What kind of pot is good for decoction?

Decoction pot material can choose ceramic, casserole or stainless steel Guo better.

Casserole, tile pots are easy to dry and crack, the decoction process is also easy to stick slag, generally need to stir, so there must be a person to look after, otherwise it is easy to accidentally overflow, burn paste, cracks. Enamel surface are coated with glaze, glaze generally contain lead, due to the Chinese medicine has a weak acid or alkaline, so that the lead in the glaze is easy to precipitate.

Chinese medicine decoction utensils

Chinese medicine decoction utensils: the first choice is to use ceramic vessels in the casserole, casserole pots. Secondly, white enamelware or stainless steel pots can be used. Note that the decoction avoid using iron, copper, aluminum and other metal utensils.

There is no requirement for a stove to decoct medicines, but attention should be paid to the decoction of fire and time. Decoction of general medicine should be the first martial arts fire after the fire, that is, before boiling with a large fire, after boiling with a small fire to maintain the state of micro-boiling. If it is an antidote to epidemics and other aromatic medicines, it is usually sufficient to boil them quickly over a high heat and then boil them over a low heat for about 10-15 minutes. If it is mineral medicine, bone and horn medicine, shell medicine, crustacean medicine and tonic medicine, it should generally be decocted over a long period of time with a gentle fire.