Chapter 248 Medicinal diet passed down from the Eastern Han Dynasty (3K)
The word "authentic".
"Tao" is an administrative division unit in ancient China equivalent to the modern provincial and district level.
"Geo" refers to geography, zone, topography, and landform.
Traditional Chinese medicine began to pay attention to the place of origin, which can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty.
"Shen Nong's Materia Medica" records: "Medicine comes from the land, and its authenticity is new..."
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tao Hongjing said in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "All medicines have their own realm."
By the time of the Tang Dynasty, the understanding and application of medicinal materials became more in-depth, and the "New Materia Medica" emphasized the differences in the origin of medicinal materials.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, special data on "authentic medicinal materials" officially appeared in herbal medicine and literary works.
In the "Compendium of Materia Medica" compiled by the officials of the Ming Dynasty, the entry of "authentic" is listed under the name of each drug, introducing the origin of the medicine and emphasizing the importance of authentic.
The water and soil support a person, and the properties of Chinese medicine manifested in different growth environments are also very different.
For example, if ginseng from Northeast China is planted in Hainan, it will grow as strong as a radish, but its medicinal value will be almost gone.
This is just like the saying "Oranges grown in Huainan are oranges, and those grown in Huaibei are oranges."
Astragalus membranaceus from the north is transplanted to the banks of the Yangtze River. Astragalus membranaceus that originally took root downward will grow into the shape of chicken feet.
Secondly, in addition to the growing area, the picking time is also particular.
"In March, the wormwood grows in April, and in May, it is cut down and used as firewood." If the harvesting season is not correct, the quality of the medicinal materials will seriously decline.
For example, the growth period of white chrysanthemum and panax notoginseng is five to six years. If picked early, the medicinal properties will be greatly lost.
Finally, the authentic medicinal materials must be prepared according to the method.
Just like aconite, sliced raw and sun-dried slices have the effect of breaking ice, dispelling cold, restoring yang and relieving adverse events.
A single piece of Pao Tianxiong simmered in hot soil has the effect of restoring Yang, warming and tonifying, with warmth and strength.
The Danfu tablets made by boiling licorice, gardenia, etc. have the effect of warming and tonifying kidney yang.
The Heishun tablets soaked in Danba have the effect of warming yang, dispersing cold, restoring yang and regenerating pulses.
In addition, there are also such preparation methods of Pinellia ternata, such as Raw Pinellia ternata, French Pinellia ternata, Clear Pinellia ternata, and Water Pinellia ternata. Different preparation methods have different effects.
When Fang Yan first entered college in his previous life, his teacher told a story about authentic medicinal materials.
When Wu Jutong, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, was treating patients with edema, he found that his prescription was symptomatic, but the effect was not good. After a later inspection, he discovered that it was because of the quality of the cinnamon twigs in the prescription.
Finally, he asked to buy cinnamon twigs from Lingnan, and after letting the patient take the same medicine again, it was as effective as a drumstick, and the patient recovered quickly.
This shows how huge the difference between authentic medicinal materials and ordinary medicinal materials is.
After he started working later, he often heard his colleagues say the classic saying: "The source of the drug is unknown, and the treatment method is ineffective."
You can also see some people on the Internet who are self-taught Chinese medicine. They buy medicinal materials from the Internet. After working for a long time, they find that they always have no effect. In the end, they find out that the medicinal materials are cheap. They all focus on the cheapest ones online. The quality is quite poor. What a waste. Good, bad, dead, and scraps are all available.
What also further confirms this statement is that the source of the medicine is indeed unknown and the treatment method is ineffective.
There are many time-honored brands in the capital, and the sources of various authentic medicinal materials in this era are quite reliable. The ginseng bought by Fangyan is definitely not adulterated.
Consumer-grade Changbai Mountain ginseng is not expensive, and it is affordable to buy it in dialect and make black-bone chicken soup occasionally.
