With the continuous development of science and technology, and the acceleration of people's lives, the automatic decoction machine of traditional Chinese medicine in hospitals and pharmacies has been very common, but in the end it is the traditional Chinese medicine boiled by the automatic decoction machine or the traditional crock pot casserole boiling Chinese medicine, after reading the following introduction, everyone must have their own answers.
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" proposes: "Whoever takes a decoction medicine, although the product is specialized, the cultivation is as follows, and the decoction is reckless, the water and fire are poor, and the fire is lost, then the medicine is useless", and the "Theory of Medical Sources" says: "The method of decoction medicine, it is most appropriate to talk deeply, the effect of the medicine is not effective, all care about this." From these few paragraphs, it can be seen that the ancients were very particular about containers, time, and frying methods in decoction.
The traditional decoction method is generally made of crock pot casserole, and a special set of drug treatment methods have been created according to the different properties of the drug, such as first frying (ore, animal horn nails, shells, such as raw gypsum, turtle board, etc., because of its hard texture, the active ingredient is not easy to fry, etc., it needs to be smashed before decoction of other drugs, decoction for about 15-30 minutes in advance), after the next (for volatile ingredients such as mint, herbs, etc., there are not suitable for long-term decoction such as hook vine, almonds and other medicines, It should be put in about 5-15 minutes before turning off the heat, and can be fried for about 5-15 minutes according to different medicinal herbs), wrapped and fried (for some pollen seeds such as pine pollen, leaf amaranth, etc., lighter texture and small volume of granular seeds such as psyllium, etc., containing fine fluff such as spiral flowers, etc., before decoction must be wrapped in gauze and then cooked with other drugs), another frying mixing (for ginseng, American ginseng, deer antler and other valuable drugs can be decocted separately, the juice is directly mixed with other medicinal liquids), brewing (for beef yellow powder, panax notoginseng powder, Musk, etc. can be directly flushed with medicinal soup), ynearization (for some gum or viscous and soluble drugs, such as ejiao, deer horn gum, etc., first heat it to dissolve, and then add the slagged liquid micro-boiled, or stir while hot to dissolve), etc., these treatment methods of the drug can make the active ingredients dissolve to the greatest extent to achieve the best therapeutic effect.
The general steps of traditional boiling Chinese medicine: add cold water more than 1-2 horizontal fingers of the medicinal surface, soak for about 25 minutes, boil with fire, boil before using a large fire, turn into a small fire after boiling, that is, "first wu houwen", and then slowly boil the medicinal materials to the specified time and stir the medicinal materials according to the situation, generally fry twice, the first frying, called "head frying", the medicinal effect can be dissolved about 45%, the second frying, called "two frying", the second decoction of the medicine when the water is less, the medicinal effect can be dissolved about 35%, and then the two decoction good soup medicine mixed together, early, Take half of each in the evening, so that the medicinal effect is the best, tonic Chinese medicine and some prescriptions with larger dosages, can be decocted three times, morning, middle and evening take one-third each.
The traditional decoction method also has strict requirements for decoction time, antidote: the first frying time is about 15-20 minutes, and the second frying time is about 10-15 minutes. For tonics: the first frying time is about 30-45 minutes, and the second frying time is about 25-30 minutes. For general medicine: the first frying time is about 25-30 minutes, and the second frying time is about 20-25 minutes.
Chinese medicine on the decoction of Chinese medicine is very elaborate, in a sense, Chinese medicine long frying can not represent the second frying, because when frying Chinese medicine, the active ingredients in the medicinal materials gradually diffuse to the solvent to dissolve, when the internal and external solubility reaches a balance will stop dissolving, then it is necessary to filter out the liquid medicine, and then add water for two frying, establish a new internal and external concentration difference, in order to continue to dissolve the active ingredients. And some components of many medicinal herbs are difficult to dissolve, and generally need to be fried twice before they can be dissolved.
It can be seen from the above that the decoction method is different, the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine will be different, the same prescription, because the decoction and administration of the drug are different, the indications and effects of treatment are not the same, even if the dialectic is accurate and the medication is appropriate, if the decoction and administration method is improper, it is impossible to play its due curative effect.
Automatic decoction machine is generally a frying liquid, some automatic decoction machine uses high-pressure decoction, which is not in line with the traditional decoction method of first frying, second frying or even three frying. Of course, the automatic decoction machine also has its characteristics and advantages, such as for volatile drugs, the advantages of the decoction machine are obvious, because the sealing of the decoction machine is very good, and the volatile drugs under the next are not easy to volatilize in the sealed state. Moreover, the Chinese medicine decoction machine decocts the texture of the medicinal materials with relatively hard texture, the frying rate is high, and the chinese medicine decoction machine is the best when this type of medicine is the mainstay. There are also advantages such as hygienic packaging, easy preservation, and convenient use. For some people such as busy at work, traveling on business, students in school, etc., the automatic decoction machine has irreplaceable advantages, but if there is time and conditions, it is still recommended that you choose a traditional crock pot casserole to torment Chinese medicine as required, and the effect will be relatively better.