How do I take or cook my herbal medicine?
Tablet form:
Please take as instructed on the bag.
Powder form:
Mix 3-4 teaspoons of herbal powder into warm water, dissolve by stirring well.
Raw form:
1. Put 1 bag of herbs into either your electric herbal pot or stainless steel pot, add 750mL of cold water, make sure all the herbs are immersed under the water level.
2. 1st decoction: If you are using our electric pot turn on until the decoction is reduced to 1 cup (it will be automatically switched off and change into keep warm mode), if you are cooking manually, bring to boil and then simmer in low flame for 45-90 minutes until it is reduced roughly to 1 cup.
3. Strain and pour out the herbal liquid but don't throw away the herbal dregs yet (put it back into the pot), set aside your herbal liquid in a cup
4. 2nd decoction: Add 500mL of cold water to the pot and cook again until it is reduced into 1 cup
5. Strain and pour out the herbal liquid and mix into the the other cup you have prepared earlier (in total 2 cups of herbal liquid), throw away the herbal dregs
6. It is now ready for consumption, please take the herbal liquid when they are warm (may be stored in the fridge for 2-3 days).
7. Drink one cup in AM, another in PM according to instruction
**1 bag of raw herbs is for 1 day dosage
如何燉煮中藥
1. 「頭煎」加入適量的水浸泡一下,(感冒药不需要)這樣可以使藥材充分的吸水軟化更增進有效成分的釋出,加入冷水開始加熱燉煮,沸騰前那段時間就當作浸泡的過程。
2.先用大火急煎,沸騰後改用小火緩煎,注意監控火侯, 並攪拌1至2次。煮至一碗水
3.「頭煎」先倒入保溫瓶中,待「次煎」完成後,兩者在碗中混合濃度分两次再飲用,一日就是在早晚各喝1碗的劑量。
Timing
Before meals: 30mins-1hour before
After meals: 1hour after
Please take your medicine 2 hours apart from your Western medications.
服藥的時間:
飯前大約是30分鐘到1個小時
飯後大約是1個小時以後
服用西藥和中藥的相隔時間是2個小時..