Chapter 168: Taoist Medicine
At more than three o'clock in the afternoon, Fu Rongsheng, who had taken a lunch break, went to Yue Haohan's room, and saw Yue Haohan and Li Yifu's master and apprentice sitting and chatting, Fu Rongsheng sat down on the stool in the room, Yue Haohan hurriedly got up and poured a cup of tea for Fu Rongsheng, Fu Rongsheng took the teacup and asked, Haohan, you kid didn't rest at noon? Did you seize the time to discuss with Li Daochang?
Yue Haohan replied with a smile, "Elder Fu, although Daoist Qingfeng is a few years younger than you, he is your old chief, my Grandpa Luo's closest disciple, I will definitely seize this opportunity to ask Daoist for more advice."
As she spoke, Cheng Ziying also came over from the next room, looked at Yue Haohan after entering the door, and asked, Haohan, how did you arrange it in the afternoon? Surely you won't be able to make it to the top today, right?
Yue Haohan glanced at Li Yifu and replied, let's see how Daochang Li arranged it in the afternoon.
Li Yifu said, I will also allocate medicines in Zixiao Palace in the afternoon, and let Jianlong take a few of you to Nanyan Palace to play in the afternoon, and eat and live here at night, how about we climb to the top of the gold tomorrow?
Fu Rongsheng next to him heard that Li Yifu was going to configure medicines in the afternoon, and said excitedly, I won't go to Nanyan Palace in the afternoon, I will go to Zixiao Palace to see Li Daochang prepare medicines.
Yue Haohan turned his head to look at Cheng Ziying, and said, Ziying, in the afternoon, you and Mr. Ye and Teacher Zhang will go to Nanyan to play, Nanyan Palace is not far from here, I will accompany Fu Lao in Zixiao Palace to watch Li Daochang concoct medicines, how about it?
Cheng Ziying smiled and replied, Okay, then I will accompany Mr. Ye and Mr. Zhang to Nanyan with Brother Jianlong in the afternoon to see the dragon head incense and enjoy the scenery of Nanyan.
After discussing, everyone divided into two groups, Wang Jianlong took Cheng Ziying and a few people towards Nanyan, and Yue Haohan accompanied Fu Rongsheng to follow Li Yifu towards Zixiao Palace.
Walking on the road, Fu Rongsheng asked Li Yifu and said, "Daochang Li, are you Wudang Daoists not spreading the pills, and Haohan and I will go to see you dispensing medicine, will it affect you?" ”
Li Yifu said: "Fu Lao, you are right, we used to have such rules, but now there are not so many requirements for this aspect, we have a lot of prescriptions here, all of which have been contributed to the medical department, and helping the world and saving people is also the foundation of doing good, which is not contrary to our Taoist idea of the unity of heaven and man." In the past, it was not spread out, mainly because I was afraid that other sects or some gangsters would steal the school, which would endanger the interests of our Wudang faction, but now there is no concern in this regard. In addition, you are not an outsider with Haohan, although Haohan is in the officialdom, but in fact, we have regarded him as a Wudang man, and you Fu Lao have nothing to say, everyone in traditional Chinese medicine, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, what do we have to expire for you? ”
Fu Rongsheng smiled "ha, ha" and said, that's good! Just don't break your rules. I heard that your Wudang's "Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingot" is very precious, and it is the treasure of your Wudang Taoist!
Li Yifu said, Fu Lao, is like this, saying that the "Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingot " is precious, because its medicinal effect is magical. It can not only cure all diseases, but also cure them. People who are not sick can also take this medicine, take it for a long time, can lose weight, can clear the valley, can prolong life. The cultivators in our Wudang Sect also call this medicine a divine pill to improve their strength.
Yue Haohan turned his head and asked, is it really so magical?
Li Yifu said, whether it is magical or not, you will know it after taking it in the future.
Yue Haohan asked again, Dao Chief, why is this "Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingot Called" Eight Treasures? Could it be that there are eight kinds of precious medicinal herbs? Or are there eight different special effects?
Li Yifu said, wrong, "Eight White Purple Gold Ingots" is composed of 108 kinds of drugs. It is called "Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingot " because this medicine is collected from the secret recipe and applied to the production of medicines, and there are eight treasures used in eight major links. The eight treasures are, one is the imperial gold seal, the second is the gold carved jade, the third is the white tiger gate, the fourth is the green dragon blocking the pass, the fifth is the Huatuo Shenfang, the sixth is the Lei Gong concocted, the seventh is the eight immortals in seclusion, and the eighth is the Sanfeng treasure. In the past two days, I have been configuring the "Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingot ", and I will tell you in detail about the Eight Treasures in a moment.
As he spoke, the three of them arrived at Zixiao Palace, Li Yifu took the two of them into the main hall and entered a wide side hall below, and after entering the door, a stream of Chinese herbal medicine incense came to the shop, and there were more than a dozen Taoists in the hall who were busy there, sorting the medicinal materials in the bamboo baskets in front of them, and seeing Li Yifu coming in with Fu Rongsheng and Yue Haohan, the Taoists stood up and greeted Li Yifu.
