It is basically impossible to identify medicinal materials by smell alone without long-term knowledge and research in pharmacology.
Qian Linghui's pharmacology is understandable, but at Jiang Qiu's age, it is rare to be able to identify most medicinal materials. It is impossible to accurately identify medicinal materials by smell!
Not to mention the difficulty of explaining the efficacy of medicinal materials, which is not friendly to many elderly Chinese medicine practitioners, and even more so to a young person like Jiang Qiu.
But unexpectedly, Jiang Qiu didn't show any panic after hearing the rules. He was still so calm, as if he was confident and not worried at all.
Everyone couldn't help but wonder.
Could it be that because Jiang Qiu defeated Hu Weicai yesterday, his self-confidence is a little inflated today?
This is Qian Linghui! A powerful being known as Little Shennong, and he is best at pharmacology. There are few people in the traditional Chinese medicine community who can compete with such an opponent.
Everyone shook their heads and sighed inwardly.
Young people are still young and impetuous.
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Huang Huifeng stood up with a slight cough, and another referee from out of town came forward. They each covered the eyes of Jiang Qiu and Qian Linghui with a piece of black cloth to ensure that they could not see anything.
After clapping their hands again, someone immediately rolled out small movable tables from the warehouses on both sides and placed them in front of Jiang Qiu and Qian Linghui.
There are twenty kinds of medicinal materials on each small table, forty kinds in total, all different.
These forty kinds of medicinal materials were selected by several referees and then mobilized from the Sanyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Association.
Huang Huifeng glanced at everyone around him sternly, and then issued a warning.
Everyone is asked not to speak or make any noise during the process of asking for advice.
"Which one of you will start first?"
Hearing this, Qian Linghui nodded directly.
"Since I'm the one asking for advice, let me do it first."
Jiang Qiu had no objection.
Huang Huifeng stepped forward, picked up some medicinal materials on the table, and placed them in front of Qian Linghui's nose.
Before Huang Huifeng could say anything, Qian Linghui's nose twitched slightly and she spoke decisively.
"Buddha's hand has a unique fragrance, soothes the liver and regulates qi, harmonizes the stomach and relieves pain, removes dampness and resolves phlegm."
Huang Huifeng was stunned for a second, then raised the medicinal materials in his hand to show them around.
Everyone nodded, it was indeed a good Buddha's hand, and its efficacy was exactly according to the textbook, very accurate.
A moment later, Huang Huifeng held up another medicinal ingredient, still the same. Before he even started, Qian Linghui immediately answered.
"Tapium seeds can be used externally to treat abscesses, scabies, eczema, and chapped skin. Oral use can be used to treat edema and constipation."
Everyone was suddenly surprised!
Can you tell the difference so quickly?
The bergamot just mentioned is understandable. After all, bergamot is a medicinal herb with its own fragrance. As long as you have smelled it before, you can easily guess it.
But the tallow tree seed is just a small white seed. If you smell it carefully, the smell is actually not outstanding and it is very easy to be confused with other things.
But Qian Linghui actually spoke decisively and accurately within just a few seconds without hesitation!
Everyone around was surprised. No wonder people dare to call themselves little Shennong. They really have real abilities!
Even Pu Yansong in the corner shook his head in admiration.
Qian Linghui is so powerful that she is already a talented player. No matter how hard others try, they may not be able to catch up with Qian Linghui.
While everyone was amazed, Qian Linghui had already mentioned the next medicinal ingredient.
"Andrographis paniculata, clears away heat and detoxifies, cools blood, and reduces swelling. It is a heat-clearing and detoxifying drug among the heat-clearing drugs."
Then there were twenty kinds of medicinal materials. Qian Linghui almost didn't pause at all, and accurately named eighteen kinds without hesitation!
There were only the last two types left, but at this moment, everyone's eyes suddenly became tense.
There were only two small medicinal materials left on the table. One was light red, like a layer of sun-dried peel, while the other looked like round white seeds.
Although from the appearance point of view, the two seem to be completely unrelated.
But the two medicinal materials come from the same species!
The red one is called Red Poria, and the white one is called Poria.
The relationship between the two is also very simple. It can be summarized as follows: a fruit is divided into three layers, black on the outside, red in the middle, and white on the inside.
The outermost part of the Poria skin is black, and the red part refers to the red part inside the Poria skin.
Poria cocos refers to the white part of red Poria cocos.
From the outside to the inside, there are black Poria cocos skin, light red red Poria cocos skin, and white Poria cocos skin.
Although there is only one word difference between the two medicinal materials, their effects are completely different!
If Qian Linghui could see it, I'm afraid there would be no hesitation at all and he would be able to tell the difference very quickly.
But the key is, you can only smell it!
The two herbs come from the same root and the smell is almost impossible to distinguish!
It's like dividing a glass of water into two glasses, and then asking you to smell the taste while blindfolded, and tell which of the two glasses has more water.
too difficult!
No one dared to express their anger.
Qian Linghui sniffed the red Poria cocos and her brows wrinkled visibly.
She must have smelled it, but she couldn't tell whether it was Poria cocos or red Poria cocos.
After hesitating for a moment, Qian Linghui looked a little struggling and said hesitantly.
"Red Poria cocos can promote water circulation and relieve dampness and heat. It can treat difficulty in urination, stranguria and diarrhea."
Everyone nodded imperceptibly. Although the answer was correct, the fun is yet to come!
Sure enough, after Qian Linghui smelled the last medicinal ingredient, she immediately began to doubt her life.
Based on her understanding of pharmacology, she can now conclude that the last two medicinal materials are red Poria cocos and Poria cocos!
The key is, which one is which?
There is no difference at all!
As long as he can touch it lightly, Qian Linghui can confirm it without hesitation.
But you can only smell it.
At her request, she sniffed the red Poria cocos and Poria cocos several times, and finally frowned.
"The last one... is Poria cocos, which is used for edema and oliguria, phlegm and fluid retention, dizziness and palpitations, spleen deficiency and lack of food, loose stools and diarrhea, restlessness, palpitations and insomnia."
Huang Huifeng spoke without emotion.
"are you sure?"
Qian Linghui was very hesitant, but in the current situation, she could only give it a try.
Seeing her nodding, Huang Huifeng untied the black cloth for her and said.
"Qian Linghui, we have all seen your achievements. Now it is Jiang Qiu's turn. Please don't speak and stay quiet."
"The results will be announced after Jiang Qiu's identification is completed."
After saying that, Huang Huifeng went to the front of Jiang Qiu.
However, the first thing Qian Linghui did when she opened her eyes was to look at the medicinal materials on the table. When she saw the red Poria cocos in front of the Poria cocos, Qian Linghui breathed a sigh of relief!
bingo!
Everyone was also a little lucky. There was a 50% chance that both answers were wrong, but Qian Linghui was lucky and guessed correctly.
If nothing else goes wrong, Qian Linghui guessed all twenty medicinal herbs correctly, with perfect score! Such an achievement is enough to beat 99% of the people present!
Especially the distinction between the last two medicinal materials, even if Pu Yansong did it himself, I'm afraid it can only be blocked!
But now, with Qian Linghui's perfect score, the pressure has come to Jiang Qiu.
