What are the Chinese medicines that need to be decocted?

Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions often need to be decocted in water when used, and there are also many common problems with decocting medicines. For example, some Chinese herbal medicines need to be added later, while some need to be decocted first. If this is done wrong, it will affect the efficacy of the medicine. Only by solving these common problems can the damage of the drug ingredients be avoided. So what is meant by post-dizziness when boiling Chinese medicine, and what is meant by boiling Chinese medicine first?

What is post-stunning when boiling Chinese medicine?

The first thing we need to understand is that post-dizziness refers to the last drug to be allocated when other drugs are about to be decocted. Generally speaking, post-dizziness can be decocted for 5 to 10 minutes. Experts point out that the medicines that need to be decocted in time are mostly those with light medicinal power and fragrant taste, and also some medicines whose efficacy will decrease after long-term decoction. These medicines mainly include sweet myrtle, fresh perilla, mint, white cardamom, fresh patchouli and Uncaria rhynchophylla.

Usually, it is because the fragrant and light Chinese herbal medicines contain volatile oils, which have the effects and functions of regulating qi and relieving pain, promoting sweating, nourishing yin and blood. For example, the volatile oil in mint has the effects of promoting sweating, nourishing yin and blood and reducing fever, while the volatile oil of white cardamom can have the effect of regulating qi and relieving pain. If you boil it in water for a long time, the flavor will leak out, and the medicinal effect will be reduced and lacking. In addition, although Uncaria rhynchophylla is not a medicine with the effects of refreshing fragrance and dispersing, the ingredient Uncaria rhynchophylla in it will be partially destroyed after boiling for more than 20 minutes, which will reduce the expected blood pressure lowering effect and make it ineffective.

What does it mean to boil the Chinese medicine first?

Boiling the medicine first means putting the medicine into a container, adding water and decocting it separately. The decoction time is generally about thirty minutes. Then other medicines can be added for decocting. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that most of the medicines that need to be decocted first are mediators, mineral medicines with strong properties, and toxic medicines, such as magnetite, ceiling keel, stone cassia, turtle shell and aconite, hematite, oyster, mother of pearl, tortoise shell, and luteolin. Mineral medicines and intermediary medicines with hard colors can be boiled out by crushing them and increasing the boiling time, thereby increasing the medicinal effects of the decoction. The harmful ingredients of drugs such as Aconitum and Lu Te are mainly aconitine. After long-term boiling, the toxic components can be dissolved and weakened, and other ingredients in the drugs also increase with time.

The above is the response to "What is post-fainting when boiling Chinese medicine" and "What is boiling Chinese medicine first" explained in detail for you today. I hope that after reading it, you will have a correct view and grasp of the operation steps of Chinese herbal medicine. You should also communicate and communicate with the doctor immediately before using the medicine. In addition, pay attention to selecting the appropriate amount of medicine required to get the best expected effect of disease treatment.