After the doctor has prescribed Chinese medicine, how to decoct and how to take it after taking it back? When the medicine is decocted and taken properly, the efficacy will be improved accordingly, and vice versa, so the follow-up work of these treatments is very important. The following I will introduce the decoction method of Chinese medicine according to the clinical operation over the years: 1, the choice of decoction utensils: casserole preferred, stainless steel, rice cooker can also be, avoid using copper, aluminum, iron pot. 2. Soak in cold water for 1-2 hours before decocting, and decoct each medicine twice (first juice and second juice). 3, the decoction of the fire: first martial fire after the fire, that is, before the boiling pot is appropriate to use a large fire, so that the water quickly boil, after boiling with a small fire to maintain a slight boiling state, so as to reduce water evaporation, in order to facilitate the decoction of the active ingredients of the drug, the length of the fire varies, ranging from 3-120 minutes, depending on the condition. If it is stainless steel and other fast heat transfer can not be used, because the fire is easy to cause paste pot. 4, the decoction of special drugs: packet decoction – the need to wrap up with medicine gauze bag and then put together with other drugs decoction; first decoction – minerals and other active ingredients difficult to decoction out of Chinese medicine, or toxic Chinese medicine, need to decoction through a long decoction out of the active ingredients or eliminate toxicity; after After decoction – herbs that are volatile need to be added about 3 minutes before the end of the decoction; Melting – gum herbs need to be melted separately and added to the decoction; Frying with vinegar – vinegar needs to be fried separately before being added to other medicines. Frying with vinegar – you need to fry it separately and then put it together with other medicines; breaking – some nuts need to be broken to facilitate the decoction of active ingredients; decoction separately – individual precious herbs need to be decocted separately and then added to the decocted Chinese medicine. 5. Note: why the casserole is easy to break – the hot pot should not be poured into cold water immediately after the first decoction, because of the effect of heat expansion and cold contraction, the casserole is easy to break. 6, the time to take medicine: tonic medicine should be taken on an empty stomach, the best tonic effect; general medicine should be taken 1-2 hours after meals to prevent stimulation of the gastric mucosa; tranquilizing medicine should be taken before bedtime; sweating medicine for the treatment of colds should be taken after the cover, serve hot porridge to facilitate sweating. 7. Preservation of Chinese medicine: Refrigerate and pack in plastic bags to prevent moisture and mildew. If you have any other abnormal reactions during taking the medicine, contact your attending physician in time.