With the increasing application of Chinese medicine, many Chinese medicines have gradually become popular in daily life. Some people have a half-understanding of Chinese medicine, look at the ingredients in the kitchen, and then start to make Chinese medicine by themselves.
Scenario reproduction
Xiaomei, who has studied Chinese medicine, has had some small "disputes" with her mother about Chinese medicine in the past two days!
Xiaomei's mother: "Xiaomei, don't throw away the orange peel you eaten, I dried it to make tangerine peel, let's soak in water and drink." ”
Xiaomei: "Mom! That's not how tangerine peel works! ”
Xiaomei's mother: "The papaya slices are gone?" Xiaomei, you go to the fruit store and buy two papayas back! ”
Xiaomei: "Mom! The fruit shop is a fruit papaya! ”
I believe that many people have such a misunderstanding, some Chinese medicine names are similar to common ingredients, it is natural to think that some processing of ingredients can make homemade Chinese medicine, such as tangerine peel, papaya and so on. Although some ingredients look similar in name to Chinese medicine, and even have roughly the same form, the two cannot be confused.
Here are 6 common mistakes that everyone makes in daily life to make homemade Chinese medicine, see if you have a trick?
Myth 1: When orange peel is dried, it is tangerine peel.
With the abundance of fruit varieties, the types of oranges have also become diverse, such as sugar oranges, honey oranges, tribute mandarins, aloe mandarins, etc., and there are some grafted and hybrid varieties. However, the oranges that can be made into Chinese medicine tangerine peel are clearly stipulated in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, taking Guangchen peel as an example, using the peel of orange grown in Xinhui, Guangdong and its cultivated varieties of ripe fruits.
From orange peel to tangerine peel, it generally goes through 4 steps: peeling, peeling, drying and aging.
●Open peel: Refers to cutting an orange with a knife and removing the orange peel.
●Peeling: refers to when the weather is clear, the peel after peeling is placed in a ventilated place to dry, so that the moisture is naturally lost, and the texture is soft and then turned to turn the orange outward.
●Dry peel and aging: Dry peel refers to natural drying or direct drying of orange peel after peeling, packed in a container, and then placed in a cool, dry place for natural aging. Only if the tangerine peel has been aged for 3 years or more under natural conditions can the medicinal effect be achieved.
Myth 2: Replace light tempeh with tempeh.
Tempeh is a common seasoning in the kitchen and an essential accessory for cooking many delicacies, and it is also a good choice to make some tempeh at home. Household tempeh has a salty taste, which is slightly different from the traditional Chinese medicine "light tempeh".
In ancient times, there was no obvious difference between tempeh and light tempeh, and Chinese medicine was not clearly marked. Since the Ming Dynasty, doctors have begun to realize the difference in medicinal properties between light tempeh and tempeh. In addition, the methods of preparing light tempeh vary throughout the country, and to this day, controversy about the cold and hot nature of light tempeh still exists. Some light tempeh uses Qingwen detoxification soup and artemisia annua in the preparation, which can be described as "a medicine is a prescription".
Therefore, tempeh and light tempeh are not only the difference between salty and unsalty. If there is no light tempeh when prescribing medicine, do not replace it with household tempeh, but ask a doctor to dispense the medicine at a reliable medical institution or pharmacy.
Myth 3: Replace Chinese medicine papaya with fruit papaya.
The Chinese Pharmacopoeia stipulates that the Chinese medicine papaya is derived from the dry, near-ripe fruit of the Rosaceae plant Begonia. The fruit we eat daily, papaya, formerly known as "papaya", comes from the ripe fruit of the genus Papaya of the papaya family. These two "papayas" come from different sources, and their traits are very different, of course, they cannot replace each other.
Myth 4: Mistaking the vegetable andrographis for it
Traditional Chinese medicine andrographis.
Vegetable andrographis is a southern vegetable known as andrographis. Anyone who has eaten it knows that its leaves are fat, juicy, and slightly sour in taste. The traditional Chinese medicine andrographis is a whole grass derived from the Andrographis of the family Bed, its leaves are narrow and thin, with obvious bitter taste, dried and used in medicine. The medicinal effects of vegetable andrographis are not well understood, so it cannot be used as an alternative to traditional Chinese andrographis. Traditional Chinese medicine andrographis has a bitter taste and cold nature, and is mainly used for the treatment of fever such as colds and fever, sore throat and so on.
Myth 5: Mistaking lilacs for cloves.
The famous stewed meat seasoning clove is one of the medicinal and food homologous varieties announced by the National Health Commission, which is derived from the dried flower buds of the myrtle plant cloves. This plant is native to Malaysia, Indonesia and other places, and is now cultivated in the mainland.
Generally, the rod-shaped cloves we use for stewed meat are called "male cloves", which have a fragrant smell and can warm the stomach and relieve nausea. The spring lilacs that bloom in the yard are ornamental plants, and the flowers are not medicinal or used as seasonings. However, the leaves of lilac can be used in medicine, which is beneficial to wetness and yellowing. (Note: The efficacy is different and cannot be mixed!) ）
Myth 6: Homemade decoction is made directly with raw honey.
In autumn, the honey used to make autumn pear paste at home is exquisite. When boiling ointment in Chinese medicine, honey needs to be refined in advance, generally refined into "medium honey" (honey refining is divided into "tender honey", "medium honey" and "old honey"). Honey refining can remove water and kill bacteria, and secondly, it can also prevent "sand return". To refine into a successful "medium honey", you need to practice continuously. Generally, the temperature of honey is 116~118 °C, and uniform light yellow bubbles appear in the full pot, at this time, twisting with the hand feels that the honey is sticky, but the two fingers leave without long white silk, and at this time it reaches the state of "medium honey".
(Human Health Health)