The stir-frying method is the basic method of processing traditional Chinese medicine. Its history is introduced as follows:
The stir-frying method is the basic method of processing traditional Chinese medicine. It has a long history and started as early as (before the Han Dynasty). Application and documented in medical books.
What is the concept of stir-frying?
1. Definition
The stir-frying method without adding auxiliary ingredients is called the clear stir-frying method, which includes three methods: stir-frying, stir-frying and charcoal stir-frying.
2. Purpose
Enhance the curative effect (Jiao Sanxian, charcoal medicine), reduce toxicity (Morning Glory Seed, Xanthium Seed), eliminate side effects (the purgative effect of Cassia Seed is eliminated after frying), alleviate the medicinal properties (Hawthorn, Gardenia), change Medicinal properties (radish seeds), increase the dissolution of ingredients (must stir-fry every mustard seed), facilitate storage (frying mustard seeds destroys decomposing enzymes and preserves glycosides), facilitates purification (remove thorns from Xanthium seeds), corrects smell and taste (nine spices) Insects) etc.
Stir-fried and stir-fried
Definition
Put the clean or cut medicine into a preheated heating container and heat it over a slow fire or Heat and stir-fry over medium heat until the surface of the medicine turns yellow or becomes darker than the original color, or foams and bulges, or the seed coat ruptures, and the inherent smell of the medicine is revealed. Some medicines need to be stir-fried until the seed coat bursts and blooms, which is also called stir-frying.
Applicable drugs
Seed drugs are not conducive to decoction due to the hard seed coat. After frying, the keratinized or corky outer skin swells and cracks, and the internal tissue is loose, making it easy to decoct. Active ingredients. There is an old saying that "everyone must speculate". In addition, some fruit medicines such as hawthorn and gardenia are also fried. In particular, some glycoside-containing drugs such as mustard seeds, sophora japonica, and bitter almonds can be fried to yellow color, which can destroy the decomposing enzymes and preserve the glycoside ingredients, which is beneficial to the storage of these drugs.
Processing process
The operation method of stir-frying is: take the clean medicine, place it in a preheated pot, heat it over a slow fire (or medium heat), and stir-fry until the surface of the medicine turns yellow If it becomes darker than the original color, or swells and bulges, or there is a dense popping sound, and the inherent smell of the medicine is revealed, take it out and let it cool. Subcategories of drugs should be crushed before use.
The operation method of stir-frying is: take out the medicine, place it in a preheated pot, heat it over medium heat, stir-fry until most of the medicine explodes, take it out and let it cool.
Consider the heat as follows: color - fry until the lighter ones are yellow, and darker ones until they are darker than the original color, and Xanthium seeds are dark yellow; smell - fry until the inherent smell of the medicine is revealed (volatile mustard seeds) oil, perilladehyde, etc.); sound - the sound of the heated seed coat expanding and bursting, pay attention to the size and amount of the popping sound; morphological changes - swelling, bulging, and even bursting and flowering. Wangbuliuxing and water safflower seeds burst into white flowers.
Sauteing method
Definition
Put the clean or cut medicine into a preheated frying container and use medium or high heat. Heat and stir-fry until the surface of the medicine turns brown or brown, the inside color deepens, and it has a burnt aroma.
Applicable drugs
After stir-frying, digestive drugs can enhance their effects of strengthening the spleen, appetizing, digesting and inducing stagnation, such as Jiao Sanxian. Some drugs with excessive medicinal properties can be alleviated by frying them. For example, burnt gardenia can relieve bitter cold, burnt hawthorn can relieve acidity, burnt atractylodes can relieve pungency and dryness, and burnt betel nut can relieve injury.
Processing method
The process of frying coke is: ⑴ preheat the pot; ⑵ add the medicine in stages, the firepower is generally medium fire; during operation, first use a small fire to remove the water and then increase the firepower ; ⑶ Stir-fry evenly to prevent local overheating and carbonization; ⑷ Check the heat and remove from the pan, spread out and let cool. Heat: Color - light and thin texture, small body such as betel nut, gardenia, and malt are stir-fried until brown; firm texture, large body such as hawthorn, Shenqu, and Atractylodes are stir-fried until brown. Smell - All should have a burnt aroma.
Charcoal frying method
Definition
Put the clean or cut medicine into a preheated heating container, and heat it with strong or medium fire. The method of stir-frying until the surface of the medicine is burnt black or dark brown and the inside is burnt brown or yellow is called the charcoal frying method.
Purpose of processing
Charcoal medicine is a type of traditional Chinese medicine that has special effects due to carbonization on its surface. The charcoal preparation of traditional Chinese medicine often has the purpose of enhancing or producing hemostasis, reducing toxicity and side effects.
The application of charcoal has a long history. "Fifty-Two Disease Prescriptions" already include "burnt hair" and "burnt mugwort"; "The Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" contains Wangbuliuxing charcoal to treat gold sores, and blood residual charcoal to treat dysuria; "Qianjin Prescription" has rhubarb charcoal to treat vaginal discharge , pomegranate peel charcoal to treat diarrhea, etc. The main use of charcoal medicine in ancient times was to "stop bleeding". Ge Kejiu of the Yuan Dynasty first proposed the theory of charcoal medicine to stop bleeding in his "Ten Medicines Book".
The phenomenon of charcoal medicine to stop bleeding is explained using the Five Elements Theory and the "analogy method".
The first prescription of his book is "Shi Hui San". The predecessors Zhang Bingcheng and Wang Mengying called "Shi Hui San": This prescription collects the products of cooling blood, astringent blood, loosening blood and promoting blood circulation, each burning charcoal The nature of preservation is that it is cool when it is cool, astringent when it is astringent, loose when it is loose, and it is when it travels, so it can be used for metrorrhagia with both heat and blood stasis. The only product that can relieve astringency is palm, while the rest are products that clear away heat from blood, promote blood stagnation, and break blood stasis.