① People with qi deficiency constitution: you can take Dangshen ointment and Shenqi ointment, each time 1 spoon, twice a day.

② People with blood deficiency constitution: you can take Shiquan Dabu ointment, once 1 spoon, twice a day.

③ People with yang deficiency: You can take Shenlu Bugao, each time 1 spoon, twice a day, and you can also take Lurong tablets.

④ People with yin deficiency constitution: You can take Qiongyu ointment, each time 1 spoon, twice a day, and you can also take Dabuyin Pills and Zhibai Dihuang Pills.

Quality identification method of Ejiao

A good donkey-hide gelatin cube is neat, about 3 cm long and wide, and about 0.5 ~ 0.7 cm thick. It is brownish red or brownish black, shiny and smooth. The taste is slightly sweet and the gas is weak. Transparent to light, hard and brittle. Slap hard on the desktop, and it will be brittle and broken into pieces. Those with brown, translucent and foreign bodies are authentic.

Selection method of winter tonic

① People who are afraid of cold due to yang deficiency: You can eat mutton, dog meat, bovine bone marrow, ginseng tablet, ginseng tonic paste, etc.

② Yin deficiency: you can choose to eat sea cucumber, tremella and angelica pills, Liuwei Dihuang pills and so on.

③ People with blood deficiency: often dizzy, you can choose to eat milk, longan, chicken, eggs, red dates and donkey-hide gelatin.

④ Qi deficiency: Ginseng, Shenqi Bugao, Liangyi Ointment and Shiquan Dabu Ointment should be selected.

Quality identification method of powder injection

Normal powder injection can be turned freely in the bottle, there are no foreign bodies and color spots in the bottle, there are no cracks in the bottle body, and the powder is caked, stuck to the bottle wall or discolored, so it should be discarded.

Identification of royal jelly

① Look: Pure royal jelly is milky white or yellowish translucent paste; Pseudo and inferior royal jelly is light in color and thin in quality, with a small amount of bubbles on the surface.

② Smell: Pure royal jelly has a special sour taste; Deteriorated royal jelly has a rotten smell.

③ Taste: It is pure royal jelly that tastes sour first and then astringent with the tongue; Only sweet or tasteless are fakes.

④ Inspection: The pure royal jelly is brownish red by iodine solution inspection; Counterfeits are blue.

Anti-vomiting method by taking medicine

The following methods can be used for those who will have vomiting reaction after taking medicine.

① Take it in small amounts in several times.

② Drink a small amount of ginger juice before taking the medicine.

③ Acupuncture or acupressure at Neiguan point of wrist.

④ Press the temple again with your fingers.

⑤ Rub fresh ginger slices back and forth on the tongue coating.

6. Apply some vinegar to your nostrils. Can prevent nausea and vomiting.

Rational selection of cold medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine must treat colds based on syndrome differentiation.

① Wind-cold common cold: manifested as mild fever, no sweat, headache, nasal congestion, nasal discharge, heavy throat itching, cough with thin phlegm, and pungent-warming and exterior-relieving agents such as midday tea and Tongxuanlifei pills can be used.

② Wind-heat cold: manifested as fever, sweating, headache, sore throat, yellow sputum, thirst and yellow urine. Yinqiao Jiedu tablets, Ganmao antipyretic granules, Sangju Ganmao tablets and other pungent and refreshing drugs can be used.

Potassium permanganate concentration selection method

① gastric lavage: the concentration should be1∶1000 ~ 5000.

② Washing infected wounds and mucous membranes: the concentration should be only 1∶ 1000.

③ Wash vagina or bladder: the concentration should be1:1000 ~ 2000.

④ Disinfect fruits and tableware: the concentration should be1:1000.

Quality identification method of solid dry syrup

Solid dry syrup should be a dry granular granule. If one of the phenomena such as odor, stickiness, caking and melting is found, it means that it has begun to deteriorate and should be stopped.

Dissolved medication method

Compound licorice tablets and other cough-relieving tablets, as well as mint throat tablets and iodine-containing throat tablets for the treatment of pharyngitis, must be contained in the mouth and slowly swallowed after dissolving, which has a better effect.

