Many people have the experience of decocting traditional Chinese medicine. Do you wash the traditional Chinese medicine with water before decoction? Some people think that Chinese medicine is “dirty” and “tasteful” before decoction. In order to remove the dirt and dust on it, they usually wash it with water first. In fact, this is extremely inappropriate behavior.
Chinese herbal medicines must be processed before they can be used as Chinese herbal decoction pieces. The purposes of processing are usually as follows: 1. To change the properties of the drug; 2. To enhance the efficacy of the drug; 3. To reduce the toxicity and side effects of the drug; 4. To correct 5. To facilitate preparation, decoction and storage; 6. To remove impurities and non-medicinal parts. If you wash with water first, remove or change the effective substances in it, it will inevitably change the efficacy. Some traditional Chinese medicines contain active ingredients that are easily soluble in water, such as acid in wolfberry fruit, alkali in ephedra, sugar in licorice, glycoside in almond, etc., which have great water solubility. The ingredients will also be lost in large quantities, so it is not necessary to wash the Chinese herbal medicine pieces with water first.