Chinese medicine residue should not drink

Some Chinese herbs must be directly blunt to ensure that the active ingredient is not suitable for decoction. When brewing, there will be a layer of “muddy” residue at the bottom of the cup. Should these residues not be drunk?

The traditional Chinese medicines that must be washed are mainly expensive drugs and active ingredients that are hardly soluble in water, such as pilose antler, ginseng, Panax notoginseng, Fritillaria cirrhosa, etc. In order to ensure sufficient dosage, the doctor still recommends that the residue be used together.

Before blunt treatment, medicines are generally researched into go-between, and then boiled with water or rice soup. Special drugs can also be used in different ways. For example, Sanqi powder can be placed in a teaspoon and mixed with warm water to make a batter, and then rinsed with water to avoid phlegm. The cinnabar, pearl, amber and other medicines are heavy and difficult to dissolve in water. The medicine may be sprinkled on the tongue first and then rinsed off with warm water. These drugs are light and odorless, and there is no discomfort on the tongue. Ejiao, turtle gum, deer glue, etc., hard texture, can be divided into small pieces, add boiling water, if the chemical can not be opened, the heat to promote the melting, and then washed with water.