The grass is rough to the touch and has tubular dark brown scales at the nodes.
With a gentle pull, it will be pulled out from the joints. It is brittle and easy to break, and the cross section is hollow.
The name of this medicine is: Equisetum.
In front of Zhang Juntou, Xu Dong did not rush to recognize the medicine. Instead, he recited aloud: "Jiahu Materia Medica" has a note: Equisetum treats eye diseases and removes nebula. It also eliminates accumulated lumps, benefits the liver and gallbladder, and improves eyesight. , cure intestinal wind, stop dysentery and women with constant menstrual fluid.
"Yu Catalpa Medicinal Solution" also notes: flat sores, swelling and hardness, vomiting of wind and violent phlegm and saliva. Treat carbuncle, scrofula, boils, boils, sweat spots, powdery dregs, and redness and whiteness in collapse. "
Zhang Jun's head turned green: "You are talking human language!"
I can’t understand it, so shame on me!
Listening to Dr. Xu drop his book bag, Li Laoshi chuckled. After he finished reciting it, he said, "Medical Officer Xu, I am an honest person. Just tell me if this is medicine?"
Xu Dong smiled brightly and nodded: "Of course it's medicine. This thing is called horsetail. It can be used as medicine after drying and cutting into small pieces."
It is also convenient to use externally to treat sweat spots. Just grind it into powder and apply it externally.
Li Laoshi smacked his lips. He only knew it was called Eyebrow Grass, and the drug store in town didn't even tell him the real name of the medicine.
Although Xu Dong had never gone to the mountains to collect medicine, he knew the herbal medicine by heart and had seen it in the pharmacy. As soon as he saw it, he recited it.
Next to him, Zhang Jun curled his lips: What's wrong with this?
He obviously recognized it, but he said it was from the mountain or the pharmacy.
Medicine is medicine, and it will remain the same no matter how it changes. Could it be that the medicine will still look like a woman, just by changing her clothes and putting on red lips?
Zhang Juntou's complaints were just complaints, but he was very curious in his heart.
Who would have known that just yesterday he was just scratching the surface of his old feet, and today it is medicine.
Equisetum stalks are rough and strong and have many daily uses.
In the era before sandpaper grinders, people would use dried horsetail to polish wood and also as a tool to polish bronze mirrors.
The bamboo hairpin on Chunfeng's head was polished by Xu Dazhu with horsetail.
Many medicinal herbs are used every day, but few people know their efficacy. As a result, they have to pay high prices to buy them when they get sick.
Li Laoshi exchanged a bag of horsetail for two cakes, and immediately went home, one for his wife and one for himself.
No matter it's not dark now, I will hug my wife and go to sleep after eating.
I am an honest person, but I can no longer teach others these methods of exchanging money.
You can't collect too much medicine at one time, so you can't leave the medical shed without you.
From now on, I can collect some medicine and exchange it for cakes every day, so I can have food every day. It’s really nice to think about it.
Li Laoshi went to sleep on his own. The other refugees were still hungry and could not stay idle.
They were learning and selling now. Since Houttuynia cordata and Acorus calamus could be exchanged for cakes, they immediately started looking for medicine.
All of a sudden, the Houttuynia cordata around Xujiacun suffered a disaster. The Houttuynia cordata that was still growing lushly beside the field was pulled up and turned over by people, and all its roots were lost.
The few calamus plants in the village and by the creek outside the village were even worse. Not only did they die inexplicably, but even the random incense trees that looked very similar to them were plucked out.
Someone brought medicine again, and Xu Dong was very happy.
But when he saw in front of him a pile of long and short Houttuynia cordata with old leaves and weeds, and Acorus mixed with random incense, he suddenly frowned.
"These fishy herbs are no good. We need to clean them up and clean up the grass inside...and there seems to be something wrong with your bunch!" He pointed at the calamus.
The refugees were still waiting to exchange the cakes. When they heard that it was not possible, they immediately became anxious: "Do you, a doctor, know how to recognize the medicine? This is obviously the stone or cattail you mentioned, but now it is wrong."
As he spoke, he picked up a few plants that looked like orchid leaves and shook them, causing the muddy water on them to drip down.
