There is a certain process for boiling Chinese medicine, specifically the following steps: preparation steps, decoction steps, medication precautions and so on.
Preparation steps: first of all, the hospital opened a good Chinese medicine with water to rinse off the surface of the dust and impurities, and then put all the herbs into a casserole or iron pot, add an appropriate amount of pure water will be soaked in herbs for about 30 minutes, add the amount of water needs to be no more than the herbs, it is best to be able to be a little higher, fully soaked in herbs to be able to effectively analyze the drug into the analysis of out.
Decoction step: after soaking the herbs with the soaking water on the stove to start decoction, first open a large fire to boil the water to the smallest fire slowly decoction of herbs, until the inside of the liquid concentration to the decoction of about half the amount of the former can be poured out the liquid.
Then add the water that does not exceed the herbs and start decocting in the same way, or you can directly use the smallest fire to decoct the herbs, which will help the active ingredients of the drug to be completely analyzed. When half of the liquid is left, pour out the liquid and mix it with the first liquid.
Drug precautions: For those with special decoction requirements, you need to follow the requirements of the decoction. For example, oysters, cuttlebone and other shell minerals need to be decocted first for a long time to be decocted separately in advance; for some of the antidepressants such as peppermint, thorns, and other aromatic nature of the need to be followed by the next, depending on the drug to decide.
The basic process of drug decoction is the above steps, for some special decoction requirements of drugs need to follow the doctor’s prescription. If the patient is afraid of their own boiling method is not standardized and lead to the efficacy of the drug can not be completely analyzed, you can also choose the hospital on behalf of the decoction.