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2020-05
Stone Column Huanglian: The world's bitterest, the best prescription for clearing heat.
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When it comes to Huanglian, the first thing that comes to mind is bitterness. But for the people of Shizhu County, Huanglian brings sweetness to their lives.
Shizhu County is the original production area of Huanglian, known as the "Hometown of Huanglian in China." Shizhu Huanglian, a national geographical indication product of China, is also known as "Huangshui Huanglian" because it is produced in Huangshui Forest Park.
There is a story about the origin of the name "Huanglian" —
It is said that a long time ago, in a village on Laoshan in Huangshui Dam, Shizhu County, there lived a doctor with the surname Tao. He had two sons and two daughters. One year, a natural disaster struck, and Tao's wife and two sons fell ill and died one after another. Due to their poor family situation, they could not afford to raise their third daughter, so she was given away, leaving only the youngest daughter, who depended on her father for survival. Doctor Tao hired a helper named Huanglian to help him plant flowers and herbs. Huanglian was kind-hearted, hardworking, and honest.
One spring, Tao's youngest daughter went out for a walk in the mountains and suddenly discovered a wild grass with needle-like serrated edges and umbrella-shaped small flowers, which looked beautiful! She casually pulled up these wild grasses and found that their roots were of various shapes, so she excitedly brought them home to plant in the garden.
Every time Huanglian fertilized and watered the flowers and herbs, he did not forget to give a portion to that wild grass. Over time, the wild grass grew more and more lush, vibrant green.
The following summer, Doctor Tao went out to treat patients and did not return home for more than ten days. During this time, Tao's youngest daughter fell ill, lost her appetite, and became thinner day by day, until she was just skin and bones. Several friends of Doctor Tao from his hometown tried their best to find a way to cure his daughter, but they could not.
Huanglian thought, could the wild grass that Tao's daughter planted in the garden with yellow-green flowers be used to try? So he pulled up the wild grass by the roots, washed it clean, and boiled it in a pot with the roots and leaves. When he lifted the lid, he saw that both the wild grass and the soup had turned yellow.
At this moment, Huanglian picked up a ladle and scooped a bowl, just as he was about to take it to Tao's youngest daughter, he suddenly thought, what if this soup is poisonous? Wouldn't that harm her? It would be better to taste it himself first; as long as he wasn't poisoned to death, she could drink it. Huanglian then drank it all in one go and found it very bitter.
After two hours, Huanglian saw that he was still alive, and finally believed that this wild grass was not poisonous, so he brought a bowl to let Tao's youngest daughter drink. Strangely, after drinking the wild grass soup, her illness actually got better. She said to Huanglian, "This is a good medicine, but it's too bitter." At this moment, Huanglian, who had secretly loved Tao's youngest daughter for a long time, sadly said, "I have waited bitterly for someone, but did not wait for her; perhaps it is as bitter as my life!"
When Doctor Tao returned and heard that Huanglian had cured his daughter's illness with a wild grass, he inquired about her condition and learned that she had a severe gastrointestinal heat and needed to clear heat and detoxify to be cured. Since this wild grass had cured his daughter's illness, it must have special effects for clearing heat and detoxifying. Subsequently, Doctor Tao conducted several clinical experiments on this wild grass, and indeed it was so, thus he recognized it as a type of Chinese herbal medicine.
To thank Huanglian for saving his daughter's life with this wild grass, Doctor Tao named it "Huanglian." From then on, the name Huanglian appeared in medical texts. At the same time, to express his gratitude to Huanglian for saving his daughter, Doctor Tao promised his daughter to him as a wife, thus forming a beautiful "Huanglian marriage."
Speaking of the cultivation of Huanglian in Shizhu County, it can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty in 742, when there were already records of Shizhu "offering ten pounds of Huanglian as tribute." By the Yuan Dynasty, Shizhu began to artificially cultivate Huanglian, and archaeological evidence shows that at this time, production and processing techniques such as "building sheds for shading and digging pits for drying" were already in use. During the Ming Dynasty, Shizhu Huangshui Dam became a distribution center for Huanglian, attracting many medicine merchants from Hubei, Guangxi, and Jiangxi. In the early Qing Dynasty, historical records stated that Shizhu "produced a wide variety of medicinal materials, especially Huanglian, with merchants coming and going continuously." The "Local Chronicle of Shizhu County" recorded: "Huanglian is of great benefit to the county, with wild production in places like Huangshui and Shuanghekou. Seeds are planted in one year, and sheds are built in one year. Seedlings can be planted for six or seven years, with the latter being better. The stems are several inches high, the leaves are finely ribbed, resembling coriander, and there are several varieties, such as chicken claw, flavor lian, and golden hook, differing in nature from elegant lian."
Although Huanglian is bitter, it has extremely high medicinal value.
Huanglian can be said to be a treasure all over.
Huanglian flower must tea, one cup a day, clears heat and detoxifies.
Huanglian honey, slightly yellow in color, with a special fragrance, slightly bitter and sweet, sweet but not greasy, clears heat and detoxifies.
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