When he came to the vegetable market, Fang Yan chose two black-bone chickens, one male and one female, and bought some other ingredients along the way, before riding his bike back home.
When I got home, I started killing chickens to make medicinal meals.
There is actually no meat in black-bone chicken, and its medicinal value is mainly used.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" mentioned: "Chicken is a yang bird, belonging to wood and responding to the wind; in the hexagram, it is Xun, and its color can be red, white, yellow, or black, but it is not as good as white hair and black bones, emerald ears and golden breasts. It’s the best.”
It is recorded in "Ben Cao Cong Xin" of the Qing Dynasty: "Chickens belong to wood, while those with black bones belong to water. They get the essence of water and wood, so they can benefit the liver and kidneys, reduce fever and replenish deficiency, cure fatigue and relieve thirst. Males use female, and females use male .”
Stewed black-bone chicken with ginseng is a very authentic medicinal meal.
The famous doctor Hua Tuo also has a story with it.
It is said that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hua Tuo was studying and practicing medicine in Xuzhou. One day, his cousin suddenly brought Hua Tuo's mother to Xuzhou to look for him.
After asking, I found out that it was Hua Tuo's mother who was seriously ill at home and wanted to see her son for the last time.
After diagnosing his mother's pulse, Hua Tuo found that the pulse was slow and weak, so he immediately treated her with ginseng decoction, and then her condition improved a lot.
But it didn't last long. Hua Tuo's mother was seriously ill again. This time Hua Tuo couldn't treat her. In the end, his mother wanted Hua Tuo to send her back to her hometown with the idea of "fallen leaves returning to their roots".
However, Hua Tuo had so many patients that he couldn't get away, so he had to ask his cousin to help him send them back.
After Hua Tuo took care of the patients in Xuzhou, he immediately set off, thinking about going back to attend the funeral.
As a result, when I returned to my hometown, I found that my mother's condition had actually improved.
He was very surprised after checking his mother's body, so he asked his cousin who had rescued his mother.
Even diseases that I couldn't cure were cured by others.
The cousin said that no one actually came to rescue him, but on the way home, one night while staying in a small village, Hua Tuo's mother suddenly said that she wanted to drink chicken soup, but only one of the nine households in the village fed her. It's a rooster, and the other hens that other people feed are not willing to sell it.
So my cousin spent a lot of effort to buy the rooster from that family. That night, he mixed the remaining ginseng and other medicinal materials and stewed the rooster. After drinking it, he fell asleep. Unexpectedly, the next day When she woke up early the next morning, Hua Tuo's mother was actually very energetic.
After I returned home, it got better and better, and I got better day by day.
After hearing this, Hua Tuo immediately asked what kind of rooster he bought. His cousin replied that it had white feathers, black skin, and dark meat.
So Hua Tuo found a way to find a similar chicken, bought it, and then stewed it with ginseng medicinal materials and gave it to his mother. Within a few days, his mother recovered from the disease.
Later, Hua Tuo used this medicinal diet to treat many patients with similar diseases, and named the soup "Jiuhu Chicken Soup" and recorded it in "Qingnang Jing".
Although the medical books were lost, this medicinal recipe was so famous that it has been passed down from the Eastern Han Dynasty.
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Dialect slaughters the black-bone chicken and removes the feathers. Then remove the claws, head and internal organs, put the chicken legs into the belly, and blanch them in cold water.
During this time, wash the ginseng with water in a warm bottle and prepare slices of green onion and ginger.
Use a large casserole and put two blanched chickens into the casserole.
Be sure to add hot water at this time to prevent the chicken from becoming woody after blanching.
Then add the onion and ginger slices and start simmering over high heat.
After it has boiled for a while and chopsticks can be inserted into the chicken, add the ginseng and start to simmer over low heat.
After a while, the aroma of ginseng and black-bone chicken came out.
