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The art of cold incense

      According to the "Dream of Red Mansions" seventh back to record, Bao Chuan into Jia House soon, with Zhou Ruijia who talk about their own old body, in fact, not serious, that is, some cough, but governance is not good. There is a "tyranny of the disease," the Laotai monks offer a "sea cents side", fine-sounding name "cold incense pills." Its composition is: spring to open the white peony flowers twelfth two, summer open white lotus flower twelve twelve, autumn open white hibiscus flower twelfth, winter open white plum flower twelfth. These flowers will be dried in the spring of the following year. And then the rain section of the day of the rain twelve money, white dew day dew of the deodorant twelve money, frost Festival this day cream 12 money, snow day snow twelve money, the drug and uniform, plus twelve Money honey, twelve money sugar, kneading longan big ball, Sheng in the porcelain altar, buried under the roots of flowers. If the disease, took out a pill with Huangbai decoction sent. Book records, since taking Bao Chai after taking, it is also efficacious.

      According to modern Chinese medicine experts research, "cold incense pills" side in modern medical books and no record. That is, or Cao Xueqin Du of the pen, but it is not difficult to see Cao Xueqin's medical and literary skills.

      "Cold incense pills" peony fruit bitter, Xin, slightly cold, can heat and cooling blood, blood stasis. "Compendium of Materia Medica," that "and blood, blood, cooling blood, blood in the fire, in addition to hot", and "flowers for the yin ... ... can be diarrhea in the fire" and "white fill" ; Lotus nature of warm, bitter bitter, "Roche adjunct medical mirror," said: "Lotus heart and kidney, black hair, queen bleed nose and blood"; hibiscus taste micro-Xin, nature, "Compendium of Materia Medica," said it " White lungs astringent, the level of non-toxic, both Shugan Jieyu, qi and stomach, but also the " Help Qingyang of the gas rise "(" Baicao mirror "); close with white plum mixture treatment of whooping cough, asthma, cough, the effect is quite good. "Cold incense pills" four flavor flowers Chinese medicine intended to color white into the lungs, Qing Xuan Huagai, Shugan heat, qi phlegm; and Huangbao decoction delivery service to Qingxu hot, dampness phlegm, all the drugs fit the pathogenesis , The formula is quite sophisticated, worthy of modern medical reference.

      From the artistic point of view, cold incense is not so much a drug, as it is a work of art. Although the four kinds of flowers to find, but should be solar terms of the sun, autumn frost, summer rain, winter snow the most difficult to encounter, can not meet. The prescription itself is full of beauty, white flawless, cold as ice, beautiful flowers, more integration of heaven and earth Aura, with the most appropriate ratio (twelve two, twelve money). Spring and summer autumn and winter, four season order, rain cream, flowers and plants, harmony between man and nature, impartial, perfect, implied mystery. Cao Xueqin very generous to this infinite reverie of the "God of medicine" through the famous "Dream of Red Mansions" left to future generations.

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