Is it better to boil Chinese medicine for a long time or a short time, and whether it is a high fire

1) Container for decoction: preferably a casserole, or an enamel basin. These utensils do not easily react chemically with drugs. Iron pots, aluminum pots and copper decoctions are prohibited. Because when boiling medicine, the medicine and metal will have a chemical reaction, which will change the properties of the medicine and reduce the efficacy.

2) Soak the medicine in water before decoction: Before decoction, soak the medicine in cold water for half an hour, and the amount of water added is higher than the two fingers of the medicine surface after the herb is soaked, so that the water is fully soaked to facilitate the decoction of the effective ingredients. Most Chinese herbal medicines contain protein, so do not soak it in hot water, otherwise the protein on the surface of the drug will immediately coagulate, affecting the precipitation of the active ingredients.

3) Decoction time and frequency: It is advisable to cook twice. cough and asthma medicines, generally after the head decoction is boiled, fry for another 15 20 minutes, pour out the medicinal juice, add a small amount of water, and boil for 10 15 minutes; Pour out the medicinal juice and mix it with the first decoction, take a total of 50 150ml of juice, and take it twice in the morning and evening.

4) Decoction of Chinese medicine: Start with a simmer for decoction, and switch to low heat after boiling. The decoction container should be covered, and attention should be paid to constant stirring to prevent the medicine from spilling into the pan.

5) Decoction first: decoction with water for 20 minutes, then add group medicine to decoction; After the medicine: put it in the pot 10 minutes before the group medicine is decocted, and fry for a total of 10 minutes; Pack decoction:

Wrap it in clean gauze and decoction it with the group medicine; Cooking medicine: After the group medicine is decocted, put the medicine in a bowl, rinse and stir well with hot medicinal juice.

6) You can't drink the decoction of Chinese medicine: After decocting the Chinese medicine, you can't add water to decoction and take it again. Because after decoction, the chemical composition of the drug will change, not only will it not play its due role, but may cause the opposite effect.

Hello According to different medications** the time of illness is not the same.

It's good for a long time, it's good to have a small fire, otherwise how can it be called.

Moderate is the best, especially too much.

1. The boiling time of traditional Chinese medicine is not the longer the better.

According to the nature of each drug, some drugs need a long time, some drugs need a short time, different drugs take different times, some drugs lose their efficacy if they are too long, and some drugs cannot stimulate the effect of the drug after a long time. Let's talk about how long different medications take.

2 Generally speaking, such drugs are mostly plant rhizomes, fruits, and animal crustaceans, such as Codonopsis, Astragalus, Atractylodes, Rehmannia Rehmannia, Turtle Plate, Turtle Carapace, Deer Antlers and other heavy products. Its characteristics are hard and thick, greasy and strong, the drug contains a lot of nutrients, the purpose of decoction is to decoction of these active ingredients, so the time should be long, otherwise this purpose will not be achieved.

The first decoction is counted from 1 hour after boiling, and about 30 minutes after the second decoction is boiled, to eliminate the white core (when decocting the medicine, take out the tablets and break them to see it, if there is no white core, it proves that the medicine has been decocted thoroughly; On the contrary, it has not yet been fried).

3. After people have been affected by external sensations, doctors use diaphoretic detoxification to eliminate external evils. This kind of medicine is mostly whole herbs, flowers, leaves, such as ephedra, asaroxin, peppermint, chrysanthemum and other light products. Its sex is exuding, the taste is spicy, and it contains more volatile oils.

The purpose of decoction is to take its spicy fragrance, so the time should be short, and the taste will be lost if it is long decoction, and the effect is not good.

10 to 15 minutes after the first decoction, 5 to 10 minutes after the second decoction.

4 is an ordinary ** medicine, or ** mainly, with a slight tonic effect. The characteristics of this type of drug have many properties, about 30 minutes after boiling and decoction can take the first juice, and the second juice can be fried for another 20 minutes.

For example, we can't use an iron pot to boil medicine, we should use a clay pot or a special medicine pot to boil medicine. And when boiling Chinese medicine, you can't use high heat to decoction medicine, you must decoction it slowly over low heat, so that the medicinal properties of Chinese medicine can be better, and the disease can heal faster.

When boiling Chinese medicine, it is best to use a clay pot or a special medicine pot to boil medicine, this kind of jar is particularly good, we know how much water should be given, and when boiling medicine, the heat preservation ability of this jar is also relatively good, and it will not dissipate heat so quickly, so that you can drink medicine slowly. If you use an iron pot to boil medicine, it is possible to cause the Chinese medicine to react with the iron pot, so that the Chinese medicine contains some iron, which may cancel out the medicinal properties and weaken the medicinal properties of the Chinese medicine. Therefore, it is necessary to buy a special clay pot or a special medicine pot to boil Chinese medicine, so as to make the Chinese medicine better.

