How to cook and fry gypsum?
Soaking the drug in cold water for about 65438 0 hours before decocting is beneficial to the precipitation of the effective components of the drug. It is best to use casserole or metal container for decoction. After adding water, turn the medicine floating on the water surface up and down with chopsticks, so that the Chinese medicine is completely immersed in the water, and the water surface is 2-3 cm higher than the Chinese medicine. Generally, it is boiled with strong fire first, and then with slow fire. Generally, each dose should be decocted three times, the first time is 30 minutes after boiling, the second time is less than the first time, the third time is 40 minutes after boiling, and the third time is the same as the second time. Take it three times 150-200ml medicine juice, and take it half an hour after meals every day. There are also some drugs that need special decoction: for example, tortoise plastron and turtle shell, they should be decocted for one hour before being decocted with other drugs. There are some medicines that need to be taken, such as gypsum, notoginseng, American ginseng and so on. Swallow or melt, such as colla corii asini, colla cornus Cervi, and colla Plastri Testudinis. Reheat the decoction in the pot, pour the glue to be melted into the decoction, and heat until it is dissolved. You can also put 2-3 pairs of traditional Chinese medicines into a pot and decoct them together for 2-3 days before taking them. This method is only suitable for patients with refrigerators in winter.