Material preparation:

Liu, the founder of Jiangyin Zhihetang, listed the essence of Zhihetang as the intangible cultural heritage of Jiangsu Province. Why does Mr. Liu make cream? Strengthening spleen and tonifying kidney to treat Fu Qi! Tonic in winter, not typhoid in winter, not sick and warm in spring!

Yan Dexin, a famous old Chinese doctor, is good at treating senile diseases with ointment.

Traditional Chinese medicine ointment is not as simple as keeping in good health. Must be prescribed by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner. This ointment is not only a tonic, but also a good medicine for treating diseases.

Shiquan Dabu Ointment is a safe and commonly used ointment. Siwu Decoction+Sijunzi Decoction+Astragalus+Cinnamomum cassia, warm tonic, damp heat constitution is not suitable.

It usually takes about 12 hours to soak medicinal materials to make ointment. Only in this way can all the effective ingredients in the medicine be soaked out, which is the first step to ensure the quality of the cream. Usually just soak for one night.

It takes at least five or six hours to cook. Stir-fry with high fire, stir until it boils, then switch to low fire, stir while frying, and remove surface foam. Decocting for 3-6 hours, filtering to take out the liquid medicine, and decocting the residue with cold water. This is repeated three times, and the liquid medicines are combined. The key is to ensure that it is full of "three sauces". "Three Juices" is very particular. The first juice is to fully absorb the medicinal materials, the second juice is to stir-fry the medicinal materials, and the third juice is to fully absorb the medicinal materials. One ring is buckled and one ring is indispensable.

Concentrate the "three juices", collect the paste, decoct, then let it stand for precipitation, and then filter it with four layers of gauze for three times to minimize the impurities in the liquid medicine (note: filter it with the old-fashioned soybean milk filter spoon). The decocted liquid medicine is decocted with low fire, evaporated and concentrated, so that it gradually forms a thick paste. If you use expensive medicines such as ginseng and cordyceps sinensis, grind them into fine powder and mix them evenly when you receive the paste. The cooked paste must be "dripping into beads" (the paste drops into cold water and will not disperse and dissolve quickly).

(Note: The standard for the concentration of liquid medicine in place is that the liquid medicine drops on the paper and does not disperse quickly. Do it a few times more, and the temperature will be mastered naturally. There is too little water to bring; Too much water tends to mold. )

The standard for collecting paste is to hang a flag: the paste can be hung on a wooden spoon, just like hanging a flag.

It is best to use the traditional paste container-porcelain jar to store edible paste. Description: Casserole will do. The cream is made of many kinds of medicinal materials and does not contain any preservatives. Under the same cold storage conditions, porcelain pots are safer than other containers. At the same time, the general ointment should be placed in a cool place, such as a refrigerator or a room facing north, avoiding being close to the kitchen fire to prevent the temperature from being too high and moldy. When you take the ointment every day, don't change a spoon to take it out every time, so as not to bring water into the jar every day to promote mildew. It's best to prepare a small jar, put it on for a week, and add it after eating, which is convenient and hygienic.

Making your own cream process:

1. First prepare a large enough pot, stainless steel, and don't use an iron pan. Prepare a wooden spoon.

2. Soak the medicine: pour the decoction pieces into cold water, and the water level is about 10-20cm higher than the medicine surface. Add the medicine and inject clean water, and the water overflows the medicine surface about 10 cm. Soak for about four to twelve hours to see the water absorption of the medicinal materials. If it absorbs more water, you can add a little more water. The soaking time of the decoction pieces is about one night.

3. Decocting medicine: At the beginning, the water surface should be 5 cm higher than the medicine surface until it is flush with the medicine surface. In this process, hot water can be properly added to prevent drying and burning. Boil for about 1h, then pour out the juice and heat the decoction. The water surface is about 3 cm higher than the medicine surface and boiled for about 45 minutes. The water surface of the three juices is close to the medicine surface and boiled for about 30 minutes.

4. Take juice: concentrate all the medicinal juice, filter with a 100 mesh sieve, stand for a period of time, pour out the medicinal liquid, and remove the precipitate to obtain clear juice. Low temperature concentration. Stir constantly during this process to prevent the paste from sticking to the pan. After the medicinal juice is sticky, use chopsticks to take the medicinal juice and drop it on kraft paper, so that the dripped paste does not spread and condense into beads.

5. Paste collection: Add gelatin (such as Colla Corii Asini, Colla Cornus Cervi, Colla Plastri Testudinis, Colla Trionycis, etc.). ), stir well, then add medicinal powder (such as gecko powder, ginseng powder, ginseng powder, walnut powder and velvet antler powder), then add maltose or crystal sugar, and stir while cooking. Pick up the ointment. If the ointment hangs on silk or drops into beads, the ceasefire can be stopped. Standard for collecting paste: lift the paste from the pot with bamboo pieces and drop it down into a triangle, that is, hang the flag. If there is a drop of beads, it means that there is still a lot of water and it needs to be boiled again. The "hanging flag" is large, indicating that the cream is too ripe and suitable for taking in warm winter; A small "hanging flag" means that the paste is tender and suitable for taking in cold winter.

6. Storage: put the ointment into a prepared porcelain bottle while it is hot (it cannot stick to water), cover it after it is fully cooled, and put it in the refrigerator for later use. After cooling overnight, the paste can only be covered the next day, so as to avoid the condensation and reflux of water vapor in the decoction and dilute the surface of the paste, which is prone to mildew due to high water content. The paste should be stored in a clean and dry low temperature environment.

Note: 1. Prepare a separate spoon to scoop the ointment, and don't touch the water, otherwise it will cause the ointment to be moldy; 2. If there is mildew, it is generally only superficial mildew. Before taking, the surface can be completely removed without throwing away all the ointment; 3. In the first week, take one or two tablespoons once a day with warm water. After one week, if there is no obvious discomfort, it can be increased to once in the morning and evening, usually on an empty stomach; 4. Ginger juice: If you feel a cold or stomach upset, you can take it with three to five milliliters of ginger juice and boiled water, or you can take it with ginger soup. If you have a cold or other acute diseases, stop taking the ointment.

Accessories: sesame powder and walnut powder

Liquid medicine before concentration:

Grasp the concentration temperature: the medicine juice does not melt when dripping on white paper, and there is no watermark on the back.

Paste collection standard: flag hanging (paste tender below)

By the way, steam the jade age cream:

500g of longan pulp, 50g of American ginseng powder and 50g of ancient brown sugar.

Longan is said to be good in Tongan, Xiamen, brown sugar in Guizhou and American ginseng in Canada.

Soak longan pulp in boiling water for 5 minutes, then chop it with a knife and mix it with American ginseng powder and brown sugar. The traditional steaming method is said to take 40 hours, and the high-voltage electric steamer is said to steam only 6-7 times.

Fresh-baked Shiquan Dabu Cream: