"The second realm is smelling, what is smelling? The superior physician smells the smell, and the inferior listens to the sound!"

"For example, after drinking alcohol or alcohol poisoning, people with organophosphate pesticide poisoning can exhale a pungent garlic smell, diabetic ketoacidosis patients have a disgusting smell of rotten apples in their exhaled breath, patients with liver failure have a rat odor, and uremia patients can exhale a clear smell of urine ammonia because the ammonia in the body cannot be discharged in time. ”

"In the end, I can ask and cut, I can't see it, I can't smell it, I can only open my mouth to ask the patient what is going on with him, and I can understand the condition by taking the pulse with my own hands, which is the biggest reason why Chinese medicine is declining now!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Lao puffed up his chest and said with pride: "Therefore, the incense Taoist master has been the most promising profession since ancient times!

"Old man, is it so difficult to make incense? I see a lot of incense recipes on the Internet, and the ingredients are very simple!"

"Hey, you've finally asked the key!"

Elder Zhao sighed, looked at Wen Yiming, and said solemnly: "Don't believe the various so-called incense recipes circulating on the Internet, they are useless! A sentence can change the flavor after being conveyed by ten people, not to mention the complex recipes that have been circulated for hundreds or thousands of years!"

"I followed the master to learn incense at the age of fifteen, and it has been more than 50 years, and I have been diligent and diligent, without a trace of slackness, but until today I am still a layman, and I am still far from entering the hall!"

"Really?"

Wen Yiming looked at Zhao Lao's dejected expression, and was very surprised, the old man didn't even count as an entry?

For our incense masters, there are three kinds of treasures, one is incense, heaven and earth treasures, and those who are destined to live in it. ”

"The second is the incense recipe, which is a truly orderly incense recipe, which is hard to get! It can best represent the level and experience of the incense master, and it is ten times more precious than the incense material!"

"The last is the incense props, the scarcity is expensive, now any one is an antique treasure, do you know how much is the auction of an official kiln incense burner in the third generation of Kang Yongqian?"

Wen Yiming finally knew why the incense master was called the most promising profession, not the future, but the money!

"I'll tell you now, why the so-called incense recipes circulating in the market are not credible! There are three reasons, the first is the weight!"

Zhao Lao turned around and took out a piece of paper with a table on it, and explained: "Most of the incense recipes are left by the ancients, and the units of measurement are two, money, and catty. Each dynasty and each generation is different, for example, the two in the Ming Dynasty are more than ten grams more than the Qing Dynasty!"

"A recipe often takes twenty or thirty bell incense materials, each one is a few grams worse, how much worse do you say the final result is?"

"It's a thousand miles to miss a lot!"

"The second is the quality of incense, you don't need me to say that you know, take agarwood as an example, how can it be compared with ancient times?"

Wen Yiming nodded yes, not to mention ancient times, it can't be compared with fifty years ago! Nowadays, all kinds of artificial intervention, the land is barren, and more importantly, people are impetuous, who spends a lifetime waiting for agarwood to mellow?

Zhao Lao sighed and said bitterly: "Needless to say, agarwood, now even the quality of Chinese medicinal materials is getting less and less, give you a peerless incense prescription, the quantity is accurate, and the current materials can be combined to the ancient level?"

"The first two can still be overcome, smashed with money! The amount is unknown, try again and again! The materials are not good and the money is bought, and it is a big deal to go to the auction, and you can always find a solution. But the last problem is not something that can be solved with money!"

Wen Yiming had an idea, and blurted out: "Is it a step?"

"That's right, it's the incense step!"

Zhao Lao said excitedly: "Hexiang looks simple, but there are many variations, each material has characteristics and uses, no matter weight or quality, the step is the key to success or failure!"

"You've been exposed to a lot of materials in the past few days, do you have any experience with concoction?"

