I practiced medicine in ancient times

Stimulated by his blood relatives, Bai Yan performed exceptionally well in this apprenticeship assessment. With the help of his illusory luck, he successfully passed the assessment.

After all the servants had completed the assessment, only five people had passed the apprenticeship assessment.

Two women and three men.

The sooner you pass the apprentice assessment, the more you will be able to get an appointment with the doctors, masters, and managers in the pharmacy, and leave an impression on them, which will be beneficial for your future development in the clinic.

"Qingyi, you said that we will be assigned to that place tomorrow." Baiyan, who had moved to Courtyard C and was sorting her clothes, said excitedly.

The whole person is filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Bai Yan was pleasantly surprised that he was able to pass the apprenticeship assessment this time. In the end, he attributed it all to Qingyi's credit. Her encouragement and mutual urging to study in the past played a big role in this apprenticeship assessment.

"It is likely that he will be assigned to the task of preparing medicinal materials, refining medicine, making pills, and decocting medicine.

However, no matter where we are assigned, we must study hard and acquire the skills to be our own." Xu Qingyi said in a positive tone.

Although the status and treatment of apprentices are higher than those of handymen, they still have a lot of work to do and things to learn in their daily lives. They need to learn various skills from their masters, and this is when they begin to come into contact with medicine in the true sense.

For example, when going up the mountain to collect herbs, in order to take care of the female apprentices, the apprentices who go up the mountain to collect herbs are mainly male apprentices, and the female apprentices take turns to assist.

Next, you will go into the backyard to learn how to prepare, refine and decoct medicinal materials.

A better job would be to be a medicinal materials custodian and maintainer, which is the warehouse manager in the previous life. Responsible for the registration of medicinal materials in and out of the warehouse, maintenance, etc. This kind of work is easy and there is plenty of free time. It is a lucrative job, but without any personal connections or back doors, you cannot do this job.

A better job is to inspect and accept medicinal materials.

Huichun Medical Clinic not only sends apprentices to the mountains to collect herbs, make medicines, and prepare medicinal materials, but also purchases prepared medicinal materials from outside. At this time, an experienced pharmacist is needed to come forward to inspect the medicinal materials. This is a test of eyesight and experience. Usually, Huichun Medical Clinic will send two or three apprentices to assist Master Li in doing this work.

However, purchasing medicinal materials is a super lucrative job, and these apprentices have no chance of getting it. Those who can do this job are those who have close relationships with the doctors and managers of the drugstores.

Finally, there is the worker who dispenses medicine at the front desk of the pharmacy.

This position requires the apprentice to be familiar with the names and effects of various medicinal herbs so that they can accurately dispense medicines for patients.

Those who dispense medicine at the front desk are basically old apprentices who have worked for several years and have a solid foundation. Only apprentices who are only one step away from being promoted to disciples will have the opportunity to be sent to the front desk to dispense medicine.

Because of dispensing medicine, apprentices can come into contact with prescriptions, pulse records and the intentions of doctors in prescribing medicines. By analogy, they can not only better understand pharmacology and medical skills, but also continuously improve their horizons and medical skills in practice.

On the second day, Xu Qingyi's five new apprentices were assigned to prepare medicinal materials in the backyard as expected.

“This Qing Nang Medical Classic was written by dozens of doctors in my Huichun Medical Clinic and is divided into three volumes: upper, middle and lower.

This is the first volume of "Qing Nang Medical Classic", which is suitable for your study during the apprenticeship stage. Only after you are promoted to a disciple will you have the opportunity to study the second volume of "Qing Nang Medical Classic". Only prospective doctors are qualified to study the third volume of "Qing Nang Medical Classic".

In addition, the apprentices will be assessed in June and December every year. If they pass the assessment and are favored by the doctors in the pharmacy, they can study with them.

Zhong Yun, you take care of these five people and assign tasks for them to do. "After Master Zhang handed each of Xu Qingyi and the other four a medical book, he called over a young man in his early twenties, handed Xu Qingyi and the other four over to Zhong Yun, and then left them alone.

"Master, I will make arrangements for the five of them. Just follow me." After watching his master leave, Zhong Yun waved to Xu Qingyi and the other four, and led them to a place with rows of burning stoves.

"Brother Zhong, we are steaming the cornus officinalis and removing the cores, waiting to prepare it." After arriving in the kitchen, Xu Qingyi smelled a sweet and sour aroma of cornus officinalis and asked with a smile.

However, there are more than a dozen stoves in the kitchen, each with seven or eight layers of steamers on it, and more than a dozen apprentices are busy adding water, adding firewood, and removing the cores.

"You have a keen sense of smell. Yes, today we are going to steam and pit the dogwood and prepare it.

Tianguan, you take care of the three of them, Zilin, the two of them are in the same room with you, you take care of them."

"Qingyi, Baiyan, you follow me and work. If you don't understand something, just ask me." Zi Lin greeted Xu Qingyi and Baiyan happily. They were originally recruited into the pharmacy at the same time. The former was a real apprentice who paid money to find a way to study in the clinic and did not sell her body. The latter two sold their bodies to the clinic. They lived together before, and after being promoted to apprentices, they lived together again. They had a very good relationship.

"Zilin, just tell us to do the work if there's any." Bai Yan stepped forward and took the ladle from Zilin's hand, adding water to the pot. He did the work as soon as he saw it, and his eyes were full of work.

"The cornus officinalis on the stove are steamed and can be removed from the pot and the cores can be removed." Xu Qingyi opened one of the steamers containing cornus officinalis. The fruit was wrinkled and a large amount of juice seeped out, emitting a special fragrance. Xu Qingyi poured the cornus officinalis in the steamer into a large wooden basin beside it and removed the core after it cooled down.

There are three ways to remove the core of Cornus officinalis during its processing:

1. Boiling method: First, boil the dogwood in water. After boiling, the peel will become soft and the seeds inside can be easily taken out.

2 Steaming method: Another method is to use steaming, which can soften the dogwood and facilitate the removal of the core.

3. Fire roasting method: In addition, you can also soften the dogwood by fire roasting, but this method is less common in modern times.

Remove the core of the dogwood and dry it in the sun for later use.

There are two ways of processing. One is the wine-roasting method: in order to enhance the medicinal effect of Cornus officinalis, the wine-roasting method can be used, that is, mix the clean Cornus officinalis with rice wine, and dry it after the wine is absorbed.

The second method is the steam-fumigation method: There is also a steam-fumigation method, which is to place the Cornus officinalis in a steamer or a suitable steamer, first steam it with high heat until the skin turns purple-black, and then continue steaming with low heat until the water evaporates, take it out and dry it.

Different preparation methods will tend to favor the characteristics of one party.

"It's really steamed well, Qingyi, can you tell at a glance?" Zilin stepped forward and picked up a few grains of Cornus officinalis. Seeing that the cores were easy to remove, she was a little surprised how Qingyi judged that the Cornus officinalis were steamed well.

"After being steamed, the color of the dogwood becomes brighter and more lustrous. In addition, the fragrance you smell is the aroma released by the pulp during the steaming process.

In addition, a large amount of juice will seep out of the steamed cornel, which is a sign of whether the cornel is steamed well or not." Xu Qingyi chuckled.

In modern times, her grandparents were both experienced pharmacists. She had learned medicine and prepared herbs since she was a child. She had prepared many medicinal materials and was very familiar with the preparation of various medicinal materials.

After hearing this, Zilin suddenly realized, and Baiyan also suddenly understood.