Do you need a lid to decoct Chinese medicine?
The traditional Chinese medicine decoction, the general use of water to control the time, for the convenience of modern medicine, unity in general are decocted for two times, the first high heat until boiling boiling and then decocted for 30 to 40 minutes, second times high heat until boiling boiling and then decocted for 20 - 30 minutes. If you have expensive medicine, you need to decoct third times, the time of reference second times.
Of course, before boiling and soaking for 15 minutes or so, some herbal water, water will put a little more, some (such as mineral drugs) do not just put a little less water, soak out, see fit and then consider whether water water, water reducing, then decocting.
In fact, decocting is a process of extraction. As long as the above time is reached, the active ingredients are almost soluble in water. As for whether or not to cover the lid is not the point, unless there is a "down" (volatile components) of the drug, it is necessary to cover the lid. Water can be controlled by itself, as long as it is not cooked. If you think water is a little more, boil it for a while and concentrate it.