Wen Yiming said: "I think the purpose of concocting incense materials is to remove its impurities and facilitate its use; ”

"Proper preparation can strengthen the medicinal properties of the incense, make it fully effective, and eliminate possible toxic side effects. In addition, according to the requirements of compatibility, specific processing methods can be used to change the medicinal properties of incense materials. ”

In the past few days, Wen Yiming has personally concocted spices, and has a deep experience: "The first is to repair, one is to make the incense pure, and the other is to do cutting and crushing treatment, that is, using picking, picking, kneading, scraping, sifting, cooling, cutting, pounding, grinding, pounding, frustration and other methods to remove impurities, excess water, deteriorated parts and other non-medicinal ingredients, and make its size and specifications meet the requirements." For example, ambergris needs to be removed from the sand and gravel, and agarwood needs to be removed from the soil. ”

"Steaming is the use of water vapor or water insulation to heat incense materials, which can be steamed or added to auxiliary materials. The heat and frequency of steaming depend on the requirements. This method can not only make the incense material from raw to cooked, but also regulate the medicinal properties and separate the incense material. ”

"If the black and white incense is mixed, it must be separated and used alone, and the incense is steamed in a cage with porcelain, and about half an hour after boiling, the white floats on the top and the black sinks on the bottom, and it can be used separately. ”

"The main purpose of soaking with water or additives is to adjust the medicinal properties and remove its peculiar smell. If you want to make nail incense, you need to boil it in carbon juice first, then boil it in muddy water, and finally cook it with good wine. Or soak it in rice swill water for many days, then boil it in rice swill, and collect it when the water is exhausted and the yellow gas is released, and then artillery after cooling. ”

"Stir-fry, according to the need or stir-fry or stir-fry, the heat has fried Ling Huang, fried Ling Jiao, etc. For example, the method of making sandalwood is to select sandalwood to make broken rice grains, and fry it slowly to make the smoke purple, and stop the fishy smell. ”

"Boil, stir-fry with liquid excipients, so that the excipients penetrate into and merge into the incense materials, so as to change the medicinal properties of the incense materials. The auxiliary materials commonly used in incense making mainly include honey, pear juice, wine, etc. ”

"Cannon, stir-fry it with a fire, or add sand, puhuang powder, etc. to stir-fry together. The difference between the cannon and the stir-fry is only the heat, the cannon is hot with a fire, and the stir-fry is simmered. ”

Wen Yiming combined his own experience while recalling, summed up the experience of the past few days to Zhao Lao, and finally said: "Then there is baking and water flying, this method can prevent the loss of powder flying when the incense material is grinding, and can separate the water-soluble components in the incense material, so that the incense is more delicate." ”

"Very good!" Zhao Lao bowed slightly, and said with satisfaction: "It seems that there is no work in vain, and I have a little experience in processing, each material has different medicinal properties, even if the same material is different because of the different growth environment, the characteristics are very different!"

"To put it bluntly, the purpose of concoction is to teach students according to their aptitude, remove their dross, take their essence, and use them for my use. Every time the incense is tantamount to a scientific experiment, every step is frightening, and if you are not careful, you will lose all the plates!"

Thinking of this, Wen Yiming suddenly seemed to be walking on thin ice, it was all money! It was easy to collect all the high-quality materials and start to make incense, and one accidentally failed. If the porcelain is broken, it can be repaired, and at worst, a few pieces of porcelain can be studied, but what can be left of the spices?

A pile of black ash!

"Okay, I'm talking too much today!"

Zhao Lao saw that Wen Yiming was a little frustrated, and hurriedly stopped: "Now you have just started, take your time, and gradual progress is the king." You don't have to think much about the rest, you can do it naturally!"

Wen Yiming watched Zhao Lao turn around and leave, opened his mouth, and said secretly: "What are you doing so fast?

There's no way, it's useless to ask, stand up, stretch, Jiupin is too far, it's useless to think about it. It's better to be down-to-earth and take it step by step!