All Hail Cousin Brother

Speaking of this, Yu Youyao changed the subject: "After I figured out myrrh and frankincense, I started to worry. These are spices from foreign countries. I think they were rare in the Zhou Dynasty, and they were not widely used. Otherwise, I would have It’s not like I haven’t heard of it, the question now is, how to get these two spices and where to get them?”

Not only has she never heard of it, but even the well-informed Nanny Xu has never heard of it.

This has just begun to take shape, and there is a bigger problem in front of us.

Yu Youyao finally understood the difficulty of improving incense recipes.

"I originally wanted to write to the Xie Mansion for help, but then I thought about it. There are a lot of spices in my fragrant medicine storehouse. Thank you gifts, and some brought to me by my cousin when he came back from Shandong, because there are too many, I haven’t looked at them carefully, they are all handed over to Liu Er for registration and registration, and then put them in the warehouse , Which kind of spices to use, let Liu Er get it directly."

Zhou Linghuai couldn't help but smile when he saw her face brighten up.

"I checked the brochures of the Fragrant Medicine Store, and found a kind of powdered medicine. At first I thought that powdered medicine and myrrh were two different things. Later, I read "Materia Medica", and I realized that this is actually my medicine. For myrrh, there are powdered medicine and frankincense in the warehouse, and there are quite a few of them.”

Xie's mansion and his cousin were eager to collect all the best things in the world and give them to her.

The Marquis of Zhen Guo's Mansion gave the gift of thanks before, fearing that they would be neglected, they chose the most precious and rare spices and herbs to give.

Those brought from foreign countries were precious and rare items in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even if they didn't know the specific use, they had to be kept in collections, and this was always indispensable.

Zhou Linghuai's heart trembled slightly in every word and every sentence: "Nurse Xu is proficient in pharmacology, and she probably knows the last medicine, but she is in the palace, and she is cautious and taboo about foreign things, so naturally she won't go there. Pay attention to research, only know the end medicine, but not the myrrh, and thus take a lot of detours."

The difference between the last medicine and myrrh may be a world of difference.

Nanny Xu already had taboos about foreign things, and she never tried to understand them, so she naturally wouldn't think of this.

Thinking about the formula of the ointment, Mother Xu probably didn't help too much, it all depended on the little girl, who worked hard to find out.

Yu Youyao nodded: "Nurse Xu said the same thing. In order to learn more about the medicinal properties of myrrh, I searched medical books and found that there were detailed records of myrrh in the Tang Dynasty. The medicine gradually became less known, and after the Great Zhou Dynasty reopened the sea ban, myrrh was used by foreign nations as a spice for mutual exchange, and it reappeared in the Great Zhou Dynasty."

Fragrances from foreign countries are very precious, and they were rare in the Zhou Dynasty, and they were not widely used. They were directly used as aromatherapy materials, and many nobles would burn them directly.

The palace is more interested in the rare and obstinate things that foreign countries pay tribute to, such as edible things, which are basically taboo.

After all, it is not something of this dynasty, and it has always been covered with a veil of mystery and unknown.

No matter how interested you are in unknown things, you will not risk your life to toss.

Zhou Linghuai opened the porcelain box, the red ointment turned slightly yellow, and condensed into lard-like smell. It didn't smell like oily medicine, but instead revealed a faint bitter fragrance and shea wood fragrance, which smelled very good.

His throat was slightly astringent, and he said in a hoarse voice, "This is the anointing oil!"

Yu Youyao nodded: "Because the prescription is incomplete, I can only improve on the original prescription. After many trials, I finally made an ointment that is similar to the effect recorded in the residual prescription."

In the improved prescription, more than ten kinds of spices such as agarwood, fragrant cinnamon, cardamom, and cinnamon are added.

All the spices are planed by Linglu, and the effect is definitely better than the original.

Zhou Linghuai didn't know what to say for a while: "Thank you cousin!"

Yu Youyao didn't know, he shook his head with complicated emotions: "Actually, it's not that difficult. Although it's just a remnant prescription, but with the direction to study, I'm also familiar with the effects of various spices. Strictly follow the compatibility of the monarch, ministers and assistants to make it achieve the effects of medicine, fragrance and healing, just try it a few times."

What she didn't say was that in order to make a better anointing oil, she experimented with the combination of more than 200 spices and herbs within a month.

Fortunately, she trained a few girls who knew about fragrant medicine in her room, which helped a lot.

Otherwise, the anointing oil would not have been made so quickly.

If she didn't say it, it didn't mean that Zhou Linghuai couldn't guess: "It's not easy to test the properties of medicine."

Yu Youyao hurriedly changed the subject: "Actually, the ointment was ready three days ago, but my cousin is weaker, so I didn't dare to give it to my cousin."

After the ointment was checked by Nanny Xu, it was confirmed that it was non-toxic, so she could use it for her cousin. However, although she did not taboo foreign things, she was cautious.

"Liu'er's godmother, Pozi Ma, broke her leg a few years ago and didn't take care of it, leaving the root of the disease. Whenever the weather is wet and cold, her leg hurts. I gave her the ointment to try. , the pain has relieved a lot, and I planned to observe it for a few more days before giving it to my cousin."

The anointing oil used for Mrs. Ma did not contain spirit dew, and the effect was somewhat unexpected.

But considering Mrs. Ma's leg pain was incomparable to my cousin's leg pain, I decided to look at the situation again.

It was also today that I received my cousin's gift, but found that I didn't prepare a gift for my cousin. After much deliberation, I decided to give the ointment to my cousin.

Zhou Linghuai couldn't understand Yu Youyao's good intentions: "Please trouble my cousin to use it for me!"

Yu Youyao's eyes lit up, there was no reason for her not to agree, she quickly called Chang'an: "Go to Qingquyuan, and bring my cousin's medicine bag for bathing feet."

After soaking enough to use again, the effect is better.

Chang'an went immediately.

Yu Youyao held the ointment with a smile, and smiled proudly: "The ointment can be used as medicinal oil for massage, or it can be added to water and burned on an incense device. It is fragrant and damp, and it is better than cold incense. a lot of."

The essence of fragrance is the dual-purpose of fragrance and medicine, as well as health care.

Zhou Linghuai bent his lips: "Cousin is really amazing."

Yu Youyao asked Chunxiao to fetch the incense steamer, filled the burner with charcoal, poured some warm water, picked a small spoonful of ointment, and the congealed high oil melted when it met hot water.

After a while, the aroma of water mist and smoke permeated the air, the faint fragrance of shea wood, with a hint of bitterness, like the fragrance of resin.

Zhou Linghuai sniffed it closer, and suddenly felt refreshed: "It smells good."

Yu Youyao tilted her head and smiled: "I also like this smell, as if in the mountains and forests in spring, there is a fragrance of trees."

Zhou Linghuai nodded, this is the smell of vitality.

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