Identification of true and false tiger bones

① Skull: the head is round, the forehead is flat, there is a shallow groove in the upper part of the forehead, there are ridges at the back of the parietal bone, the cheekbones are abduction, there are 8 pairs of teeth in the upper jaw and 7 pairs of teeth in the lower jaw, the canine teeth are long and curved inward, and the molars are chevron-shaped.

② Body bones: The first cervical vertebra is butterfly-shaped, the third to seventh cervical vertebra is saddle-shaped, with 13 pairs of ribs, round ends and flat middle, and the caudal vertebra has 22 to 28 segments, mostly even numbers.

③ Limb bone: limb bone is divided into 2 segments, the upper segment is 1 root bone, the lower segment is composed of 2 bones, and the upper segment of the forelimb has "eye of the wind". The lower segment of the forelimb has a long main bone and a short side bone, while the upper segment of the hind limb is cylindrical, and the lower segment has a thick main bone and a prismatic shape, and the side bone is soft and thin, and the gap of the limb section accounts for13 of the bone.

④ Claw hook: 5 toes on the front foot and 4 toes on the rear foot. The claws are yellow-white or gray-white, oily and smooth. The claw hook is thick and short, with rounded edges on the outside and slightly flat inside without cracks. Tiger palms often have yellowish brown fur with black stripes.

⑤ Smell: The fishy smell is heavy.

⑥ Specific gravity: Tiger bone is twice as heavy as cow bone with the same volume. Tiger bone is not hollow after fracture, but loofah-like.

Quality identification method of suspension emulsion

Pharmaceutical suspensions and emulsions can't be used if there are a lot of precipitation or stratification, uneven shaking and other phenomena.

Quality identification method of capsules and capsules

Drugs made into capsules and capsules show obvious softening, rupture, oil leakage, adhesion and other phenomena, which all indicate that they have deteriorated and cannot be taken.

Capsule swallowing method

First put the capsule in your mouth and take a sip of water. Don't look up but look down at the front and swallow it naturally. Patients who are sensitive to vomiting reflex nerves have better effects.

Identification of expiry date of imported drugs

① Europe: arranged by day, month and year, such as15/8/92.

② USA: arranged by month, day and year, such as May．26．93.

③ Japan: arranged by year, month and day, such as 92 ~ 8 ~1.

④ Russia: Sometimes Roman numerals are used to represent months, such as II.91.

⑤ Some products are only marked with the manufacturing date, and the validity period can be calculated according to the manufacturing date, such as:

Manufacturing date: 15/8/92 means1August 99215;

Expiration date: Fiveyear；; Fromdatteofmanufacture means that it can be used within 5 years from the date of manufacture, that is, it will expire on1August, 997 15.

Alcohol concentration selection method

① Disinfection and sterilization: the general concentration is 70% ~ 75%.

② Prevention of bedsore: the concentration should be 50%.

③ Physical cooling and wet compress of small area scald: the concentration should be 25% ~ 30%.

Chewing medication

Drugs for gastric ulcer and hyperacidity, such as metoclopramide, aluminum hydroxide tablets and ordinary aspirin tablets, should be chewed and swallowed before they can give full play to their functions.

Identification method of antelope horn

Authentic antelope horn has the following characteristics:

① A gray black line can be seen through the light perspective, which is commonly known as "sky eye".

(2) There is a ring-shaped wheel ridge on the surface, which makes it comfortable and natural to hold it flat.

③ There is a bone plug in the middle and lower part. When the bone plug is taken out, it can be seen that there is a convex angle on the surface of the bone plug, which coincides with the depression on the inner surface of the angle. Those without the above characteristics are all fake antelope horns. In addition, those who are softened by soaking in water are fake products with bright corners; The sticky person is a fake fish fat product.

Quality identification method of velvet antler

Pilose antler is the young horn of male sika deer and red deer that has not been ossified and densely furred.

① Plum antler is thick, round, capillary, tender, plump at the top, reddish brown in color, shiny and oily, and has no tendons at the lower part. (1) Sawdust: cylindrical. The one with a lateral branch is called "two-bar velvet", and the protagonist is called "big stand". It is about10 ~18 cm long, with a saw diameter of about 3 cm. It is white and has a fine honeycomb shape, and the outer ring has no bone. The fuzz is dense, red and yellow, with dense upper end and thin lower end. There is a gray rib between the branches, and the fur is close. The smell is slightly fishy and salty. Those with two lateral branches are called "three forks", which are 24 ~ 30 cm long, thin in diameter, mostly out of round, slightly curved, slightly backward, pointed at the apex, with many longitudinal ribs at the lower part, heavy weight and fine hair, and ossification at the periphery of the kerf, without fishy smell. (2) Chopping: similar to sawing, it is divided into two bars, three forks and other specifications. The front end of the skull is flush, and the back is a pair of curved bones, which are called "tiger teeth". Its color is white and there is no residual meat, with brain skin attached outside and fine hairs on it.

