It also distinguishes between frying and adding accessories.
① Stir-fry method. That is, frying without auxiliary materials. According to the size of firepower, it is divided into three types: fried yellow, fried coke and fried charcoal.
Stir-frying is to put the medicine into a heated container and stir-fry it with slow fire or medium fire until the surface turns yellow, or darker than the original color, or bubbles and expands, or the seed coat bursts open to reveal its inherent smell.
The main purpose is to enhance the curative effect, such as fried lotus seed meat can enhance the effect of stopping diarrhea and astringent semen; Alleviate the toxicity of drugs, such as frying morning glory can reduce toxicity and stop diarrhea; Crispy after frying, easy to fry effective ingredients, such as fenugreek and cowherb. Stir-frying can destroy the enzyme and keep the effective components of glycosides. For example, after frying Sophora japonica, it can avoid the action of enzymes and decompose rutin contained in it, thus maintaining the efficacy.
Stir-frying is to put the medicine into a heating container, heat it with medium fire or large fire, and keep stirring until the surface of the medicine is brown or brown and has a burnt taste.
The main purpose is to enhance the curative effect or reduce the medicinal properties. For example, fried hawthorn not only weakens the sour taste and reduces the irritation to the stomach, but also enhances the efficacy of relieving flatulence and stopping diarrhea and dysentery. Stir-frying is to put the medicine into a heating container, heat it with strong fire or medium fire, and keep stirring until the surface is black and the inside is yellow or brown. For example, fried thistle enhances hemostasis; Stir-fried dried ginger with charcoal or processed ginger tastes bitter, warm and astringent, which weakens its pungent and heat-dissipating effect and increases its efficacy of warming meridians and stopping bleeding.
(2) Add auxiliary materials and stir fry. A method for putting auxiliary materials into a pot, heating to a specified degree, and adding drugs to stir fry.
According to the different accessories, it can be divided into bran frying, rice frying, soil frying, sand frying, clam powder frying, talcum powder frying and so on. Bran frying means that drugs are fried with bran.
The main purpose is to enhance the curative effect, such as strengthening the spleen and benefiting qi after frying Atractylodes macrocephala and Chinese yam bran; Alleviate the medicinal properties, such as frying Fructus Aurantii Immaturus bran, which can alleviate its qi-breaking effect and avoid harming healthy qi; Correcting taste to remove odor, such as frying silkworm with bran, can remove its fishy smell.
Fried rice is fried with medicine and rice. The main purpose is to enhance the spleen-strengthening and antidiarrheal effects of drugs.
Dangshen fried rice; Reduce drug toxicity, correct bad smell, such as rice, stir-fried red lady with Mylabris. Stir-frying with soil means frying the medicine with kitchen soil.
Mainly to strengthen the function of strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea, such as fried yam and atractylodes macrocephala. Sand frying means frying drugs with sand. The main purpose is to facilitate dispensing and preparation.
Hard medicinal materials such as Rhizoma Cibotii and Pangolin become soft and brittle after sand frying, and are easy to be mixed, fried and broken; Reduce toxicity, such as sand frying semen Strychni; Correct the taste and remove the odor, such as sand fried hedgehog skin;
Conducive to cleaning, such as sand-fried semen Strychni and Rhizoma Drynariae can remove fluff. Stir-frying with clam powder means frying the medicine with clam powder. The main purpose is to make the medicine crisp, easy to mix, and have the effect of correcting taste and resolving phlegm, such as fried donkey-hide gelatin with clam powder. Stir-frying talcum powder is to stir-fry the medicine with talcum powder.
The main purpose is to make the medicinal materials soft and crisp, easy to fry, fragile and easy to prepare, such as talcum powder fried elephant skin and yellow dog kidney; Reduce toxicity and correct bad smell, such as talcum powder fried hedgehog skin, leech and so on.