Many post-80s and post-90s children will inevitably have stomachaches when they are young, so parents often say that there are bugs in their stomachs. At this time, the doctor will prescribe a medicine called Baota sugar for the child. In order to make children eat more smoothly, Baota sugar also adds some candy ingredients, which tastes good. Although Baota sugar can still be seen today, the material and taste are not as good as before, so many people are puzzled: Why did Baota sugar become popular all over China in the 1980s, but then disappeared? Relevant persons pointed out that the lessons of the Soviet Union should not be forgotten.
About Baota sugar, it can be traced back to the 1950s. At that time, people said that "there is a worm in the stomach." In fact, ascaris lumbricoides is a kind of worm parasitic in human body. The child's physical resistance is weak. If there is ascaris, it will affect the normal growth and development of children. Ascaris, like people, eats whatever is in their stomachs. Ascaris grows up in a child's stomach, and the child's body will be hurt. Moreover, ascaris lumbricoides can cause anemia, abdominal pain, even vomiting and grinding teeth in children, which seriously harms children's health.
As early as 1950s, due to poor living conditions, people could not pay too much attention to hygiene, so many people had roundworms in their stomachs. Ascaris spread quickly, and at that time, both adults and children had an influence. After having ascaris in the stomach, people will become pale and emaciated, but there was no way to deal with ascaris at that time, which made the doctor very headache and didn't know how to treat it.
At that time, the Soviet Union had not disintegrated and had a good relationship with us. The Soviet Union brought us 20 grams of seeds in 1952 when it was learned that the people of China were deeply harmed by ascaris lumbricoides. This small seed is Artemisia grandiflora, which is the raw material of Baota sugar. The cultivated SINONOVACULA constricta can eliminate the ascaris in the stomach.
The production process of Baota sugar does not need complicated equipment and precise steps, but there are few chrysanthemum morifolium. Artemisia scoparia generally grows in the Arctic Circle. At first, we could only import from the Soviet Union, but when we had seeds, we tried to grow them.
At that time, these 20 grams of seeds were valuable. In order to better cultivate Artemisia argyi, we divided Artemisia argyi into four parts and put them on four farms in Datong, Xi 'an, Hohhot and Weifang. After planting, only Weifang was lucky enough to cultivate seeds. When we have cultivated experience and planted Artemisia argyi leaves on a large scale, we have continuously produced a large amount of Baota sugar. However, the taste of this kind of Baota candy is not good, and I am afraid that children will not get used to it, so I put a lot of sugar in it and made it into the shape of candy. It turns out that this Baota sugar has a good insecticidal effect.
With the quiet change of our relationship with the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union didn't want to continue to help us, so it took all the equipment and technology. Without equipment, even with mugwort leaves, it won't help. At this time, domestic researchers began to study how to produce Baota sugar day and night, and later the technology was solved. However, due to the natural disaster in 1960, ascaris lumbricoides began to break out, and the planting area of Artemisiae Scopariae decreased greatly, resulting in fewer and fewer Artemisiae Scopariae in China. Five years later, we began to replant Artemisia annua again, and the result was a special period, which made Artemisia annua chaotic again.
After the unrest, major pharmaceutical companies began to double the production of Baota sugar. At that time, the supply of Baota sugar exceeded demand and it was worthless. Naturally, no one will plant it anymore. 1982 the state removed botatose from the insect repellent, making the seeds of Artemisia capillaris neglected. Until 1985, chrysanthemum morifolium died out in China, and Baota sugar gradually disappeared. Today, although Baota sugar also exists, it is not the raw material used before.
"Riding an ox far beyond a thousand villages, piccolo blows all over Gansu. How many Chang' an fame and fortune guests, the agency is not as good as you. " -Huang Tingjian's The Shepherd's Poetry
We have many wonderful memories when we were young, and Baota sugar is one of them. Whenever we recall our childhood, these white candies are still fresh in our memory. However, Baota sugar disappeared for various reasons. It is difficult to find the taste and time of childhood if you want to go back to the old taste.