What kind of fire is used to boil Chinese medicine? Boil Chinese medicine fire

Generally prescribed back to the Chinese medicine are required to boil before drinking, we have all seen others use the medicine pot to decoct Chinese medicine, the general decoction process is also more troublesome, mainly to pay attention to the time and fire of the decoction. So, what fire is better for decocting Chinese medicine in general?

1, decoction of Chinese medicine fire

(1) After boiling over a large fire, use a small fire to cook. For the principle, please refer to braised pork stew.

(2) Try to use ceramic or tile pots, not stainless steel, iron pots and other metal utensils. Please refer to Braised Pork Stew.

(3) On the premise of not sticking to the pot, the medicine can be broken a little, as much as possible. The principle is the same as that of braised pork stew.

(4) except for the need to smuggle the upper focus of the medicine, as far as possible, take warm.

(5) do not use the so-called purple sand class cooking medicine. Purple sand will be every time you cook medicine some material energy absorbed into the purple sand, and then released later, so the purple sand pot brewing tea after a few years, the empty pot can also have tea flavor. But the medicine is the same every time you drink it, and you can't use medicine from a few years ago to cure your current illness.

2, do not use an induction cooker

(1) Nowadays, many people use induction cookers and other modern appliances to boil Chinese medicine, but experts pointed out that at home to decoct their own traditional Chinese medicine, it is best to choose firewood, charcoal, or gas stoves lit by an open fire or a professional cooking appliance to boil Chinese medicine. Using an induction cooker to boil Chinese medicine will affect the efficacy of the medicine. Why does using an induction cooker to boil Chinese medicine affect the effectiveness of the medicine?

(2) Chinese medicine is concerned about the "water and fire **** system method", although the induction cooker, microwave ovens and other modern household appliances can reach the heat of the above-mentioned open fire, but they have a different degree of destruction of the active ingredients of Chinese medicine.

(3) Most modern families use iron pots, non-stick pots and stainless steel pots, but it is better not to choose these vessels for decocting Chinese medicine, and the casseroles made in some seriously polluted areas should not be used for decocting Chinese medicines, because during the decoction process, the heavy metals in these vessels will be displaced by the alkaloids or other chemicals in the medicines, which will be taken by the patients into the body, affecting their health.

(4) Chinese medicine practitioners point out that not only is there a time for boiling Chinese medicine, but there is also a time for the vessels used to boil Chinese medicine. Home decoction of Chinese medicine, advocating the choice of authentic clay pots or uncontaminated areas produced by the casserole, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the medicine, contraindicated the use of induction cooker boiling Chinese medicine, also contraindicated the use of iron pots, stainless steel pots boiling Chinese medicine.

3, the general use of containers

(1) decoction of Chinese medicine, the choice of vessels is very important. Boiling preferred casserole, tile pot, followed by enamelware, stainless steel pots, the most avoided use of iron pots and copper pots. The chemical nature of casserole, tile pot is stable, uniform heat, slow heat transfer, decoction of water is not easy to evaporate.

(2) It is important to note that cracks will form when the casserole is suddenly heated or cooled. Therefore, just decocted the casserole should not be immediately cleaned with cool water, can be cooled on a dry piece of wood or shelf and then cleaned the scale of the medicine, casserole on the oil can not be soaked with detergent to prevent sewage infiltration into the fine pores, can be used to drink leftover tea dregs wipe, can also be used to amoy water soaked in baking heat, and then use a brush to scrub.

(3) stainless steel pot heat transfer is too fast, decoction should be often stirred, otherwise the herbs stick to the walls of the pot, a little inattention is easy to paste the pot. Phoenix TCM reminds us to pay special attention to the fact that we must not use iron and copper pots to decoct medicines. Because iron and copper are active elements, easy to react with a variety of chemical components in the Chinese medicine, resulting in toxic side effects.

(4) In addition, you can't use hot water to boil medicine, you should use cool water. You should also pay attention to the fire, generally use martial arts fire (rapid fire) to boil, and then use the fire to simmer slowly. When encountered with special requirements, should be boiled according to the doctor's instructions.

(5) From the above article, we know that the induction cooker is not suitable for boiling traditional Chinese medicine, boiling traditional Chinese medicine can best be used in casserole, tile pots, boiling medicine can not use hot water.

4, the general amount of water

(1) First of all, let's first understand a few basic knowledge of decoction of Chinese medicine. A dose of Chinese medicine is made up of a number of medicines, each with different properties, where indicated:

a. "First decoction" should be first 15 minutes, and then added to the other medicines.

b. "After the next" should be put in 5 to 10 minutes before the medicine is ready to be decocted.

c. Those who use "bag decoction" should wrap it in a cloth bag before putting it into the pot for decoction.

d. "Dissolving" is placed in the decoction of the liquid with a little heat to dissolve it.

e. The medicines that are "taken with a punch" are taken with the decocted medicinal liquid.

(2) decoction head decoction, add cold water over the surface of the medicine 1 to 2 cross fingers, soak for half an hour, its active ingredients are easy to decoct. After boiling over high heat, then decoct over low heat for 20 to 30 minutes, and filter the dregs for backup. Decoct the second decoction with less water, after boiling for another 15 to 20 minutes.

(3) The time of decoction varies for different herbs. Medicines with solid texture should be decocted for 5 to 10 minutes more; tonic medicines can be decocted for 40 to 60 minutes; heat-clearing and symptomatic medicines should be decocted for 5 to 10 minutes less. The amount of liquid in the first and second decoctions should be about one teacup by **** meter, mixed and taken in two doses.

5, need to cover the lid

(1) to make the Chinese medicine slices decocted, so that the active ingredients in the medicine fully decocted, should be covered with a lid decoction is good. Especially when the decoction contains ingredients that can be volatilized with water vapor, such as peppermint, patchouli, sand nuts, etc., it is best to cover the decoction. This can make the water vapor containing volatile components of the drug in the cover condensation, into water droplets dripping back into the pot, thus reducing the loss of the active ingredients of the drug.

(2) For most of the solid texture of the roots, seeds or animal drugs, such as ginseng, astragalus, yellow essence, maitake, schizandra, mealybugs, dragon bones, oysters, etc., should also be covered with a lid decoction, so that the active ingredients of the drug in a limited period of time more be decocted in order to improve the efficacy of the drug.

(3) For those loose texture, large volume of traditional Chinese medicine, such as loofah, Tongcao, mushroom Chen, chrysanthemum, mulberry leaves, etc., decoction due to the liquid easy to overflow, should not be covered with a lid decoction, and should be stirred at any time, so that it is uniformly decocted through.