② The velvet antler is light, full, dense in cross section, with no tendons at the lower part and few bones. It is also divided into sawed velvet and chopped velvet, which looks like a flower velvet, with a large body and many branches. One side branch is called "single door"; The two lateral branches are called "lotus"; Three are called "three forks"; Four are called "four forks". The commodities are mostly lotus and sancha. The velvet is 20 ~ 30 cm long, its appearance is grayish black or grayish yellow, its hair is thin and thick, there is bone in the outer ring of the saw mouth, and there are many branches. The older the quality, the heavier the body, the slightly fishy smell and the slightly salty taste.

Self-made method of Niubiangao

Soak the dried bullwhip with clear water, cut it open with a sharp knife or scissors, remove the tunic of urethral canal inside, put the whole piece into a pot to boil, take it out and cut it into thin slices, put it into a pressure cooker, add wine, onion ginger and water, burn it until it is crisp and rotten, and stew it into a paste with slow fire instead. Adding chopped red dates, walnuts, black sesame seeds, longan pulp, rock sugar, etc., boiling with slow fire, and cooling to obtain the bullwhip cream. Every time 1 to 2 tablespoons, put in a small bowl, steam thoroughly in water, and take 1 time in the morning and evening.

Identification of true and false calculus bovis

① Taste: (1) Natural bezoar is cool in the mouth, bitter at first, then slightly sweet, brittle when chewed, non-sticky and slowly soluble. (2) Artificial bezoar is slightly fragrant and fishy, slightly bitter in taste, and has no cool feeling after eating. (3) The counterfeit product has no clear fragrance and bitter taste, and it turns into a sticky paste or has the feeling of slag particles after being imported.

(2) nail coating: natural bezoar and artificial bezoar are evenly mixed with clear water and coated on nails, which are not easy to wipe off after being infected; Fakes can't.

③ Water solubility: put a little sample in a glassware, add water to boil, and the natural bezoar and artificial bezoar can be completely dissolved, and the water is brown, not turbid, and free of sediment and floating objects; Counterfeit products are not completely dissolved, and there are sediments or floating objects.

Simple slicing method of ginseng

When cooking rice, when the surface begins to dry, put the whole ginseng in a small bowl and steam it on the rice to be soft, then take it out, cut it into thin slices with a sharp knife, and then put it on the pot cover of the braised rice to evaporate the water in it, so that it can be collected and used.

Ginseng tonic method

① Tea-making method: Put ginseng powder with white sugar in a thermos cup for drinking, and the effect is the best.

(2) grinding method: grinding ginseng into powder, swallowing 2-3 grams of warm water each time or putting it into capsules.

③ Steaming juice method: Put 6-9g ginseng slices in a small bowl or cup, steam the juice in water, and take it in several times.

④ Chewing slice method: Take sliced ginseng in your mouth, 4-5 slices a day.

⑤ Milk-washing method: Mix ginseng powder with milk and drink it together.

⑥ Stew chicken: Put ginseng in the belly of chicken, stew, eat meat and drink soup without oil and salt seasoning.

⑦ Soaking method: soak10 ~ 20g ginseng in 500g liquor, and take it two weeks later.

⑧ ginseng jujube method: ginseng and jujube are steamed with angelica, licorice and medlar, and ginseng jujube juice is often taken, which has curative effect on lung disease, stomach disease, liver disease and neurasthenia. It is especially suitable for people with weak constitution, loss of appetite and listlessness.

⑨ Ginseng and clam powder: Ginseng and clam are ground into fine powder and taken twice a day, which is specially used for treating lung and kidney deficiency and asthma.

Selection method of ginseng type

① Partial heat: Korean red ginseng (also known as Berberis ginseng, Korean ginseng), Jilin red ginseng, Japanese red ginseng, red ginseng beard, etc. It is suitable for people with yang deficiency and qi deficiency, such as senile asthenia, dizziness, loss of appetite, uterine prolapse, metrorrhagia, and excessive blood loss during major surgery. It is generally taken in winter. Not suitable for patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire, hypertension and hepatitis.

