Generally, a domestic frying pan can buy 3-4L. A frying pan of this size can generally cook about 300 grams of medicine. In fact, it mainly depends on how much medicine you need to fry. Generally speaking, you should fry one at a time. It is not recommended to fry more. If the medicine is boiled for a long time, it will not only weaken its efficacy, but also breed bacteria.

Do not choose metal utensils such as iron, aluminum and copper as far as possible, because iron, aluminum and copper will react with drugs more easily. It is best to buy a ceramic pot for decocting medicine. The chemical properties of ceramics are relatively stable, which can maintain the original components and efficacy of the decoction.

Correct decocting method

1, soaking, generally soaking the medicinal materials for about 45 minutes first.

2, decoction, first boil with a big fire, then switch to a small fire, then fry for about 30 minutes, and then pour out the fried liquid medicine, this is the first time to boil. Then add a proper amount of water and fry for about 20 minutes for the second time. After frying, pour out the liquid medicine.

3. Mixing: evenly mix the decocted liquid medicine twice and divide it into two parts.

If there are any medicinal materials to be decocted first, they need to be soaked for about 30 minutes, then boiled with strong fire, then decocted with low fire for about 30 minutes, and the rest of the medicinal materials are decocted in the same way as before.

Wait 10-20 minutes before adding the next batch of medicinal materials. The decocted medicinal materials need to be wrapped in gauze first, and then decocted with other medicines.