Processing technology of traditional Chinese Medicine

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Processing Technology of traditional Chinese Medicine

Applicant: Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Item No.: 442

Project No.: IX - 3

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional medicine

Region: Sichuan Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Protection unit: School of medicine, Chengdu University of traditional Chinese Medicine

Introduction to processing technology of traditional Chinese medicine (processing technology of traditional Chinese Medicine)

Applicant: Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Traditional Chinese medicine comes from plants, animals and minerals in nature. There are 12807 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine resources in China, but the clinical application of traditional Chinese medicine and the production of patent medicine generally do not use crude drugs, but use processed mature products, namely decoction pieces.

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, different requirements of medical treatment, dispensing and storage, as well as the nature of the medicinal materials, the processing of traditional Chinese medicine is a special technology for processing crude drugs by using the methods of repairing, water making, fire making and adding excipients. It can be traced back to the cultivation, collection or feeding of medicinal materials, among which the methods of frying, roasting, scalding, calcining, simmering and fire making are the most commonly used, so it is called "gun" "The system".

The purpose of traditional Chinese medicine processing is to reduce or eliminate the toxicity and side effects of drugs, ease or change the nature of drugs, so as to improve the curative effect and facilitate the adjustment, storage and administration. The core of traditional Chinese medicine processing is to reduce toxicity and increase efficiency. Since ancient times, the traditional Chinese medicine industry has accumulated a lot of experience in the processing of traditional Chinese medicine, summed up a complete set of theories, invented many technologies, formed many schools, compiled a large number of works, and the processing technology of traditional Chinese medicine has become one of the important contents of traditional Chinese medicine.

Sichuan is known as "the land of abundance" and "the hometown of traditional Chinese medicine and the library of traditional Chinese medicine". There are more than 5000 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine resources in Sichuan, accounting for about 75% of the total Chinese herbal medicine varieties, including more than 30 kinds of famous genuine medicinal materials and main medicinal materials. The application of traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese patent medicine is the main means of prevention and treatment of diseases in Sichuan.

Traditional Chinese medicine processing is a pharmaceutical technology based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, according to the needs of syndrome differentiation and treatment, the nature of drugs and the different requirements of dispensing and preparation, which is a major feature of traditional Chinese medicine. There are many processing methods, such as steaming, frying, frying, calcining, canning, refining, boiling, fire boiling, burning, chopping, grinding, filing, mashing, wine washing, wine frying, wine boiling, water immersion, soup washing, skin scraping, core removing, wing foot removing, hair removing, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine processing plays a very important role in the theory and application of traditional Chinese medicine. First, it can improve the effect of clinical treatment, that is, doctors can select appropriate processed products according to different causes, pathogenesis, symptoms and patients' health status, so as to enhance the accuracy, reliability and practical efficacy of prescriptions. Second, the processing of traditional Chinese medicine can fully ensure the safety of clinical medication, reduce or eliminate the side effects of drugs, so as to ensure the safety of patients.

After the reform and opening up, the state vigorously promotes the development of traditional Chinese medicine, abolishes toxic drugs and avoids the varieties with high technical difficulties. Many unique prescription preparation technologies of traditional Chinese medicine in Chengdu have been gradually eliminated. At the same time, most of the old generation of technicians who master the prescription, preparation methods and preparation equipment of this kind of preparation have passed away, and the living ones are also old. The processing skills of traditional Chinese medicine need to be rescued and protected.