② Warm nature: Jilin wild ginseng, white ginseng, oriental ginseng, sugar ginseng, etc., which are mild in nature, are suitable for people with yang deficiency and yin deficiency, such as old age, physical weakness after illness and postpartum, hypertension, heart disease, gallstones, cholecystitis, cancer, etc. Dry mouth and swollen gums can be served with white ginseng. Generally taken in summer.

3 coolness: sun-dried ginseng, skin-tailed ginseng, white ginseng beard, etc., suitable for people with red tongue, dry mouth and throat, dizziness and tinnitus, constipation, deficiency heat and other yin deficiency and fire.

Ginseng quality identification method

Large branches, thin skin, light yellow or brown color, and long neck are high-quality white ginseng; The branches are fine, the branches are full and undamaged. The ones with slightly transparent red color are high-quality red ginseng, followed by those with short waist, short neck, coarse lines and dryness. Fresh ginseng is the top grade with big branches, full pulp, no scars and no damage. The level of ginseng is represented by four words: heaven, earth, goodness and knowledge. Its division depends on color, color, length, meat quality and whether it is broken or not. Its file information has strict standards, and those with body length 18.3 cm and weight 16 g or more are 16 ginseng; There are 25 ginseng whose body length 16.7 cm and body weight 16 g or less. Generally speaking, the quality of ginseng is good with large body, many lateral roots, thin roots and complete fibrous roots; In the case of the same grade and number of branches, the weight is the best. Its authenticity is considerable, with long reed head, round reed and pearl points, and no mildew, moth-eaten, moth-eaten or damaged. You can also taste it. Bitterness with sweetness is the real thing, and those who taste sour and spicy are fake.

Notoginseng identification method

Put the powder of Panax Notoginseng into a small amount of fresh pig blood, and it is the real thing that can make pig blood turn into water.

Identification method of ginseng garden ginseng

Wild ginseng is wild ginseng, which has high medicinal and economic value. Garden ginseng is artificially cultivated ginseng, and ginseng red, sun-dried ginseng and sugar ginseng in pharmacies are made by garden participants. The difference between mountain participation and garden participation is as follows:

① Skin: The epidermis of ginseng is mostly yellow, a few are golden yellow and yellowish brown, with thin and deep lines, and most of them spiral around the shoulder of the main root; The epidermis of ginseng is white, and most of them have no lines, even if there are lines, they are not coherent.

② Reed: The reed head of ginseng is long, most of which can be divided into three sections and two sections. The reed marks are closely arranged and surrounded on all sides. The reed heads of garden ginseng are thick, mostly constricted-necked reeds, with large and obvious stem scars and a small number.

③ Body: Ginseng is mostly a cross-body and a pimple, a few are water chestnut and cis-body, and very few are stupid; The ginseng body is short and stout, mostly cylindrical, cis-body and stupid.

④ Legs: Most ginseng has two legs, a few have more than two legs or one leg, and the crotch is naturally loose; Garden ginseng has many legs, rarely one or two legs, and the crotch is tight.

⑤ whiskers: the fibrous roots of ginseng are slender and elastic, with pearl pimples on them, and water whiskers and Mao Mao whiskers are very few; Garden ginseng fibrous roots are short and numerous, with few pearl bumps, and most of them are broom-shaped and messy.

⑥ taro: Most of the ginseng taro is shaped like a jujube pit and droops downwards, and there are very few hairy taro; Garden ginseng is mostly taro, without jujube pit, and most of them extend upward or horizontally.

Quality identification method of snake gall

Put the snake gall under 100 watt fluorescent lamp, and it is better to be green and dark blue; It is dark and light orange yellow.

Musk identification method

① Eye observation: The true musk powder is brown or yellowish brown, with square column octahedron or irregular crystal occasionally in the lump, without acute angle, and round oil drops, occasionally hair and cortical intima tissue can be seen.

② Hand twisting: put a little musk in the palm of your hand, add water to moisten it, and knead it into a ball shape, and then it will spread out with your fingers, without sticking your hands or caking.

