Pay attention to decocting traditional Chinese medicine and taking methods.

Select the container for decocting traditional Chinese medicine

Chinese medicine is best decocted in casserole and ceramic crock (aluminum products and enamel utensils are also acceptable), and iron is forbidden. Because the chemical properties of ceramics are stable, in the complex chemical reaction of drug decoction, it will not? Interference? The synthesis and decomposition of drugs lead to the effect of drugs. However, the commonly used iron pot containers are easy to react with tannins, glycosides and other components contained in traditional Chinese medicine during the decocting process, which leads to the reduction or failure of drug efficacy or even reaction, so it is not suitable for use.

A Chinese medicinal decoction method

1. Casseroles, enamelware and stainless steel should be used for decocting containers, and iron should not be used.

Second, Chinese medicine should be soaked in cold water for about 20 minutes before frying. Generally, the water consumption for decoction after soaking the powder is 1-3cm. Drugs with large dosage, loose foam and easy water absorption can increase the water consumption appropriately.

Three, decocting time should be based on the nature of the drug, the general drug is 30 minutes. Antiexterior drugs, antipyretic drugs and aromatic drugs should not be decocted for a long time. Boil and then fry 15-20 minutes. After the tonic is boiled with strong fire, it is slowly decocted with slow fire for 40-60 minutes. Stir the ingredients for 2-3 times when boiling. Each dose of traditional Chinese medicine is generally decocted twice, and the second decoction time can be slightly shorter.

Dosage of decoction: 50- 100 ml for children. Adult 150-200ml per dose.

Master the method of taking.

Chinese herbal medicine Winter clothes? 、? Hot suit? In short, the time to take medicine is also particular.

Warm-taking method: when the liquid medicine is neither cold nor hot, this method is often used for general drugs and tonics.

Hot compress: Take it while it is hot. Hot compress can sweat and relieve exterior syndrome, treat internal cold and help to get rid of chronic cold. Hot compress with cold medicine can treat deficiency cold and excess heat syndrome.

Cold taking method: take the liquid medicine after cooling or refrigerating. This method is used to treat internal heat, and cold clothing is helpful to clear away heat and detoxify.

Immediate administration: the drug can be taken once, which can quickly exert its efficacy and is suitable for treating severe and gastrointestinal diseases.

Frequency administration: that is, frequent drinking or swallowing several times, mostly used for throat diseases.

Oral administration: As the long-term decoction of aromatic drugs such as Aquilaria Resinatum and Radix Aucklandiae affects the curative effect, first put the drugs into the cup, pour the soup into the cup while it is hot, and soak it for a while before taking it.

Conditioning method: this method is mostly used for rhinoceros horn, antelope horn, bezoar, Tianqi and other drugs. Generally, these drugs are respectively ground into powder and mixed with appropriate amount of decoction or mixed with water, wine, vinegar, honey and sucrose.

Administration mode: pill, powder, pill, ointment, etc. Send it with warm water; Take cold-dispelling drug light salt water; Drugs for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis can be taken with wine to help the drug effect.

Inclusion method: put pills or tablets in your mouth and let them dissolve gradually in your mouth to play a therapeutic role.

Fasting method: taking medicine on an empty stomach means taking medicine half an hour before meals or two hours after meals. It is mainly used for expelling worms, attacking or treating vascular diseases of limbs.

Before meals: Take the medicine 30-50 minutes before meals. This method is often used to treat deficiency syndrome and gastrointestinal diseases.

After meals: take the medicine 20 minutes after meals 15. This method is often used to treat heart and lung diseases.

