1, boiling Chinese medicine with what pot is the best
The Chinese medicine said, boiling Chinese medicine preferred casserole, tile pot, followed by enamelware, stainless steel pot. Casserole, tile pots are chemically stable, uniform heat, slow heat transfer, decoction of water is not easy to evaporate.
As for aluminum products, people are somewhat controversial. Because since aluminum products are safe for long-term use as tableware, those used for short-term or occasional use to decoct herbal medicines will not be a big problem. However, if there are some acidic or alkaline medicines in the herbal prescription, such as ume, hawthorn, schizandra, papaya, borax, etc., it is better not to use aluminum utensils to decoct the medicines.
Copper utensils and iron utensils are also not recommended to be used for boiling Chinese medicine. Copper utensils, the ancients traditionally do not advocate the use of decoction, because copper can lead to human poisoning. Iron utensils are widely used in daily life, but the decoction of Chinese medicine and not suitable. Iron can react with the tannin in Chinese medicine to produce aluminum tannate and iron tannate, producing a black-green precipitate, causing nausea and vomiting after taking. Aluminum, iron will also be with cinnabar and other heavy metal-containing Chinese medicine displacement reaction, generating toxic free mercury.
It should be noted that the casserole will form cracks if it is suddenly heated or cold. Therefore, just decocted the casserole do not immediately use cool water to clean, can be cooled on a dry piece of wood or shelf and then cleaned the scale of the medicine, the casserole on the oil stains can not be soaked with detergent to prevent sewage infiltration into the fine pores, available to drink leftover tea residue wiping, can also be used to soak in amalgamated rice baking hot, and then use a brush to scrub.
I hope you can choose the right container when boiling Chinese medicine, so that the effect of medicine to play better. So how to pick a casserole? Here's a look.
2, how to pick a casserole
1, look at the color, a good casserole is mostly white, less iron oxide pigment, less impurities.
2, look at the ceramic quality, good casserole, the surface is bright and even, no protruding grains of sand smooth to the touch, indicating that the clay mixing is even, not see more small holes.
3, look at the shape, a good casserole structure is reasonable, the pot body is very uniform and put very flat, check the lid, turn, the lid buckle cover tight and does not change shape.
4, when shopping for a hand to take the pot, the other hand gently knocking the pot, see whether the sound is crisp, such as hoarse sound that means that the casserole has cracks, it is best not to buy.
5, according to the need to buy casserole. Generally speaking, decoctions do not need a good ceramic casserole, buy cheap non-leaky casserole can be. Stewed food pot is more demanding, it is best to choose a good quality white casserole.
6, boiled Chinese medicine casserole should not be used for stew, soup, similarly, where used for stewing, simmering food casserole should not be used to fry Chinese medicine.
7, casserole is usually very thick bottom, to slowly heat, that is, do not start to use high heat, until the whole are hot and then use high heat, otherwise no matter what casserole is easy to crack.
In addition, boiling medicine can not use hot water, should be cool water. Also pay attention to the fire, usually with a martial arts fire (rapid fire) to boil, and then use the fire (small fire) slow simmer. If you have special requirements, you should follow the doctor's instructions.
3, the method of boiling Chinese medicine
1, ready casserole and other utensils, scrubbing clean.
2, soak the Chinese medicine for about 20 minutes. During the process of soaking, it is best to stir with a stirring stick from time to time, so that the soaking is more uniform.
3, the Chinese medicine soaked, placed on a gas stove, or honeycomb stove to start boiling. In the Chinese medicine before boiling with high heat, boiling after turning into a small fire slowly simmering, small fire simmering for about 20 minutes.
4, generally to simmer 2 - 3 times, be sure to guard the side, do not boil no soup, there is a poisonous.
5, after the Chinese medicine is fried, use a filter or take a chopstick to block the dregs, pour out the medicine slowly.