Xu Dong was also anxious. The calamus he saw were all dried in the sun, with knotted rhizomes like bamboo whips on them.
Acorus
These "Stone Calamus" only have a bunch of leaves, and although the rhizomes below are also there, they are short and small.
"Your roots are short, small, and red-headed. Something doesn't look right..." He pointed at the rhizome of the "Stone Calamus" in the man's hand.
The refugee was not happy: "Medical Officer Xu, you have to speak your words carefully. If you don't recognize the medicine, just admit it. Who do you say has short roots... and what the hell are they red!"
Next to him, Zhang Jun's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He was already worried. Seeing that Xu Dong said that these medicines were not good and the refugees were still stubborn, he immediately cursed: "Doctor Xu said that your short penis is short. If you are not honest, you will be killed." Get out of the village."
The refugee immediately shut up and did not dare to choke.
From a pile of medicinal herbs, only a portion of Houttuynia Cordata and Acorus Acorus were selected, and all the remaining Acorus Acorus were discarded.
If Jiang Zhi saw him at this time, he would definitely feel heartbroken.
The "Stone Calamus" mistakenly picked by the refugees is called Suishouxiang, also known as "Five Herbs", and it also has a famous name: Shannai.
And because its appearance is similar to that of Acorus, it is also called Acorus fennel. It is very easy to be confused with Acorus.
Shannai
This is the king of braised spices as famous as star anise and fennel. It is specially used to remove the fishy smell from meat. It also has the function of warming the body and dispersing cold, eliminating food and relieving pain, and is used for cold stomach pain.
Fresh kaempferol also has another name, called Shajiang, which is also a necessity for Cantonese people to make white-cut chicken.
If it were there, the wild boar would be more delicious, but unfortunately it is not found in the ditches on the mountain, and Jiang Zhi has never found it.
Now the Shannai was randomly pulled out and discarded in the corner along with the real Acorus, and he had to end his wronged life.
Outside the village, where Li Laoshi had collected horsetails before, the tall, thin man with a beard appeared again.
He found the place where Li Laoshi was squatting and pretending to shit, and looked at the bare ground and the large cluster of thorngrass that had been pulled out to its roots. He immediately understood that the guy who looked half-dead was playing tricks.
I couldn't help but yell: "Li Laoshi, you are a solitary eater, be careful not to poop out after eating!"
He was cursing, but his men didn't stop. They directly pulled out all the remaining knotweeds beside the ditch and brought them to the medical shed.
It was also horsetail, but this time Xu Dong was a little reluctant to collect it.
Prescribing requires compatibility, not using one kind of medicine alone, which requires many varieties of medicinal materials.
A small medical shed can only consume so much horsetail, and this harvest is enough.
The tall, thin man with a beard was happy. He plucked out the piece of horsetail in exchange for three pancakes, enough to feed him for a day.
So, when Li Laoshi went straight to the outside of the village to "poop" early the next morning, he saw a scene that made him collapse. The piece of horsetail had been torn into a mess.
Knowing that his behavior was exposed again, Li Laoshi could only search around for another bag to exchange for cakes, but Xu Dong scolded him: "You really think I am feeding cattle here. I won't accept these medicines now. Every time New drugs are needed.”
Li Laoshi was immediately dumbfounded. Not only did he not accept the horsetail, but he also refused to accept the Houttuynia cordata. He still wanted to make a living with these two things!
The refugees knew that their way of making money was cut off, so they cursed a few times but had no choice but to look at Li Laoshi again.
At this time, Li Laoshi was already complaining secretly. The medicinal materials he knew were limited, and if he picked the same medicinal materials, others would learn the same. If this continued, he would be without food in just three days.
Teaching others for nothing, how could he agree to such a thing, so he thought: Then he will not collect the medicine or eat the cake. Anyway, he, an honest person, cannot suffer a loss.
When Zhang Juntou pushed himself into a hurry, he only picked horsetail to deal with it, and he would not work without food.
Feeling like he was holding the medical shed, Li Laoshi lay down comfortably.
He had a good idea, but the next day he was beaten out of the shack by Zhang Jun: "If you want to stay here, go work for me. If you can't find a bag of medicine, you won't be allowed to come back."
