Can a stainless steel pot boil Chinese medicine?

Yes, but it's better to use a casserole to boil Chinese medicine.

It is reasonable to say that Chinese medicine is better to use enamel or casserole to decoct, because the heat is more uniform.

Boiling in a stainless steel pot is also possible because it has a large capacity and is less prone to drug reactions.

The downside is that stainless steel pots do not heat evenly, and the bottom of the pot is easy to paste, so you have to stir diligently to turn.

It is best not to use stainless steel pots to casserole, enamelware is good, avoid using iron, so as to avoid chemical reactions.

Extended information:

Boiling traditional Chinese medicine selection of pots and pans Note:

The traditional Chinese medicine soup in order to ensure that the tonic therapeutic effect of the decoction, for the decoction of the utensils, water, fire, time and so on, have specific requirements.

So when boiling Chinese medicine, it is appropriate to choose not easy to chemical reaction with the ingredients of the drug, and thermal conductivity is uniform, good insulation performance of the apparatus.

Decoctions should be avoided with iron, aluminum, copper and other metal utensils to casserole, pots and pans are the most appropriate, enamel, stainless steel utensils, followed.

Because the metal is easy to chemical reaction with the ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine, may lead to reduce the efficacy of the soup, and even produce toxic side effects.

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