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Mix-frying with fat
油炙 〔油炙〕 yóu zhì
Stir-frying medicinal materials in oil, or mixing them with fat or oil before stir-frying. Fat-frying, in which sesame seed or sheep fat in usually used, makes materials crisp and easier to crushand can eliminate toxicity, such as in the case of tiger bone (Tigris Os, 虎骨 hǔ gǔ) and nux vomica (Strychni Semen, 马钱子 mǎ qián zǐ). Epimedium (Epimedii Herba, 淫羊藿 yín yáng huò) is stir-fried with sheep fat to increase it kidney-warming yáng-invigorating action.
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