How to make sachets and spices?

The main raw materials for making sachets are Rhizoma Atractylodis, Rhizoma Kaempferiae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Acori Graminei, Herba Agastaches, Eupatorium, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Rhizoma Cyperi, Herba Menthae, Fructus Citri, Flos Magnoliae, and Folium Artemisiae Argyi. Borneolum Syntheticum can also be added, and other medicinal materials such as Styrax, Alpinia Oxyphylla, Alpinia officinarum, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, and Herba Lysimachiae can also be appropriately added.

Bronze carved Shou Ziwen sachet body can be made of single-sided flannel and other fabrics, and the sachet body can be made into various shapes and colors as required, such as mascots, zodiac animals, cartoon characters and so on.

The process of making spices is usually quite strange to many users, so the detailed description of the process of making spices is also quite rare.

According to the different raw materials and uses of spices, there will be various methods to make spices. Here are some methods of making spices recorded in ancient books in China.

Repair system

To remove impurities, moisture or unusable parts, especially herbs such as Pogostemon cablin and Lily, it is necessary to pick out branches and grasses, arrange them into branches and leaves of uniform size, dry them, crush them, and then dust them off instead of boiling them in water.

boiling

Contain clear water spices in containers to remove odor and adjust the medicinal properties of spices. For example, when making Jiaxiang, you should cook it with wine or carbon juice, muddy water or sesame sauce.

deep-fry

To grind the spices to the right size, stir-fry them slowly with low fire, and sometimes add other spices to stir until they are brown or smoke, so as to remove the peculiar smell of the spices themselves. Smells like sandalwood.

Precautions: pregnant women are forbidden, and asthma patients should use it with caution.

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Fragrancing method:

Choose your favorite perfume, dilute it with 2 times of water, then soak the sachet in the diluent, fully absorb it and take it out to dry. Another method is to soak the sachet in clear water for 1-2 hours, then take out the sachet body and spray the perfume stock solution directly on the sachet for full absorption.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-sachet