What is the best time to boil Chinese medicine?

Everyone must have read Chinese medicine. If there are some health problems, many people usually use Chinese medicine treatment methods, because compared with Western medicine, Chinese medicine treatment methods can effectively strengthen the body and slowly regulate the body, and play a therapeutic effect, which is still very good. However, it is troublesome to decoct Chinese medicine. How long should it be boiled?

A heat-clearing and dispersing drug used to treat acute febrile illness, exogenous wind-cold in all seasons, and wind-heat diseases. After the first decoction starts boiling, simmer over medium to high heat for 15 to 20 minutes. After the second decoction starts boiling, simmer for another 10 to 15 minutes. A conditioning drug used to treat common chronic diseases, such as spleen and stomach diseases, organ dysfunction, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. The first decoction should be simmered on medium heat for 20 to 30 minutes after boiling, and the second decoction should be simmered for another 15 to 20 minutes after boiling. Tonic medicines used to treat wasting diseases, such as qi deficiency, blood deficiency, kidney deficiency and other types of wasting diseases. The first decoction should be simmered on low heat for about 30 to 40 minutes after boiling, and the second decoction should be simmered for another 20 to 30 minutes after boiling.

After the Chinese medicine is put into the container, water is the main solution for decocting the Chinese medicine decoction. If there is too much water, there will be too much medicine juice and the concentration of the medicine juice will be reduced. If too little water is added, not only will the effective ingredients of the medicine be difficult to decoct out, but the pot will also easily dry out or the medicine will burn. The correct way is to put the medicine into the casserole, spread it out, and then add water 3 to 4 centimeters above the surface of the medicine.

After adding water to the Chinese medicine, do not boil it immediately. It should be soaked for 20 to 30 minutes to make the medicine moist and soften, and the medium breaks up, so that the effective ingredients can be decocted as much as possible. The temperature and time when decocting the medicine are also very important. Use high heat at the beginning when decocting the medicine. After it boils, use low heat to simmer slowly until the medicine juice boils but does not overflow.

Many people have a question. When boiling Chinese medicine, do you need to wash the medicinal materials before boiling it after you bring it home? In fact, this is very unnecessary, because after you buy the Chinese medicine home, it has been filtered in the hospital and does not need to be washed deliberately, otherwise the medicinal properties will be lost.