Chinese herbal drinks are the main means of Chinese medicine treatment, and their own decoction is a necessary and important part of the clinic is time to explain, so I will inform with the help of the Internet. Only applicable to my outpatients. Method 1: Conventional decoction method 1. Step 1: Soak in room temperature tap water or pure water for more than 30 minutes. 2. Step 2: Bring to a boil on high heat (martial fire) and then change to low heat (civil fire), cover the pot tightly and turn off the heat for 10 minutes, and strain out the head decoction. 3, Step 3: Add water, room temperature or boiling water, bring to a boil, cover the pot with a tight lid and cook for another 20 minutes, the second decoction is complete. Step 4: Mix the first decoction and second decoction, totaling about 500~1000ml. Serving method: before and after meals can be more than 30 minutes apart, good absorption on an empty stomach, small stimulation after meals, can be set by themselves; divided into 2 to 3 times a day; drug temperature to take warm, used to room temperature can also be taken at room temperature. The principle of good absorption after taking the stomach is not uncomfortable. Special medicine serving method: “punch”: for subdivision, and decoction of Chinese medicine can be mixed and taken, without decoction. Commonly used: Shen Xiang powder, Chuan Bei powder, Antelope powder, Pearl powder, Andrographis powder, Strychnine powder, Blood exhaust powder, Panax notoginseng powder. “Honey blend serving”: amber powder, insoluble in water, must be dissolved with a little honey, in mixing and taking with the soup. “First decoction”: usually not necessary, just open the paper bag and decoct directly. I will tell you in clinic if you need to decoct first. “After decoction”: just put it in five minutes before the end of the second decoction. For example, peppermint, mangosteen, rhubarb, etc. “Melting”: not directly contact with the pot, but heated over water and steamed and taken in the soup mixture. Such as gum, turtle board gum and other gums. “Single-boiled soup to eat flowers”: commonly used in “saffron”, because the drug is valuable, requires a single 50-100 ml of water boiled for five minutes, saffron soup mixed with the soup, and then eat the flowers. Decoction apparatus: casserole is best. The stainless steel pot used for cooking is also fine. Copper pots and pans are not allowed. Store-bought decoction pots can be timed most convenient. Method 2: Simple decoction method: only 30 minutes of decoction on a civilian fire.