Sperm whales are good at deep diving in order to find the king squid and octopus that inhabit the deep sea. People once found the mouth of the king squid as big as a child's head on sperm whales.
Because of the hard horny jaw and toothed tongue in squid mouth, it is difficult to digest. Sperm whales will be stimulated to secrete Long Xianxiang in their intestines after swallowing squid. So far, Long Xianxiang has only been found in the abdomen of sperm whales. This gray or black pathological secretion can sometimes be excreted from sperm whales, floating on the sea surface, and occasionally washed up on the beach by waves.
Generally, each Long Xianxiang does not exceed a few kilograms, and the largest known Long Xianxiang weighs 60 kilograms. Long Xianxiang is a very important and precious medicinal material.
Long Xianxiang contains about 25% Long Xianxiang. Long Xianxiang is a cholesterol derivative containing benzoic acid.
It is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that Long Xianxiang can "promote blood circulation, benefit essence, help Yang Dao and dredge blood vessels". Traditional Chinese medicine takes Long Xianxiang as the medicine for resolving phlegm, resolving hard mass, benefiting qi and promoting blood circulation.
Thus, Long Xianxiang is a valuable Chinese medicine for curing diseases and strengthening the body. If the patient has symptoms such as cough, irritability, stuffy heart, and pain in the heart, you can use Long Xianxiang 1 channel for 3 servings and take it at the end of grinding.
Long Xianxiang element is the main component of Long Xianxiang perfume. This extremely precious Long Xianxiang, because its output in the world is too small to be artificially synthesized, is far more valuable than gold.
Long Xianxiang is the best perfume and an indispensable "exotic fragrance" in high-grade perfume essence. The perfume essence prepared with it is not only soft in fragrance, but also durable and beautiful, which is deeply loved by people.
2. How to appreciate the two poems "When the breeze comes from the sky, the human dragon saliva dare not smell" and "When the breeze comes from the sky, the human dragon saliva dare not smell" come from Song and Deng Zhihong's "Singing Gui".
Dragon saliva: Long Xianxiang is a pathological secretion from the intestines and stomach of sperm whales, which resembles a stone and has a lasting fragrance. This is a very precious spice. The breeze blows from the moon palace in the sky one day, and the fragrance of laurel trees makes the world's dragons dare not claim to be fragrant any more.
The autumn wind is cool, the golden osmanthus is fragrant, and the earth is elegant and fragrant, which dwarfs the most precious Long Xianxiang in the world. This is the idea of Deng Zhihong's poem "Singing Gui". The whole poem reads: "After the rain, the west wind will pass, the evening will be cool, and the old clouds will turn green into new yellow. ~。 "By contrast, the author said that the most precious dragon saliva in the world was ashamed before Gui Xiang, and dared not call it incense. So it is conceivable that osmanthus fragrans is beautiful, quiet, wonderful and refreshing.
3. What stories about Long Xianxiang really discovered Long Xianxiang's secret? It's a fisherman from Karath Island. Fishermen on this island mainly make a living by catching sperm whales. Long Xianxiang is actually the excrement of the sperm whale, which belongs to physeteridae, the largest toothed whale. The male is 23 meters long, and the female is 17 meters. The body is conical, the head is barrel-shaped, accounting for about 1/3 of the body length, and the upper jaw is blunt and round, far exceeding the lower jaw. Because of its huge head, it is also called "the giant whale". Its head is so big that no creature can compare with it! Once, an old fisherman found a piece of Long Xianxiang while cutting the intestines of a sperm whale. At that time, fishermen thought it was swallowed from the sea, not in front of it. But the news spread like wildfire, which attracted the attention of marine biologists. They immediately conducted in-depth research and finally solved the mystery of Long Xianxiang.
It turns out that both squid and octopus have tough horny jaws and tongue teeth in their mouths, which are not easy to digest. When a sperm whale swallows a large mollusk, its jaws and tongue teeth accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract, which stimulates the intestine, secretes a special wax, wraps the food residue and slowly forms a Long Xianxiang. Scientists once found a mass of intestinal juice and foreign bodies in the intestine of a sperm whale with a length of 18m, which is considered as the beginning of Long Xianxiang. Scientists believe that some sperm whales will spit out clots, others will be excreted from the intestines, and only a few sperm whales will leave Long Xianxiang in their bodies.
