Disadvantages in the convenience of traditional Chinese medicine decocting

Recently, Ms Zhang has been suffering from insomnia The doctor prescribed ten traditional Chinese medicines for her In order to save money, she asked the pharmacy to fry them When she was drinking, Ms Zhang found that the traditional Chinese medicine was not difficult to drink at all The taste was very light and the color was not strong At the second visit, Ms Zhang took the medicine home and fried it herself As a result, the boiled medicine was thick and bitter It was very difficult to drink Similarly, Mr Zhao suffered from constipation recently After taking the medicine in the pulse, the drugstore said that it could decoct the medicine for free, but it would take the next day to get it The anxious Mr Zhao left a suit to fry by himself, and the remaining six suits were entrusted to the drugstore The next day, after Mr Zhao took back the medicine, he found that the medicine he had fried on behalf of him was much lighter Since the traditional Chinese medicine is time-consuming and hard to carry, the second time, Mr Zhao still asked the pharmacy to fry it But he found the same prescription The color, concentration and taste of the medicine he took back this time were quite different from that of the last time Winter tonic is one of the traditional self-care methods to prevent diseases and strengthen the body and support the weak Therefore, as soon as winter comes, traditional Chinese medicine is favored by patients The reporter visited several large pharmacies Some pharmacies can decoct the traditional Chinese medicine whether they buy it in the drugstore or bring it with them, with 3-5 yuan per serving Some pharmacies also said that they can decoct the traditional Chinese medicine for free, but the medicine must be purchased from the drugstore Due to the large number of people who have been grasping traditional Chinese medicine in the near future, the business of decocting medicine is very busy, and some pharmacies will take two days to get the medicine According to a pharmacy decocting staff, a customer's traditional Chinese medicine as long as the amount of medicine can be put down, are cooked in a pot, unlike at home to take a dose of decocting Three bags of liquid medicine are produced after taking the medicine, which mainly depends on experience "Because the special medicine decocting machine has the function of filtering, the small medicine dregs will be filtered out Because the medicine dregs are less, the color is lighter than that of decocting at home, but it does not affect the efficacy." However, an old Chinese doctor who used to sit in the pharmacy introduced that the problems such as inadequate soaking time, unclean cleaning of instruments and inadequate waiting time affect the efficacy of the medicine "Once I went to check the dregs that they had poured out It was still dry to break the core of traditional Chinese medicine The effect of medicine bubble and no bubble is almost half the same The normal method of decoction is about two hours But in order to save time and effort, some pharmacies don't soak medicine at all Put the medicine into the decoction machine and fill it with water The medicine can be delivered in 20 minutes at most The decoction is very light in color What's more, some drugstores replace some more expensive and cheap medicines when they decoct medicine on behalf of customers, or do not put those more expensive medicines at all Anyway, patients can't see them There are also Jerry built, take 7 medicine money, instead of fried only 4 medicine " In addition, there are a lot of stresses in the decoction of traditional Chinese medicine Some drugs need to be fried first, such as mother of Pearl and other shell drugs and stone drugs; some drugs need to be fried later, such as peppermint and other drugs containing volatile oil; some drugs need to be fried separately, such as red ginseng tablets For medicine with more volatile components, the time for soaking and decocting medicine should be short, so-called "light decocting"; while for tonic medicine, the time for soaking and decocting medicine should be longer, so as to fully dissolve the effective components in medicine into water It's very difficult to determine the time and fire of decocting drugs strictly according to the nature of drugs Most of them are boiled at the same time, which will also affect the efficacy Although it saves a lot of trouble and is convenient to eat, if you encounter irresponsible staff, you will not be cured by taking medicine So Chinese medicine experts suggest that if conditions permit, Chinese medicine is best brewed by itself Patients must consult their doctors carefully before decoction The decoction of traditional Chinese medicine should be made in a casserole or enamel pot instead of an iron pot or an aluminum pot Before decoction, the medicine should be soaked in tap water for half an hour, boiled in a large fire, and then kept boiling in a small fire for 15-20 minutes It should also be noted that some patients, for the sake of convenience, use hot water to soak medicine or decoct medicine, which is not appropriate, and soaking in hot water is not conducive to the dissolution of effective ingredients of medicine Therefore, cold water should be used when immersing the medicine, and the water should be used to immerse the two fingers of the medicine.