Can Chinese medicine be heated?

Everyone must have been drinking Chinese herbal decoctions. If there are some problems with the body or the body needs conditioning, many people will choose to go to a Chinese medicine doctor to regulate the body and prescribe some Chinese medicine. Now many Chinese medicines sold in pharmacies are decocted and packaged for customers. After buying them home, they have cooled down. Can the Chinese medicine be heated up again?

Taking the medicine warm means letting the decocted medicine or the water used to take the medicine cool before taking it. Generally, Chinese herbal medicines should be taken warm, that is, the decoction should be filtered out immediately after boiling and allowed to dry at room temperature until

Drink it when the temperature is 30℃ ~ 37℃; pills and powders of Chinese patent medicines should be taken with warm water, which is also a kind of warm drinking.

Hot drinking means taking the freshly decocted medicine while it is still hot. It is common to use hot medicines for cold syndromes, and it is best to take them hot. For example, Chinese medicines that dispel wind and cold should be taken hot, and you can eat some hot porridge or hot water after taking them to help the efficacy of the medicine.

Taking it cold means letting the decoction cool down before drinking it. Medicines commonly used for detoxification and clearing away heat, especially traditional Chinese medicines for relieving summer heat, are more effective when taken cold. Patients who are vomiting or poisoning should take the medicine cold. In southern my country, some "cold teas" that are often consumed in summer are actually a type of Chinese medicine. As the name suggests, many herbal teas are best drunk after they have cooled down, as they are more effective in cooling down and relieving heat. However, decoctions that should not be taken cold may cause gastrointestinal irritation, abdominal pain, diarrhea or vomiting after taking them cold.

Based on the name of the prescription, we can also make a preliminary judgment on the temperature at which the medicine should be taken. Generally speaking, most Chinese herbal prescriptions called "decoctions" (such as "Guizhi Decoction") should be taken hot, while most of those called "drinks" (such as Dayuan Drink) need to be taken cold.

Whether it is a Chinese medicine decoction or a soup, whether it can be heated and whether it should be drunk cold or hot. It is recommended that patients should ask a Chinese medicine practitioner in advance before taking the decoction, and what specific diseases they should treat and how to drink Chinese medicine, and whether they should receive symptomatic treatment. Of course, all medicines are poisonous, so it is better to take less medicine.