How did Ge Hong, an ancient Chinese doctor, treat beriberi and malaria?

Ge Hong proposed many specific therapeutic drugs. What is worth mentioning here is the medicine for treating beriberi and malaria. In the treatment of beriberi, he proposed to treat beriberi with soybeans, milk, pepper and pine leaves. The results of modern chemical analysis show that these drugs are rich in vitamin B, and the effect of treating beriberi with them is ideal. Regarding the treatment of malaria, there are many kinds of malaria mentioned in the book, including old malaria, warm malaria, fatigue malaria, malaria complicated with dysentery and so on. Its treatment methods are also varied, including Changshan, Murine Bitter, Douchi, Garlic, Gleditsia sinensis, Carapax Trionycis and so on. These drugs have a certain curative effect in the treatment of malaria. Although some of them have side effects or toxicity, they still played a positive therapeutic role in ancient times. It is worth mentioning that there is also a treatment method of Artemisia annua, that is, "holding Artemisia annua, dyeing it with two liters of water, wringing juice and taking it all."