With the improvement of health awareness, more and more people pay attention to health care in life, and taking powder has become a convenient and fashionable method, among which the most popular Chinese medicines are Panax notoginseng, American ginseng, Salvia miltiorrhiza and so on. However, this kind of Chinese medicine can not be played casually, and many precautions need to be understood.
1, are Chinese herbal medicines clean?
Many of the traditional Chinese medicines we eat are roots of plants, which are difficult to clean. Therefore, when looking for medicinal materials to be crushed, we should pay attention to cleaning, so as to ensure that the crushed powder is clean. For example, popular Chinese herbal medicines such as Panax notoginseng, American ginseng and Salvia miltiorrhiza have many gullies. When cleaning, you can clean all the gullies and gullies with a toothbrush.
2. Whether the medicinal materials have been processed.
As mentioned above, medicinal materials generally need to be cleaned before they can be preserved for a long time. Some drugs need special processing according to their medicinal properties, such as Panax notoginseng, which does not need special processing. However, Salvia miltiorrhiza is cold and may have some side effects, so it must be specially treated before crushing.
3. Pay attention to the storage time
Traditional Chinese medicine is a kind of natural plant, so it will deteriorate and rot after picking, and some medicinal materials will remain in a period of time. Although it seems to be intact after time, even if it is taken, it has no due effect, so the preservation time of medicinal materials is very important.
4. Is Chinese herbal medicine suitable for powdering?
Different herbs are taken in different ways. Among the well-known Chinese medicines, Codonopsis pilosula, Lycium barbarum and Ophiopogon japonicus can be taken in water because of their soft texture. Salvia miltiorrhiza, American ginseng, Panax notoginseng and other medicinal materials are very hard and can only be ground into powder, so whether it is suitable for grinding depends on the characteristics of the medicinal materials themselves.
2. Which is the best curative effect, Chinese medicine powder or decoction?
Although Chinese medicine powder is very popular, many people also think that Chinese medicine powder will reduce the curative effect. Today, I'll tell you which one has the best curative effect, Chinese medicine powder or decoction. There are many uses of traditional Chinese medicine, such as decocting, pulverizing and making pills. So we can't say which method is better, powder or decoction. We should choose the appropriate method according to the patient's situation.
For example, when the patient is acute or some traditional Chinese medicines cannot release effective components through decoction, it is better to choose grinding at this time. However, some drugs have to be decocted before they can release the effective components, or they can take effect quickly and have many effective components, which can quickly achieve the therapeutic purpose. At this time, it will be better to fry.
Careful comparison shows that each method corresponds to a special treatment situation, so whether to disperse or decoct depends on the patient's condition and situation, and it is impossible to simply distinguish which method is better.
Three or three kinds of traditional Chinese medicines are not suitable for crushing, so try to choose decoction.
Although the use of Chinese herbal medicine should be judged according to the patient's condition, some medicinal materials are not suitable for powder and oral administration because of factors such as material and medicinal properties. These situations need to be recorded and avoided as much as possible.
● Aromatic Chinese medicine: The curative effect of aromatic Chinese medicine depends on its rich fragrance, such as peppermint, agarwood and other Chinese medicines. If the fragrance dissipates after pulverization, its medicinal properties will be dispersed, so this kind of Chinese medicine can not be pulverized and taken.
● Soft Chinese medicine: Soft Chinese medicine is best soaked in water directly, but it is easy to lose its medicinal properties if it is ground into powder, such as Lycium barbarum, Ophiopogon japonicus and Codonopsis pilosula.
● Traditional Chinese medicine with certain toxicity: it is a three-point poison, and there are many toxicities in the medicinal materials. Therefore, it is harmful for the body to directly grind the toxic medicinal materials into powder, and the toxicity of high-temperature decoction will be reduced and safer.
Paying attention to health care is a good thing, but it is everyone's expectation to make good use of medicinal materials to achieve the purpose of health care. If you prepare very good medicinal materials, but take them in the wrong way and cause health risks, wouldn't it be worth the loss? I hope everyone can learn to handle medicinal materials correctly.