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Advantages and disadvantages of traditional decocting and mechanical decocting

First of all, this question needs to see what kind of frying method is suitable for frying Chinese herbal medicines. I have been engaged in the sales of decocting machines for more than 20 years. According to my experience, the decocted prescription is suitable for normal temperature and pressure decocting machine. Similar to the traditional casserole decocting in the past, the decocting machine is just a little larger in capacity, which can fry all the liquid medicines at one time and pack them into bags for easy taking. The disadvantage of normal temperature and pressure decocting machine is that the amount of water added is difficult to control. At present, doctors prescribe many prescriptions because the planting method (artificial cultivation) determines the efficacy of Chinese herbal medicines. If it is not used in large doses, the treatment effect may be poor. This leads to a problem. If the medicinal materials are submerged in water, the finally boiled Chinese medicine will definitely come out. The decocting staff is very busy, and he doesn't have time to concentrate it for you, that is, after packaging it to the number of bags required by customers, the remaining Chinese medicinal liquid will be discarded. In that case, you will drink diluted liquid medicine, and the curative effect will be greatly reduced. So now Chinese medicine hospitals and clinics will choose closed high-temperature decocting machines to prevent the loss of volatile oil in Chinese herbal medicines, and there is no need to cover the Chinese herbal medicines when adding water, because water and steam are mixed and boiled in a closed pot, and the squeezing effect can fully extract the effective components in the residue. Of course, there are better decocting equipment such as infrared heating decocting machine and low temperature negative pressure decocting machine. So this question is very clear. Let's see what machines they use first, and then decide whether they can cook Chinese medicine with confidence. The last question is the responsibility of the staff in the decocting room.