Do the Chinese medicines that are taken later need to be soaked?

Now more and more people are beginning to try to use Chinese herbal medicine to help themselves treat diseases, because the biggest benefit of Chinese herbal medicine is that it will not cause great harm to the body, and will not cause damage to the patient's body and bring some side effects like some Western medicines. However, if you use traditional Chinese medicine for treatment, you still need to decoct the medicine, unless it is a Chinese patent medicine. So the question is, do the Chinese medicines that are added later need to be soaked?

There is no need to soak the medicine in water. Generally, put it into the pot 20 minutes after the water boils, and then simmer for another 10 minutes. Pour out the liquid medicine. Fry it again for 30 minutes, then put the two together and eat them in the morning and evening.

No need to wash the herbs

Many people are unsure as to whether medicinal materials need to be washed. "Of course they need to be washed, otherwise it will be very dirty, just like processing vegetables, wash them first." "No need to wash, otherwise the medicinal effect will be washed away." In response to these two voices, the reporter interviewed Chai Guoli, director of the pharmacy of Shengxiutang Chinese Medicine Hospital. She said that medicinal materials do not need to be washed, because Chinese herbal medicines are all processed in pharmaceutical factories, so there is no need to wash them again, especially some medicinal materials are in powder form, washing will cause loss of medicinal materials, and some medicinal materials are processed with auxiliary materials such as wine, salt, and vinegar. For example, wine-processed Polygonatum sibiricum is made with wine, and vinegar-processed Corydalis yanhusuo is made with vinegar, so once washed, the active ingredients of the medicine will be lost.

Should I soak the decocted Chinese medicine first?

"Sometimes, the medicine is not very clean. You can see ash when you pick it, and there is residue at the bottom of the cup after the medicine is decocted. What can you do?" In response to this problem, Director Chai suggested that if the medicine is not clean enough, you can let the medicine liquid stand for a while after decocting it. After the impurities are settled, pour out the medicine liquid on top to filter out the impurities.