(3) Burning: take a little musk and burn it with fire, which makes it dry, and the oil point is like beads, which seems to burn hair but has no odor, and its gray is white or gray; If you wrap it in tin foil and set it on fire, you will see a slight flame like phosphorus at first, and then a blue smoke column will rise linearly. If the fire burns, oil bubbles will appear, and those without fragrance are adulterated fakes.

4 blisters: put a little musk into boiling water, and it will be true if it rotates rapidly and gradually boils and melts; Floating on the surface of the water or sinking to the bottom, insoluble is false.

⑤ Taste: Take a little musk and put it in your mouth. The genuine product tastes cool, rich and slag-melting, pure and fragrant, but it is a fake. ⑥ Ink migration: grind a little ink on the glass with the first-class Mo Ding, and then put small grains of musk next to the ink. Those with ink migration are genuine, otherwise they are fake.

Quality identification method of musk

① Whole musk: spherical, oval or eccentric, with a diameter of 3-6 cm. The opening surface is slightly flat, and the fine short hairs are spirally drawn, and the color is white or gray-brown. Hair removal and brown leather skin. On the other side, there is no hair, and it is dark brown and elastic. Cut open and you can see the silver-gray transparent skin film in the middle layer and the brown-red inner film. The inner membrane is covered with powder or granular musk kernel, which is soft and has special flavor.

② Loose musk: brownish yellow or purplish red powder, soft and oily, with fine hairs. Among them, those who are called "Wei Dangzi" are massive, granular, irregular round or flat. Most of them are purple-black, oily and bright, with slight forest patterns. No caking, no sticky hands, slightly bitter and pungent taste, and special aroma.

Water-soluble medication

For tribromide tablets, ammonium chloride, urotropine and other crystalline drugs, the tablets should be dissolved in water first, and then taken to avoid stimulating local gastric mucosa.

Quality identification method of water injection

Water injection should be colorless or yellowish clear liquid medicine. One of the phenomena, such as dark color, turbidity, precipitation, mildew and mildew, has deteriorated and cannot be used. However, the solubility is small at low temperature in winter, and some injections will crystallize out, which can be warmed up in water and reused after melting.

Identification of gastrodia elata blume

① Shape: oblate, slightly curved at two ends, long oval; One end has a reddish-brown tooth bud, like a parrot's mouth, and the other end has a circular scar formed after falling off the mother gastrodia elata.

② Color: The appearance is yellowish white or yellowish brown.

③ Epidermis: There are longitudinal wrinkles and transverse ring lines. Armillaria punctata parasitized on the ring pattern.

④ Texture: solid, not easy to break, translucent.

⑤ Steaming Gastrodia elata across the water will make you smell the genuine product. Most of the fake gastrodia elata is processed from potatoes and mirabilis jalapa roots, but the parrot's mouth and Armillaria mellea are difficult to process, so it is not difficult to distinguish them.

Hearing health care method

① Protect the ear canal and tympanic membrane: cover your ears with your hands to avoid loud noises such as shooting and thunder. Dry the ear canal when bathing and swimming. Don't use matchsticks or hairpins to pull out the ear canal.

② Do not smoke or drink.

③ Use streptomycin, gentamicin and kanamycin with caution.

④ Ear diseases were found and treated in time.

⑤ Massage the auricle, rub the ear 80 ~100 times a day, and rub the ear red and hot.

Identification method of American ginseng origin

① Imported American ginseng: yellowish brown in color, yellowish white in meat, gray-black in fine horizontal stripes, light in weight, fine in skin and less powdery; Flat section, slightly horny, with fine chrysanthemum texture; It is fragrant and strong, sweet and bitter, refreshing and lasting.

(2) American ginseng made in China: the transverse ring lines of the root head are rare, the longitudinal lines are deep, the quality is heavy and firm, and the powder is rich; The section is uneven, solid and without chrysanthemum texture; The aroma is weak, the taste is bitter and sweet, and it is light, astringent and sticky when chewed for a long time.

American ginseng tonic method

Taking American ginseng tonic can be based on people and local conditions;

① Decocting: Slice American ginseng, take 3 ~10g each time, and take it in several times after frying thoroughly with water.

② Oral administration: take 3-4 thin slices each time, 3 times a day.

③ Swallowing: Grind American ginseng into fine powder and take1~1each time. 5 grams, three times a day, with warm water.

