This was a meal that Xu Guangling enjoyed very much.
Spiritual energy surrounds me, fragrance lingers in my nose, and I am facing a person with whom I can communicate professionally.
Although, under current circumstances, their communication is limited to:
"Is it tasty?"
"tasty!"
And so on.
After the meal, Gan Congshi took Xu Guangling for a walk in the medicine garden to relieve his appetite.
But this walk was not just a random walk, but had a fixed goal.
Gan Congshi took Xu Guangling to the edge of a small soil slope. There was about ten acres of land on the small soil slope. There was only one kind of plant planted everywhere, a tree with less obvious characteristics.
Some are big and some are small.
A large one needs to be hugged by a person, and a small one is no thicker than a finger.
"My dear, please pull one down and take a look." Gan Congshi said with a mysterious smile.
So Xu Guangling did just that.
Then, he cooperated smoothly and played Duo Duo. Inadvertently, he brought the plucked small tree root close to his nose, and then said in surprise: "Senior Gan, this is what we just ate..."
If the sky-gazing mirror is not asleep.
If only it weren't so cold.
At this time, it will probably laugh at a certain grand master who is pretending to be stupid and cute.
"Yes! That's it!" Gan Congshi stroked his short beard with his hand and smiled happily, "My dear, let me tell you, many herbs are just for eating. What do you think, is this delicious?"
"It's delicious!" Xu Guangling nodded vigorously.
"This medicinal herb is called 'vegetable root tree'." Gan Congshi entered the explanation mode:
"The root has a refreshing aroma and is slightly sweet. It can be used to make soup. Like the one we just ate, we can use it to stew meat. It can stew any kind of meat. It's delicious."
"You can also boil this root alone and drink it in water. Drink a bowl every morning. It has the effects of clearing the intestines, warming the body, and replenishing qi."
"Its roots are fragrant, but upwards, its branches are bitter, especially bitter, and its bark is not only bitter, but also astringent. If you accidentally take a bite, it will make your body...
My whole mouth has been bitter and astringent for a long time, and even if I rinse my mouth with water, I can't get rid of it."
"What about its leaves?" Xu Guangling shook the sapling in his hand and held it in time.
"The leaves, there's nothing special about them, they're just like the leaves of other trees." Gan Congshi said.
Xu Guangling nodded.
This is how Xu Guangling's study at Gan Congshi began.
Next, an old man and a young man worked together to dig up a few fragrant root trees and take them back. One was a large one with a diameter of about five centimeters, one was a medium one with a diameter of about three centimeters, and then there were several two centimeters and one centimeter.
tree.
After returning, Xu Guangling took matters into his own hands.
First, under the guidance of Gan Cong Style, use a small saw to cut off the fragrant root tree from the root, leaving only the root.
"My child, have you seen that here are the roots of the tree, and here are the trunks. The difference between the two parts is not very obvious, but you can still see a little difference, right?" Looking at several trees of different sizes
, Gan Congshi led Xu Guangling to observe carefully.
"Be sure to cut it properly, and do not leave the trunk part on the root. Otherwise, the fragrant root will be useless and cannot be used."
"It's best not to cut too much, because the most useful part of the incense root is the part closest to the trunk."
This is actually a kind of self-protection of plants, just like putting the most important items or money in a safe.
This tree, because its roots are fragrant and rich in nutrients, easily attracts ants, so it concentrates nutrients in the upper part of the roots, closest to the trunk, in this way to protect itself.
Then it has a lot of roots, probably to tell the ants that can't avoid it, tell them, even if you eat, just eat these roots of mine, and don't touch the taproot above!
Is this considered "giving up money to avoid disaster"?
Gan Congshi said that the leaves of this tree have no special characteristics, which is actually wrong, because they are also rich in nutrients.
But along with the leaves are branches and bark. Beasts of nature, such as wild sheep and bison. If they want to eat the leaves of this tree, "get a bite", then they will be like walking into a children's paradise, experiencing
A roller coaster-like experience.
The leaves are delicious, better than those of other trees.
but!
Then, damn, what is this?
So bitter!
So astringent!
And the bitterness extends from the branches and bark to the stems and main veins of the leaves!
This is a trap for sheep and cattle.
They would shake their heads desperately, open their mouths and stick out their tongues, and then rush to the river to drink water desperately, but even if they drank to their stomachs, they could not relieve the strong bitterness in their mouths.
Therefore, this kind of tree was included in their "grey list".
Unless there are no other leaves to eat, the leaves of this tree cannot be eaten!
In Xu Guangling's view, this is a plant that has evolved quite completely. From its roots, to trunk to branches, to bark to leaves, it has been incorporated into a reasonable distribution chain of ingredients.
In this sense, this kind of tree already has considerable "intelligence".
In other words, this is a smart tree.
Among medicinal herbs, if stars are used to classify them, it can be classified into the top five stars.
If this kind of tree is erected at the center of the Juyuan-Juling Array, its upper limit will be very high. It is very likely that it will be like the lotus in the previous life, from quantity to quality, and then undergo a leap in qualitative change or in other words
Mutation.
Using the concept of elixirs, this tree can be synthesized:
"Peiyuan Dan", to strengthen the root of the disease, simply take the root of the tree.
"Qi Xing Dan", on the basis of nourishing and replenishing qi, activates qi and blood, and takes its roots and leaves.
"Marrow Washing Pill", combined with other herbs, allows its medicinal properties to penetrate deep into the bone marrow through Qi and blood, and then clear the bones and purify the marrow.
…
It can also be extended to many other aspects.
All in all, this "incense root tree" is not only of great benefit to ordinary people, but also a panacea-like medicine for practitioners, which can be widely used in the stages of condensing qi, unblocking meridians, and resuscitation.
Even after entering the earth level, you can use the "Bigu Pill" prepared from this tree to cleanse and nourish your body.
In an instant, Xu Guangling created a detailed file of this fragrant root tree in the herb library in his mind and filed it as the "main medicine".
The so -called main medicine, in Xu Guangling, is the medicine that is worthy of the use of the eyebrows of Juyuan Juling Big Array.
and dragon fruit, etc.
The screen changes to the current scene.
The first step is to cut the root.
Xu Guangling has "learned" how to separate the roots and stems most appropriately under Gan Congshi's tireless explanation.
Then comes the cleaning.
There is nothing to say about this step, just wash it like washing vegetables directly. There is not much particular attention, and you are not afraid of scraping. Even many of the many beards can pull away a lot.
After washing, place it in a cool and ventilated place to dry. It is not suitable to be exposed to the sun.
After taking care of this, go back to the house.
At this time, Gan Congshi asked Xu Guangling to paint again, only this fragrant root tree.
This time I will draw all of it, its trunk, its bark, its branches, its leaves, and its roots.
When Xu Guangling finished the painting, Gan Congshi handed him the piece of paper he had just written:
"Fragrant Root Tree".
"It is used on the roots to strengthen the body and replenish qi. It can be taken for a long time and is of great benefit to practitioners."
"The branches are bitter and the skin is astringent, causing swelling and pain in the throat. It is slightly poisonous."
After checking Xu Guangling's new drawings and confirming that there were no errors or omissions, Gan Congshi took out another kind of paper from the house, which was obviously formal and relatively high-end.
It was a piece of paper similar to a primary school student's exercise book. On one page, two pages were divided into left and right pages in a □□ pattern.
Gan Congshi asked Xu Guangling to draw the shape of the fragrant root tree on the left page, and then asked him to write the line of words on the right page.
This is what Gan Congshi taught Xu Guangling about the first medicinal herb.