The water used to soak the herbs when boiling Chinese medicine should not be poured away and can be used directly for decoction.
Before the decoction of Chinese medicine usually need to be soaked first, so that the herbs are fully soaked and absorb water, and then can be decocted. The water used to soak the medicine cannot be poured out directly, because the medicine has been cleaned and other steps have been carried out in the process of concocting, and the tablets obtained are clean, so there is no need to clean and pour out the excess water after soaking.
Secondly, the water in which the Chinese medicine is soaked contains the active ingredients of some herbs, which may affect the efficacy of the medicine after it is poured out, resulting in a waste of herbs.
Soaked Chinese medicine directly decocted, usually decocted twice can be poured out to mix, and then follow the doctor’s instructions to take, decocted drugs have questions can consult a doctor.