Some Chinese medicines can be ground into powder and taken directly, while others need to be decocted, soaked in boiling water, decocted and smoked, or pounded and applied externally, etc. The usage of different Chinese medicines or the same Chinese medicine used for different diseases may be different, so no generalization can be made.
Some Chinese medicines can be ground into powder and taken directly, such as pepper, crane grass buds, etc. Pepper for medicinal purposes has the effect of warming the middle and dispersing cold (to warm the spleen and stomach medicines to dispel the cold), under the qi, phlegm, can be directly powdered and swallowed; crane grass buds have the effect of killing worms, and the active ingredient of the virtually insoluble in water, and its use is also powdered and swallowed.
However, not all of the Chinese medicine can be ground into powder to take directly, some need to be decocted, boiled water or decoction of the service or decoction of the soup fumigation, pounding external compresses, etc., the specific use of the nature of the herbs and the patient’s condition and other factors, different Chinese medicines or the same Chinese medicines used for different diseases, the use of its use may be different.
If you are not feeling well, it is recommended that you consult a doctor in a timely manner and use the herbs reasonably in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, do not take medication without authorization, so as not to cause damage to the organism.