(traditional Chinese medicine) pot for storing or decocting herbal medicine / (figurative, humorous) one who often falls ill and regularly takes medicine
The traditional herbalist carefully selected various herbs, placed them into the herbal decoction pot, and simmered a tonic soup that revitalizes the body and promotes health.
When preparing medicinal decoctions, the herbalist often uses the traditional herbal medicine decoction pot to simmer the medicinal herbs, preserving the cherished family recipes.
She learned from the ancestral secret recipe that the pot for decocting herbal medicine is not only a tool for preparing herbal decoctions but also a symbol of inherited family wisdom.
