卤碱何以成为一种被推广的“疗法”

How “Lujian” Became a Widely Promoted Remedy

作为一种地方性心肌病,克山病严重危害了病区民众的健康。而用“卤水”熬成的卤碱一度被认作治疗克山病的良方,并在推广过程中被逐渐升级为包治百病的“神药”。通过档案文献和对重要当事人的访谈,还原了卤碱如何被基层“群众”发明,被科技人员发现,被行政领导树为“新生事物”并加以推广的过程,并提出了毛泽东时代“新生事物”的一种生成模式。

As an endemic cardiomyopathy,Keshan disease has seriously endangered the health of the people in the affected areas.“Lujian” extracted from “brine” was once considered a remedy for Keshan disease,and was gradually upgraded to a “sovereign remedy” that can cure all diseases during the promotion process.By reviewing archives and interviewing people involved,this article restores the process of how “Lujian” was invented by the “mass” at the grassroots level,discovered by scientific and technological personnel,established and promoted by the administrative leaders as a “new thing”,and put forward a generation model of “new things” in Mao Zedong's era.