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Every story in "Shang Food" has many "needles hidden in the cotton".
Whether it is through historical sources to be quoted, or cleverly set up based on scientific knowledge.
All reflect how simple this costume drama with food as the main axis is.
You must know that simply flipping through the classics and medical books mentioned in the play is an extremely complicated task.
Not to mention the content of these books, in a very clever way into the plot of "Shang Food", the result will not appear artificial and abrupt.
Just like this time, "the unsolved case of Empress Hu's hysteria", let our grandson Empress Yao Zizhen jump from the original Si Shan to the level of Tai Doctor.
Although it was zhu Zhanji who finally solved the "mystery case" with his wise and divine martial arts, Yao Zizhen's explanation of this little "nutmeg" was indeed eye-opening.
Historically, the spice nutmeg was not a native plant of the mainland, but was introduced to the mainland from Southeast Asian countries.
Moreover, the history of its introduction is likely to have entered the mainland through maritime trade as early as the Tang Dynasty.
In the Ming Dynasty, due to zheng he's relationship with the West, a large number of people entered the mainland through tributes from various countries.
In the History of the Ming Dynasty, there is such a record:
At that time, Siam (present-day Thailand) and Wenlang Horse God (present-day Machen area in the southern part of Kalimantan Island, Indonesia) both mentioned bringing nutmeg into Beijing when paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
Since this spice could only be grown in the tropics, at that time it could be said to be a valuable spice that only the rich had money to buy.
Although nutmeg is already a very common spice today, if it were not for Yao Zizhen's mention, who would have thought that he still had so many functions?
To tell the truth, the nutmeg skin prepared by Yao Zizhen in "Shang Food" is the first time I have seen and heard about it.
I also did not expect that in addition to the nutmeg itself can be used as a condiment in food and dishes, its nutmeg skin has the same effect and effect.
Moreover, Yao Zizhen mentioned in the play that nutmeg has a hallucinogenic effect, which is actually true.
This is because nutmeg contains an ingredient called "nutmeg ether" (also known as myristicin).
This ingredient can interfere with a variety of neural signaling pathways and enzyme formation in the human body, plus it also has a certain toxicity to cells, so when ingested in large quantities, it will cause people to have hallucinogenic conditions.
It is precisely because nutmeg ether has such an effect on the human body, so nutmeg is also one of the important raw materials for the production of "essential oil".
At the same time, he has also been shown to play a role in the treatment of diseases, so in many medical books there are mentions of nutmeg into medicine.
This may be one of the reasons why Yao Zizhen will suspect whether nutmeg is the real murderer, because to achieve this hallucinogenic effect, it is not something that can be done with one or two nutmegs.
In summary, although this section of Hu Shanxiang's hysteria suspense case was finally confirmed to be only planned by Su Yuehua, the screenwriter behind "Shang Food" has really arranged a reasonable and well-founded nutmeg trivia for us.
From this point of view alone, the story of "Shang Food" itself is much more real and credible than the previous court dramas that only pursue "attacking the heart".
He is no longer in pursuit of plot effects, and infinitely exaggerates various characters and facts.
Almost in order to achieve the rationalization of reality and plot effects, they went through various ancient books and medical texts.
Such a spirit and effort, is not worthy of our praise for this Ming Palace drama that integrates a lot of knowledge and common sense?
Finally, since you have written about nutmeg, let's share a little knowledge that Yao Zizhen did not tell.
Because the ingredients contained in nutmeg itself are hallucinogenic and toxic, it is also a very effective insecticide and insect repellent.
Therefore, if your rice tank often has small worms, putting a few nutmeg in it may have unexpected effects.
In addition, if you have gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract and "small diseases" such as colds, you can try to eat a little food with nutmeg added, which has its own anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral and anti-parasitic effects, which are also very beneficial to these small diseases and minor disasters.
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