Interesting story of tang dynasty and the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) lobster sauce 
 
 
Source: China's traditional Chinese medicine 
 
 
Author: anonymous 

    Astronomer in tang dynasty, tang dynasty, the article from the preface to tengwang pavilion ancient and modern, famous in the literary world. Tang dynasty legend for tengwang pavilion preface, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) lobster sauce and an interesting story.
 
    This Tang Shangyuan 2 years, HongShuai l (nanchang) Yan Mou, on the double ninth festival to rebuild tengwang pavilion was built and the big banquet guests. this
 
    Day, one of the four jie "" tang tang dynasty just pass by HongZhou, also be invited. This dinner, yan exhibition paper prepared ink, tengwang pavilion preface scholars. Young guys in the tang dynasty gladly put pen to paper, coherent whole, yan viceroy, not simply say no for it. The next day, he again to a banquet for tang dynasty specially. Days banquets, yan viceroy of drink are invaded by again, only feel cold, khan shall not go forth, joints ache, cough and gasp the unceasingly, chests are annoyed, night can not sleep soundly. Nasty family, staff, and sought treatment, brought in more than ten famous doctor make a diagnosis and give treatment at the time. Although the medical disagree, but all claims for ephedra gentleman medicine.
 
    Behold, the yan viceroy's most avoid is ephedra, he said: "that opened ephedra, medicine, can use, besides I have old, less sweat out of tianjin, with sweat of medicine, with the kettle bottom add salary, not, not!" Doctors are you looking at me, I stare at you, helpless: no ephedra, symptoms refractory, poor efficacy, what is this?
 
    At this moment, the tang dynasty came to take leave, after he heard about it, you think of himself in the river to meet a few days ago:
 
    "Are you bask in the soybean stem what?" On the beach, tang dynasty saw an old man was matchless soybeans, then ask.
 
    "Cooking." The old man also don't lift.
 
    Wang Bowang ruled a vast doug, grab a handful of watch carefully, oddly ask: "how to cook so much?"
 
    The old man pointed to the hut in front of the two big crock. Wang Bomai before a few steps, see an urn containing in the medicine juice. He had been in changan and medical herbs, can recognize is red-knees herb,, ageratum, and su leaf, lotus leaf.
 
    The old man saw his medicine knowledge, pointing to another cylinder, said: "these are two cylinder ephedra decoction juice, juice mixed, to bubble soaking soybean, and then cooked fermented, tempeh, can do the dishes." The old man told him: "the local class lovely eat, put some Onions, peppers, garlic, Fried, spicy and salty, sweet sweet, next meal is wonderful."
 
    Tang dynasty catches a few lobster sauce, and chewed them a faint scent straight at nasal orifices, he hurriedly took out money, bought a big bag.
 
    Today, tang dynasty saw the medical helpless, thinking: "side in the area for a long time, cannot be forced. However, ephedra is square to medicine, don't have no treatment, the ancients called the bridge with the bean generation ephedra, why don't I with lobster sauce?" So, he said the idea to come out. Don't say all the famous doctor smile, even the yan area to keep shake head: "the local soil and small dishes, how can the medicine." "Try it, and lobster sauce food, however, to the body." Counsel tang dynasty. Yan viceroy, even served three days, really worked: sweat out of breath, chest tightness, reduction, can sleep, after a few days to heal. In a few days, yan area and tengwang pavilion for the tang dynasty on the farewell dinner, take the large phase. Tang dynasty GuCi from: "the river man exclusive tempeh, loved by the people. The chief to thank me, why don't you expand workshops, so that it is not lost." Yan viceroy, nodded with a smile.
 
    Since then, tempeh HongZhou not only, and marketing great river north and south, up to now.