How to decoct Chinese medicine soup correctly?

After the prescription of Chinese medicine from the hospital, we should first put the Chinese medicine into the pot with water to soak up, the amount of water is not more than one finger of the drug to the degree of about half an hour, in order to facilitate the efficacy of the drug can be fully dissolved by the water.

After soaking, the water used to soak the drugs directly began to simmer, the choice of fire should pay attention to the beginning of simmering with high heat to boil the water, boiled for 15 minutes after the turn to small fire simmering, and then simmering to half an hour of time.

The traditional method of boiling is to decoct twice, pour out the juice of the first decoction, then add water and boil again, and then blend the juice of the two boiled medicines together to take.

Nowadays, many people usually decoct only once for the sake of convenience, which is also OK.

On the prescription of traditional Chinese medicine, the doctor will indicate the special decoction method, such as there is a first down, there is a second down, make sure to read it clearly and strictly follow the operation requirements for the decoction.

If the drugs are put down too early, the active ingredients will be volatilized; if the drugs are not decocted first, they may be toxic, or the efficacy of the drugs will not be able to fully seep out.

Decocting Chinese medicine is a complicated process that requires a certain amount of patience.