What does medicine pot mean?

If you simply explain it from this word, you can have three meanings:

1 is a kind of cognition in a broad sense, that is, the "decocting pot" for boiling traditional Chinese medicine, which is often called the medicine pot in daily life and can be divided into two types: pottery pot and sand pot, as shown in the following figure.

In the past, it was very common to boil Chinese medicine in medicine pots, so almost every household had one or two medicine pots. However, with the progress of science and technology and the improvement of living standards, our life has become more and more convenient, which is reflected in two aspects:

First, you can decoct the medicine yourself as before, you can ask a medical institution to decoct it on your behalf, or you can choose bagged granular products similar to Ganmao Granules (unlike Ganmao Granules and other medicines, these granules are single medicinal materials in Chinese medicine prescriptions) and mix them according to the doctor's prescription.

Secondly, the decocting pot has developed from the original pure pottery pot and casserole to a safer, more hygienic and more convenient electric decocting pot and a decocting device with intelligent setting function.

2. It can refer to porcelain jars for storing medicinal materials. Because of its low water absorption and good sealing, porcelain is often used to seal Chinese herbal medicine, tea, ointment, fermented bean curd and so on. For example:

3, is an extended meaning, a quasi-usage, referring to people who are weak and take drugs all the year round.