How to decoct Chinese medicine correctly? The correct method of decocting Chinese medicine?

Many people will come into contact with Chinese herbal medicine in their daily life, because people often choose to see Chinese medicine for many diseases, and most patients need to catch Chinese herbal medicine and go home to decoct their own medicine after seeing Chinese medicine. But many people are not very clear about how to fry Chinese medicine. So how to fry traditional Chinese medicine is correct? What is the correct method of decocting Chinese medicine?

1. Choose a casserole for frying.

Casserole is the best container for decocting medicine. Casserole mainly does not react chemically with the active ingredients in the medicine, and is heated evenly, which is beneficial to the full distribution of drug efficacy; Casseroles also have a certain thermal insulation effect. Metal containers are not suitable for decocting medicine.

Step 2 add the right amount of water

After pouring the medicine into the casserole, it is advisable to add water to 3~5cm above the medicine surface. Soak for half an hour first, and then fry after the effective components of the medicinal materials are leached out. When decocting the medicine for the second time, you can add less water, and the water should be more than 2 cm higher than the medicine surface.

Nourishing medicine, because it takes a long time to boil medicine, you can add a little more water; Flowers, leaves, grass and drugs with easy texture can be treated with appropriate amount of water; Use more water for minerals, shells and medicines with solid texture.

3. The temperature increases first and then decreases.

The firepower of decoction is closely related to the quality of decoction. Excessive firepower, rapid evaporation of water, difficult frying of effective components of drugs, easy to cause drug zooming; The firepower is too small, and the efficacy is not good. Therefore, it is generally boiled with a large fire, and then boiled with a small fire to keep it slightly boiling.

4. Decocting time

The time of decocting drugs should be determined according to the nature and function of drugs. The tonic medicine and the medicine with solid texture are decocted for 40 minutes to 65438+/-0 hours, and decocted for 30-40 minutes; Drugs for relieving exterior syndrome and sweating and drugs with light texture and fragrant smell: first decoction 15~20 minutes, second decoction 10~ 15 minutes; General treatment: decoct for 30 minutes for the first time and 20 minutes for the second time.

Step 5: Skills

1, the medicinal materials should not be fried together with sugar, so as not to affect the efficacy. You can take a bite of sugar after drinking the medicine.

2. It is not recommended to use tap water directly when decocting medicine. You can use cold water for the first time and warm water for the second time. Tap water is mostly disinfected by chlorine, which may have residues more or less, and there are many calcium and magnesium ions, which are easy to react with medicinal materials and may affect the efficacy.

3. It is suggested that someone should watch over the decoction, master the temperature and avoid dryness. If the decoction is dry, it is recommended to pour it out without adding water, because it is toxic or medicinal and should not be used any more.

6. Pay attention to decocting medicine

1, the choice of decocting instruments

Casserole is the best instrument for cooking Chinese medicine, because it has uniform heat conduction, good heat preservation effect and less evaporation water, which can ensure the curative effect of Chinese medicine. The most taboo utensils are iron pot, aluminum pot, copper pot, etc. Because most traditional Chinese medicines are acidic or alkaline, they are easy to react with cookware made of iron pots, copper pots and other materials, so that iron ions and aluminum ions are released in large quantities, and interact with drugs to produce many substances harmful to health, such as iron tannic acid, which not only affects the curative effect of traditional Chinese medicines, but also easily causes side effects such as vomiting and poisoning for users.

2, the decoction should be moderate.

The key to decocting traditional Chinese medicine is to control the amount of water added. Too much or too little water will directly affect the consistency of medicinal soup. Usually, Chinese medicine needs to be decocted twice, and the amount of water for the first time is 3-5 cm higher than the medicine surface. When decocting for the second time, the amount of water should be 2-3 cm higher than the medicine surface. For toxic Chinese herbal medicines that have been boiled for too long, if it is more than 20 minutes, you can add more water appropriately, so it is advisable to cook less than half a bowl of soup at a time.

3, boil medicine temperature control

The duration of boiling medicine directly affects the exertion of medicine. For example, aromatic drugs and exterior-relieving drugs will exert their efficacy to the greatest extent when decocted with fire; Nourishing traditional Chinese medicine needs to be stewed for a long time with low fire to achieve the highest curative effect. However, in general, it only needs to be decocted with strong fire for 10 minute, and then decocted with slow fire for 20 minutes, and the total amount of decoctions twice is about 1 hour.

4, decocting times and the amount of liquid medicine

If Chinese medicine is boiled twice, about 80% of the pharmaceutical ingredients will be effectively separated out, so it is best to cook Chinese medicine for 2-3 times. The dosage of liquid medicine needs to vary from person to person. If it is an adult, leave about 300ml of medicine in half a bowl. For children or people who are tired of drinking Chinese medicine, put about 200ml of medicine in a small bowl. The administration method of Chinese medicine decoction is: before breakfast and after dinner, 1, twice a day.