Exterior-relieving drugs should generally be taken warm to achieve the purpose of sweating; Antidotes, antitussives and antipyretics should be taken with a cold; Nourishing drugs should be taken on an empty stomach, which is easy to digest and absorb, but the amount should not be too much; Antipsychotic drugs should be used half an hour before going to bed to strengthen the effect of drugs; People with spleen and stomach weakness should take medicine after meals, and drugs with strong stimulation to gastrointestinal tract should be taken after meals; Antidiarrheal drugs should be taken on an empty stomach, not at night, and should be stopped after defecation is smooth; For vomiting, it is advisable to take a small amount of medicine in several times to reduce the burden on the stomach, or take a little ginger juice first to reduce adverse reactions and stop vomiting; Traditional Chinese medicine should not be taken with tea and milk, because tea and milk are easy to react with some drugs and reduce their efficacy.

Boiling method of special medicine

The purpose of decocting first is to increase the solubility of drugs, reduce the toxicity of drugs and give full play to the curative effect. (1) Minerals: shellfish and crustacean drugs, because of their hard texture, the effective components are not easy to decoct, so they must be decocted first. (2) toxic drugs, such as aconite and aconite. It should be decocted 1 ~ 2 hours first, and then decocted for a long time, so as to achieve the purpose of attenuation or detoxification. ③ Some plant medicines, such as Tianzhu Huang, Cannabis, Dendrobium, can only be effective if they are decocted first. 2) The purpose of down-regulation is to reduce the loss of volatile oil and prevent the decomposition and destruction of effective components. (1) Drugs with fragrant smell and more volatile oil; 2 drugs that should not be decocted for a long time 3) decoctions 1 pollen drugs; ② Drugs containing more starch and mucilage, such as Semen Plantaginis, are easy to stick to the pan for gelatinization and coking, and need to be fried. (3) For drugs with fluff, such as Inula, it can prevent fluff from falling off and mixing into soup to stimulate the throat and cause cough. 4) Melt and pour some glue or sugar, such as donkey-hide gelatin, antler glue, honey, maltose, etc. , should add appropriate amount of boiling water to melt, rush into the soup or melt into soup. If decocted together, the viscosity of the liquid medicine will be high, which will affect the dissolution of other components and the glue will also suffer certain losses.

How many times should a pair of Chinese medicines be decocted?

Generally speaking, after a pair of Chinese medicines are decocted twice, the effective components have been greatly reduced, so it is better to decoct twice. However, for prescriptions with large dosage, more active ingredients may be left after two decoctions, which can be decocted for the third time, three times a day, which not only saves traditional Chinese medicine resources, but also improves the curative effect to a certain extent.

Taboos and precautions for drinking traditional Chinese medicine

Taboo to drink Chinese medicine, although there are many kinds of western medicine in today's society, there are still many diseases that need to be treated by drinking Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine is not as widely used as western medicine, so what are the taboos for drinking Chinese medicine? This is also a concern of many people. Let's give you a detailed introduction:

First, don't drink strong tea when eating traditional Chinese medicine, because tea contains tannic acid. If taken at the same time with traditional Chinese medicine, it will affect the absorption of effective components of traditional Chinese medicine and reduce the curative effect.

Second, don't eat radishes when eating traditional Chinese medicine, because radishes have the function of digestion and gas-breaking, especially when eating nourishing traditional Chinese medicines such as ginseng, eating radishes will not only reduce the tonic effect, but also affect the tonic effect of drugs.

Third, patients with digestive tract diseases, such as hepatitis and chronic gastroenteritis, should never eat garlic when taking drugs for invigorating the spleen and warming the stomach. Because garlic contains allicin, which can stimulate gastrointestinal mucosa, traditional Chinese medicine can not effectively play a therapeutic role.

Four, taking Chinese medicine decoction and pills, should not eat cold, greasy food. Because cold food not only stimulates the gastrointestinal tract, but also affects the absorption of drugs in the gastrointestinal tract, greasy food is not easy to digest and absorb, and the mixture of greasy food and drugs will hinder the absorption of effective components in the gastrointestinal tract, thus reducing the curative effect.

In addition, patients with sore skin should not eat fish, shrimp, crab, mutton, pork and other foods. Edema patients should not eat salt. Patients with hepatitis should not eat spicy, spicy and greasy food.