Sun drying

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I've had very good luck with sun-drying small quantities of herbs that I

wildcraft. Laying them out in the back window of the car often ensures

that they dry almost instantly. The colors are vibrant and the herbs are

full of qi. ( I've also had other herbalists yell at me and say there is

u.v. damage that I am not seeing.)

 

I think rapid drying is the most important issue in preserving the qi of

fresh herbs. I wouldn't leave most herbs out in the sun for long,

however.

 

However most of my grower-suppliers use dark drying rooms with mechanical

air circulation and their herbs are full of qi too.

 

Jeansu is right that some herbs require sunlight for micro-changes.

Hypericum, for instance needs a day's sunlight, even in alcohol.

I've been told by a family lineage source that chen pi should be strung

on a string and left in the sunlight for a year. Is that accurate?

 

Karen Vaughan

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Jeansu wrote:

<<It is not exposed to air,it is exposed to sun light.

sun light dry can killing bacterias(isn't it morden

way?Yes!! Ha!)and keep the herbs in a very dry

condition.

 

We all have same feeling the rice from sun light dry

is more delicius then rice from mechine dry.Sun light

dry also can make some micro change to the herbs or

rice which we wtill unknow from scientific evidences

until now.

 

Taiwan is on a wet weather conditions than mainland

and US.Therefore,in ancient time,sun light dry is very

important for the herb stores..>>

 

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Hi,karen,

 

TCM see not UV from sun light to damage herbs.

Sun and moon and stars are part of nature.

 

Sun means Yang Qi(there is one knid of Qi-Kun,get up

at 5-6am ,it depends on sunlight. stoped before

7:am.imagine sunlight from top of the brain(bai-hue

point) ciululate through the channel of whole body

to pick the moring sun energy.if the sun light is too

strong,avoid it).In modern approach,get up in the

morning,doing some soft excise is not bad for health.

Ha!

 

The moon and stars means Yin Qi because they can't

shine by self. Herbs exposure to sunligh means gain

more Yang Qi.No problem.We have planty of product here

in Taiwan all need sun light dry.Japanese also believe

this knid of philosophy.The also use sun light dry in

many food products.

 

For good shape of preserve herbs,ancient people use

sun light very much.

 

Acutually,herbs you use from China almost

dry by sun light,just you can't see the procedures

that's all. In modern time,because time is money,

people lack patient to wait sun light dry,so,machine

dry became vary popular and fast.

 

Some of Taiwan's farmer keep small among of rice for

family use.They use sun light dry to dry the rice for

family use.Fro sale,machine dry.therefore,you can see

some aside the country road.I have to correct what I

mentioned yesterday: took rice shell after dry,not

before dry.

 

Both mainland and Japan all use the rice shell very

much.Rice shell can cook with food,apply with salt on

raw vegatables and make oil.You mustn't believe

this.But,it is true.You can find the material and

books

in Japan.I ahve been visit Japan more then five times.

 

Sesame seed ,I mentioned yesterday.according to very

famous poet Su,Tong-Po,the excellent quality of sesame

have to setaming 9 times and exposure under sun lihgt

9 times.After taht procedure,the sesame fulfeel of

energy and good for kidney Yin.

 

Ancient TCM herbs book also have records about

Ho-so-wu

,also have to follow that procedures,nine steams,nine

exposure to the sun light.Udery the ho-so-wu,it is

black beans,they all goes into kidney.We have a family

factory product this concoct herb here in Taiwan.I saw

it in a one hour TV program four weeks ago.It took a

very long time to concoct the herb.

 

Ho-so-wu is the new health herb follow the line-zi

,tong-chun-sha-cha and ginko herbs(we ate Ginan,the

seed of Ginko.use Ginan and fresh bai-he root puls sea

food to be a very good chinese food dish,good for

lung) in Asia.

 

I don't think one single herb can treat every

diseases.Therefore,I don't think ginko leaf( we find

the record in malain china herbs Enpsychopedia to

prove that ancient people had been use the leaf but

not often in china. we always use seed of ginko.and it

get a little bit toxic.)

 

Herbs concoct in traditional TCM methods always

present high quality of treatment if we do follow

the mentors's correct dirrection.It should combined

with other herbs to make the good effective.

 

Follow the expericed mentor.

 

Jean

 

 

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Hi,Karen,

 

>I've been told by a family lineage source that chen

pi should be strung on a string and left in the

sunlight for a year.

 

One of my friend(she is licensed phamacy,work in

kaohsiung city TCM hospitl),her father own a TCM herb

store.He made Chne pi(and every coccoct herbs by him

self),he had been give me once to test.The chen pi

turn into dark black and taste very good.Her father is

very old now.He knew very much concoct methods of TCM

herbs.

 

Many good mentors are aging both in Taiwan and

mainland.The young generation don't know how to

concoct herbs/and not willing to learn because it is

very complcte.

 

Those excellent skills will gone with them if we(china

and Taiwan) don't start to record the prcedures.

 

 

Jean

 

 

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Jeansu wrote:

<<One of my friend(she is licensed phamacy,work in

kaohsiung city TCM hospitl),her father own a TCM herb

store.He made Chne pi(and every coccoct herbs by him

self),he had been give me once to test.The chen pi

turn into dark black and taste very good.Her father is

very old now.He knew very much concoct methods of TCM

herbs.>>

 

How did he process the chen pi?

 

Karen Vaughan

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Hi,Karen,

 

Chen means old,the older the batter.Therefore,chen-pi

and rice for cure disease or make deliciou rice

cake(one year ago rice make good taste) all need older

one,

not fresh one.Ancient TCM book wrote it.

 

 

He didn't show me how he did it--Chen pi.Each time

visiters to his store,he will present few for

taste,Chen-pe is humless for body health,good for

release sputum of lung.

 

His daughter gave me one product he made,Turtle-deer

gelatin(gue-lu-er-sen jao),like candy,I taste it.

The jao he made is different then I bought from some

herbal store made by others(curios girl,Ha).

 

His jao didn't make people thirsty,and feel well after

 

teste.The one I bought will feel fishy and after

taste,thirsty.She told me her father find a

special skill to change the bad condition other store

made, and turn it into excellent quality.This is

secret

like intellecture previlige.I don't know either.

 

Mainland also keep the fomula of Yunnan pai yao as a

secret formula of nation,like coca cora,Ha!.

Yunnan Pai yao is a magic herb formula.

But if you follow the correct way to use it,it will

in excellent function.

 

In TCM,When people under good Qi and blood ciaculation

 

and five organs in normal function,it is almost in

healthy balance with nature.

 

 

Jean

 

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