The amount of water added to the decoction of traditional Chinese medicine is generally 3-5cm above the plane of the tablets. Each dose of medicine is usually decocted 2 times, or 3 times. The amount of water in the first decoction can be more, and the amount in the second and third decoctions can be slightly less. The amount of medicine obtained from each decoction is about 150mL. However, different medicines, dosage and decoction time may lead to different amount of water, please follow the doctor’s instruction.
Usually, the amount of water in the first decoction should be more than 3~5cm of the Chinese medicine, and 3~8 times of the total amount of the medicine should be used. The second decoction should be 1~2cm above the surface of the dregs, and the amount of water used should be reduced to 1/3~1/2 of the first decoction, and the amount of water used for children’s internal soup can be reduced appropriately.
The amount of water should be increased or decreased according to the nature of the medicine. If it is necessary to decoct for a long time and the hard texture should be added more water appropriately, on the contrary, it should be added less; when encountering the majority of water-absorbing traditional Chinese medicines, it can be appropriate to add more water, on the contrary, it should be added less and so on.
Decoction of Chinese medicine is too much water too little are easy to affect the efficacy of the medicine, so the specific way to boil the medicine, such as the amount of water, decoction time, decoction times, etc. need to follow the doctor’s instructions to ensure that the medicine can play the corresponding therapeutic effect. It is recommended that patients follow the doctor’s instructions to decoct Chinese medicine, do not blindly self-medication, so as not to cause damage to the organism.