When decocting the medicine, the water surface is no more than two or three centimeters of the medicine

Changsha reader Ms Qian asked: I often decoct medicine recently Because of more or less herbs each time, either too much water, too thin medicine soup, or less water, Chinese medicine paste bottom, how to master the water volume when decocting medicine? Wu Hongjuan, associate professor of Hunan University of traditional Chinese medicine, answers: Generally speaking, when decoction, the medicine is spread on the bottom of the pot, and the submerged medicine on the water surface is 2-3cm higher, about one and a half knuckles of the index finger And the hard, thick, or long-term Decoction of drugs can be slightly more water, loose texture, or effective ingredients are easy to volatilize drugs, water just submerged drug prices The herbs can be soaked for 20-30 minutes before decocting, which is not only beneficial to the chlorine in the volatile water, but also the water can slowly penetrate into the herbs, make them loose and expand, not easy to paste the bottom, but also make the effective ingredients easy to dissolve.