I was a village chief in a primitive society

Chapter 360: Boil ointment. (2 more requests for customization)

At night, the rain continued to fall, showing no sign of letting up. It was foggy everywhere you looked.

Su Bai stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and watched this scene, and said softly:"It really has been raining all day long!" This was the first time that he felt that it was raining all day long. In the past, it was raining at most in the second half of the day.

But I still haven't encountered it all day long. This feeling makes people feel very strange.

"Wu, the weather is getting a little cold, why don't you wear some linen clothes?"Yu Ying said softly.

"It's okay, I don't feel cold yet."Su Bai shook his head.

Maybe it was because his physique became stronger and stronger after time travel, but he didn't feel cold now.

Others had more or less added an extra piece of animal skin clothing, because it had rained all day, and moisture was inevitable. It's a bit heavy.

So the temperature will drop a little bit, but it won't be very cold.

"Witch, why are there suddenly so many plants?"Yu Ying said doubtfully.

"I got this from the woodshed."Su Bai said softly, those are all herbs.

These herbs were also brought back from the hunting ground, and then the seeds were sown in the wooden shed.

In the next few days, healing spells were used on them, so they were harvested directly in a few days. Got it

"What are these used for?"Yu Ying had a puzzled look on her face.

The herbs she smelled were all weird. Some were good and some were bad. In short, there were many kinds of smells.

"It is used to make herbal medicine and can be used by everyone."Su Bai explained.

He planned to make some herbal medicines for the people of the tribe to use, so that he could save a lot of time.

Because once the people of the tribe got sick or had any minor illness or pain, they would find witches to solve it.

Before, the tribe The same is true for the old witch in the tribe, who often helps cure sick people in the tribe. It

's not that Su Bai doesn't want to help them, but it's just too cumbersome. Too many people come to the door, which wastes time and wastes witchcraft power.

It would be nice if there were ready-made herbal medicines and they could make them themselves. It would also be simpler.

"Wu, how do I make herbal medicine?"Yu Ying said doubtfully.

"It’s not difficult, it’s all written in the book, just make it according to what’s written in the book."Su Bai said softly.

He had prepared the herbs in advance. The selected materials were all fresh herbs, and those with rotten or yellow leaves were discarded.

"So that's it."Yu Ying looked at the herbs with a confused expression.

Su Bai put a strange-looking herb into a bowl, took out a piece of wood and started to pound the put in the herbs.

"dong dong dong......"

The herbs were pounded into small pieces with wood, and then some new herbs were added and fiddled with.

"Wu, do you want to put them all in?"Yu Ying prepared to put in the other herbs on the table.

"Wait, don't worry, the herbs you put in must be classified and cannot be put in casually."Su Bai stopped him.

If he didn't stop him, the fox-eared lady would probably knock out all the herbs on the table.

"Oh oh oh, do you want to put this one?"Yu Ying held another strange herb.

"I don’t want this yet. Bring me that red plant."Su Bai said

"good."Yu Ying immediately responded and took the red plants.

Su Bai put five or six kinds of herbs in a stone bowl and started to pound them. After pounding them into pieces, he poured them into another bowl to prepare.

"Wu, what should we do next?"Yu Ying asked curiously, looking at the colorful plant fragments very strangely.

"You need to add some other things and continue to mash it, and then start to boil it into a paste."Su Bai said seriously.

Chinese herbal medicine must be made into an ointment. This way it will last longer and be more comfortable to apply.

"Boil it into paste?"Yu Ying looked confused.

"Well, this step is also the most important and requires a lot of processes."Su Bai nodded lightly.

The step of making the paste is not simple, because the first step is the formula, because everyone's physical strength is different from birth to day after tomorrow. The formula of the paste must be designed for one person. Of course, in the original The tribe can't do this, so they can only make the formula milder.

The second step is to select the medicine. The medicines used in the ointments are all selected with the highest standards, paying attention to safe Chinese medicine and authentic medicine.

The third step is to soak After taking the medicine, add an appropriate amount of water to the decoction pieces in a special container and allow them to fully soak for 24 hours.

Mix the medicine evenly and put it into a covered container. A casserole is the best container, but a copper pot, enamel pot, or aluminum pot can also be used, but an iron pot can be used. , to avoid causing chemical reactions.

Then add an appropriate amount of cold water to soak it, usually the water is 15 cm above the surface of the medicine, and the soaking time is about 24 hours. In this way, the active ingredients in the medicine are easily decoctioned.

The fourth step is extraction After soaking, put the soaked pieces into the medicine pot and boil for 3 hours to take out the medicine juice. Add an appropriate amount of water and boil for 3 hours. Combine the medicine liquids several times. Press the medicine residue out of the medicine juice and mix it into the above medicine liquid. Place it in a container and let it settle for 6 to 12 hours. Let it sit for 6 to 12 hours.

After settling, filter with a plug to remove impurities in the liquid and take out only the clear liquid.

The fifth step is to concentrate. This step is also important. The clear liquid must be filtered through a 120-mesh drug sieve. Place it in a medicine pot.

In addition, add another decoction of fine ingredients, heat it to boiling, skim off the foam, and put the decoction liquid on a low fire to boil to evaporate and concentrate. At the same time, constantly stir the liquid to prevent coking, and gradually It forms a thick paste.

After that, the ointment is collected. Add glue and fine materials to the concentrated liquid, stir continuously until the glue block is completely melted, pour it into the medicine pot, continue to heat and stir until the medicine drips and forms a thread.

In this process , the emphasis is on the height of"hanging silk" and"hanging flag".

Usually when these two situations occur, it means that the ointment is ready to be quickly made. After it is made, it is the last step.

That is to say, in separate packaging, the paste is heated and quickly poured into special containers that have been cleaned and sterilized in advance.

The medicine pot containing the freshly brewed ointment is very hot, but you must be quick when dispensing the ointment, otherwise the sticky ointment will easily condense together.

"Will it be difficult?"Yu Ying asked curiously

"Of course, the process is complicated."Su Bai said without hesitation.

If it weren't for the sake of making it easier in the future, he wouldn't want to make an ointment now. After all, it would be too troublesome.

Because there are differences between Chinese medicine decoctions: strong fire and slow fire. Generally speaking, it is necessary to prepare Chinese medicine decoction into a paste. Use slow fire to cook.

First, add enough water at one time. Do not add water halfway, because adding water halfway will cause some components to intensify oxidation due to the high free oxygen content in the water, reducing the efficacy.

Secondly, when the medicinal soup boils, start slow frying and slow fry for 2 hours. Finally, filter out the medicinal residue and continue to fry slowly.

Then directly observe the medicinal soup without boiling, just a small amount of transpiration effect, until the medicinal soup is decoctioned into a thick extract state.

In short, the process is very complicated, and it is almost impossible for inexperienced people to do it not good.........................................

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