Can I still drink Chinese medicine after it is boiled into a paste?

If we forget the boiling time when boiling Chinese medicine, it will become mushy. We cannot drink the boiled Chinese medicine, mainly because the boiled Chinese medicine has lost its medicinal properties and may contain toxic substances. Therefore, drinking boiled Chinese medicine may aggravate the condition, and we do not want patients to drink it. Let’s take a look at the consequences of drinking Chinese medicine that has been boiled into a mushy state.

It is recommended that you change to another one. It is best not to drink it. The Chinese medicine will become mushy during the decocting process. It will react with certain ingredients in the pot where you boil the medicine, so toxic substances will appear, which is why it is easy to cause a poisoning reaction. It is necessary to pay attention to symptomatic care, it cannot be drunk, it needs to be boiled again. At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to the boiling of the hospital mainly, and avoid random boiling of medicine, which will affect the efficacy of the medicine.

When Chinese medicine is boiled into paste, the high temperature causes the properties of the medicine to change. After carbonization, some substances that are harmful to the body are produced. In other words, the original effect of Chinese medicine has changed, so the mushy Chinese medicine cannot be taken. It’s better not to drink it. If it is burnt, the medicinal properties will be gone. It also contains carcinogens. If Chinese medicine is cooked into a paste, it will be like cooking overcooked, and will cause the formation of toxic substances. On the other hand, Chinese medicine emphasizes compatibility and dosage. If some drugs are cooked into a paste, the dosage of the drugs will be reduced accordingly.

Once Chinese medicine is boiled into a paste, the active ingredients will be destroyed, its properties will change, and even the effect will be the opposite. For example, after the blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs are boiled into a paste, they will become drugs with hemostatic effects. Therefore, Chinese medicine should be discarded after being boiled into a paste. When Chinese medicine becomes mushy during the decocting process, it will react with certain ingredients in the pot where you boil the medicine, so toxic substances will appear, which is why it is easy to cause a poisoning reaction. This is why our doctors recommend using a clay pot to boil medicine instead of an iron pot, aluminum pot, etc.

The Chinese medicine introduced in this article cannot be drunk if it is boiled into a mushy state. I believe you all know that it is best not to drink Chinese medicine if it is boiled into a mushy state. The main reason is that drinking Chinese medicine if it is boiled into a mushy state will cause symptoms of poisoning, so we directly pour out the boiled Chinese medicine. When we boil Chinese medicine, we must pay special attention to the time to avoid getting it burnt again.