④ Steaming: Take 6 grams of American ginseng, add 25 grams of yellow wine, steam for 40-60 minutes, and take it three times.

⑤ Drinking: Take 3 ~ 6 grams of American ginseng slices, soak them in water instead of tea, and after drinking on the same day, the ginseng slices can also be chewed.

⑥ Stewed service: Take a proper amount of American ginseng slices, add chicken or duck, yam, lily, etc., stew thoroughly in a casserole, and take it in several times.

⑦ Cooking: Take 3 grams of American ginseng, add 2 red dates and 3 grams of tremella, and add water 1 hour to take.

Identification of true and false bear bile

Dry bear bile, long flat oval, narrow on the top, swollen on the bottom, and black or brown on the surface. The light is translucent and hard, and there are different shapes of dry bile in the capsule. Bear bile with bitter taste and aftertaste is true. The entrance of fake bear bile is bitter and sweet, and there is no fishy smell. Fill a container with a small amount of water, sprinkle a thin layer of dust on the water surface, and put a little bit of bile into it. If the dust suddenly condenses, it will be true, otherwise it will be false.

Quality identification method of ointment

Where the validity period of the ointment is indicated, it should be used within the validity period. If there is any abnormal smell, rancid taste, obvious particles, dry knot, thinning and other phenomena, it cannot be used.

Tablet crushing method

When feeding children medicine, it is often necessary to crush the tablets. Two spoons of the same specification can be stacked together, so it is easy to crush the tablets placed in the middle into powder.

Quality identification method of tablets

① One of the phenomena of yellowing, mildew, moth-eaten, loose powder, deliquescence, smelly taste, spots or crystallization of white tablets indicates that they have deteriorated and cannot be taken.

② One of the phenomena of sticky sugar-coated tablets, cracked sugar-coated tablets, dark brown spots, smelly taste, mildew, etc. has also deteriorated and cannot be taken.

Drug label identification method

The approval number, production batch number and registered trademark should be indicated on the labels of drugs produced in China. The first two digits of the production batch number are the year, the middle two digits are the month and the last two digits are the batch number.

Treatment of drug misuse

Eat the wrong small dose of medicine, as long as you drink more boiled water to make the medicine excrete.

(2) find out the wrong medicine in time, and stimulate the root or throat with your fingers or spoon handle to induce vomiting and expel medicine.

3 drink tea and then induce vomiting, repeatedly, wash your stomach, and then eat raw egg white or milk.

(4) seriously ill, must be rushed to the hospital, at the same time take the wrong medicine, in order to timely symptomatic rescue.

Selection method of hepatitis B vaccine

The following people need to be injected with hepatitis B vaccine:

① When one party is found to be positive for hepatitis B surface antigen in premarital examination, the other party can be injected with hepatitis B vaccine.

② Pregnant women who are positive for HBsAg should be injected with hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth.

③ Medical staff who are often exposed to HBsAg positive and often operate on it.

④ Family members of patients with positive HBsAg.

⑤ Nurses in kindergartens, workers in food processing factories and cooks in canteens.

⑥ Patients who often need blood transfusion or healthy people who often donate blood.

Standing medication method

Taking medicine standing, drinking some boiled water, and then standing for a few minutes can make the medicine reach the site of action quickly and play its greatest role.

Taboo method for taking traditional Chinese medicine

① After taking Chinese medicine, you should generally avoid drinking strong tea.

② After taking ginseng or other tonics, avoid eating radish.

(3) after taking heat-clearing and blood-cooling drugs, avoid eating peppers.

④ During taking medicine, patients with allergies, asthma and skin diseases should avoid eating chicken, fish, shrimp, crab, mutton and garlic.

⑤ After taking Poria cocos, avoid vinegar.

6. After taking Ophiopogon japonicus, avoid eating crucian carp.

⑦ After taking Schizonepeta, avoid eating fish and crabs.

After taking honey, don't eat onions.

Pet-name ruby after taking white, avoid eating garlic.

Attending after taking licorice and platycodon grandiflorum, avoid eating pork.

Traditional Chinese medicine decoction method

(1) decocting utensils, such as casserole, clay pot, crock as well, avoid copper, iron metal pot.

