How to use the medicine jar for the first time

In life, many people choose cupping to treat diseases, because cupping is really effective and has no side effects. During treatment, you can also put some better Chinese medicine in the cup, which can achieve both the purpose of treatment and the purpose of health preservation. However, for the first time you buy the cup, you must clean it before use. So how do you use the medicine cup for the first time?

Cleaning method: Put the porcelain medicine jar into a pot of cold water (make sure it is cold water) and add some vinegar, preferably grain vinegar. Put it on the fire and boil it. The water should cover the porcelain medicine jar. Add one to two taels of vinegar, bring to a boil, and cook for another twenty minutes. After boiling, it can not only remove lead but also prevent cracking. After it cools down, clean it with detergent and you can use it.

Generally speaking, in order to make the surface of porcelain medicine jars look good, they are usually decorated with brightly colored patterns, and the pigments of the patterns contain lead and cadmium.

However, porcelain medicine jars from regular manufacturers have all undergone rigorous testing, and their lead and cadmium dissolution meets national mandatory standards, so they are safe and reliable.

A medicine jar is a container used to store traditional Chinese medicine. It is usually made of porcelain, has a large mouth, a lid, and is moisture-proof and insect-proof. The other refers to the medicine cup method, in which medicinal materials are placed in a bamboo cup or a wooden cup to form a medicine cup for cupping.

The medicine cup is formed by adding appropriate amount of corresponding medicine during the cupping operation. The main method is as follows.

1. Drug flash fire method: soak some drugs (such as safflower, scorpion, etc.) in alcohol to make drug alcohol cotton balls, then use tweezers to clamp the lit cotton balls, and after circling them in the cup for 1 to 3 times, turn off the fire and quickly put the cup on the part to be removed, and it can be adsorbed on the skin.

2. The drug fire method is to light flammable drugs (such as orange peel, storax wood, etc.) and put them into the pot, then quickly put the pot on the pre-selected part, and it will be adsorbed on the skin.

3. The drug wine drop method: soak certain drugs (such as costus root, scutellaria baicalensis, papaya, Qiannianjian, etc.) in anhydrous alcohol or white wine for several weeks, then take 1 to 3 drops of the liquid and drop them into the jar. Shake it evenly along the inner wall of the jar, ignite it with fire, and quickly put the jar on the part to be removed, so that it can be adsorbed on the skin.