Chinese medicine processing technology

Author: Li Songtao
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This textbook is one of the teaching materials for national medical secondary vocational and technical schools, divided into two parts: General Principles and Specific Topics. The first part explains why Chinese medicinal materials are processed, including the concept of processing, the purposes of processing Chinese medicinal materials, the effects of processing on drugs, the classification of processing and auxiliaries, the quality requirements and storage of processed products, and other content. The second part discusses how Chinese medicinal materials are processed, divided into three stages—cleaning, cutting, and processing—based on procedures, with differences in specific techniques such as water treatment, heating treatment, auxiliary material treatment, and comprehensive treatment. This textbook introduces the prescription names, sources, processing methods, characteristics of finished products, processing functions, and research on processing of 217 commonly used Chinese medicinal materials. The entire text is organized according to the requirements of modular teaching, emphasizing skill training, and is suitable for students of Chinese medicinal materials in secondary vocational and technical schools across the country and for in-service training of employees in the Chinese medicinal industry.