Li Yifu said to the Taoist priests, everyone is busy with yours! These two guests are not outsiders, you can do whatever you have to do, and don't have any scruples. This old gentleman is the famous Academician Fu Rongsheng, a world-renowned expert in traditional Chinese medicine. This young man is also a member of our family, he is the only descendant of my senior brother, and he is my nephew. The two of them are here today to see how our "Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingots" are prepared.
After Li Yifu finished introducing, he took Yue Haohan and Fu Rongsheng to sit down on a table of eight immortals inside, and a young Taoist carried a boiling water bottle, held a cup, poured a cup of tea for each of the three of them and put it on the table of eight immortals, and then went to be busy sorting medicinal materials.
Fu Rongsheng picked up the teacup in front of him, tasted two sips, put down the cup, looked at Li Yifu, and said, Daochang Li, was the rear hospital of the Red Army in this place? During the War of Liberation, the "swords, guns, and gold chuangsan" used by our troops are said to have been given by your master to General Luo.
Li Yifu said, yes, when the Red Third Army moved to Wudang Mountain and opened up the Wudang Mountain Revolutionary Base Area, the rear hospital founded by my master with the assistance of the Red Third Army was here.
Fu Rongsheng said, I have consulted the relevant historical materials, before the Song Dynasty, Wudang Mountain was under the jurisdiction of the Junzhou government, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and was not valued by the rulers. The mountains here are high and deep, the forests are dense, the medicinal resources are numerous, the beautiful natural features and the pleasant climate have attracted countless hermits, cultivators, alchemists, and medicine pickers. In pursuit of so-called immortality, they constantly collect medicines and identify their types and properties. After the emergence of Wudang Taoism, the immortal monks of Xiuzhen evolved into Taoist priests, and painted talismans for the people to pray, cure diseases and relieve misfortunes became a way to expand the influence of Taoism. Taoism's pursuit of longevity and healing directly promoted the development of ancient Taoist medicine.
Yue Haohan took over and said, Daochang Li, there is such a good medicine, in fact, your Taoist Association can set up a Taoist medicine factory to make your secret recipe into medicine, so that Taoist medicine can also benefit the people of the Quartet.
Li Yifu said, how easy is it to talk about? Now even the entire Chinese medicine is being questioned, and the medical field has been completely replaced by Western medicine, not to mention, as a branch of Chinese medicine, Taoist medicine, the inheritance of Chinese culture has a long way to go!
Li Yifu sighed, picked up the cup and drank two sips of tea, then put down the cup and stood up, saying, Don't talk about anything else, I'll show you the eight treasures of the "Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingot" now.
As he spoke, Li Yifu walked to the purple and red wood cabinet inside, opened the cabinet, and took out an object wrapped in golden soft satin from it, after opening the soft satin, a gold box shaped like a big seal was exposed, Li Yifu picked up the gold box and put it on the table of the eight immortals, and said, Fu Lao, vast, you take a good look, this is the first treasure "Imperial Golden Seal". It is actually a box used to store the secret recipe of the Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingot fold, because the bottom of the box is cast with four big characters of "Imperial Gold Seal", and the shape is like a big seal, so it is called the Imperial Gold Seal.
After Li Yifu introduced, Fu Rongsheng picked up the gold box and watched it carefully, and handed it to Yue Haohan's hand after watching the array, Yue Haohan looked at the imperial gold seal carefully, and saw that there was a lock made of platinum on the gold seal, and a relief white tiger pattern was cast on both sides of the lock.
After admiring the imperial golden seal and putting the golden seal down, Yue Haohan looked at Li Yifu and asked, Dao Chief, what about the second treasure?
Li Yifu smiled and pulled the yellow soft satin wrapped with the gold seal just now, and said, this is the second treasure, called "Golden Engraving and Jade Silk". It is specially used to wrap the imperial gold seal, and the whole soft satin is one foot eight inches square.
Fu Rongsheng and Yue Haohan didn't pay much attention to this piece of soft satin just now, and after listening to Li Yifu's introduction, they picked up the golden soft satin and looked at it carefully, and saw that the whole piece of soft satin was shining and starry, gorgeous and gorgeous.
Li Yifu introduced on the side, saying that the reason why this piece of soft satin is a treasure is because it was given by the queen herself.
Putting down the yellow soft satin, Yue Haohan pointed to the lock made of platinum on the gold seal, and asked, Dao Chief, then this small lock should be the third treasure "White Tiger Gate", right?
Li Yifu replied with a smile and said, very right, this lock is the third treasure "White Tiger Gate", you see how exquisite and delicate the relief white tiger pattern on both sides of the lock is.
Then, Li Yifu took out a dragon-shaped golden key that was no more than an inch long from his body, and said that this was the fourth treasure "Green Dragon Blocking Pass". This Golden Dragon Key is the only special key that can open the lock of the "White Tiger Gate". You see, this golden key is a single root, and if it is lost, then the golden lock can no longer be opened. If the lock can't be opened, then no one will want to see the secret recipe in the golden box again, and the Eight Treasure Purple Gold Ingot will no longer be able to be concocted according to the secret recipe.
