knew that allicin is chemically unstable and can easily decompose. Although the specific data is unclear, he estimated that with the existing technical conditions, it would be a blessing to know that allicin can be stored for a few days.

If it were not for this huge flaw, Ma Shao's discovery of allicin would have shocked the world. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was the first major discovery of medicine in the 19th century.

In fact, it was not Ma Shao who discovered it first.

Strictly speaking, just last year, in 1844, someone in Europe had already extracted allicin.

But what the chemist extracted was not pure, and due to limited knowledge and technology, he didn't even understand what he had extracted.

After the meeting, the only two members of the Liquor and Drug Administration, the chief and deputy directors, began to purchase spirits.

"Within today, the Liquor and Pharmacy Bureau will purchase the whole family's spirits. From tomorrow onwards, private possession of alcohol will no longer be allowed." The director's name is No Drinking, and he lives up to his name and never drinks.

"How much does one bag cost?" People came over one after another carrying wine bags.

"Four dollars for a big bag!"

Four dollars a bag is considered a high price, but most spirits are not cheap when they are bought from white people. Nothing sold by white people to Indians is cheap, except for Clark, who was recently reverse-colonized by the Sleeping Bear clan.

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