② Traditional Chinese medicine should not be boiled in boiling water, and water should be added. Dry medicine should cover the medicine surface by 3 cm. Second, decoctions only need to be covered with 1 cm, and tonic drugs can be added with more water. "Soak more and fry less" can make the effective components of the medicine fully decocted.

③ The temperature should be controlled according to the drug performance. "First martial arts, then writing" is the general principle of decoction, which is to boil quickly and decoct slowly with slow fire. After boiling, about 20 minutes is appropriate. All the drugs with divergent exterior-relieving effects and fragrant flowers and leaves, such as Perilla frutescens and Schizonepeta tenuifolia, are boiled and decocted for10 ~15 minutes. All nourishing drugs, such as Rehmannia glutinosa and Polygonatum sibiricum, which are greasy and hard to produce juice, should be boiled for 40 ~ 60 minutes.

(4) in the same dose, the root tuber is fried first, and then the flowers and plants are fried; Fruits and granules should be mashed before frying. Toxic substances such as aconite and aconite should be decocted first to reduce toxicity; Diarrhea drugs such as rhubarb and senna leaves should be decocted later, so as not to lose the purgative effect.

⑤ Each dose of medicine is generally decocted twice, and tonic medicine can be decocted three times. The medicine juice of children and seriously ill patients should be concentrated and easy to feed.

⑥ Colloidal drugs such as donkey glue, deer glue and tortoise glue should be steamed separately.

All landowners fried paste medicine, avoid taking.

Traditional Chinese medicine soaking method

When soaking traditional Chinese medicine, it is necessary to wrap the traditional Chinese medicine with a clean gauze, put it into a cup and then pour it into boiling water, which can not only soak out effective components, but also remove some impurities and dust mixed in the process of collecting and drying traditional Chinese medicine, so as to make the medicine juice fragrant and refreshing.

Traditional Chinese medicine decoction taking method

① Take it before meals: the disease is located in the lower part, such as liver and kidney deficiency or diseases below the waist, intestinal diseases, etc. Take it before meals, and the drug properties are easy to be released and absorbed, and the curative effect is good.

Take after meals: the disease is located in the upper part of the world, such as heart, lung, chest, diaphragm and epigastric diseases, and drugs that stimulate the digestive tract can lead to upward drug properties; Poisonous drugs, taken after meals, can avoid being absorbed too quickly and causing poisoning.

3 cold service: cold medicine is taken after cooling, such as treating big fever; Take the hot medicine after cooling. If the winter vacation fever is treated, the effect is good. Antidotes, antiemetics, and antipyretics should all be taken cold.

(4) Warm service: All mild drugs and tonic drugs should be taken at a temperature of about 35℃, which can benefit qi and supplement.

⑤ Hot service: Any medicine for catching a cold, relieving exterior syndrome and expelling cold should be taken orally while it is hot to promote sweating. The same should be true for drugs that dispel cold and promote blood circulation.

⑥ Take it immediately: A small dose of soup with strong medicinal properties should be taken at one time. We should make drugs concentrate their efficacy and exert their maximum effect without damaging vital qi. Such as relaxing bowels and removing blood stasis.

⑦ Frequent administration: For throat diseases and vomiting, it is advisable to take it frequently and drink it slowly, so that the decoction can fully contact the affected part and take effect quickly.

⑧ Take on an empty stomach: All nourishing drugs should be taken on an empty stomach in the morning to facilitate full absorption.

Pet-name ruby bedtime clothes: Sleeping sedatives, should be taken before going to bed. Note: patients with stagnation and chest disease should lie on their backs after taking the medicine; If the head, brain, ears and eyes are sick, go to the pillow and lie down after taking the medicine; Patients with bilateral rib diseases lie on their left and right sides after taking the medicine.

Attending to take overnight: insect repellent, once before going to bed and once again on an empty stomach the next morning, so that intestinal worms are more likely to be killed and excreted.

Mastering the best time of taking traditional Chinese medicine

① tonic: take it before meals.

② Medicine for nourishing yin and blood: taken at night.

3 antiperspirant: take it before noon.

4 stomach medicine: take it after meals.

⑤ emetic: take it in the morning.

⑥ Laxative: Take it on an empty stomach.

⑦ antimalarial drugs: taken before the attack.

8 drugs that stimulate the gastrointestinal tract: take it after meals.

Pet-name ruby insecticide: take it on an empty stomach.

Attending sedative: take it before going to bed.