How to eat it? It has the functions of nourishing yin and blood, moistening dryness and hemostasis. It is often combined with other traditional Chinese medicine to treat various diseases caused by blood deficiency.
In the prescription of traditional Chinese medicine used together with other traditional Chinese medicine, doctors often see the words "closing" in the upper right of donkey hide gelatin, which is a special decoction method of gum Chinese medicine such as donkey hide gelatin, antler gum and tortoise shell gum.
Like other traditional Chinese medicines, donkey hide gelatin may dissolve or not completely dissolve when it is decocted together with other medicines. It sinks at the bottom of the medicine pot, sticks to the bottom, even scorches and carbonizes, losing its proper efficacy. It will also affect the release of effective ingredients because it sticks to the surface of other traditional Chinese medicines. In addition, direct decocting of donkey hide gelatin is not easy The sticky pan also produces foam, which easily spills out of the pot, resulting in a large number of active ingredients lost.
Therefore, in order to ensure that the effective ingredients of donkey hide gelatin are completely decocted and its curative effect is fully exerted, it is necessary to correctly master the closing method of using donkey hide gelatin, otherwise, it will not only affect the dissolving and even the curative effect of donkey hide gelatin, but also cause the Oolong event that donkey hide gelatin is suspected to be mixed with "sesame". How to eat the gelatine
"Closing" means melting with hot solution. It can be boiled water, medicine liquid filtered to remove residue while hot, rice wine, hot milk, etc.
When closing the gelatine, the water should be heated first, and the gelatine should be broken or powdered first to increase the area contacting the hot water. After pouring the hot water, it needs to be stirred constantly to accelerate the dissolution.
You can also use the closing method of "stewing by separating water": put the donkey hide gelatin in a small bowl or cup, add some boiled water or filtered liquid medicine and put it in the pot to stew by separating water, keep the water in the bowl around the boiling point, and keep stirring.
It can be seen that the closing of donkey hide gelatin, especially when the drug solution is used as the solvent, can not be simply understood as the soaking of the drug solution.
The traditional Chinese medicine that needs to be decocted in the prescription should be boiled well, poured out the medicine liquid, and then put it into static position to take the supernatant solution or filter it to obtain the clear medicine liquid, and then used for closing gelatin; if it needs to be heated, it should be "stewed in water"; before closing gelatin, it should be broken or powdered.