8 purposes of Chinese medicine processing

Pure medicinal materials, which are classified as traditional Chinese medicinal herbs, and more adherent soil, sand and non-medicinal parts, and other foreign materials, must be picked, cleaned, and cleaned before they can be used for medicinal purposes. If plaster casts sand, removes mud, removes the top of the reed. The same drug, the source is different, the drug site also need to be divided into drugs, such as ephedra (stem), ephedra root and so on. For example, other precious herbs still need to be delivered to differentiate between the advantages and disadvantages.

Cutting the decoction pieces to facilitate the preparation of the traditional Chinese medicinal materials after the preparation of the preparations, after softening, cutting, drying and other processing procedures, to make a certain specifications of medicinal materials (such as tablets, segments, silk, blocks, etc.), known as "decoction pieces." It is easy to accurately weigh, measure, and adjust according to the prescription, while increasing the contact area between the medicinal material and the solvent, facilitating the decoction of the active ingredient and facilitating the preparation. Some mineral shell drugs such as cassia, etc., burned, vinegar quenched and other processing, making it crisp, but also for the purpose of the active ingredients easy to cook.

Dry medicinal materials are good for storing dried medicinal materials such as dried, dried, dried, frying, etc., to make them dry, and to deactivate enzymes contained therein, prevent mildew, facilitate preservation, and not deteriorate for a long time. In particular, some active medicinal materials, such as the seed medicinal white lentils, red bean, etc., must be heated and dried in order to prevent germination and deterioration. Herbal wine products, vinegar products have antiseptic effect.

Taste correcting, easy to take some animal drugs and some special olfactory drugs, after bran fried, wine, vinegar, can play a role in flavoring and stench, such as wine Zao snake, vinegar fried Wulingzhi, bran fried white, talc hot peony skin, water bleaching, fried wheat bran, etc. for clinical use.

Reduce toxic and side effects, ensure safe drug use After some drugs with strong toxic and side effects have been processed and processed, drug toxicity and side effects can be significantly reduced, such as pressure-removing cream removal, vinegar cooking, glutinous rice cooking, wine fermentation, and Yinhua Boil. Such as grass, Ukraine, etc., can reduce the toxic side effects.

Enhance drug function, improve clinical efficacy, such as Corydalis vinegar can enhance the efficacy of blood circulation and analgesia, ephedra, aster, Coltsfoot nectar system to enhance the role of lungs and cough, enhance blood circulation effect after drinking, epimedium fried with suet can strengthen the kidney to help Positive effect.

Change the drug's performance, expand the scope of application, such as special heat and cooling blood, nourish yin, and make fluids, and when the wine is mature, it will become the product of nourishing yin and enriching blood and regenerating spermatozoa. The raw material of Shou Shouwu is weak and does not converge and can suppress malaria. Detoxification, laxative, steamed by the black bean sauce into the system Shouwu after the special function to nourish the liver and kidney, tonic fine blood, astringent fine stop.

Introduction of drugs into the warp for ease of targeted medication Some drugs, after concocted, can play a therapeutic role in certain organs and meridians, such as Bupleurum, Perilla, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, and Eucommia ulmoides, which can enhance the effect of entering the kidney; After being fried in vinegar, Xiangfu and Green Peel enhance the action of the liver, making it easy to select drugs for clinical use.

After elixir salt frying, it can enhance the effect of entering the kidney; for example, Bupleurum, Cyperus rotundus, and green peels are fried by vinegar to enhance the effect of the liver into the liver, making it easy to choose drugs for clinical orientation.