And when boiling traditional Chinese medicine, you can't use high heat to decoction, you should use low heat to decoction, so that you can force out the medicinal properties in traditional Chinese medicine, so that the medicinal soup can become more able to disease. Therefore, there are a lot of particularities in traditional Chinese medicine, and we must ask Chinese medicine before boiling traditional Chinese medicine, so that we can make traditional Chinese medicine better.

Boiling Chinese medicine should be done over a simmer, and coal or firewood should also be used, so that the Chinese medicine can be boiled well, and the Chinese medicine will not be boiled or boiled dry. Therefore, many people now do not like to boil Chinese medicine, because boiling Chinese medicine is also a chronic job, and it must be kept in front of the medicine pot, if you don't keep it in front of the medicine pot, it is possible to make the Chinese medicine boil. Therefore, many people now do not like to boil Chinese medicine, they will buy the kind of medicine that has been boiled, and then heat it directly to drink.

However, this kind of traditional Chinese medicine is still not boiled directly, and the good medicinal properties of traditional Chinese medicine may delay the treatment, so it is still recommended to boil traditional Chinese medicine.

The general medicinal materials of boiling Chinese medicine are simmered on low heat, first of all, when cooking, we have to soak the Chinese medicine for about half an hour, and then boil it over high heat, and then turn to low heat, when boiling on low heat, we should also keep the liquid medicine in the pot boiling, ordinary medicinal materials should be kept on low heat for more than 30 minutes, and some special medicinal materials need about an hour.

Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to slow simmering over low heat, so in the process of boiling Chinese medicine, the fire should be controlled and slowly boiled over low heat, so that the medicinal materials can exert their medicinal power.

Be sure to pay attention to the heat, pay attention to the use of medicines, need to pay attention to the introduction of medicines, medicines need to be soaked in advance, so that they can be better used, and when boiling Chinese medicine, it is necessary to simmer over low heat.

Pay attention to the time, pay attention to the ratio between water and traditional Chinese medicine, pay attention to the heat, and pay attention to the temperature, generally medium heat is enough.

When we prepare Chinese herbal medicines, we will see that the medicine bag has written the decoction time, what medicine to take first, what medicine to take later, etc. This shows that the decoction time of traditional Chinese medicine is closely related to the efficacy of the medicine. Therefore, it is not right to decoction as long as possible.

The medicinal properties are different, and the length of torment time is also different. Generally, 30 minutes is appropriate for Chinese herbal medicines, and it is necessary to take longer for strong tonic drugs, and sweating drugs and volatile drugs are generally only decocted for 20 minutes. Some people believe that the curative effect of Chinese herbal medicine can be determined by the color, and the longer the torment time, the darker the color, the better the medicinal effect.

In fact, the Chinese herbs are usually fried for 30 minutes, and the active ingredients have been dissolved into the soup, so there is no need to extend the time. In addition, the active ingredients of some drugs will be destroyed due to the prolonged torment, and the volatile substances will also be volatilized, reducing the efficacy of the drug.

Therefore, decoction of Chinese medicine must be based on the doctor's instructions on the medicine bag, if there is no doctor's advice, the medicine can be decocted for 30 minutes. In addition, it is necessary to use a simmer when boiling traditional Chinese medicine, because the decoction of herbs over high fire can often make the protein contained in the plant and Chinese herbs coagulate quickly, affecting the precipitation of the active ingredients.

Can't stay up for too long, generally the old Chinese medicine will tell you when prescribing medicine, how many bowls of water are fried into a bowl of water, and boiling Chinese medicine can not be boiled with a rush, must be boiled with a simmer, so according to different medicines, the boiling time will be different, and some medicines are added when the furnace is almost closed, so be sure to ask the attending doctor or pharmacist when dispensing medicine.

And decoction must be made of earthy utensils, aluminum pots, iron pots and other metal utensils will undergo redox reaction with the drug, and the efficacy will change, so it is best to use ceramics or casseroles.

No, the tonic Chinese medicine is generally about an hour. The traditional Chinese medicine for colds is between 15 minutes and half an hour, because the traditional Chinese medicine for colds contains volatile oils, and long-term decoction is ineffective. There are also some poisonous Chinese medicines, which should be boiled first, and they should be fried for half an hour to an hour.

There are also some ore medicines that are also decocted first, such as gypsum. These will be ordered by a doctor.

Traditional Chinese medicine is not the better the time, it is recommended that you buy Chinese medicine according to the time said by the pharmacist, boiling for too long will not only be unfavorable to the efficacy of the medicine but will destroy the medicinal properties of the medicine, Zhuzhou Shennong Chinese Medicine Museum will answer for you, if it helps, thank you.

Nowadays, more people tend to treat diseases with traditional Chinese medicine, and the doctor will prescribe you a few pairs of traditional Chinese medicine to regulate the body, but against the decoction of traditional Chinese medicine, many people begin to worry, and they can not master the skills of decoction of traditional Chinese medicine, which will affect the play of the efficacy, many people think that the decoction of traditional Chinese medicine for a longer time can maximize the dissolution of the efficacy, and the longer the decoction of traditional Chinese medicine, the better.

