汤剂是祖国医学方剂学中一种传统剂型。明代,李时珍《本草纲目》中说:“凡服汤药,虽物品专精,修治如法,而煎药者卤莽造次,水火不良,火候失度,则药亦无效”。可见汤剂的煎煮方法,直接关系到汤剂的质量和疗效。本文就汤剂煎煮前的浸泡,煎煮次数和煎后所得的药液量问题,谈谈个人粗浅看法。一、煎煮前的浸泡由于饮片质地各有不同,溶媒容易透过组织疏松的药材,而对组织致密坚硬的 Decoction is a traditional prescription in the medical prescription of the motherland. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen’s “Compendium of Materia Medica,” said: “Where take the decoction, although the items specializing in the repair, such as the law, and the decoction of reckless make times, bad fire, misfire, then the drug is also invalid.” It can be seen that the decoction method of decoction is directly related to the quality and efficacy of decoction. This article talks about the superficial view of the decoction before soaking, the number of decocting and the amount of liquid after decocting. First, soaking before decoction due to the different texture of the decoction pieces, the solvent is easy to penetrate through the loose tissue and the tissue is dense and hard