Long Xianxiang discharged into the sea is light black at first, then gradually turns gray, light gray and finally white under the action of seawater. Long Xianxiang white wine has the best quality. It must be soaked in seawater for more than 100 years to remove all impurities before it can become the top grade in Long Xianxiang. Long Xianxiang taken from the intestines of a killed sperm whale is of no value. It has to float and soak in seawater for decades (Long Xianxiang is lighter than water and won't sink) before it can gain lofty status. Some Long Xianxiang's works have been immersed in seawater for more than 100 years. The highest price is white Long Xianxiang; The lowest value is brown, which has only been soaked in seawater for more than ten years.
4. Who knows the information about Long Xianxiang? There is something about it in Tianxiang @ Long Xianxiang mentioned by Wang, which is quoted from Xiangpu: solitary smoke, layers of waves in Ryutsuki, and gathering lead water at night in the palace.
The flood season is far away, and the dream is deeply exposed and turned into a broken soul. Red porcelain waits for fire, and it is also known at a glance.
A wisp of green shadow haunts the curtains, vaguely reflecting the sea and sky. Several times, I was half drunk.
Cut the spring lanterns, and the flowers will be broken at night. Better, so the stream snows and the small window closes deeply.
Xunling is old now. She always forgets her friends and respects the old taste. Cherish Xun Yu, empty if north Jiangsu.
-Long Tianxiang Xianxiang The first song is Tianxiang, and there is a topic called Long Xianxiang below. According to legend, the saliva in the mouth of a dragon in the sea is dragon's saliva.
After spitting saliva, it floats on the sea surface, and condenses into a white film after being beaten by wind, rain and sun, which is transparent and hard. The perfumer collects dragon saliva and makes perfume.
According to scientific research, it is the secretion of sperm whales. The Southern Song Dynasty paid special attention to burning incense. Chen Jing, a native of the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote "Xiangpu", which specifically recorded the collection, production and burning methods of various spices.
"Solitary smoke", which is the origin of Long Xianxiang, was collected from the sea. "Lonely" is an island on the sea, with "flat smoke" on it, that is, there is a place on the sea that is often surrounded by clouds.
Scientifically speaking, the sperm whale has a hole in its body, and behind its head, it can spray water. The ejected water column is very high and then scattered, so it often looks like a cloud.
Ping is a recovery, winding and hovering. The word "pan" is well used, which is consistent with the association with "dragon"
"The waves fall on the moon" is the time to pick Long Xianxiang. It means people pick it at night when the tide is high. What kind of "layers of waves sprinkle the moon"? You see, people draw water waves like scales.
Dragons sometimes shed their scales, just like layers of scales, in which the moonlight shines, so the word "shed" is used. The reflection of the moon between the waves, like falling off this balance, suddenly appeared.
"Gong Li collects lead water at night", which means Li Long. According to legend, it is a black dragon. The "Li Palace" is of course the Dragon Palace.
And all the people who come to pick incense come in the dark, which is "Gong Li's night picking". When this secretion of sperm whale is dried, it will leave a white, hard and transparent object.
Lead water reminds you that this crystal is white. More importantly, lead water has its historical and cultural background.
Li He in Tang Dynasty. gt； It is said that when Jin Tongxian was pushed down and moved away, Jin Tongxian shed tears because he missed the monarch in the past. "Remembering you is like lead water", and their tears are so painful, just like lead water.
In the cultural history of China, this kind of lead water has a hint of national ruin. This is Wang's correct association when he wrote ci in the late Southern Song Dynasty.
"If the wind is far away and the dream is deep in the flood season, it will turn into a broken heart", which means that the person who adopted Long Xianxiang is "hitchhiking". "The wind is far away in the flood season" means riding the wind and riding the tide.
With the low tide and the wind blowing on the sea, the float went a long way to collect the raw materials of this spice. After the dragon's saliva was collected, it left its hometown and its origin and was collected by others. Recalling the "loneliness" at sea, the news is so far away.
