How to boil Chinese medicine? How much water to put exactly? For how long?

Soaking before decoction: the first decoction (one decoction) is generally soaked for 30 minutes, and the drugs mainly seeds and fruits can be soaked for one hour; When decoction (second decoction) again, do not soak again. The amount of water added to the first decoction exceeds the drug by 2-5 cm, and the second decoction can be added with water to submerge the drug.

Number of decoctions: Generally decoction twice. One long frying is not a substitute for two split frying.

Decoction heat: Generally, use high heat (martial fire) before boiling, and keep it slightly boiling with low heat (simmer) after boiling. For anti-episodic and aromatic drugs, it is advisable to fry them over high heat to avoid volatilization of medicinal properties and reduced efficacy; For tonic medicine, it is advisable to fry it on low heat for a long time to make the active ingredients of the medicine exhausted.

Decoction time: general medicine, the first decoction should be boiled and then fried over low heat for 20-25 minutes, and then fried over low heat for 15-20 minutes after the second decoction; 10-15 minutes for one decoction and 10 minutes for two decoctions; The first decoction of the tonic is 30-40 minutes, and the second decoction is 25-30 minutes. The longer the decoction is not always better.

Special decoction: The small packet of medicine filled with "decoction first" in the medicine bag is decocted for 30 minutes before adding group medicine; The small packet of medicine injected with "back down" should be put into the decoction 5---10 minutes before the group medicine is decocted; A small packet of medicine with "Bao decoction" is wrapped with gauze and put into the medicine group to fry together; A small packet of medicine filled with "Xuanhua" is taken after decoction and dissolution with the decoction of the decoction liquid and the "Xuanhua" medicine; A small packet of medicine with "Wash" is used to take it with a decoction.

Be sure to use a casserole, according to the dosage, soak it for about 20 minutes, then boil it for the first time for 30 minutes, about half a bowl, and then add water for the second time, about 20 minutes, mix it together in a bowl, and drink it three times. Be sure to give points.

Sometimes Chinese medicine will prescribe medicine according to our condition, let us go home to make medicine, and how to add water to boil Chinese medicine is a common problem, the amount of water added will affect the effect of the drug, affect the effect of the drug. So, how much water do you put in boiling Chinese medicine?

How much water do you need to boil Chinese medicine? Generally add 3-4 bowls of water to boil Chinese medicine (generally soaked in the medicine noodles about 1 thumb is not knotted), and the water is generally 3 4cm higher than the medicine noodles. Some medicines float up with the water, you can mix them and then measure the water mark until the Chinese medicine is thoroughly soaked, preferably for half an hour before cooking.

How many bowls of water do you need to add to boil Chinese medicine? Another way is to put 500 600ml of water in the first decoction and 400ml of water in the second decoction. It is advisable to soak the Chinese medicine in water for half an hour before frying, so that it is easy to fry the chlorogenic acid.

The amount of decoction is determined according to the patient's condition, age and other details. The dosage for adults is about 200 300ml, and the dosage for children is about 1 4 1 2 for adults, that is, 50 150ml.

The water used for boiling Chinese medicine must be cold water (for drinking water or mineral water, you can see your standards, it is highly recommended to use mineral water or drinking water, and then use it for half a day), not boiling water. Everyone must add sufficient water to boil Chinese medicine, soak the herbs during the boiling process, and avoid dry boiling. When it is boiled, the top layer of medicinal materials will not be boiled, and the ingredients in the medicine will not be boiled out or will come out less.

If you drink it to see a doctor, the drug will not be very effective because the dosage is not enough.

Before boiling Chinese medicine, it is best to rinse the medicine with cold water and soak it, and the water flow rate should be able to soak the medicinal materials, preferably about three centimeters higher. Practical experience has proved that before decocting traditional Chinese medicine, the temperature of the water soaked in the herbs should be between 40 and 50 degrees Celsius, so that the water can be slowed down in the deep medicinal material body, so that the structure of the medicinal materials will be more and more loose and bulging, can be melted faster, and the chlorogenic acid in the medicinal materials can also be decocted faster.

Under normal circumstances, one bowl needs two bowls of water, and the ratio is 1:2. This ratio is very correct, and it is also what the doctor said.

When boiling Chinese medicine, you should put water according to your own container, don't put too much, don't put too little, too much medicine can not be played, too little is easy to paste the pot, so you should look at the appropriate amount of put.

Generally speaking, we use a casserole to boil traditional Chinese medicine, and when boiling traditional Chinese medicine, we need to fill up the water, and then boil the water until there is only about 10,000 left.

What are the particulars of boiling Chinese medicine? How much water should I fill when boiling Chinese medicine? Never decoction Chinese medicine in hot water.

Similarly, soak the medicine for a period of time before decoction, so that the water can penetrate into the internal tissues of the medicine, so as to facilitate the active ingredients of the decoction, but do not use hot water, only cold water. How to add water, follow to find out.

The decoction of traditional Chinese medicine uses water as the solvent, and the amount of water added should be determined according to the performance, volume, water absorption rate and the amount of the first drug required. If too much water is added, the concentration of the drug is too low, and the liquid is too much, it will affect the efficacy; Adding too little water will not only make it difficult to decoction the active ingredients of the drug, but also easy to decoction coke, which will be wasteful and cause the opposite effect. This article describes three different methods of adding water.

Traditional method of adding water: Put the Chinese medicine into the casserole, spread the Chinese medicine by hand, and then add water 3 4cm (little finger height) above the surface of the medicine. This method is the easiest, most convenient, and most commonly used, but the accuracy is a bit poor.

Water measurement method: add water with a measuring cup or graduated cylinder, and the amount of water added is different according to different ** drugs and their heads and two decoctions. According to the regulations of Shanghai Pharmaceutical Company, the amount of water added to the decoction of each medicine is:

Conditioning tonics, 700-900 ml of water for the second decoction, 400-450 ml for the second decoction; General medicine (usually based on traditional Chinese medicine** various diseases), decoction 500-700 ml, decoction 300-350 ml; To relieve the symptoms of colds, decoction 400-600ml for the first decoction and 280-300ml for the second decoction. This method is more accurate than the traditional water addition method, but if the drug is used in large amounts, the amount of water is less.

How to add water weight and water method when decocting medicine: According to the total weight of the drug, determine the amount of water to add. After dispensing, take 1 tablet of traditional Chinese medicine (medicine) and weigh it.

Then, according to the principle of adding 1 gram of Chinese medicine to 10 ml of water, 65% of the total water volume is added to the secondary decoction, and the remaining 35% is reserved for secondary decoction. For example, the total weight of the medicine is 150 grams, the water should be 1500 ml, 65% should be added during the second decoction, that is, 975 ml, and 35% should be added during the second decoction, that is, 525 ml. It is especially suitable for the prescription of Chinese patent medicines with many varieties and large dosages.

Although this method is more cumbersome than the two methods mentioned above, it is more accurate.

1. Under normal circumstances, traditional Chinese medicine is generally boiled for 10 to 15 minutes after boiling water. At present, a pair of traditional Chinese medicine is generally boiled three times, the first time you need to boil the water for about 10 to 15 minutes, the second and third time, generally boil for ten minutes after the water is boiled.

2. However, like some toxic drugs, such as aconite, you need to fry for half an hour to about an hour, so as to remove the toxicity of aconite. For example, some drugs such as parsnip, nepeta, double flower and other drugs should be boiled for a slightly shorter time, and the specific situation is best carried out under the guidance of a physician.