TCM health preservation has always been everyone's favorite TCM therapy. Chinese medicine also plays a very important role in the treatment of diseases, which can fundamentally help people relieve diseases. Many people use Chinese medicine decocting machines. In fact, can you really do Chinese medicine? We should also pay attention to scientific methods in cooking Chinese medicine. The following is the knowledge I brought to you about how to cook Chinese medicine. Welcome to reading.
Chinese medicine teaches you how to make Chinese medicine.
1. Boiling medicine requires boiling water.
In modern society, people boil traditional Chinese medicine and turn on tap water for direct use, but tap water is mostly disinfected by chlorine, which will have more or less residues, and at the same time contains more calcium and magnesium ions, which are easy to react with traditional Chinese medicine, thus affecting the efficacy.
2. Decoct first and then divide the medicinal properties.
Shellfish, minerals and bones should be fried first. Shellfish include oyster powder and clam powder. Minerals include gypsum powder, keel, etc. Bones include tortoise shells, tortoise shells and so on. This medicine should be boiled for ten minutes before adding other medicines. Some prescriptions require that Chinese medicines must be decocted before being decocted. After frying? That is, decoct the medicine for ten minutes before putting it into the medicine pot, because some Chinese medicines are ineffective after long-term decoction, such as Uncaria rhynchophylla. Some aromatic herbs, such as honeysuckle, forsythia, mint, etc. Long-term decoction will reduce the efficacy. There are also some drugs that can reduce the toxicity of drugs, such as nux vomica. It is best to soak the medicinal materials in warm water for 40 minutes before cooking, so that the medicinal materials can be soaked more thoroughly and more effective ingredients can be fried.
3. Pay attention to opening and closing the lid
Some volatile medicinal materials, if boiled in the open air, will emit effective components into the air with water vapor, and their efficacy will be greatly reduced. Generally speaking, it's pungent powder to relieve exterior syndrome or aromatic drugs to remove dampness, such as mint, perilla leaf, Pogostemon, etc., and the decocting time should not be too long. Another example is some tonic drugs, such as ginseng, velvet antler, American ginseng and so on. It needs to be slowly decocted in a container with low fire for a long time, so that its effective components can be fully decocted, and it should also be covered to prevent the drug components from losing with water vapor during long-term slow decocting.
Some light and heavy medicinal materials, such as Lysimachia christinae, Senna leaf, etc. If the decocting container is not big enough, it is easy to overflow. In addition, some insoluble medicinal materials need to be stirred frequently when decocting, and it is best not to decoct with a cover.
It is also very particular when stirring. It is best to stir in one direction so that the medicinal materials are fully dissolved in it, and the decocted Chinese medicine has better effect, and it is turned once every 10 minutes.
4. Pay attention to the brazier
Some medicines need to be boiled for a long time, while others need to be simmered for a short time. Long-term decoction with mild fire refers to tonics, while short-term decoction with strong fire refers to laxatives and cold medicines. It's best to decoct medicine in casserole. The casserole is heated evenly. When the medicine is boiled, it rolls like a wave and has an impact. Then keep stirring with chopsticks, just like washing clothes with a washing machine. Only in this way can all the effective components in the medicine be boiled out. Decocting medicine in pressure cooker will not have these impact and stirring effects, and the composition of medicine will be affected.
5. The best decoction is 180ml.
When decocting medicine, the amount of medicine juice is very important. Take about 180 ml each time for the first three times, which should not only fully retain the efficacy, but also form waste. Ordinary prescriptions can be fried like this.
The method of taking medicine is also an important part of Chinese medicine.
Xu Ling in Qing Dynasty once pointed out:? Although Fang is ill, eating it has no effect, not particularly ineffective, but harmful. ? Explain the importance of medication methods. Clinically, the treatment effect is really affected because the medication method does not meet the requirements. Therefore, various medication methods must be correctly implemented in nursing.
① The administration methods of decoction can be roughly divided into four types: divided administration: that is, divide 1 dose of Chinese medicine into 2-3 equal parts every day. If the elderly and children have difficulty taking medicine, a small amount of majority or concentrated decoction can also be used. Take it immediately: take 1 dose decoction 1 time to play its powerful and rapid role. Continuous administration: refers to the method of taking large doses of drugs in a short time. Its purpose is to achieve a higher drug concentration in the body in a short time.
(2) Chinese patent medicines are generally taken by dispensing, transfusion, dispensing, transfusion and feeding. Take it: put the medicine in your mouth, take it with warm boiled water, and lead the medicine to decoction. Oral administration: put the medicine into a cup and mix it with warm water and medicinal liquor to make a suspension. Before taking it. Admixture: Some powders are made into paste with warm boiled water or liquor, vinegar and other liquids for oral administration. For example, Angong Niuhuang Pill and Zixuedan are all administered in this way. Tolerance: pills are contained in the mouth, and the medicine is slowly dissolved and swallowed. Such as Liushen Pill, Runhou Pill and Jiuxin Pill. Feeding: This method is mainly used for infants, the elderly, the infirm or the critically ill. It refers to the method of dissolving Chinese patent medicine into liquid and feeding it to patients one by one.
In addition to paying attention to decocting and taking medicine, we should also pay attention to the following contents:
① Medication temperature: Generally speaking, medication temperature refers to the temperature of traditional Chinese medicine decoction or the temperature at which wine is taken. There are often hot clothes, warm clothes and cold clothes. Take it while it's hot: take the freshly fried liquid medicine while it's hot. Commonly used for cold syndrome. Warm administration: it is to take the decocted decoction or delivery liquid after heating. Generally speaking, the decoction is taken warm. Cold service: Take the decocted decoction after cooling. Commonly used for heat syndrome.
② Dosage: The general dosage is determined by the doctor according to the specific situation.
(3) Take a rest after taking the medicine, observe the effect of the medicine and observe whether there are any adverse reactions. Especially taking severe or toxic drugs, it is necessary to closely observe and record.
④ Taking traditional Chinese medicine on an empty stomach can easily cause gastrointestinal reactions, such as abdominal sounds, abdominal pain before defecation, loose stool, etc. It is suitable for patients with hard stool or constipation. If you have stomach trouble, you should take it one hour after meals.
⑤ Patients who use both Chinese and western medicines should be informed of the interval between taking Chinese and western medicines.
⑥ For people or children who are weak, senile and prone to vomiting due to cold stomach, they can take the medicine twice (depending on the time interval).
⑦ Pay attention to the influence of food on drug efficacy, which has always existed in Chinese medicine? Medicine and food are homologous? Said. Is this because it has both medicinal properties and eating habits? Four gas? (cold, hot, warm, cool) What else? Five flavors? (pungent, sweet, sour, bitter and salty) The same amount is different. At the same time, some foods are medicines, both edible and medicinal. Such as jujube, lotus seeds, longan, lily, yam, red beans, kelp, turtle, mulberry, black sesame, honey and so on.
Because dietary habits and medicinal properties have the same taste, if dietary habits are compatible with medicinal properties, food can enhance the role of drugs; Food is the opposite of medicine. Food will reduce the effect of medicine.
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