All Hail Cousin Brother

Speaking of this, Yu Youyao's words changed: "After I figured out myrrh and frankincense, I began to worry, this is a foreign spice, I think it was rare in the Zhou Dynasty, and it was not widely used, otherwise I would have It's not that I haven't heard of it, the question now is, how do you get these two spices, and where do you get them?"

Not only has she not heard of it, but even the well-informed Xu Mama has not heard of it.

This is just the face, there is a bigger problem in front of him.

Yu Youyao finally understood the difficulty of improving incense recipes.

"I originally wanted to write a letter to Xie's house for help, but I thought about it later. There are a lot of spices in my incense and medicine storehouse. Some of them were collected by Xie's house, and some were sent by Zhenguohou's house some time ago. The thank-you gifts that came, and some of them were brought to me by my cousin who came back from Shandong. Because there were too many, I didn’t look at them carefully. They were all handed over to Liu’er for registration and then put in the warehouse. , which kind of spice and herbs to use, also directly ask Liu Er to fetch it."

Zhou Linghuai couldn't help but smile when she saw her face suddenly brightened.

"I checked the booklet of the incense and medicine store and found a kind of final medicine. At first, I thought that the final medicine and myrrh were two kinds of things. Later, I read the "Materia Medica" and knew that this was actually me. The myrrh you want, the last medicine and frankincense are in the storeroom, and there are still a lot of them."

Xie's house and cousin are eager to collect all the best things in the world and give them to her.

The Marquis of Zhenguo sent a thank-you gift before, but I was afraid that it would be neglected, and they all chose the most precious and rare spices to send.

The things shipped from foreign countries were precious and rare things in the Zhou Dynasty. Even if they didn’t know the specific purpose, they had to keep them, which was indispensable.

In every word, it was really painstaking, and Zhou Linghuai's heart trembled lightly: "Mother Xu is proficient in pharmacology, and probably also knows the last medicine, but she is in the palace, and she is cautious and taboo about foreign things, so naturally she will not go. Paying attention to research, I only know the last medicine, but I don’t know the myrrh, so I have taken a lot of detours.”

The difference between the last medicine and myrrh can be a world of difference.

Mother Xu had always had a taboo on foreign things, and she had never understood it before, so naturally she would not have thought of this.

Thinking about the formula of the ointment, Mama Xu probably didn't help too much. It all depended on the little girl and worked hard to find out.

Yu Youyao nodded: "Mama Xu said the same thing. Later, in order to learn more about the medicinal properties of myrrh, I searched medical books and found that there were detailed records of the use of myrrh in the Tang Dynasty. Medicine has gradually become less known, and after the Great Zhou Dynasty reopened the sea ban, myrrh was used by foreign countries as a spice to communicate with each other and reappeared in the Great Zhou Dynasty."

The spices of foreign countries are very precious. They were rare in the Zhou Dynasty, and they were not widely used. They were directly used as aromatherapy materials, and many nobles would directly burn them.

The palace is more interested in the rare and stubborn things that foreign countries pay tribute, such as food, which is basically taboo.

After all, it is not something of this dynasty, and it has always been covered with a veil of mystery and unknown.

Even if you are interested in the unknown, you will not take your life to toss.

Zhou Linghuai opened the porcelain box, and the red ointment turned yellowish and condensed into lard. It didn't smell like oily medicine. Instead, it smelled a touch of bitterness and the fragrance of shea, and it smelled very good.

His throat was slightly astringent, and he said hoarsely, "This is the ointment!"

Yu Youyao nodded: "Because the recipe is incomplete, I can only re-improve the original recipe. After many trials, I made an ointment with similar effect as recorded on the broken recipe."

In the improved recipe, more than ten kinds of spices such as agarwood, fragrant cinnamon, cardamom, and cinnamon are added. All the spices have been planed by Linglu, and the effect is definitely better than the original.

Zhou Linghuai didn't know what to say for a while: "It's hard work cousin!"

Yu Youyao didn't know, his complicated mood shook his head: "Actually, it's not that difficult, although it's only a residual recipe, but with the direction of research, I'm familiar with the effects of various spices and herbs, as long as Strictly follow the compatibility of monarchs, ministers, assistants, and envoys to achieve the effects of medicine, incense, and healing, and it will be good to experiment a few times."

What she did not say is that in order to make a better ointment, within this month, she tested the compatibility of more than 200 kinds of spices.

Fortunately, she trained a few girls who knew fragrance medicine in her room, and they helped a lot.

Otherwise, the anointing oil would not have been made so quickly.

If she didn't say it, it didn't mean that Zhou Linghuai couldn't guess: "It's not easy to test drug properties."

Yu Youyao hurriedly changed the words: "Actually, the anointing oil was ready three days ago, but my cousin's body is weaker, so I didn't dare to give it to my cousin."

After the anointing oil was checked by Mama Xu, it was confirmed that it was non-toxic, and she could use it for her cousin, but although she was not taboo about things from foreign countries, she was also cautious.

"Liu'er's mother-in-law, Madam Ma, broke her leg a few years ago. She didn't take care of it well, leaving the root of the disease. Whenever the weather is wet and cold, her leg hurts. I gave her the ointment to try it out. , the pain has eased a lot, and I originally planned to observe it for a few more days and use it for my cousin."

The anointing oil used for Madam Ma did not contain spirit dew, and the effect was somewhat unexpected.

But considering that Madam Ma's leg pain is incomparable to my cousin's leg disease, I plan to take another look at the situation.

It was also today that I received a gift from my cousin, but I found that I had not prepared a gift for my cousin. After thinking about it, I still planned to give my cousin the anointing oil.

Zhou Linghuai couldn't understand Yu Youyao's good intentions: "I'll ask my cousin to help me use it!"

Yu Youyao's eyes lit up, and there was no reason for him not to agree, so he quickly called Chang'an: "Go to Qingyuanyuan and bring my cousin's foot bath medicine bag."

After soaking, use it again, the effect is better.

Chang'an went immediately.

Yu Youyao smiled and held the anointing oil, smiling a little smugly: "The anointing oil can be used as medicated oil to be used in massage, or it can be added to water, put it on an incense vessel and burnt, the fragrance dries the dampness, it is better than the incense to prevent cold. a lot of."

The essence of incense is the dual use of incense and medicine, and both health care.

Zhou Linghuai bent her lips: "Cousin is really amazing."

Yu Youyao asked Chunxiao to fetch the incense steamer, added carbon to the mouth of the incense container, poured some warm water, and picked out a small spoon of ointment oil.

After a while, the fragrance of water mist and smoke filled the air, and the faint shea fragrance was tinged with a slight bitterness, like the fragrance of resin.

Zhou Linghuai came close to smell it, and suddenly felt relieved: "It smells good."

Yu Youyao tilted her head and smiled: "I also like this smell, as if I was in the spring forest, there is a fragrance of trees."

Zhou Linghuai nodded, this is the smell of vitality.