The decoction method is different, and the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine is different. Traditional Chinese medicine is very particular about the decoction of traditional Chinese medicine, the same prescription, because the decoction and administration of the drug are different, the indications and effects of the first are not the same, even if the syndrome differentiation of a disease is accurate, and the medication is appropriate, if the decoction and taking methods are improper, it is impossible to exert the due efficacy.

So, how to decoction of Chinese medicine is the right one?

In fact, decoction is not to save trouble, decoction utensils, water and decoction time are all particular. Choose more ceramic casserole or enamel pot with a lid, add water, then the water surface is 2-3 cm higher than the decoction piece after soaking, if the medicinal flavor is more, the volume is large, the water absorption is strong, and the decoction time is long. Add water and stir before decoction and soak for about 30 minutes.

The decoction heat and time also directly affect the quality of the decoction, generally the first fire (rapid fire), after boiling (slow fire) to keep the boiling state until the decoction requirements are met.

Different decoction methods are very different, which is directly related to the first effect, for the first external susceptibility of the diaphoretic anti-surface medicine, multi-line flowers, leaves, whole herbs, etc., this kind of drug is light and divergent, the smell is aromatic, contains more volatile oil, and it is easy to volatilize its active ingredients after long-term decoction. Therefore, the decoction time should be short, and it is advisable to use a military fire (high fire) to fry urgently. For tonic and conditioning medicines, the cooking time needs to be extended, and slowly boiled with a simmer (low heat), and the first decoction is boiled from the soup for another 30-60 minutes to filter out the medicinal soup; For the second decoction, boil for another 20-30 minutes.

Simmering slowly can make the drug ingredients fully dissolve in the soup, so that the effect of the medicine can be optimal.

In fact, decoction of Chinese medicine is a process of continuous release and dissolution of the active ingredients in the Chinese medicine, and this process stops when the concentration of the active ingredients in the Chinese medicine and the liquid medicine is balanced. Continuous decoction will not only not make the active ingredients in the drug continue to precipitate and dissolve, but will reduce the active ingredients in the liquid medicine due to continuous evaporation, and even destroy the active ingredients in the high temperature for a long time, resulting in a decrease in the efficacy of the drug. Secondly, the excessively concentrated medicinal juice will aggravate the bitter taste, which will bring difficulties to the patient to take the medicine, and will cause nausea and vomiting after taking the medicine.

Some drugs require special decoction methods, and the doctor will indicate in the prescription, such as decoction first, decoction, then medicine, dissolution (boiling), and other decoction, soaking, washing, decoction instead of water, etc., before taking the medicine, you must ask the doctor or pharmacist, I believe that if you can decoction and take it correctly, you can really play the role of the drug and achieve the purpose of treatment.

Soak flowers and leaves for half an hour, and fruits and rhizomes for one hour. Summers are slightly shorter and winters are slightly longer.

No. Correct decoction can achieve a better concentration to ensure the effect and safety. When decocting the medicine, the water surface of the general soaking medicine exceeds the drug by 2 5 cm, if there are loose drugs such as flowers and plants, it is recommended to add a little more water when decoction.

Most Chinese medicines are boiled over a fire and then fried for 20 minutes.

Except for the fact that the decoction of tonic medicine takes a little longer, most Chinese herbs do not require thick decoction. In particular, the decoction time of anti-epidermal, heat-clearing and aromatic drugs is shorter, such as ephedra, cinnamon and other anti-epithetical drugs, honeysuckle, chrysanthemum and other heat-clearing drugs, and aromatic drugs such as sand kernel and agarwood. People with wind chill and cold often need to relieve the cold, and the time of decoction of the medicine should not be too long; For those who regulate qi deficiency, tonic medicine needs to be thickly decoctioned.

The specific extent of decoction and the amount of decoction need to be determined by a Chinese medicine practitioner according to the condition, and the amount of decoction should not be increased or the decoction time should be extended without authorization.

It is difficult to say that some difficult medicines such as keel, oysters or poisonous medicines such as aconite are recommended to be fried for a long time, but mint, nepeta, parsnip, etc., which are used for colds with volatile oil as the main medicinal ingredient, are not recommended to be fried for a long time.

Of course not, boiling Chinese medicine is also about heat, and boiling for a long time will destroy the active ingredients of Chinese medicine!

What you said is very reasonable, some Chinese medicine ingredients are very good to boil down, such as heat clearing and detoxification drugs only need to boil for 5 minutes, otherwise the effect of the medicine will be volatilized, presumably you should have studied organic chemistry, in fact, the active ingredients of Chinese medicine are those organic substances. Mineral drugs need to stay up for a little longer. Medicines such as Coptis rhubarb only need two boils.

So your mother-in-law's method is not advisable!! The time of soaking the medicine can be appropriately longer, as long as the medicine is not fermented. I specialize in Chinese medicine.