Li Yifu carefully inserted the golden key into the hole of the golden lock, twisted it slightly, and the lock was opened, and the gold box was opened, and a bronzing cover fold was placed there. This fold records the secret recipe of the Wudang Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingot.
After reading the secret recipe excerpt, Li Yifu carefully put the secret recipe fold into the gold box, covered the gold box, put the lock down, and then put the dragon-shaped golden key with him, and then stood up and said, this sixth treasure is called "Lei Gong concocted". In fact, it refers to the production method and procedure of Wudang Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingot. The so-called "Lei Gong concoction" is to regard the production of the Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingot as the most orthodox and sacred work to complete.
As he spoke, Li Yifu picked up the boiling water bottle placed under the table of the Eight Immortals, refilled the teacups in front of everyone, and then said, Lei Gong concocted, the most ingenious and mysterious, is the "Lei Gong Altar" where the palaces of Wudang Mountain process medicinal materials. Lei Gong Altar is selected in the more secluded temples of various palaces. In front of the temple shrine, a large stone case of a rolling dragon flying wind carved from bluestone is placed, which is called an altar. The altar was two feet eight inches high, and a hollow made of granite stone was placed on it. The shape of the nest is like an incense burner without ears, the outside is carved with rare birds and beasts, exotic flowers and plants, and the inside is round and smooth, which is used for grinding medicine. On the top of the nest is a girder in the middle of the temple, on which is hung a boom. This boom, one zhang eight feet eight inches long, eight minutes in diameter, is carved from iron wood after stopping the water. What is a water brake? It is to cut down the live wood and then put it at the bottom of the water, and store it for a long time, which is called stopping the water. The wood after the water brake is calm and delicate, and never deformed. Iron wood, on the other hand, is a tree species with extremely dense and fine fibers and very hard wood. The body of the boom is carved with two coiled dragons, which are dyed with soil lacquer to a smooth dark vermilion color. The upper end of the boom is wrapped with a copper cap, and a copper ring is exposed in the copper cap, and a copper chain is wound around the girder in the copper ring. The boom is suspended and rotates freely. The lower end of the boom is installed with a copper casting **, which is not high or low, and is falling into the nest for grinding drugs. On each side of the altar is a hollow carved stone drum bench, which is for two Taoists who grind medicines to sit.
After Li Yifu explained, Fu Rongsheng asked, Li Daochang, what does the seventh treasure "Eight Immortals Seclusion" refer to?
Li Yifu replied, saying that these eight immortals live in seclusion inside and outside. The "Eight Immortals" who live in seclusion within the Eight Immortals refer to the eight main medicines among the one hundred and eight flavors of medicine in this golden box. In order to prevent the secret recipe from being stolen by the gangsters, the name and formula dosage of the main medicine of the eight flavors were hidden, and then the names of the eight immortals were replaced. And the names of the different treasures used by the Eight Immortals were used instead of the formula dose. It's like a password. This password is only passed on by the previous governor to the new governor when the governor is replaced. Before teaching, it is necessary to go to the golden palace on the top of the golden roof to build Jiao, and both parties must bathe and fast beforehand, and then recite the oath in front of the Emperor Zhenwu. Therefore, this code is difficult for others to know except for the Taoist. The "Eight Immortals" of the Eight Immortals who live in seclusion refer to the eight kinds of blue and white porcelain vases that secretly contain the main medicine of the eight flavors. They were stored in the eight most top-secret places in the Taihe Palace of Wudang Mountain.
After listening to Li Yifu's introduction, Yue Haohan sighed and said, no wonder this medicine is precious, it is so mysterious, what does the eighth treasure "Sanfeng Treasure Protection" refer to?
Li Yifu replied that Sanfeng Baobao refers to the fact that in order to keep the eight top-secret places where the eight kinds of porcelain vases are stored from being forgotten, a secret map was specially drawn before storing the porcelain vases. On the back of the secret picture there is a portrait of the ancestor Zhang Sanfeng. If a villain steals the secret fold, his ugly gaze meets the gaze on the self-portrait of his ancestor Zhang Sanfeng, and the secret fold will burn itself from the dantian of the self-portrait and turn into ashes in an instant. In the past, we Wudang Taoists often said: "Demons see Tutu**". refers to this "Sanfeng Baobao".
After Li Yifu finished speaking, Fu Rongsheng picked up the teacup and took a few sips of tea, and said, The configuration process of this Wudang Eight Treasures Purple Gold Ingot is so mysterious, and there are so many exquisiteness, today can be regarded as an insight. Li Daochang, when we go down the mountain, you must give me a bottle of Eight Treasures Zijinding, and I will take it back to study it well.
Li Yifu smiled "ha, ha" and said, knowing that you are coming, I specially prepared two bottles, one for you and one for Haohan, as for Mr. Ye, Professor Zhang, and Miss Cheng, I will no longer send them, and the configured finished products are limited. However, Elder Fu, if you don't have our secret here, you won't be able to test which one hundred and eight kinds of drugs this Wudang Eight Treasure Zijin Ding is configured for. You can take it home and test the clinical effect to see if it can treat many diseases.