As follows are methods about the decoction and administrations:

A. Preventing mouldTCM drugs particularly patent Chinese medicines are easy to turn in mould because of the reasons that they are made in honey pill, extractum, granule, powder and water pill besides they contained much sugar themselves; they are kept beyond expiry date and broken on the way of transportation or in bad storage etc. So, if found mould or full of gas in their plastic bag, stop using them in case of poisoning. According to the scientific data, molded Chinese medicine contains aflatoxin (carcinogen).

B. Iron vessels are not employed to decoct TCM drugYou ‘d better use pottery and porcelain pot or vessels made of copper and aluminum to decoct the drug rather than iron vessel because the chemical performances of pottery and porcelain are stable not to act with drug. If use iron vessel, the iron can act with the components such as tannide, glycosides (rhubarb and multiflower knotweed root) ,that can change drug ‘s property losing its efficacy.

C. Not use boiling water to decoct TCM drugThe active ingredients existed in herbal medicine distribute evenly in the herbal cells. If used boiling water to decoct the drugs, the protein and starch etc. in it could be in solidification that made herbal cell not easy to break, so the active ingredients couldn’t be released out to play their role against disease.Before decoction, soak the drug into cold water for a time. Allow water temperature increasing gradually during the decoction and make the herbal cells expanding until broken slowly. So the protein and starch etc. can be broken down and dissolved in water gradually to facilitate releasing the active ingredients.

D. Support for taking medicine in the posture of standing upIt’s better in standing up posture to take herbal medicine specially for patent herbal medicine. In that way, the medicine with the aid of the boiled water, can go down directly to the gastrointestinal tract and fully absorb there. Some people takes it in the way of sitting or lying. In that way, the drug taken no matter they are in the forms of tablet, capsule or pill, are easy to adhere to the wall of esophagus and shall reduce the drug quantity to be contacted with the stomach and intestine correspondingly and result in a bad absorption as we know, medicine by oral administration is absorbed in stomach and intestine.

E. Controlling the drug doseThe drug dose is set upon condition of patient’s age, weight and illness. Beyond or below that dose can lead to trouble problems.F. Caution the side effectIt’s very common that some medicine is much effective toward some disease but harmfulness to other disease. Therefore you ‘d better follow doctor’s advice.

1. The administration of Chinese medicine (here mean the decoction of medicinal ingredients) usually is to take orally, two times a day (morning and evening) or three times a day (morning, noon and evening respectively). Upon request, we can provide the followings:Taking some medicine before mealTaking medicine before meal are suitable for the diseases located on lower part of the body such as liver deficiency, kidney deficiency, lumber disease or intestinal disease because it can increase the contact area with the drug correspondingly and absorb it well.

2. Taking some medicine after mealSome diseases located on the upper part of the body such as heart, lung, diaphragm and stomach are suitable for taking medicine after meal because the potency of the drug can go upward. For those with obvious toxicity it is also suitable in case of over absorption leading poisoning.

3. Taking medicine with cold water We considered that such drugs as alexipharmics, antiemetics, heat reliever etc. should be taken with cold water. There are two meanings of “taking with cold water”. One refers to taking the cold property decoction after getting it cold, such as treating sufferers with the syndrome of sthenic type and heat. The other refers to taking the warm property decoction after getting it cold, such as treating patients with thesyndrome of true-cold and pseuo-hear.

4. Taking medicine with warm waterIt is suitable for all those peaceful and helping drugs to enhance the function of benefit.

5. Taking medicine with hot waterTo take medicine in hot water is suitable for the drugs for common cold and poisoning so as to expel sweat, remove coldness and activate blood flow.

6. Being taken at a draught:Refer to the small dose decoction of strong drug that must be taken at a draught with the aim of concentrating all its potency, displaying its role at full advantages based on no influence to the vital qi in the body such drugs as the relaxing the bowels and removing the stagnancy and so on.

7. Being taken frequentlyIt is suitable for sufferers with sore throat and vomit. You can take medicine frequently for times to pursue the good effect.

8. Taking medicine when the stomach is emptyIt is suitable for all tonified decoctions. It ‘s better taken in the morning before breakfast to approach the full absorption.

9. Taking medicine before sleepingSuch drugs as sedatives, sleeping pills are suitable for taking before sleeping. Moreover, the better posture of the lying on one’s back should be adopted for the sufferers with the stagnation in their thorax cavity and diaphragm after taking medicine; Lying on back without pillow should be adopted for the sufferers with the trouble of brain, ears and eyes and lying on side for rib troubles after taking medicine.

10. Being taken every two nightsThis adoption is dedicated to the parasite’s removal being taken before sleeping and retaken in the morning next day. In that case, the parasites are easily anesthetized or killed and then discharge out of body.