What should I pay attention to when cooking Chinese medicine in casserole for the first time?

First, the decocting container should use casserole.

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.

Five, special medicine decoction method:

1, "decoct drugs first": boil 10- 15 minutes, then add other drugs and decoct them together.

2. "Post-medicine": When the general medicine is about to boil to a predetermined amount, put it in the same soup for 5 minutes.

3. "Dissolve medicine": decoct other medicines to a predetermined dose, decoct the medicine juice with low fire, and stir constantly to dissolve it.

4. "taking medicine": taking medicine in decoction or boiling water.

5, other special drugs according to the doctor's advice.

Chinese medicine management:

First, fry one dose every day, two juices for each dose, one juice in the morning and one juice in the evening, usually after meals.