How long can the decocted Chinese medicine be kept at room temperature?

With people's understanding of Chinese herbal medicine, more and more people like it. When many people encounter some uncomfortable conditions, they will consult a Chinese medicine doctor. After taking some Chinese medicine under the guidance of a doctor, the effect is also quite significant. Chinese herbal medicine is quite effective in improving physical fitness. In order to meet everyone's needs, many Chinese medicinal materials can be decocted, so how long can the decocted Chinese medicinal materials be kept at room temperature? Next, I will give you a brief and detailed introduction, hoping to help everyone.

If it is not refrigerated at room temperature, the shelf life can only be maintained for 3 to 7 days. If it is refrigerated, the shelf life will be relatively longer. If it is frozen, the shelf life can generally reach 7 to 10 days. Generally, the course of treatment prescribed by Chinese medicine practitioners is 5 to 7 days. If you need to take the medicine for a long time, the decocted powder can be frozen. If it is usually frozen, the shelf life can be extended to 15 days to one month.

Although the decocted Chinese herbs can be kept for a long period of time, it is best not to keep them for a long time. The medicinal properties of decocted Chinese herbs and undecocted powders are different. If they are decocted but not consumed immediately, the ingredients in the medicine may leak out, which will greatly reduce the medicinal properties. If the packaging tape is not completely and strictly disinfected, it may breed a lot of bacteria, which will damage the gastrointestinal tract of the human body, and may cause diarrhea, abdominal pain and other uncomfortable symptoms. In severe cases, signs of poisoning may appear, endangering people's life and health. Therefore, the decocted powder in bags should not be kept for more than 7 days and should be consumed within 7 days if possible.

According to the above introduction, we can roughly understand that although it is more convenient to decoct Chinese medicine for others, the medicinal power may not be as good as that decocted by ourselves. After all, if you decoct the medicine for others, you cannot directly see the whole process of decocting the medicine by others. There may not be enough time when decocting the medicine, or the soaking time of the medicine is not enough, etc., which may cause the medicinal power to be not as good as that decocted by ourselves. If you have the skills to decoct Chinese medicine, it is better to do it yourself. I hope the above content can help you.