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The most primitive Chinese medicine dosage form model.

Chinese medicine (1) decoction: it is the most primitive and oldest dosage form. The most prominent feature of decoction is that it can be used in large quantities and comprehensively. Can be compatible with a variety of traditional Chinese medicines, and a large bowl of traditional Chinese medicine can be boiled into a large bowl of soup, which can be drunk at one time. As the saying goes, medicine is better than vegetables, and vegetables are better than water. People can't eat when they have a bad appetite and indigestion, so they can only drink soup because it is the easiest to digest and absorb. If all these medicines are ground into powder to eat, it is a problem whether they can be eaten at first. Moreover, even if you eat it, whether it can be digested is still a problem. If the condition is complicated and you want to get quick results, you can only use decoction.