1, how to take Chinese medicine after decoction?
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 uneven hot and cold medicine soup will lead to gastrointestinal discomfort, so when changing hot water, you can pick up the medicine bag and shake it to make it evenly heated. 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.
2. How to store the fried Chinese medicine?
If it is sealed vacuum packaging, the storage method and shelf life will be indicated on the general packaging. But at present, there is no uniform standard in this respect, so it often happens that the shelf life of traditional Chinese medicine boiled in different hospitals or pharmacies is different.
For the sake of safety, experts suggest that it is best to put the Chinese medicine decoction in sealed vacuum packaging in the freezer, the temperature range is 0℃-5℃, and the storage time is 7- 14 days, preferably not more than 7 days. Traditional Chinese medicine preserved for more than a week should be scalded with boiling water before taking it. Especially when the decocted Chinese medicines contain animal Chinese medicines such as scorpion and centipede or Chinese medicines with high sugar content such as Radix Rehmanniae Preparata and Radix Astragali, the storage time should not exceed 7 days. If it is found that the liquid medicine bag is bulging or the liquid medicine tastes bad and has bubbles and other abnormal phenomena, it belongs to deterioration and should not be taken.
If it is a traditional Chinese medicine decoction contained in a vessel provided by the patient himself, it is generally not recommended to take it overnight, even if it is put in the freezer, it should not exceed 3 days, so as to avoid the deterioration of the liquid medicine and affect the curative effect.
3. Is it better to decoct traditional Chinese medicine than to decoct it yourself?
According to experts, more and more people are taking Chinese medicine to regulate their bodies. Whether it is "fried instead" or "fried by itself" is indeed a question. However, whether there is any difference in curative effect between substitute decoction and self-decoction is still inconclusive, but there are many matters needing attention when self-decoction.
At present, the decocting machine is basically used, which can fry a week's dose of Chinese medicine in a non-woven bag at one time, and then vacuum it and send it to a packaging machine for packaging. Because the appropriate decocting method of traditional Chinese medicine will directly affect the curative effect of the medicine, state administration of traditional chinese medicine issued the "Management Standard of Chinese Medicine Decocting Room in Medical Institutions", which made detailed provisions on decocting containers, decocting operation methods, decocting personnel requirements and so on. Of course, substitute frying also has certain limitations. For example, you can't stir-fry herbs up and down in the middle of the pot, and you can't meet the need of frying special herbs first and then melting them.
However, whether there is any difference in curative effect between the substitute decoction and the self-made decoction is still inconclusive. Because there is a squeezing device in the decocting machine, the medicine juice can be squeezed out, which is higher than that of self-decocting medicine, but whether the clinical effect is higher than that of ordinary self-decocting medicine needs clinical pharmacology and pathological verification. Traditional Chinese medicines with large dosage and difficult to decoct effective components are suitable for decocting with a decocting machine, while traditional Chinese medicines with small dosage and volatile components as the main active components are suitable for self-decocting.
Experts remind that there are many things that blow themselves up. Many patients often confuse the steps of frying first, taking it later, swallowing it and frying it separately. To give a few examples, Chinese medicines such as cold medicines and summer-heat medicines should be decocted for a short period of time, and Chinese medicines such as minerals and crustaceans that are not easy to decoct should be decocted first. Precious medicinal materials such as Cordyceps sinensis and fresh Fengdou need to be fried separately, and it is better to chew with residue.
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4. Instructions for self-decocting traditional Chinese medicine
Pot cover: Under normal circumstances, it is necessary to cover the pot cover tightly at the beginning of decocting. When the water is boiling, you can support the pot cover with two chopsticks, leaving some gaps for steam to escape. Some traditional Chinese medicines contain volatile components, such as peppermint, agastaches and other exterior-relieving drugs, as well as American ginseng and other precious medicinal materials. In the process of decoction, its effective components are easy to diffuse into the air, so it must be covered with a lid.
Soaking: Just like soaking soybeans before beating soybean milk, traditional Chinese medicine should be soaked in cold water for 1-2 hours (except vinegar and wine soaked medicine) for 20 minutes before boiling. It can be decocted with water or tap water, and the appropriate amount of water is 1-3cm. Those who have too many medicinal materials or are easy to absorb water can be appropriately increased.
Temperature: when decocting, first boil the liquid medicine with strong fire (that is, big fire), and then slowly fry it with slow fire (that is, small fire).
Operation: Pay attention to stirring the medicinal materials when decocting, so that the liquid medicine can be fully fried. Each dose of traditional Chinese medicine is generally decocted twice, and the second time can be slightly shorter. Some drugs need to be treated differently, such as frying before taking, taking orally, etc. And Chinese pharmacists will make it clear when they take medicine.