The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Chapter 446 New Discovery

Moreover, in the past, wild Cotinus coggygria was considered to be a resource plant with great utilization value.

Its wood is yellow, and yellow industrial dyes can be directly extracted from it. The leaves and stems of Cotinus coggygria are rich in colloid components, which can be extracted and processed to produce a very sticky natural glue.

This glue is environmentally friendly, non-toxic and easily degradable. The bamboo paper used by Shen Youyou and others for writing is made by adding the juice of its leaves and stems.

Moreover, its leaves contain aromatic oil, which can be used as a raw material for perfumery.

After listening to Shen Youyou's explanation of the functions of Cotinus coggygria, everyone was already a little accustomed to it. It seemed that in Youyou's eyes, even the common trees, grasses, and flowers in the mountains and fields could have many uses.

"Yoyo knows as much as always."

"Yes, my sister can make paper from weeds and wheat straw, so what can't she make?"

Shen Youyou is now immune to the praise from her brothers and sisters.

As they gradually walked into the forest, they would dig out any rare plants they saw, and things like the cotinus coggygria were everywhere in the mountains, even at the edge of the forest.

They decided not to pick them for now and wait until they returned empty-handed.

Shen Erya once again pushed aside the mugwort that was swept onto her face and she said aloud, "Oh, the wild mugwort in this patch is really tall."

Guo Daya was also doing the same thing: "At this time, mugwort can't be eaten, but it still has some medicinal value. I'll get some back and dry it for everyone to soak their feet and get rid of the cold."

Da Hu was leading the way, and when he heard this he said, "Okay, let's get a few bundles on the way back."

They stopped and walked along the way and dug up a lot of herbs and plants that can be used for dyeing. The most common thing they saw was pine trees, which were full of pine cones.

Shen Youyou didn't plan to fight now, as this thing could still be hung for some time, but she asked her brothers to remember the route, as these things had to be moved back home.

The Erzhuang brothers were not idle either. The few pheasants and rabbits they met on the road did not escape their clutches and were all caught by them.

Shen Dabao sighed: "It's good to go up the mountain. Look at this pheasant. It's so fat."

Erhu also shouted at the same time: "Yo Yo, there are a few walnut trees over here, shall we fight now?"

Because they saw pine nuts and chestnuts on the road, and Shen Youyou didn't let them hit them, Erhu asked this question.

Shen Youyou and Guo Daya dug up more than a dozen rhizomes of Rehmannia root, which are suitable for digging in this season. Moreover, Rehmannia root is divided into fresh Rehmannia root, dried Rehmannia root and cooked Rehmannia root, each of which has its own effects and uses. Fresh Rehmannia root can clear away heat, promote the production of body fluid, cool blood and stop bleeding.

Dried Rehmannia root can clear away heat, cool blood, nourish yin and produce body fluid.

Rehmannia root can nourish blood, nourish yin, replenish essence and fill marrow.

Moreover, both fresh and dried Rehmannia root can treat sore throats, which is exactly the herb they need to stock up on.

Rehmannia root can also treat many diseases such as irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, liver and kidney yin deficiency, etc. It can be said that the more of this herb, the better.

However, when I heard Brother Erzhuang shouting that there was a walnut tree, I definitely had to pick some. Thinking about the green walnuts I ate last year made my mouth water.

Shen Youyou and Guo Daya ran towards Erzhuangge hand in hand.

But when I got closer, I felt something was wrong. It didn't look like a walnut, it wasn't a standard round shape. Guo Daya giggled and said, "Er Zhuang, didn't you notice that this fruit is different from a walnut? But this fruit is also a medicinal herb, called longevity fruit, also known as Xanthoceras sorbifolia.

"Qian Jin Yi Fang" once recorded that it can stop diarrhea, strengthen the stomach and intestines, make people fat and healthy, stop dampness and arthritis, evil spirits, cholera vomiting, and cramps. It is also good."

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After hearing what Sister Guo said, Shen Youyou knew what it was. This kind of fruit can be used to extract oil, and its value is very high.

It is not only a healthy edible oil, but also has health and medicinal value. Xanthoceras sorbifolia oil is rich in oleic acid and linolenic acid.

This is an unsaturated fatty acid that is very beneficial to the human body, but the human body cannot synthesize it itself and can only be obtained through diet.

Therefore, Xanthoceras sorbifolia oil is also known as the soft gold among vegetable oils. The oil content of its seeds is between 45% and 50%. If the seeds are shelled, the oil content is as high as 66% to 70%.

It seems that Xanthoceras sorbifolia oil is an excellent plant oil that can be used as both medicine and food, but not many people knew about it in the past. That is because this tree only grows in the northern region and there are generally no such trees in the southern region.

One is that its fruit-bearing rate is particularly unstable due to artificial cultivation. Some Xanthoceras sorbifolia trees may only bear a few or a dozen fruits.

It is said that at the beginning, Xanthoceras sorbifolia oil was used to light Buddhist lamps in temples because it does not contain sulfur, nitrogen and other elements and does not produce smoke when burned.

Later I learned that it was edible, but because of its high price, I still couldn't afford it for daily cooking.

However, later, because the country supported this new woody oil crop, many scientists conducted research on it and divided it into oil forest and ecological forest management, which achieved certain results.

Shen Youyou remembered that one of the points was to choose varieties with high fruit bearing rate. Looking at the fruits in front of her, the fruit bearing rate was very high, which could be called a bountiful harvest. "Brothers and sisters, pick all these fruits. Not only can they be used as medicine, but they can also be pressed for oil. The oil is very good for making facial creams. The book says that its flowers and leaves can also be used to make tea."

Hearing this, Erzhuang, Erhu and Dabao started climbing the trees, one person each.

Shen Youyou and a few others started picking leaves under the tree. In fact, its leaves can be picked in spring and autumn. The young buds and leaves picked in spring can be fried into green tea, while the old leaves picked in autumn are used to make traditional Chinese medicine.

Of course, the old leaves can also be used to make tea, but they are not as precious as those in spring. The Xanthoceras sorbifolia tree has a unique fragrance.

They walked between the trees, putting handfuls of green leaves into bamboo baskets, and their hands were also stained with the fragrance.

Shen Erya put her hands to her nose and took a deep breath: "Oh, it smells so good. Let's use this to make some tea when we get home."

"Okay, but brothers and sisters, when you pick leaves, try to pick those that are all green and not insect-eaten."

"Okay, don't worry."

After working for more than an hour, the bamboo baskets they carried up the mountain were full, with seven or eight baskets of fruit and seven or eight baskets of leaves.

"Hey, let's go back and come back after lunch."

Shen Youyou nodded. Each of them carried a bamboo basket, and the brothers also had a few wild rabbits and pheasants hanging on their bodies.

On the way back, I deliberately took a detour just to see if there were any new discoveries.

The slope here is quite steep, and it will probably take half an hour longer to go up and down the mountain than the journey here. There are no human paths to be seen in the forest.

Da Hu and a few others protected Shen Youyou and the other two in the middle, and they also used the Tang swords in their hands to clear the branches and weeds that were sticking out.

This speed is definitely not as fast as the one we came here at.

"Yo yo, look south."

Hearing Shen Dabao's voice, Shen Youyou turned around blankly and saw a red object on the hillside in the distance.

To be honest, in a mountain forest with many Cotinus coggygria trees, it is not uncommon to see red and orange, because these colors are everywhere.

But it was clearly different from the other reds. Between the broad yellow-green leaves, there were strings of bright red lanterns hanging.

Densely packed on the branches!