All Hail Cousin Brother

Zhou Linghuai immediately pursed his lips.

After taking off the cloak, he ran out carelessly. Even if he was wearing a thick jacket, he couldn't stop the wind and snow outside. If he was not careful, he would get sick from the cold.

It's not easy to worry about a person who is so big.

Yu Youyao left quickly and returned quickly: "Cousin, look quickly, this is the ointment that I made after improving the incense recipe."

As if offering a treasure, she handed the blue and white porcelain box in her hand to her cousin.

Zhou Linghuai didn't pick it up, and pulled her to sit in front of the carbon cage, and handed her a cup of red dates and ginger tea: "Why don't you even wear a cloak, and run outside?"

The jujube ginger tea is all boiled, and it has been simmering on the charcoal fire. Whenever you drink it, it is always hot.

Yu Youyao doesn't like the taste of ginger very much. No matter how much red dates and brown sugar are put in the ginger tea, she doesn't want to drink it. She just drank a cup and stayed outside for a long time. She was worried about catching the cold and making her cousin worry. .

Yu Youyao looked at her cousin bitterly, barely showing her disgust on her face: "Cousin, I was wearing a thick jacket and a jacket over it. I just went to the fragrance room and didn't go into the yard. You don't need to drink!" She stretched out her hand to pull her cousin: "Look, my hands are not cold at all."

Bamboo curtains are hung in the Chaoshou verandah to keep out the wind, and it takes a few steps to reach the incense room.

Her hands were not cold, but they weren't warm either. Zhou Linghuai coaxed her patiently: "I need to drink at least a few sips. In such a cold weather, I'll catch a cold all at once."

Yu Youyao pursed her lips, twisted her little nose, reluctantly took the cup, took two sips, and didn't want to drink any more: "Two sips if it's agreed."

Zhou Linghuai was also helpless, took the cup and put it aside, then took the porcelain box that she had been holding in her hand all this time: "Have you been tossing about this all this time?"

You can tell from the name that the effect of this ointment should be similar to medicinal oil.

It was made for his use.

Although Yu Youyao's talent in Xiangyao was high, she had only learned Xiangyao for less than a year. No matter how much knowledge she had, it would take time to slowly settle down.

Just like a good altar of Nuuhong, no matter how good the brewing process is, it still needs to be buried in the soil to allow time to settle, and the aroma of the wine will be intoxicating when it is opened.

Yu Youyao is talented and hard-working, and has learned a lot about fragrance books, the only thing she lacks is this accumulation.

It is not easy to improve the fragrance.

Yu Youyao nodded: "That's right, such a long winter will last until February and March next year, I can't let my cousin suffer from leg pain all the time, so I just want to give it a try and see if I can improve the fragrance and make it Produce a fragrant medicine that is better than the medicated oil and pihanxiang that my cousin uses now."

Zhou Linghuai clenched the porcelain box in his hand and forgot to open it.

When it comes to the fields she likes and is good at, Yu Youyao can't stop talking: "It's really too difficult to improve the fragrance. For a long time, it's like a blind man groping without a clue. Madam Xu said that I have a good background. , it is the lack of precipitation, let me reorganize the fragrance spectrum I have learned, and deepen my study."

Zhou Linghuai pursed his lips again.

Within a few days after returning to Yu Mansion, he passed Yu Youyao's classwork.

In addition to the "Four Books and Five Classics", there are also calligraphy, piano art, "Tiangong Kaiwu", "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", and some historical materials.

Zhou Linghuai wanted to see if Yu Youyao's studies were not behind after being away for a few months.

Because he prepared the annotation book, it was easier for Yu Youyao to learn, and he could ask Mr. Ye Nu for advice if he had questions that he didn't understand, and Yu Youyao's schoolwork improved a little.

But, lest she be complacent,

It must be a handful, and a few sweet dates.

I said some words of praise and encouragement, and I inevitably said a few words about my shortcomings. I didn't criticize, but I was a bit harsh.

After a few days, he heard that Yu Youyao studied very hard during this time, and spent most of the time in the study, not even taking care of the affairs of the house.

He also thought that Yu Youyao had been hit, so he made progress.

The little girl's family, how can she spend all day around the trivial matters in the inner house, she still needs to study more, and he is also happy to see it.

How did he know that the study he thought was not what he thought it was.

Yu Youyao didn't know, but my cousin was turning a thousand times in her heart: "I found a formula for ointment from the remnants that my cousin collected for me. Cousin, you don't know, this remnant recipe is from a foreign country. Here, what is recorded on it is a secret recipe of anointing oil for invigorating blood circulation, dissolving pain, and relieving pain.”

Zhou Linghuai caressed the blue and white porcelain box in his hand.

Hearing the little girl's chattering voice: "Although I don't know how effective this ointment is, but since this prescription has been spread to the Central Plains, I think it has some advantages, so I want to study it, but the spices used above are all It is a foreign thing, and the Great Zhou Dynasty did not produce it."

When mentioning this, Yu Youyao frowned without realizing it, with a troubled look on her face. One can imagine how distressed and embarrassing she was when faced with such a predicament before.

Zhou Linghuai said: "It's hard for a woman to cook without rice, how did you solve it later?"

Yu Youyao laughed: "I just thought, since the prosperity of maritime trade, the Great Zhou Dynasty exchanged goods with foreign countries, and the spices and herbs from foreign countries have always been very popular in the Great Zhou Dynasty. I searched a lot of medical books, and found detailed records in "Materia Medica" and "On the Nature of Medicine."

Seeing her smile, Zhou Linghuai also smiled: "The mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and there is no way out, and the willows are dark and the flowers are bright, and there is another village."

Yu Youyao nodded repeatedly: "There is a kind of spice in it, which is called myrrh. This medicine enters the spleen, kidney, heart, and liver, and the four internal organs of the human body. It is mainly responsible for biochemical and storage of essence, qi, blood, and spirit. It is recorded in the book that myrrh mainly treats falls, blood stasis, pain in muscles and bones, pain in joints, damage from golden blades, unbearable pain, and has the effects of dispersing blood and removing stasis, reducing swelling and pain, soothing fascia, and dredging blood vessels. It's right for my cousin's symptoms."

Speaking of this, her tone was already very excited, and her white jade-like face was also flushed with excitement.

Zhou Linghuai just listened and didn't interrupt her.

"In addition to myrrh, there is also a fragrant medicine called frankincense, which has a similar effect to myrrh. It is amazing that if the two are combined together, the efficacy of the medicine will increase on the original basis. It is recorded in the "Compendium" that frankincense Promoting blood circulation and myrrh to disperse blood both can relieve pain and reduce swelling, so the two medicines are often used together."

Myrrh and frankincense are foreign spices, which were rare in the Zhou Dynasty and were not widely used.

Rao Zhou Linghuai is well-informed, but not proficient in medical skills, so naturally he doesn't know.

Zhou Linghuai listened carefully, the little girl spoke lightly, but he could still hear what difficulties she had encountered and how much effort she had put in during the process of improving the fragrance.

She overcame all the difficulties one by one.

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Myrrh and frankincense, recorded in the Bible, were produced in ancient Iran, Arabia and other regions. The Jews made myrrh and frankincense into aromatics and painkillers, which can basically treat dozens of common diseases in life. Two of the three gifts offered by believers to the Savior are particularly deified, but myrrh and frankincense do have a wide range of effects.

The Bible mentions a kind of holy anointing oil, which is made of myrrh, frankincense, and fragrant cinnamon.

And myrrh and frankincense have been used as fragrant medicines in the Tang Dynasty!

It is recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica"!

Therefore, anointing oil and myrrh wine also exist~

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