Manufacturing technology of Inner Mongolia Hongmao Industry Co., Ltd.

Dating back to the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), the Records of Suiyuan Province recorded Hongmao medicinal liquor and its preparation method, which was called "keeping it secret but not spreading it" ... If the production method can be clarified, a large-scale factory can be set up and sold nationwide, it will really be a great financial resource for Suiyuan.

Since Qianlong was founded in four years, the formula of Hongmao medicinal liquor has been passed down from generation to generation by Wang's descendants. Its preparation method selects 66 kinds of superior medicinal materials such as ginseng, cardamom, cinnamon, safflower, dogwood, cistanche deserticola, musk, etc. And add white wine, red yeast, brown sugar, rock sugar and other accessories. After eight steps and 69 procedures, such as "selecting medicine, processing, boiling paste, sealing altar, soaking in spring, cultivating soil and shrinking", it is carefully prepared, which overcomes the shortcomings of low release and high alcohol content of traditional medicinal liquor.

The pearls of the sea are eternal. Now, Hongmao has turned the previous expectations into reality, and its unique and mysterious traditional production technology has also become a precious "intangible cultural heritage" of the Chinese nation.

Choose a medicine, choose its geological quality, choose its extreme, and get the essence from the rough.

Hongmao has always followed the self-discipline of "not using first-class authentic medicinal materials" and established strict drug selection norms. For example, the "Cistanche deserticola" in the prescription is only produced in Alashan Right Banner, and the branches are strong and shiny, and the fleshy ones can be used as medicine; Another example is "Astragalus membranaceus", which is produced in outer Mongolia and Cullen. It is cut into oblique slices first, and its thick roots and black hearts are not used. Another example is "agarwood". It's best to sink into the water, don't choose those that don't sink ... these are all meticulous.

(2) Processing is not divided into monarch and minister.

The processing technology of traditional Chinese medicine, the raw material of Hongmao medicinal liquor, is unique. Firstly, six kinds of medicinal materials, namely Amomum villosum, Cinnamomum cassia, Amomum villosum, Amomum villosum, Piper longum and Aquilaria Resinatum, are taken and ground into coarse powder with copper powder; Slice or mash the remaining 56 kinds of medicinal materials, such as Polygonum Multiflori Radix, and grind them into coarse powder with a stone mill; Fennel is soaked in milk and then fried with salt; Finally, musk is ground in a silver bowl and packaged in wax paper for later use.

(3) decocting Ginseng Radix and Herba Cistanches for two hours respectively, and filtering.

Ginseng and Cistanche deserticola are added with three times the amount of water, decocted with slow fire for two hours, the decoction is filtered with cotton yarn, and then the concentrated filtrate is cooled for later use.

The wine and medicine co-burned by Siding were refined into the first of the eight steps.

The most unique craft of Hongmao is the "Ding Lian nei Shao" wine blending method taken from Taoist longevity technique, which was translated into "Burning Hongmao" in the old days. When making, the brewed pure grain liquor is added into the iron tripod, and then the medicinal materials, brown sugar, crystal sugar and fennel are added in proportion, and the liquor is boiled with fire, and stirred with wet wicker while boiling. When the liquid medicine is refined to about 60%, it can be shredded with wicker to cover and extinguish the wine flame.

Five altars were frosted and put into the altar, yellow mud was used to seal the altar, and all kinds of medicines were blended.

Skim the burnt ointment, put the medicinal liquor into a pottery jar, that is, wrap it in cotton cloth, seal and cool it, then add the decocted medicinal liquor such as musk, stir it evenly, seal the cloth, smear it with mud made of loess and salt water, and seal it. Finally, tie the jar mouth tightly with tarpaulin.

Luquan soaked in cold spring for three days and nights to reduce dryness and detoxify.

After sealing the altar, the medicinal liquor first entered the cold spring well and soaked for three days and three nights. Spring soaking is an important process of "removing internal heat" after "burning red hair" in the original liquor of medicinal liquor.

Nourish the land, nourish the cloudy day and brew the spirit of 99 years.

After soaking in spring water, it will take 998 1 day to be buried three feet underground, and then it will be taken out on an auspicious day to "take the earth and nourish its yin." Through long-term underground storage and precipitation, a series of physical and chemical changes have taken place among many pharmaceutical ingredients in the original wine of medicinal liquor, thus initially showing the characteristics of "harmony of yin and yang, warmth and softness" and improving the efficacy and taste.

It is to shrink clusters of grass, filter the residue and take out the fragrance.

This is the last mysterious and unique craft of Hongmao medicinal liquor, which comes from the heritage of Chu Jin. It originated from the ceremony of the emperor offering sacrifices to Shennong three thousand years ago, and the real meaning of "Mao" in the name of Hongmao is hidden here. After burning incense and praying with candles, the wine is condensed with a bunch of Mao, and the residue is filtered to get clear liquid, which becomes a panacea for "saving the world and saving the people, and the miraculous effect of drinking".

■ The ancient brewing process of Hongmao medicinal liquor has eight complicated steps, among which Ding He, Full Immersion and Di Pei are Wang Jitian's original creations. The fourth step, reconciliation, is the core of the process. Only when 67 kinds of drugs are combined in Ding Can, and the medicinal properties of Hongmao medicinal liquor must be soaked in cold spring to avoid drying, it must be deeply buried to extract the essence, which is the outstanding point of Hongmao medicinal liquor brewing technology.