Chapter 1163 Controlled Experiment
Xia Ruofei thought about the situation of people with fatty liver.
This kind of disease was not very common before. With the improvement of people's living standards, more and more people gradually get fatty liver. In fact, to put it bluntly, it means eating too well for the body to absorb.
In fact, modern Chinese medicine also has research on fatty liver. In addition to absorbing the traditional Chinese medicine classics in the jade talisman, Xia Ruofei also found some Chinese medicine books to assist in the research.
Chinese medicine says that the diet is fatty and greasy, which means that eating some high-fat, heavy, and oily things will easily cause fatty liver.
For the treatment of fatty liver, modern Chinese medicine also has a set of mature programs.
If you want to deliberately create fatty liver, you can do the opposite and find a way in terms of diet.
Xia Ruofei didn't know how different the Strasbourg goose's body was from the human body, but he felt that he could give it a try.
In fact, the production of modern fat foie gras is also based on this method-the cruel force-feeding method used in the West is essentially to make the fat geese body unable to absorb, and then the liver is abnormally enlarged due to overloading.
At the same time, in order to ensure the fatty and tender taste of the whole piece of foie gras, the farmer should also try to reduce the calcium content in the food - if there is not enough calcium during development, the geese will suffer from "rickets", squatting lazily on the The cage does not move, and the weight "explodes" geometrically.
This method produces fat foie gras. The geese need to experience unbearable pain. They are locked in a small space every day, and it is difficult to even turn around. Then they are inserted into the throat every few hours by iron pipes for 20 to 30 minutes. A large amount of food is directly poured into it, and the stomach is stretched into a bag of noodles. Before the food is digested, it will be filled with food again immediately.
It can be said that if the goose has a mind, after experiencing such a tragic life, I am afraid that it will not be reincarnated as a goose in ten lifetimes.
To make the geese not experience such pain in the process of growing up, and at the same time produce high-quality fatty foie gras, we can only find a way in the diet structure.
There is no need to eat too much, and at the same time, the nutrients and fat components in the diet must be seriously exceeded, even exceeding the effect of force-feeding in Western farms.
The thoughts in Xia Ruofei's mind gradually became clear...
In fact, there are many prescriptions that have this effect. They were originally aimed at malnutrition and used to make up for the body’s blood. If certain adjustments are made in the dosage and ratio, Strasbourg will definitely be able to The geese are severely nutrient-poor.
Of course, the body structure of goose and human is completely different. How to adjust this prescription requires many experiments.
But what is certain is that if this method is successful, the Strasbourg geese will experience almost no pain during the growth process.
You must know that the liver has almost no nerves except for the nerves distributed on the surface. Generally speaking, people will not feel any lesions in the liver area, and they will not be painful or itchy at all, unless it has seriously spread to the Only when the surface of the liver is exposed will you feel a dull pain, which is why liver cancer is often diagnosed at an advanced stage.
Because the patient feels pain in the liver area and goes to the doctor, it is often very serious.
So, even though the livers of Strasbourg geese have become abnormally large due to the specially formulated food, they do not actually feel pain.
As for fattening the liver and slaughtering it, that's the law of nature, and even the most critical animal protectionist can't fault it.
Xia Ruofei can confirm several points at present. First, the medicinal materials used in the prescription must be common medicinal materials. If precious medicinal materials such as ginseng are used for hundreds of years, there is no meaning at all, and the cost is too high; Second, these medicinal materials must be used. It is convenient for large-scale planting; the third is to find a way to turn it into a powder that can be mass-produced.
Only if these conditions are met, large-scale breeding and breeding of Strasbourg fat geese are feasible.
Thinking of this, Xia Ruofei raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was now more than three o'clock in the afternoon. Ling Qingxue told him to arrive at Ling's house in the Jiangbin villa area on time at six o'clock for dinner. There are still about two hours left.
He has already formed several alternative plans in his mind. How effective these prescriptions are and what adjustments need to be made must be tested.
He was a little impatient.
Since there was still time, Xia Ruofei immediately took out the spiritual picture scroll, and entered the space with a slight movement.
Xia Qing didn't feel strange when Xia Ruofei went back and forth - these days, Xia Ruofei went into the space to deal with those materials almost as soon as he had time.
