He touched his stomach and walked home sullenly, and when he came back, everyone had already finished eating, and Xiao Qingyao had already been sent back by Yixuan.

Catching a glimpse of Dong Huiying, who was drying herbs, he rushed into the stove room with a stuffy face.

But when I lifted the lid of the pot, there was nothing.

There was no soup or water left.

Catch a glimpse of the cleaned dishes and chopsticks next to it, one, two, three, four, a total of four?

The second brother in the family, Yi Xuan, him, and Dong Dabao!

But he was by the river just now and didn't eat, so who used this extra pair of dishes and chopsticks?

Xiao Qingyao!

Grinding his teeth viciously.

His illness was cured by Xiao Qingyao, and his food was also eaten by Xiao Qingyao, and his eyes turned red all of a sudden.

***

There was a loud bang.

Dong Huiying looked back and saw that the door of the south house had been thrown by Liang Yuening.

She looked inexplicable, what is this kid doing?

Scratching the back of her head, she continued to sort out the herbs.

Most traditional Chinese medicines must be processed before they can be used in medicine, so that the efficacy is better and the medicinal properties are more stable. In view of the different types of medicinal materials, the methods of preparation are also very different.

For example, the first process is washing and processing, mainly to remove impurities that can be moth-eaten, first select by hand, then screen with a sieve basket, and finally use winnowing or water separation to separate medicinal materials from impurities. For example, perilla seeds and psyllium seeds are purified by air separation, while water separation is generally used for water separation, such as Sichuan fritillary and black plum.

Secondly, the non-medicinal parts are separated, and the methods of cutting, cutting, squeezing, burning, mixing, and kneading are generally adopted.

The pieces are cut, and a small number of pieces can be cut fresh or dry. Most herbs have to be softened before they can be cut. In cutting, there are also different cutting methods and shapes depending on the characteristics of the drug. For example, angelica, which has a dense and firm texture, is suitable for cutting thin slices. Thin peel herbs such as tangerine peel are suitable for shredding.

Stir-frying is a basic processing method, which can be divided into stir-frying method and stir-frying method with auxiliary materials. According to the different heat conditions, the stir-frying method is divided into three operations: stir-frying yellow, stir-frying coke, and stir-frying charcoal. For example, the traditional Chinese medicine Cangzi adopts the method of frying yellow, taking the original medicinal materials, removing impurities, and mashing them when used. Put it in a preheated frying container, heat it over medium heat, fry it until it is browned, scorch, crush off the thorns, and sieve it.

Blanching method, river sand, clam powder, talcum powder as excipients, and drug heating operation method. For example, strychnine is processed by sand scalding. First, put the sand in a hot pot, heat it to a flexible state with a fire, put in the same size of strychnine, and turn it constantly until it is brown, bulging, reddish-brown inside, and when there are small bubbles, take it out, sieve out the sand, and let it cool.

The method of drying decoction pieces, adding a certain amount of liquid excipients and stir-frying, so that the liquid excipients gradually penetrate into the tissue of the medicinal materials is called the scorching method. For example, rhubarb can be burned in wine. Spray and mix well with a certain amount of rice wine, moisten, wait for the wine to be absorbed, heat and fry dry with a simmer, when the color deepens, take it out and let it cool.

***

Dong Huiying was busy all morning, and suddenly noticed that Yi Xuan looked preoccupied, and she wondered, "What's wrong?" ”

Yi Xuan was helpless, "The fifth brother refuses to drink the medicine." ”

"What's he doing again?"

Wiping her hands, she frowned and walked to the south house, and almost didn't step on Liang Yuening when she entered the door, because Liang Yuening refused to go to the kang and stubbornly insisted on laying on the floor.

She moved her foot and looked at Liang Yuening, who had her back to her, and saw that he was holding the quilt and looked sulking.