Chapter 218 Nine-steamed and nine-dried sesame balls
Yan Baiwei didn't ask again.
After Tang Shijin finished practicing martial arts, he skipped practicing calligraphy. After breakfast, he went directly to the county seat, signed a deed with Yang Dalang, settled the bill, then bought things for making sesame balls, and asked Hualang for a few jars of honey.
Nine steamed and nine tanned sesame pills are a thousand-year-old prescription left by Sun Simiao. Ge Hong’s "Baopuzi" records: "Taking black sesame pills for a hundred days can cure all chronic diseases. The skin will be shiny in one year, and the white hair will return in two years."
Black, teeth fall out in three years and the body is regenerated; water and fire cannot harm it in four years; it can move like a galloping horse in five years, and it will last for a long time and lead to immortality."
It's definitely an exaggeration to say this, but it is a very famous dietary prescription.
In her space, black sesame seeds were just randomly planted, not many. In order to avoid the effect being too obvious, she mixed half of the ordinary black sesame seeds to make one. This was prepared to be sent to Beijing for the Tao family's limited supply.
personal.
I also made some black sesame seeds mixed with 10%, and kept this for my own consumption. Since this stuff can't be kept for a long time, I couldn't make more.
It is also very simple to make. First, you have to wash it carefully several times and remove all the small and shriveled ones.
Then steam it in a basket. It needs to be steamed at the beginning of the day (5 o'clock) on a sunny day. It needs to be steamed for an hour at a time, and then dried in the sun.
It is said that this is to inhale the yang energy into the sesame seeds, wait until they are completely dry, and then steam them in a basket, which also needs to be steamed for an hour.
Repeat this nine times.
Then fry them in a pot and grind them finely with graphite. Only the black sesame seeds that have been "nine steamed and nine sun-dried" will turn into a smooth and oily fine powder when ground, instead of turning into a fine powder like ordinary fried sesame seeds.
into sesame paste.
Then we have to refine the honey.
It is to boil the honey over high fire first, then change to low fire, and slowly boil it into honey that "drops into beads". This is to remove the impurities and water in the honey. In modern terms, it is also
Bacteria, microorganisms and the like must be refined.
The so-called dripping of water into beads means that during the process of refining honey, if you see that the honey surface is foaming, use bamboo chopsticks to dip a drop in the honey, and then drip it into a bowl of cold water. The honey will not spread in the water and condense into beads.
sinking to the bottom, this is "drops of water turn into beads".
This process is the same as when making traditional Chinese medicine honey pills.
Then mix the ground black sesame powder and the refined honey thoroughly, beat it several hundred times until the two are fully mixed, and then roll them into balls.
Just a few small balls, she made them for three whole days.
Once done, wrap them one by one in oil paper.
When Yan Baiwei came over, she had already wrapped half of it. Yan Baiwei put his hands behind his back and asked, "Is this elixir delicious?"
She just stuffed one into his mouth and said, "Do you want to try it?"
He arched his eyebrows and nodded: "Yes."
When there was something in his mouth, he didn't say anything and just gestured with his hands.
Tang Shijin said: "It's done."
He left directly to find Tao Chengqi.
A total of 60 pills of this special version are made. Taking one pill in the morning and one in the evening, it can be taken for thirty days.
In fact, there is no need for healthy people to eat for so long. Generally speaking, three to five days is enough.
Tang Shijin divided the jars into three jars, then carefully dripped wax on them and sealed the jars.
As for the ordinary ones, they will be dealt with accordingly.
Tao Chengqi, Yan Baiwei, Tang Shilei, and Xie Huaijin and his wife each gave him twenty pieces. Because they were worried that the old housekeeper would be running around in old age, they also called him over and quietly gave him twenty pieces. Hua Lang also quietly gave him twenty pieces.
Give him twenty pieces, Madam Luo also quietly gives twenty pieces, and the He family and the Zheng family will forget about it.
In fact, family members like her and Yan Baiwei eat three or two meals a day. What can I say, their bodies are already in optimal condition. Even if they eat the special version, they probably won’t have any major reactions and just eat them as snacks.
play.
And people like Xie Huaijin and his wife who have never eaten it may feel very good even if they eat the ordinary version, but it will not be good enough for people to explore.
So it's still very safe.
Then she baked another batch of lotus paste cakes and made only twenty-four. The effect was only about 30% of the sesame balls. She named them as gifts to Momojiro.
According to what Tao Chengqi said and what the old housekeeper said, their family tradition is quite upright, the relationship between the first and second bedrooms is good, and the cousins are even closer. Let Moo Erlang decide who to give it to when the time comes.
It's done here, and all the people the old housekeeper said are here.
Most of them came from one room to another. A total of four people came here, and in addition, eight very capable nursing staff came.
This was the first time that Tang Shijin faced this kind of house slaves like a Dream of Red Mansions. After looking at them one by one, he felt that they were pretty good. It was easier to say this. First, he chose a family of four to take care of the condiment garden, and then he chose
One household will take care of the medicine garden when the time comes, while the others will leave it alone and move it wherever needed.
Then that night, Tao Chengqi wrote a letter and secretly sent the two nursing homes away.
A few days later, the two guards arrived in the capital and met Tao Xiang quietly.
Taoxiang was very surprised when he read the letter.
The letter clearly stated that it was a black sesame pill, which was a very common thing, but Tao Chengqi said something very serious between the lines, as if it was an elixir and if you eat it, you will be rejuvenated and you must not let anyone know about it.
I just thought that there was some hidden meaning in Taoxiang, and I couldn't figure it out after repeated attempts.
He then asked: "What else did Rokuro say?"
This nursing home is a nursing home in name, but in fact it is the personal guard of the Tao family. They are very capable. He said: "The Sixth Master didn't say much. He just asked us to wait here until the prime minister and others have submitted before leaving.
Then before leaving, I asked the Prime Minister to call a reliable doctor, take pulses one by one, and then hand over the pulse cases to us to take away. In addition, the miracle doctor Xi Qi lives there now and wants to open a medicine garden there.
, I’m familiar with the Six Young Masters and Five Mothers.”
Tao Xiang was surprised: "Xi Qi?"
And he also wants to take away the pulse record? Does he mean that after taking this sesame pill, the body will have an immediate effect, and he will bring the pulse record back ten days later. Maybe he will send something like this again based on the pulse record?
Tao Xiang took a long breath: "Okay, you go find Erlang first."
The nurse then bowed and left.
Tao Xiang and his wife thought about it for a while, and wanted to ask the doctor to take a look, but they were afraid that there was some mystery in it that should not be revealed to outsiders.
In the end, Taofu said: "Why bother thinking about whether my Rokuro can still harm me?"
So she directly asked someone to bring warm yellow wine and took one pill.
Mrs. Tao was in her fifties and was not in good health. Who knew that after taking a pill, she would fall asleep on the pillow at night. When she woke up in the morning, she felt refreshed. Her head, which was always groggy, was also refreshed. Her whole body seemed young.
Ten years old.
Mrs. Tao looked complicated for a moment and whispered to Tao Xiang.
Tao Xiang immediately became vigilant. He went to see the old lady alone, and then called his second brother over.
A total of sixty pills were delivered, twenty pills were kept in each of the two bedrooms, and the other twenty pills were given to the old lady.