Chinese medicine decoction generally need to use a casserole, pressure cooker decoction is not conducive to the precipitation of the active ingredients, but also can not be decocted after some drugs, so it is generally not recommended to use a pressure cooker to boil Chinese medicine.
Chinese medicine decoction needs to be boiled over high heat, and then slow cooking over low heat, so that the active ingredients are slowly analyzed. The pressure cooker pressure, can make the water is boiled dry in a short period of time, but does not cook the drug through, is not conducive to the active ingredients precipitation.
In addition, the decoction of traditional Chinese medicine has the first decoction of drugs, such as dragon bone, oyster, after the drug sand nuts, hooker, etc., pressure cooker decoction can not be done to intermittently add drugs. And the pressure cooker can’t see how much water the decocted drugs, it is easy to paste the pot.
It is recommended to choose traditional casserole or electric casserole for decoction.