Sichuan people are hospitable, and Whenever Mr. Zhou of Liangshan receives relatives and friends, he will bring his own hand-brewed corn wine to entertain. Wine naturally should be accompanied by good meat, drink wine and eat meat in large pieces, and enjoy life. Mr. Zhou's family has been engaged in the slaughtering industry for three generations, and in his own slaughterhouse, cattle, horses, and sheep are the most common, but an unusual thing has happened in this slaughterhouse.
On this day, Zhou's father and uncle were preparing to slaughter a batch of newly selected horses, most of which were fat and strong, and needed the joint efforts of several people to subdue them. The old horse in front of him was indeed obviously sluggish, his coat was dull, and he looked particularly thin among the horses. Zhou Father still complained secretly in his heart that the child's purchase was young and inexperienced. How to mix such a thin old horse, the meat quality and taste must have a great impact, must affect the sales of horse meat.
Without much effort, the old horse was disemboweled, and at this moment, a pebble-like stone rolled out of the horse's belly, and Mr. Zhou went forward to pick it up, very puzzled, and wiped it clean with a dry rag. At first glance, it looks gray-brown, the surface is smooth, like a stone lump, very hard, and then put it up to smell, and a faint sweetness flows from the fishy smell. Mr. Zhou has worked with his father and uncle for many years and is very familiar with what is on horses. And this horse is thin, eats less and moves less than other horses, and has a very melancholy personality, and now I think it must be because of this "stone". In the early years, I also heard the elders in the family mention: "The old horse is sick, weak and eats less, cannot be cured for a long time, or produces a horse treasure." Or vomiting or excretion, rarely. "Although we have all heard that Ma Bao is an extremely rare Traditional Chinese medicine, but slaughtering three generations, this is the first time to encounter." And what is this Ma Bao?
Ma Bao: Commonly known as horse manure stone, yellow medicine, alias horse stone ("Sichuan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine") function is mainly used to clear heat and phlegm, calm the nerves. It is used for epilepsy, pediatric convulsions, carbuncles sore poison. Ma Bao is an uncommon chinese medicine, originally published in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", a stone in the gastrointestinal tract of horses in the equinaceae family, and is called a fish in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Record of Quitting Cultivation". It has the function of calming phlegm, clearing heat and detoxification, and is mainly used to treat epileptic mania, phlegm fever, delirium coma, bad sores, swelling and poisoning and blood loss. Ma Bao is a traditional Chinese medicine material in China, and has been known as "three treasures" since ancient times with ox yellow and dog treasure.
Ma Bao is a stone in the gastrointestinal tract of equine animals, spherical, oval or flattened, varying in size, and the stones in the horse's gastrointestinal tract contain magnesium phosphate (magnesium phos phate), calcium carbonate (calcium carbonate), magnesium carbonate and so on. Generally about 5 to 20 cm in diameter, weighing 250 to 2500 grams, but there are also small as bean grains, the surface of the egg blue, off-white to oil brown, smooth and shiny, or with messy fine grass patterns, there are also uneven heights. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is recorded that it is necessary to cure seizures and poisonous sores. "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine" records that it is effective for neurological insomnia, hysteria, spastic cough and other symptoms. And can detoxify, cure acne critical disease. It has the function of calming phlegm, clearing heat and detoxification, and is mainly used to treat epileptic mania, phlegm fever, delirium coma, bad sores, swelling and poisoning and blood loss. After slaughtering a sick horse, if there are stones in its gastrointestinal tract, take it out and wash it with water, dry it in the sun, and collect it all year round. Ma Bao's collection and storage methods are roughly as follows: (1) to remove gastrointestinal stones after killing horses; (2) to find stones from the feces excreted by horses in the northern higher areas of stone incidence; (3) to find stones during the operation of stone hernia pain. Wash the removed stones with clean water, or boil them in boiling water for a few minutes (after boiling, easy to dry), leave to dry or sun-dried.
In Mr. Zhou's working career, it is also the first in history, and it is also extra careful to preserve. After washing and cleaning, I found that the appearance of the stone was revealed with a clear luster of light gray-brown, much like marble. Many parties inquired about the study and comparison, and it was certain that these two stones should be Ma Bao. Ma Bao is one of the "three treasures" in traditional Chinese medicine materials in China, and the other two treasures are ox yellow and dog treasure, which are divided into stones born in the body of horses, cows and dogs. Among them, Ma Bao is extremely rare because of its low output, difficult to form, difficult to find and other objective reasons, and its market value is comparable to gold.
Ma Bao is a stone in the gastrointestinal tract of equine animals, which is spherical or oval, varies in size, and most weighs between 200 grams and 2,500 grams, and chews to make it into crumbs. And this piece of Ma Bao, weighing 309.4 grams, the surface is black brown, smooth and shiny, with fine grass patterns. It is solid and heavy, with a grayish-brown surface and concentric layers, "swirling" is obvious, and slightly glassy luster. The fibers of the broken grass can be seen under the microscope of its powder. The smell is light and sweet, chewing can be finely chopped, is a precious drug with medical value and collection value, like friends welcome to leave a message to communicate.
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