So it is the word "flood" in flood season, but it also means "news" in audio. "Dreams are deep in the dew" means that it misses its past life and has so many dreams.
This is a dream accompanied by the scent of rose dew, what a romantic and affectionate dream it is. & lt& amplt； Typha > It is said that the production of Long Xianxiang is to mix rose dew in it.
It not only conforms to the theme of the recited object, but also has the feeling of personification. What's the smell like? The incense made by the ancients in China is the shape of the heart character of seal script, so it is said to be "turned into a broken soul heart character"
"Red porcelain is waiting for fire, I still recognized it at a glance, and the ice ring is jade." The incense is ready, put it in a red porcelain jar and bake it with fire.
The term "red porcelain waiting for fire" refers to the heat of baking Long Xianxiang. The poet said that the circle is like a crystal clear "ice ring" because it is transparent; A straight white finger is like a woman's white finger, so it is a "jade finger". What is written above is Long Xianxiang's process from collection to production to appearance.
Moreover, on the one hand, this sentence can be written in the shape of Long Xianxiang, and it can also mean that a woman who burns incense puts Long Xianxiang in the incense burner with her fingers. Let's write down the burning situation, which is "a wisp of green shadow lingering in the curtain, vaguely like the sea and sky."
Blue-green cigarettes floated in the air, then spiraled up, "knotted but not scattered." & lt& amplt； Typha > It is said that it is best not to open doors and windows, not to let the wind blow away cigarettes, but to let cigarettes hover in the air, which will not only have fragrance, but also have a beautiful image.
Cigarettes began to burn, and in front of the curtains, you could see the emerald shadow lingering and spinning. Vaguely, it seems, it seems that although this incense has been burned, although its shape is completely different from the original, it has been polished and made.
After burning, it is still a "faint sea-sky cloud", as if it were still the shape of a cloud knot at sea, and I never forget my hometown and my native place. "A few times, I was half drunk and cut the Spring Lantern at night.
Better, so the stream snows and the small window closes deeply. "It's from things to people, is the king recalled him to burn incense.
"Several times" means more than once. "Lu" is a coquettish woman.
He once loved a woman. He is drinking with that woman, slightly drunk and half drunk, and she is half drunk and charming. The woman turned off the light, and it was still cold in early spring.
Snuff is finely divided, cut off by the burning embers of Mars, and flickering. "Cut the spring lantern, and the night is cold and the flowers are broken." The flower should have followed the light, but he didn't write it like this.
He wrote at night and got a word "cold"; Writing flowers, using a broken adjective and cutting spring lanterns are all actions to do one thing. The background of cutting spring lanterns is the cold night and broken flowers.
This writes about the feeling of cold. "It's not as good as flying snow creek, and the small window is deeply closed."
He said he might as well die before he died. It was in Gu Xi, and it was still snowing in spring.
At that time, our doors and windows were closed. Now you know he's back.
5. I want to know the legend about Long Xianxiang Water Long Xianxiang: Long Xianxiang is the dried product of intestinal secretion of physeteridae animal sperm whale. Intestinal secretions from slaughtered sperm whales (that is, whale feces, which are gray-black waxy excretions secreted by the gastrointestinal tract of sperm whales after swallowing cuttlefish). It is sweet, fishy and astringent, and has the effects of promoting qi and blood circulation, resolving stagnation and relieving pain, diuresis and stranguria, regulating qi and resolving phlegm. Can be used for treating cough, asthma, adverse qi movement, and chest pain. This product is the most precious traditional Chinese medicine in all kinds of animal excreta, which is extremely rare.
Dragon Xiang Yan was first discovered in ancient China. Fishermen in the Han Dynasty caught some waxy drifts in the sea, which was the finished product of the natural degradation of Longxiang for many years. From a few kilograms to dozens of kilograms, it has a strong fishy smell, but it can emit a lasting aroma after drying, and it is more fragrant after lighting, which is more fragrant than musk. Some local officials bought them and presented them to the emperor in front of treasures, which were used as spices or medicines in the palace. At that time, no one knew what this treasure was, so they asked the alchemist in the palace. They thought it was the saliva that the "dragon" in the sea shed when sleeping, and it dripped into the sea and solidified. After a long time, it becomes "Long Xianxiang".
