How to preserve traditional Chinese medicine without refrigerator
1. Now workers are busy and have no time to decoct medicine, so they choose to decoct medicine instead, that is, let the pharmacy decoct medicine and then vacuum it. In this way, the medicinal juice can be preserved for a long time. Traditional Chinese medicine is as perishable as food. If you take deteriorated Chinese medicine, it will not only have no therapeutic effect on the disease, but also may cause gastrointestinal diseases.
2. Generally, traditional Chinese medicine can be preserved for 5-7 days, but some decocting machines are not well sealed, that is, the air is not clean. Therefore, our doctors generally require that the decoction should be kept in the refrigerator, which can generally be kept for about 10 days.
3. If there is no refrigerator, you can put the packed medicine bag in a cold water basin, put the basin in a cool place, and add ice to the water if necessary, which can generally be preserved for 5-7 days. Patients with chronic diseases who need to take traditional Chinese medicine for a long time should try to choose an easy-to-preserve dosage form, such as ointment, which has a quick and good curative effect and is easy to preserve, such as powder and pill, which is easy to preserve, but the curative effect is slightly slower.
How to preserve traditional Chinese medicine without refrigerator
How long can Chinese medicine be kept in the cold storage?
Chinese medicine practitioners usually prescribe Chinese medicine for 4-7 days at a time, or even more. Many patients will choose to fry all Chinese medicines at once in hospitals or pharmacies, and put the decocted decoction in the refrigerator for preservation.
At present, the most common packaging of traditional Chinese medicine decoction is vacuum sealed packaging. The storage time of liquid medicine indicated on the sealed vacuum packaging bags of hospitals and pharmacies is different. It has been studied that different prescriptions are stored at different temperatures to observe the deterioration degree of medicinal juice. The results show that the higher the temperature, the faster the deterioration of the liquid medicine. In high temperature season, the room temperature is above 25℃, and the general decoction can be kept within 2 days. If refrigerated, it can be stored for 7 days. Under the same conditions, the deterioration degree of different prescriptions is also different. If the contents of starch, protein and sugar in the liquid medicine are more, the deterioration will be faster.
In order to ensure the safety of medication, the best storage temperature of Chinese medicine decoction in sealed vacuum packaging is 0~5℃, and the storage time is 7~ 14 days, but it is best not to exceed 7 days. If it is found that the liquid medicine bag is bulging or the liquid medicine tastes bad, and there are abnormal phenomena such as bubbles, it belongs to deterioration and cannot be taken.
Many people often remove the vacuum packaging from the hospital after buying back the prepared Chinese medicine. Generally speaking, it is not recommended to take the Chinese medicine decoction in the household utensils overnight, even if it is put in the refrigerator, it should not exceed 3 days, so as to avoid the deterioration of the liquid medicine and affect health.
How to preserve traditional Chinese medicine without refrigerator
How to drink traditional Chinese medicine instead of soup
Generally, traditional Chinese medicines are vacuum packed and can be stored in the refrigerator for a period of time. When you want to take it, you can use a bowl to keep warm or use stainless steel pot to heat it slightly.
It is best to take the bagged Chinese medicine out of the refrigerator half an hour in advance, and then add about 500 ml of hot water to a slightly larger container. If it needs to be heated just after being taken out of the refrigerator, it is best to change the hot water again to ensure that the medicine soup is "hot through".
In addition, drinking herbal soup with uneven heat and cold will lead to gastrointestinal discomfort. So when changing hot water, you can pick up the medicine bag and shake it to make it heated evenly. Another method is to pour the medicinal soup into a stainless steel pot, heat it to above 60℃ and 70℃, and then let it cool slightly until it is "warm" before drinking.
Matters needing attention in the preservation of traditional Chinese medicine
1. The decocted liquid medicine should be stored in a cool and ventilated place or soaked in cold water. Room temperature below 20℃ can be stored for about 7 days; If the temperature is higher than 25℃, it should be stored in the refrigerator (2- 10℃) for one month. If you don't have a refrigerator, you can keep it in cold water and change the water every day for 2-3 days. Do not put the liquid medicine in the place of sunlight, heat radiation and high temperature to avoid deterioration.
2. After taking Chinese medicine occasionally, I feel different from the last taste, which is related to factors such as taste adaptability, and it is a normal physiological and psychological reaction.
3, Chinese medicine should be taken in strict accordance with the doctor's advice, taking more or less is not conducive to disease treatment, and even affect the safety of medication.
4. It is normal to precipitate residues occasionally in the liquid medicine, which does not affect the curative effect. If the liquid medicine appears abnormal phenomena such as foaming, fermentation and viscosity, it should not be taken again.
5. If you have any questions about taking medicine or have any abnormal reaction after taking medicine, please contact the attending physician in time.
6. After taking all the liquid medicine, please go to the hospital for a follow-up visit in time so that the doctor can adjust the medication according to the condition. Never add traditional Chinese medicine yourself, so as not to delay the treatment of the disease and even cause adverse reactions.