Xia Ruofei waved at Xia Qing and said, "Xia Qing, stop the matter at hand first, I have something for you to do!"
Xia Qing hurried over and said respectfully, "Master, please order!"
Xia Ruofei said: "The group of goslings I sent in just now, you pick... 5! Pick 5 and send them to the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. Calculate the time and make them hungry to the extent of hunger. The effect I want That is, I will feed them later, even if the food is a little unpalatable, they will be eager to eat it!"
"Okay!" Xia Qing replied without hesitation, "Master, then I'll go first!"
The time flow rate in the early Yuan Dynasty is thirty times that of the outside world. Xia Ruofei mainly wants to use the difference in flow rate to make these goslings quickly reach a state of starvation.
Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "Go!"
This batch of goslings, Xia Qing, just circled a small piece of grass in the Shanhaijing, made a simple fence, and put them in it.
When Xia Qing went to select the goose, Xia Ruofei came to the early Yuan Dynasty first - the utensils he used to brew traditional Chinese medicine and some common medicinal materials stored were all in the early Yuan Dynasty.
Xia Ruofei quickly picked out a single Chinese herbal medicine from the shelf. Sometimes he would stop and ponder for a while, and then pick a few more. Finally, he wrapped the herbs separately, put them into a plastic sorting box, and then took them out. A few mud stoves, casserole, charcoal and other items for boiling medicine returned to the mountains and seas with a thought.
Xia Ruofei finally chose two prescriptions, both of which met the requirements-the medicinal materials were very common, not expensive, and suitable for large-scale cultivation, while ensuring the efficacy.
In the cave in Shanhaijing, Xia Ruofei wrote and drew on a piece of paper. After several adjustments, each prescription formed two different ratios of medicinal materials.
After all, the body of the Strasbourg goose is very different from the human body, and Xia Ruofei doesn't need to consider the mild effect of the medicine, what he wants is the violent effect, so the proportion of the main medicine must also be increased.
The ratio of each medicinal material is the one that Xia Ruofei thinks may have the best effect.
One prescription with two ratios, two prescriptions, there are four programs, plus the normal feeding method is used as the control group, and the number of 5 goslings used for the test is just right.
After confirming the prescription, Xia Ruofei started to make fire and boil the medicine.
Now he is very familiar with brewing traditional Chinese medicine. Even if he brews four different traditional Chinese medicines at the same time, he can easily cope with it.
Blindly herbs are put into a casserole, add water and simmer slowly.
Xia Ruofei kept observing the medicinal materials in the four casseroles, and added one or two medicinal materials from time to time. The process of boiling the medicine can be said to be orderly, busy but not chaotic.
After more than an hour, Xia Ruofei harvested 4 pots of traditional Chinese medicine.
He thought about it for a while, dodged out of the space, found a bag of cornmeal in the kitchen of the small villa, and put it into the space like a treasure.
Returning to the upstairs villa, Xia Ruofei entered the space and divided the bag of cornmeal into five parts, and poured four of them into four casseroles, stirring while pouring.
After a while, four pots of batter were produced. They had the aroma of corn and the smell of traditional Chinese medicine. I don't know if the Strasbourg geese would like to eat them. Anyway, Xia Ruofei smelled a little strange. weird.
As for the remaining portion of cornmeal, Xia Ruofei directly added water and stirred it into a batter - this was the food prepared for the goslings in the control group.
Xia Ruofei pondered for a while, and did not rush to find Xia Qing, but returned to the outside world.
He made a form on the computer and then printed out several copies.
This is a comparison table. He will divide the 5 goslings into 5 groups, mark them separately, and then 4 of them will take the traditional Chinese medicine batter prepared by him every day, and the remaining 1 will follow the traditional method. feeding.
This comparison table is to fill in the feeding situation, weight and so on of the 5 goslings every day.
Since it is an experiment, Xia Ruofei wants to be as rigorous as possible so that the most accurate results can be obtained.
Xia Ruofei took the form spit out by the printer in his hand, and then grabbed a carbon water pen from the pen holder, and returned to the space with a thought.
