"Dung water golden juice", this is really lonely, I believe many people are also the first time to hear about this thing.
According to the ancient texts, this thing is extremely precious, even in the court is a rare thing, and the concubines regard it as a treasure.
So what exactly is "dung water golden juice", what is the relationship with dung water, and why was it a very precious thing in ancient times?
One
In 1951, the joint tomb of the seven concubines of the Wanli Emperor was excavated by tomb robbers, and the cultural relics department immediately rushed to the scene to carry out rescue excavations after receiving the information.
As we all know, the ancient imperial power was hierarchical, as a harem concubine, in addition to the empress can be buried with the emperor, other concubines can only be buried according to the hierarchy.
The tomb of the seven concubines found here is like this, they were all concubines before they died, so they were all buried together after death.
However, at first, everyone did not know that this was the joint tomb of the concubines of the Wanli Emperor, and after a week of excavation by experts, the epitaph was excavated from the tomb, which was learned.
Unfortunately, 4 of the seven concubines' tombs have been excavated, leaving only 3 tombs intact.
In the remaining 3 tombs, experts found a large number of treasures, such as very precious white plum bottles, golden silk phoenixes and other various treasures.
According to the ancient court funeral customs, the most precious things should be placed in the coffin, but in addition to the treasures such as the white plum bottle, there is also an inconspicuous small gold vase.
After shaking, there seems to be liquid in the small gold bottle.
Experts are very curious, is this used for embalming? However, enclosed in a golden bottle, it seems that it will not have any effect.
Therefore, the expert opened one of the small gold bottles, and after testing and comparing ancient books, he learned that the small gold bottle contained the legendary holy product, the dung water gold juice.
Two
If judged by the name, this fecal water gold juice should be a liquid mixed with feces. So is this really the case?
The answer this time is not no, but yes.
That's right, dung water.
But this is strange, why did the ancients still treat dung water as a treasure, and this kind of thing is not hand-to-hand, can be seen everywhere?
Don't worry, although it is dung water, the production process is extremely complicated, the success rate is also very low, and the most important thing is that the finished dung water gold juice is a very precious medicinal material, which is recorded in the "Fifty-second Volume of the Compendium of Materia Medica and Renbu" and the famous books such as "Medical Affairs" and "Life Preservation Collection".
Even in the Northern Qi Book and the Biography of Shi Kai, its unique effects are recorded.
According to the records of these medical books, fecal water was called "Yellow Dragon Soup" in ancient times, and it was a medicinal herb that had been used since the Jin Dynasty.
Among its many medicinal effects, the most important and practical is "detoxification".
This is highlighted in the Compendium of Materia Medica, which can even detoxify puffer fish.
Such a powerful effect naturally became a sacred medicine in ancient times.
However, the "dung water gold juice" excavated from the ancient tomb is different from the simple "Yellow Dragon Soup", but a "golden juice" with several times the efficacy and extremely complex production process.
Three
Ancient medical books say that if you want to make gold juice, you need to use the feces of the healthy horned teenager as raw materials during the winter solstice cold.
The so-called total horn is the ancient name for boys around the age of 12.
After obtaining the raw materials, they are packed into large wooden barrels made of Wangtianmu. This is because the Tree of Heaven is a tree with detoxifying properties.
After that, add spring water and laterite to the wooden barrel to stir, wash and filter. Then repeat the addition of clear spring water and laterite.
After repeating it for 7749 times, it is loaded into a clay pot and sealed with salt.
This is not the end, it is like burying wine deep underground for about 30 years, which is half complete.
And the remaining half depends on Providence.
After it is removed, the fecal water will appear in a three-layer state, the lowest layer is feces, the second layer is somewhat turbid manure, and the uppermost layer is clear as water.
Then such fecal water can be called golden juice. Of course, the last thing that can be used is the clear top layer.
However, if the fecal water in the clay pot is still muddy, then even if it is a failure, the 30 years of time will be wasted.
So we see, such a production process, called "golden water", it is really not too much at all.
And after making gold water, its effect is several times that of Huanglong soup, for typhoid fever, abdominal pain, quenching fever and thirst, eliminating acne blood fever and detoxification and other diseases, just drop a drop in the tea water to take, soon has an effect.
For the concubines of the harem, the effect of eliminating acne and blood fever made them regard it as a treasure.
As we all know, the struggle between harem concubines is nothing more than a competition for favors, but if they have acne on their faces and other diseases that damage their appearance, they must have a dead heart.
But a drop of golden juice can solve this big problem, how can they not love?
In fact, modern people have also thought of copying the "dung water gold juice", after all, this is a pure natural and no side effects of the herb. But because of the lack of specific formulation ratios, coupled with the long cycle, it has not been successful.
Hopefully, in the near future, someone can recreate the classic!
Of course, here we also have to admire the wisdom of the ancients, even feces can be used to cure diseases, I am afraid that only our ancestors have such a spirit of daring to discover and try.
References: Compendium of Materia Medica, Medical Records, Life Preservers