With the progress of the times, the mystery of nature has been revealed. Everyone thinks that Long Xianxiang is the saliva of the "dragon", so there are various conjectures: some people think that it was formed by the eruption of submarine volcanoes; Some say that islands and bird droppings floated into the water and weathered for a long time; Some people say that this is beeswax, which floats in seawater for a long time; Some people say that this is a special fungus. Long Xianxiang has also attracted the interest of marine biologists. After continuous research, everyone thought it was a huge intestinal secretion of marine animals. As for what animals secrete it, it has never been clear.
It was the fishermen on the Saudi Arabian island of Karath who really discovered Long Xianxiang's secret. Fishermen on this island mainly make a living by catching sperm whales. Xiang Yan is actually the excrement of sperm whales. Sperm whales belong to the suborder Sperm Whales, which is the largest species of Toothed Whales. The male is 23 meters long and the female is 17 meters long. The body is conical, and the head accounts for about 1/3 of the body length, which is barrel-shaped. The upper jaw is blunt, far exceeding the lower jaw. Because of its huge head, it is also called "the giant whale". Its head is so big that no creature can compare with it! Once, an old fisherman found a piece of Long Xianxiang while cutting the intestines of a sperm whale. At that time, fishermen thought it was swallowed from the sea, not in front of it. But the news spread like wildfire, which attracted the attention of marine biologists. They immediately conducted in-depth research and finally solved the mystery of Long Xianxiang. It turns out that both squid and octopus have tough horny jaws and tongue teeth in their mouths, which are not easy to digest. When a sperm whale swallows a large mollusk, its jaws and tongue teeth accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract, which stimulates the intestine, secretes a special wax, wraps the food residue and slowly forms a Long Xianxiang. Scientists once found a mass of intestinal juice and foreign bodies in the intestine of a sperm whale with a length of 18m, which is considered as the beginning of Long Xianxiang. Scientists believe that some sperm whales will spit out coagulated leaves, others will be excreted from the intestines, and only a few sperm whales will leave Long Xianxiang in their bodies.
Long Xianxiang discharged into the sea is light black at first, then gradually turns gray and light gray under the action of seawater, and finally turns white. Long Xianxiang white wine has the best quality. It must be soaked in seawater for more than 100 years to remove all impurities before it can become the top grade in Long Xianxiang. Long Xianxiang taken from the intestines of a killed sperm whale is of no value. It has to float and soak in seawater for decades (Long Xianxiang is lighter than water and won't sink) before it can gain lofty status. Some Long Xianxiang's works have been immersed in seawater for more than 100 years. The highest price is white Long Xianxiang; The lowest value is brown, which has only been soaked in seawater.
6. What are some introductions about the value of Long Xianxiang? Long Xianxiang discharged into the sea, under the action of seawater, is light black at first, gradually becomes gray, light gray, and finally becomes white. Long Xianxiang white wine has the best quality. It must be soaked in seawater for more than 100 years to remove all impurities before it can become the top grade in Long Xianxiang. Long Xianxiang taken from the intestines of a killed sperm whale is of no value. It has to float and soak in seawater for decades (Long Xianxiang is lighter than water and won't sink) before it can gain lofty status.
Long Xianxiang has been used as a high-grade perfume since ancient times. After grading the purchased Long Xianxiang, the perfume company grinds it into very fine powder, dissolves it in alcohol, and then makes it into 5% Long Xianxiang solution, which is used to prepare perfume or as a fixative. Therefore, Long Xianxiang is very expensive, almost equivalent to gold. 191212 On February 3, a Norwegian whaling company caught a sperm whale in Australian waters, obtained a Long Xianxiang weighing 455 kg from its intestine and sold it for 23,000 pounds. 1955, a New Zealander found a gray Long Xianxiang weighing 7 kilograms on the beach and sold it for $26,000. If you find a white Long Xianxiang, it will be priceless. However, to identify Long Xianxiang, we must have knowledge of biology, ecology and chemistry, and have long-term experience in dealing with the ocean, which is not something that ordinary people can do.