I practiced medicine in ancient times

"Qingyi, I plan to teach your uncle and grandmother the medicinal herbs that you taught us to harvest and prepare. What do you think?" Zhu and Zhang, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, looked at each other, and Zhu asked Xu Qingyi for her opinion.

"I have no problem. Grandma, Mom, it's okay for you to teach my uncle and grandma.

Besides, the clinic will not restrict the purchase of these medicinal materials, and there is no competition between us, so these are trivial matters.

Also, when you collect and prepare medicinal materials, the villagers can come to visit you and ask around. With more experience and knowledge, it will not be a problem for them to learn 50% or 60% of what you do, if not 100%. In the future, some villagers may want to try to make money by collecting medicinal materials.

In this case, it doesn't matter if grandma and mother teach uncle and grandma. "Xu Qingyi said indifferently when she heard it.

There are endless medicinal herbs in the mountains, and they are not collected from the same mountain. Also, the clinic will not restrict the purchase of medicinal herbs. As long as someone can collect them and prepare them well, the clinic will purchase them.

It doesn't matter to teach them. At most, if the clinic buys too many of the same medicinal materials, it will reduce the price. However, for those poor families, every penny is very important.

In Xu Qingyi's memory, both her uncle and her grandmother's family were very poor.

Grandma's parents died early, and she was raised by her two brothers. As for her grandmother, she became a widow early and gave birth to her uncle and mother. The whole family lived on two acres of thin land.

If the skills of collecting and preparing herbs were taught to my uncle and grandmother's family, they could increase their income and improve their lives by collecting herbs.

"Okay, let's go home when we are free that day." After seeing that her maid agreed, Zhu said to the old lady.

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The next morning, Zhu got up early and cooked millet porridge and steamed sweet potatoes, steamed buns, and three kinds of side dishes. It was not known whether it was because Xu Qingyi brought back food yesterday or because she had to go up the mountain today, but it seemed that Zhu had spent a lot of money to prepare this breakfast.

In the past, the Xu family's breakfast was either thin porridge with pickles or steamed sweet potatoes. It was nothing like today, with thick millet porridge, sweet potatoes and steamed buns, a very rich meal.

The Xu family had just finished breakfast and packed up their things when the Bai family's grandmothers, Wen and Cui, came to the Xu family carrying backpacks, hoes and axes.

After greeting Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Cui, Xu Qingyi walked in front and led her father, uncle, mother and aunt up the mountain to look for medicine.

After winter came, the temperature in the mountains dropped sharply. The cold wind blew through the woods, making people feel bitingly cold. There were layers of white frost on the ground, and many herbs withered. They walked through the woods, carefully avoiding branches and thorns, while carefully searching for herbs.

They wound their way up the mountain path, stopping from time to time to look down at the ground and the surrounding trees.

Finally, on the slope of a forest, Xu Qingyi found a tree root vine. The woody vine was hairless, the stem was dark purple-green with grayish-white lenticels, the main root was yellowish-brown, and there were several triangular bud scales at the base.

"Found it." Seeing this, Xu Qingyi showed a slight look of joy on his face and walked forward quickly.

He first touched the vine, then chopped it with the hatchet in his hand. Immediately, red juice like chicken blood flowed out. This vine was none other than Chicken Blood Vine.

The medicinal part of Millettia reticulata is the dried vine stem.

It has the functions of promoting blood circulation, replenishing blood, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals. It is harvested in autumn and winter every year, the branches and leaves are removed, the root is sliced, and dried. The preparation is simple, except that it requires effort and the slicing with a knife.

On this hillside, Xu Qingyi could see dozens of Cistanche deserticola plants as thick as bowls. She estimated that each Cistanche deserticola plant would weigh more than ten kilograms or even twenty or thirty kilograms after being sliced ​​and dried.

"This medicine looks scary, it bleeds." When Zhang saw the red liquid oozing out of the chicken blood vine, she got goose bumps all over her body.

"This medicine is very effective. Not only can it replenish blood and invigorate blood circulation, it can also be used to treat irregular menstruation in women, as well as rheumatic bone pain. It is very effective.

The preparation is also simple. First, remember this medicinal ingredient - Millettia reticulata.

After I find a few medicinal herbs, I will teach you how to pick, prepare and distribute them. "Xu Qingyi asked everyone to remember the chicken blood vine and let them take turns to look carefully.

After they had a thorough understanding of Millettia reticulata, Xu Qingyi continued to lead the way up the hillside. As a result, when they reached the top of the hillside, they discovered another medicinal herb.

There were several tall evergreen trees growing on the top of the hill, with straight trunks, lush branches and leaves, and on the branches were many green flower buds as big as adult fingers.

The flower bud was covered with a lot of hairs and stood facing the wind, looking very much like the head of a green brush.

This is the magnolia tree.

The unopened buds of magnolia flowers are collected in winter and spring, and the pedicels are removed for processing. The collected buds are free of impurities, and when they are half dried, they are piled up for 2 to days to make them sweat, and then dried again until they are completely dry to become medicinal materials.

It is slightly roasted when used as medicine. The ones that have already opened are of poor quality, and the ones that have withered are not good.

It is warm in nature, pungent and slightly bitter in taste. It has the effects of dispelling wind and opening the orifices. It can treat headache, sinusitis, nasal congestion and toothache.

It is a medicinal herb for treating nasal congestion and clearing the orifices, and has good medicinal value.

"Qingyi, have you found a new medicinal herb?" Little Zhu asked uncertainly after seeing her daughter Qingyi looking at the flower buds on several big trees.

“Yes, this tree is called Magnolia tree.

Pick the unopened flower buds, remove impurities from the picked flower buds, and when they are half dry, collect and pile them up for 2 to days to make them sweat, and the processing is completed.

In addition, the flowers that have already bloomed are inferior, and the flowers that have bloomed are not good, so it is best to pick them before they bloom, and the picking time every year is winter and spring. "Xu Qingyi nodded, and told everyone the precautions for picking magnolia flowers.

The Xu family and the Bai family both knew that Qingyi was teaching them jobs and skills to make money, so they listened very seriously and carefully, afraid of missing anything.

After introducing everyone to the magnolia flower, Xu Qingyi continued to lead everyone deeper into the mountains, walking and stopping, and found several more medicinal herbs, in considerable quantities.

Among them, there are four medicinal ingredients: Polygonum multiflorum, mulberry leaves, Trichosanthes kirilowii, and Atractylodes macrocephala.

There are eight kinds of medicinal herbs when the six kinds are separated and distributed, which is enough to keep the two families busy for a long time.

After asking the two families to memorize these medicinal herbs, Xu Qingyi took them down the mountain to cut down a few plants of Millettia reticulata. He then distributed these medicinal herbs to the Bai family for preparation.

"Grandma and aunt of the Bai family, which herbs did you choose to pick and prepare?" On the way down the mountain, Xu Qingyi explained to grandma and aunt of the Bai family the picking and preparation of these herbs, as well as their pros and cons. After Xu Qingyi returned home, he asked the two people from the Bai family in front of everyone in the Xu family.