Next, Fang Yan cleaned the chicken's internal organs at the tap. The internal organs of two chickens were enough to stir-fry a plate of offal.
Chicken gizzards, also called chicken gizzards, are actually the stomach of a chicken.
The yellow inner wall inside is peeled off, washed, and then dried to become the Chinese medicine chicken gizzard.
It can be used to invigorate the stomach and digestion, relieve stranguria, and treat astringent semen and stop lingering syndrome.
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It can also be used to treat children's indigestion and malnutrition.
It was first recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica".
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The chicken offal needs to be stir-fried and eaten hot, so Fang Yan plans to cook it last.
Then he made several other dishes.
When the people outside started to finish their work, Fang Yan spread a circle of smoke for them, and then sent the workers out the door.
Don't be surprised if there are many people, even though you have to pay wages.
But the cigarettes, tea, and boiled water dialects are not stingy at all.
There was a faucet in the front yard, so Fang Yan got them a coal stove and kettle to boil water for tea.
In addition, the tea is also jasmine tea, and it is not high in foam and broken, and is a normal first-class product.
As for smoke, the dialect is to smoke it when you see it.
A big bag can be given out every day.
These days, you still need a ticket to buy cigarettes. Smokers' tickets are not enough for a month, and they need to be collected from the black market.
For example, my father-in-law's cigarette tickets need to be purchased from other colleagues.
Therefore, most people can either smoke handmade cigarettes rolled by themselves or smoke leaf cigarettes.
Fang Yan was able to get cigarettes for them to smoke, which was praised by the workers.
This is to let them use some snacks in their craftsmanship.
In my previous life, I heard that don’t be too nice to workers, or else they will be messed up for you.
Things are different these days. The dialect is good to them. They work very carefully and considerately.
At least for now, it seems that the smoke and tea leaves sent out by dialect have not been in vain.
After seeing off the workers after get off work, family members began to come back one after another.
The first person to come back is my wife, because she is still an intern, so as long as there is nothing special, she doesn't get off work until about 10:00, and then my mother and mother-in-law come back. They basically come back at the same time.
The Institute of Health is right next to Xiehe, and my mother-in-law can sometimes come back before my mother-in-law.
Then came the two professors who came by bus.
Dad should also bring the new little girl here today, so tonight's meal is not only to replenish my brother's health, but also to celebrate the addition of a new member to the Fang family.
Speaking of which, the name dad gave the little girl today was really a bit hasty.
It was called Fang Xia because it happened to be summer when I picked it up.
If it were a boy, he would probably be called Fang Xie, because he picked it up at the door of Xiehe.
My mother had strong objections to this, but she couldn't find a good name for a while, so she accepted it for the time being.
When Zhu Lin came back, he saw Fang Yan already busy in the kitchen and immediately joined in.
Of course Fang Yan wanted to give his wife a chance to grow up, and immediately told her that there were still cold dishes to cook.
Just let her make it. The queen was satisfied after hearing this.
Fang Yan is also very satisfied with this. Look, his boasting has taken effect. The queen can't do anything now without working.
After a while, the father-in-law and the father with Fang Xia also came.
As soon as he entered the door, Professor Zhu exclaimed:
"Hey, what is this delicious stew? Is there a new dish in dialect?"
Dialect responded to:
"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a medicinal diet for old age. Hua Tuo selected Jiuhu Chicken Soup."
Hearing these words in dialect, my father-in-law’s eyes lit up:
"Medicine passed down from the Eastern Han Dynasty?"
"Then I have to come over and pay my respects!"
With that said, he came to the kitchen.
When I opened the lid and saw the black-bone chicken soup and ginseng soup boiling in the casserole, my father-in-law was almost confused by the aroma.
He asked in surprise:
"Tang Linlin's mother has also stewed it, why is it not as fragrant as yours?"
Fang Yan smiled, this local man joined in the stew of a male and a female black-bone chicken, how could it not taste delicious?
(End of chapter)