The ancients used plant ash to make washing powder.

In ancient times, plant ash was a common cleaning agent. It is made simply by burning the plants and collecting the burning residue. This residue is plant ash. Due to its strong alkaline nature, plant ash effectively removes stains and grease from clothing.

Not only that, plant ash has many other uses. It can be used to make soap and shampoo and can be used to clean homes and utensils. In addition, plant ash can also be used as fertilizer to provide nutrients to farmland.

By understanding the use of plant ash, we can better understand the wisdom and creativity of ancient people. In the absence of modern chemical cleaners, they were still able to use substances from nature to meet their daily needs. This kind of wisdom and creativity deserves our study and respect.

Tools used by the ancients for washing clothes:

1. Pig pancreas

Although the ancient "pig pancreas" and the modern "pig pancreas" are both Pig pancreas is used as the raw material, but modern "pig pancreas" is obviously adulterated with other raw materials. Fortunately, in terms of decontamination ability, the "pig pancreas" that appeared in ancient times is not much worse than the "pig pancreas" that exists in modern times. So it can be said that this cleaning product was one of the important tools for washing clothes in ancient times.

2. Saponaria locust dough

The so-called saponaria locust dough actually refers to a group-shaped cleaning product made from saponaria locust as raw material. It has a strong cleaning effect. It was widely used in ancient times to clean clothes. Moreover, this kind of cleaning product is relatively neutral, so it is not easy to cause serious damage to clothes when cleaning them. Because of this, people in many places not only use it to wash clothes, but also use it to wash their faces and hands.