Choice of container: Ceramic jars are best, iron products are forbidden Method: 1. Steeping: First pour a whole packet of medicine into the jar and soak in cold water for half an hour. The amount of water should be soaked to all drugs, if more herbs, should be stirred during the soaking process to achieve full immersion; 2, decoction: Mongolian fire (high fire) to boil the medicine, and then adjusted to a civilian fire (low fire) to cook for half an hour, the juice will be poured out. During the cooking process, the drug should be stirred and should be prevented from staining the pot; add water (less water than the first time), then Mong-hot (high heat) the drug to boil, then adjust to Wen-hot (low heat) and cook for half an hour, and pour out the juice. 3. How to take: Mix the juice of the two times and drink it in two parts. Decoction method for special drugs: First decoction: Put the drug into the medicine jar, add water (the amount of water is determined by the amount of Chinese medicine), first boil the drug with Mongolian fire (high fire), then adjust it to a gentle fire (low fire) for half an hour, then add a whole package of drugs into the jar and repeat method 2. Melting: Add the drug into the decocted juice, let it melt and then take it. For example, 10 grams of antler gum (melted) for a total of 7 doses. It is to divide deer horn gum into 7 parts evenly. After the Chinese medicine is decocted as above, take one part of deer horn gum and add it into the Chinese medicine juice, and stir it fully. If deer horn gum does not melt, you can pour the juice into the medicine pot again and stir it while heating. How to decoct topical herbs Topical herbs are decocted in the same way as internal herbs, a little more water needs to be added when decocting. After decoction, pour out the juice for external use in a sitz bath, strain the dregs, and then decoct again for external use the next day. You can also mix 2 decoctions of herbs for external use. If the medicinal water is not enough, you can add a little warm water. Each sitz bath lasts about 15-20 minutes.