How to process Gastrodia
From early November to early April of the following year, Tianma is in a dormant period. During this period Tianma can process finished drugs for sale. In general, edge-edge cropping is used to make harvesting and planting closely linked. The harvest period is divided into winter and spring. Before the winter harvest is frozen, the spring harvest is before thawing (mid-April). The harvested gastrodia must be processed according to the following procedures: Grading: The size of the arrowhead should be 150 g or more; Grade II Gastrodia 70 g to 150 g; Grade 3 Gastrodia 70 g or less; Level 4 Gastrodia is incomplete Insects. Rinse: Rinse the graded gastrodia in the water and immediately peel and cook it, known as snow gastrodia or tomorrow. If skinned, it can be cooked directly after washing. It should be noted that: Gastrodia should not be soaked in water for a long time, otherwise the processed finished product will be made into black hair. Cooking: After Tianma enters the cage or cook in water, pay attention to the following points: a. Do not use too much when cooking. The boiling time of first-class 麻麻 should be 10 minutes to 14 minutes, second grade 7 minutes to 10 minutes, and third grade 5 minutes to 8 minutes. b. Check cooking at any time. Gastrodia Center has a white heart that does not pass through, and it should account for 1/5 of the diameter of Gastrodia. This high dry rate. Otherwise cooking is too dry. c. 20 grams of alum can be added by boiling 10 kg of gastrodia. After processing, the translucent quality of gastrodia elata is high. Sulfur Smoked: The purpose of smoked Gastrodia elata with sulfur is to look beautiful, white and transparent color, good quality, and can prevent insects. Put the pot of Tianma on bamboo curtain on the bed, cover it with plastic cloth, ignite sulphur under the bed, smoke for 5 hours to 6 hours, and then dry it on the clam. Drying or drying: If the amount of gastrodin is large, it is better to build a dragonfly, put the bamboo curtain on it, put the gastrodia on the bamboo curtain, the temperature should be kept at 55°C-65°C at the beginning, after 30 hours, the temperature can reach 80 °C, do not exceed 85 °C. It usually takes 60 hours to dry completely. Can also be at 55 °C ~ 65 °C temperature, after 48 hours, can be stacked, used sweat sacks and other stuffy cover sweating for 8 hours, and then use plastic squash flattening, and then continue to dry up. The purpose of shaping is to look good without wrinkles. Storage: The processed gastrodia elata is stored in a plastic bag and will not be mildewed as long as it is protected from moisture. The sky can be exposed. During the storage period, some newspapers can be packed in newspapers to prevent insects. Grade: First grade dry goods yellow-white, solid translucent, no hollow, no aphid crickets, secondary surface dry yellow-white, solid body is not easy to break, translucent, no hollow, no insects, no mildew, each More than 26 kilograms. Third grade dry goods: yellow or white surface, translucent, no mildew, no insects, flattening and bending, less than 90 per kilogram.