"Xia Qing!" Xia Ruofei communicated directly with Xia Qing with his mental power, "Are the five geese ready?"
"Master, I've been hungry all day!" Xia Qing said, "Looks like they're almost fainted from hunger, and they can probably eat anything they eat at this time!"
"Very good!" Xia Ruofei said, "Bring them to the cave in Shanhaijing."
"Yes, Master!" Xia Qing said.
Xia Ruofei also stepped out of the cave, and the five casseroles behind him floated in a straight line, and followed him.
The five casseroles were all pasted with a word, one, two, three, four and five.
The reason why Arabic numerals are not used is because the experiment is mainly done by Xia Qing, and it is easier to identify Xia Qing when writing Chinese characters.
After a while, Xia Qing came to the front of the cave with a bamboo cage. The bamboo cage contained the five Strasbourg goslings.
Xia Ruofei did not rush to let Xia Qing release the goose, but said to Xia Qing: "Xia Qing, in the next few days, you must devote some energy to help me complete an experiment!"
"No problem! Master, please tell me!" Xia Qing said without hesitation.
Xia Ruofei pointed to the 5 casseroles lined up on the ground and said: "There are 5 kinds of food here, and the goslings will be numbered correspondingly in a while. You feed them every day. I will tell you how to prepare the food. You need to do The purpose is to use the time flow rate of the Yuan Dynasty to speed up the progress of the experiment, and to record every feeding, the form is here, you can fill it out according to the above requirements."
After finishing speaking, Xia Ruofei handed the form and pen to Xia Qing.
The comparison table is very simple, Xia Qing can easily understand it, but the carbon water pen made him feel very fresh. This one is very different from the brush, but it is very smooth to write.
He nodded and said, "No problem! Master, just leave it to me!"
Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "I'll give you four prescriptions. You cook the traditional Chinese medicine according to the prescription, and then mix it with cornmeal to make a batter, and give it to the goslings of No. 1 to No. 4 respectively, while the goose No. 5 is directly Eat corn batter and don't add anything else!"
After finishing speaking, Xia Ruofei handed four sheets of paper to Xia Qing.
These four prescriptions are actually two prescriptions, but because the proportion of medicinal materials has been adjusted, it can also be said that each has become two prescriptions.
There is also a number on each prescription paper, from "one" to "four", which corresponds to today's one to four casserole, which can be said to be clear at a glance.
Xia Qing glanced at the recipe and the refining method, put them all in the sleeve, nodded and said, "Okay, master, the method of brewing this traditional Chinese medicine is very simple, I can definitely finish it!"
Xia Ruofei nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, then this test will be handed over to you!"
Then, Xia Ruofei said: "Okay, let's start feeding now! Catch one out first!"
"Yes, Master!" Xia Qing said.
Then he deftly grabbed a gosling from the bamboo cage.
Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "You have to give it a mark, otherwise it will be confused!"
After finishing speaking, Xia Ruofei took the goose, silently condensed a trace of true energy in his hand, and stroked lightly on the goose, the yellow fluff suddenly fell, and an Arabic number "1" appeared on the goose's body.
Xia Ruofei said to Xia Qing: "Remember, this represents one! Let it eat the food of No. 1 casserole!"
"Okay, Master!" Xia Qing said.
Then he grabbed the goslings and took the number one casserole aside.
Next, Xia Ruofei did the same and marked the 5 goslings respectively.
Clearly starving, the goslings smelled the corn mush and couldn't wait to start feasting.
Although 4 pots of corn mush all tasted like traditional Chinese medicine, they were still eaten as they were, and they were all eaten cleanly after a while.
Xia Qing caught them all one by one and locked them in the bamboo cage.
Xia Ruofei said: "Xia Qing, you find a place in the early Yuan Dynasty, and keep them in captivity. The place doesn't need to be too big, but it shouldn't be too cramped. At least let them walk around normally. Then you boil the medicine in the mountain and sea boundary. Go to the early Yuan realm every time you need to feed, so that you can use the flow of time to complete the test as soon as possible."
"Okay, Master!" Xia Qing said.
Xia Ruofei warned again: "Be sure to keep them in captivity separately, and don't confuse these 5 groups! Otherwise, the experimental data will be inaccurate!"