The following is an example of distilling for medical purposes. Water, paga, and other liquids may be processed in this way. It is assumed that the paga is a brew that is lumpy.
Walks while thinking of what I may wish to make in the way of medicinal preparations. Visions of tinctures and salves float in My mind while I move to the medical wagon. Enters and takes stock of what there is.
Notes that the supply of distilled paga and water are becoming low. Brings out the distilling equipment from storage and sets it up on a table. Leaves for the time needed to bring a bucket of water and a bucket of paga. Returns to the medical wagon and sets the buckets where they will be in easy reach.
Lights the wide, three-wicked candle to begin the heat building. Dips out water and fills the source beaker. Allowing time for it to work, chooses two basins and cloth for straining. Ties the cloth to one basin with leather straps, making sure it is very taut. Lifts the paga bucket onto the table I am working at. Dips paga and pours it onto the stretched cloth, giving the liquid time to seep through the weave. Turns to check on the distiller working.
Sees that the distiller is drawing the water correctly and returns to straining the paga. Dips another bowl of paga and pours it slowly onto the cloth allowing time for the thinner part of the paga to drip through. Scrapes off any solid part of the paga and puts it into another basin.
Checks the water again and fills the pitcher, then pours more water into the source beaker. Steps back to the other table to pour more paga onto the cloth. Lifts the basin to test how heavy it is and how full. Scrapes off any solid and removes the cloth. Sets the basin aside and ties the cloth to an empty basin.
When all the water from the bucket is passed through the distiller and purified, it is stored in sterilized ceramic or glass bottles or jugs and stored behind older containers of sterile water. Changes the filter beakers, blocking the pathway until each is replaced. When all points have clean filter beakers, the source beaker is filled with strained paga. Fills the time by chopping and grinding whole herbs and storing them in that form.
Rises to pour more strained paga into the source beaker and returns to cutting and grinding of herbs, resins, and berries. When all paga has passed through the distiller, it is poured into sterilized ceramic or glass bottles or jugs and added to the current stock, older batches in front to be used first. Pours the paga solid into the empty paga bucket. Carefully cleans and sterilizes the basins and other items used in straining the paga.
Puts each away in its place. Carefully dismantles the distiller, cleans and sterilizes each sectional piece and stores it in its place. Cleans and sterilizes the tables, leaving the floor for the slaves to do the next day. All being stored away, carries the bucket to the serving wagon and leaving it there. The solids are still usable, maybe in cookies or cake or to make paga even lumpier. |