Hello, I'm Dr. Zhang. Recently, I saw a news on the Internet, a friend went home after reading Chinese medicine, and posted the Chinese medicine doctor who treated him on the Internet, saying that he had no medical ethics, and the Chinese medicine prescribed was very expensive, and there were mud and sand pebbles, which were not clean after washing several times, and there was no effect after eating, which was really black-hearted.
As a Chinese medicine doctor, seeing such news, it really makes people laugh and cry, in fact, Chinese medicine really does not need to be cleaned before decoction, and the more you wash it, the more ineffective it is. Because the medicinal materials purchased from regular hospitals, pharmacies and other channels are all processed and concocted, only the last step is decoction. A taste of medicinal materials, not from the soil directly sent to everyone to cook, from its growth and picking to processing, there are many processes in the middle, the purpose is to strengthen the medicinal properties of the drug, slow down the poison of the neutralization of the drug
The first step of concoction is to purify the medicinal materials, remove the soil impurities, non-medicinal and inconsistent parts of the medicinal effect, and then the processing of the medicinal effect, like vinegar can only reduce toxicity, like green skin, fragrant vinegar can also lead the medicine to the liver meridian, because the acid enters the liver; Stir-fried charcoal with medicinal herbs can stop bleeding; Alcohol can invigorate blood and relieve pain, etc.
Take rhubarb as an example, raw rhubarb has strong laxative power, mainly used for attacking, like hot knot constipation, and the effect is good after the bottom. Wine-made rhubarb has a weak laxative force, but it can clear the scorching heat poison, such as eye redness and pharyngeal swelling, gum swelling and pain, and it has a good effect on blood activation, so it should be used for blood stasis syndrome. Rhubarb charcoal is mostly used for blood fever and hemorrhagic syndrome. Even the rhubarb made from plantain and arborvitae leaves has the effect of reducing turbidity and lipids.
The essence and core of traditional Chinese medicine, the four qi and five flavors, and its meridian return can all be reflected through the preparation of traditional Chinese medicine. If the medicinal materials are washed before decoction, what is washed away is not the so-called sediment impurities pebbles, but the medicinal properties of the medicine, and even the medicinal materials, because the so-called pebbles of the Chinese medicine prescription are likely to be precious ore drugs, resulting in the traditional Chinese medicine should be sour and not sour, salty and not salty, the four qi and five flavors are lacking and that is less, the medicine is not returned to the scriptures, how can the prescription be effective.
Nowadays, some hospital pharmacies use independent small packages of traditional Chinese medicine, and some are still more traditional ways of grasping medicines, which are packed together with many traditional Chinese medicines. No matter what kind of Chinese medicine it is, as long as it is purchased through formal channels, you can use it with confidence, and don't wash it because you usually love to be clean, so that it will affect the efficacy of the medicine.