Study on Decoction Process in Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases

This paper studied the decoction process in Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases,discussed the factors which influenced the process,such as the process of preparing Chinese crud drugs,the water used,soaking process,decocting times,the special decocting methods,the amount of water added,the volume of decoction obtained and the time of decocting.It considered that decoction process in Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases might provide the basis for the modern standardization of decoction process to guarantee the quality of decoction and curative effect.