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Re <<TJ more important if you can make me favor and ask over the weekend how long the Chun-Pi (Ailanthus altissima) extract must boil.>>
On this issue I can help as I am observant around my home since marriage and watch those around me get well by drinking mud-like substance, and then I became a believer given evidence by use for self.
I have reviewed the below and yeah, they are all okay. I do not know that a clay pot is necessarily required, and see that one of the videos feature a process using metal pot. I do state that I have never seen Chinese traditional medicine slow-boiled in a metal pot but I think ought to be okay, for boiling is boiling, AS LONG AS SLOW.
Should you wish to use clay pot and have no access to such in Israel, please shout, I shall send you two pots separately in case one breaks in transit. Happy to do so.
That said, once you’ve got your herbs, you’re going to need a pot to cook them in. This is a picture of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine cooking pot. It’s ceramic, has a lid, and it has this distinctive feature where the handle and spout are on the same side. These are widely available at your local Chinatown or online. By no means to you need one of these in order to cook your herbs, but you will need a pot with a lid, and it’s best if it’s ceramic or some kind of glass cook wear. Some of the chemicals in the herbs can interact with metal pots, so if metal is your only option, use stainless steel but avoid using aluminum, copper, or cast iron.
The Water
In the old days, the type of water one used to cook the herbs in was thought to matter; some formulas called for well water, melted snow water, or rain water. This is less of an option for modern city dwellers, so just make sure you’re using clean, filtered drinking water.
You can simply use genuine mineral water to come closer to 'natural' water, or, if in doubt, use distilled water to cancel the minerals of which ever spring mineral water. Whichever, just not quite tap water because we simply do not know what is in our own respective tap and source and process
