For the apprentices in the medicine hall, the most unpleasant thing is probably the sorting of medicinal materials.
After all, there are many kinds of medicinal materials, and a large part of them are not very different in appearance, and there are even many similar ones.
But the subtle differences in appearance and medicinal properties are worlds apart.
If there is a slight mistake, Mr. Li will definitely reprimand or even punish him!
But for Chu Mu, he naturally enjoyed doing something that perfectly combined theory and practice.
After all, if he buys several large bags of medicinal materials by himself, even if he only buys a small amount of each medicinal material, it will add up to a sky-high price.
There were only dozens of common medicinal materials in his ruined guest room medicine cabinet, and the quantities were very small, but they also cost him nearly two months of black gold and monthly salary.
At present, how could Chu Mu not be happy with this kind of fair and just "using public wealth to enrich private interests"?
Choosing each medicinal plant, Chu Mu looked as focused as ever. From time to time, he pinched off a piece of medicinal material and put it into his mouth to chew. While appreciating the medicinal properties of the medicinal materials, he corresponded with the medical knowledge in his mind.
Mr. Li was lying on the recliner, looking at Chu Mu with slightly squinted eyes, looking thoughtful, as if he was thinking about something.
Chu Mu was immersed in it and seemed to have completely ignored the outside world.
Time passed, and it was not until several sacks of medicinal materials were selected that Chu Mu finally came back to his senses.
Recalling the selection process just now, Chu Mu also sorted out his gains bit by bit.
The most valuable thing about people is self-awareness.
Chu Mu knew very well that without using the "spiritual blessing", there was no difference between him and ordinary people.
At most, it's just his previous life experience that may have given him a little more learning mindset than ordinary people of this era.
After reviewing the past and learning something new, if you learn something and gain something, you have to consolidate it over and over again and absorb it thoroughly.
Otherwise, within a few days, you will almost forget everything, which is a waste of effort.
"There are also medicinal materials in that wooden box. You should go and sort them."
Mr. Li pointed to a wooden box placed aside and said leisurely.
"good."
Chu Mu nodded, stepped forward quickly, and opened the wooden box. Chu Mu couldn't help but be startled.
The wooden box was not big, and the box was ordinary. However, inside the box, there was no accumulation of medicinal materials as Chu Mu expected. Instead, there were wooden boxes neatly arranged.
Compared with the ordinary wooden boxes, the neatly stacked wooden boxes in this box are obviously much more exquisite.
The color of the wood is light red, but it is not painted red, but the color of the original wood. The wooden box is carved with different exquisite patterns.
Just these wooden boxes are probably worth a lot of money.
"Medicine?"
Chu Mu pursed his lips, picked up a wooden box with some suspicion, opened the lid, and saw a herb.
"Prunella vulgaris has a bitter and astringent taste, and its medicinal properties are cold and yin..."
Subconsciously, various memories about this medicinal plant flooded into Chu Mu's mind.
Very common medicinal materials can be found almost everywhere in the surrounding area of Nanshan Town. They are also very few medicinal materials that Chu Mu can easily purchase with his own financial resources.
Such ordinary medicinal materials are packaged in such exquisite wooden boxes...
Chu Mu was speechless. Considering that Prunella vulgaris was common and cheap, just this wooden box would probably buy a lot of it.
Just when Chu Mu was about to take out the Prunella vulgaris from the wooden box and sort it into categories according to the previous process, Chu Mu's outstretched hand suddenly stopped.
wrong……
Chu Mu stared at the Prunella vulgaris in front of him.
He was very sure that the medicinal plant in front of him was undoubtedly Prunella vulgaris!
but……
"This grass grows flat, with leaves that look like whorls. It grows in the first spring, and the ears appear in April. Its flowers are purple and white, like salvia flowers, which are found everywhere. It grows for one year, and the leaves have many purple and white stripes. After ten years of growth, the stripes are white. Dim and difficult to see..."
All the memories about this Prunella vulgaris came to mind at this moment.
No matter what kind of herbs, they naturally have their own growth patterns. They bloom, bear fruit, grow and wither. This is an inevitable process.
This was true in previous lives, and it is true in this era as well.
But the only difference is that the survival ability of plants in this era is much stronger than that in previous generations.
Just like this Prunella vulgaris, there is no difference from the traditional Chinese medicine Prunella vulgaris in the previous life.
However, in the previous life, Prunella vulgaris was a grass as its name suggests. Its white flowers died in summer, hence the name Prunella vulgaris.
Prunella vulgaris in this era also has white flowers and summer drying, but this withering will only cause part of it to wither, while the remaining part will continue to grow contrary to its growth cycle.
One year, two years, three years...
According to the description in the medical book, not only Prunella vulgaris, but also most other medicinal plants have this phenomenon of violating the growth cycle.
Of course, the medicinal properties of this medicinal material that transcends its own growth cycle will naturally change with the year.
The longer the vintage, the more precious it is!
Chu Mu didn't know how many years it could grow up to, because the medical books didn't describe this.
But for Prunella vulgaris, according to the herbal illustrated book given by Mr. Li, the largest description of the year identification of Prunella vulgaris is for Prunella vulgaris that is up to 200 years old.
There is a saying in the book: Two hundred years later, the rhizome was straight and circumferential, nine or ten inches long, and the leaves became twin, dark red with green veins...
As for the plant in his hand, Chu Mu carefully distinguished it. Limited knowledge corresponded to infinite possibilities.
A slightly vague answer also emerged in Chu Mu's mind.
"About fifty...sixty years..."
In other words, this Prunella vulgaris that he thought was ordinary was actually a treasure that was fifty or sixty years old!
Chu Mu's breathing was a little rapid, and his eyes were instantly fixed on the wooden box in front of him. The exquisite wooden boxes were neatly placed. Based on the size of this wooden box, there were at least twenty or thirty wooden boxes placed in front of him!
Chu Mu carefully put the 50-60-year-old Prunella vulgaris in his hand back into the wooden box. His movements were as gentle as ever before, for fear of using too much force and damaging it at all.
When the wooden box lid was closed, Chu Mu couldn't wait to pick up the other wooden box in the wooden box.
The wooden box was opened, and an equally ordinary-looking medicinal plant came into view.
With the lesson of Prunella vulgaris, Chu Mu will naturally no longer look down upon it. After careful identification, he has witnessed one thing with his own eyes, a Pinellia ternata that has only existed in books for about 20 years.
The wooden boxes were opened one by one and closed carefully.
Each medicinal plant was held in his hand, and the contents of each medical book were flowing crazily in Chu Mu's mind like never before, integrating bit by bit with the reality in front of him.
Ten years, twenty years, thirty years...
Each plant looks like an ordinary herbal medicine, but the changes in the medicinal materials themselves are not obvious depending on the year.
Use up everything you have learned and focus on this extremely rare experience...
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