[Methods of making Chinese medicine honey pills]
Honey pills are the most widely used Chinese patent medicine in clinical practice. However, nowadays, there are fewer and fewer Chinese pharmacies that can make honey pills in both urban and rural areas. The cost of production is also quite high, which is a pity. In fact, the method of making honey pills is not complicated. If necessary, we are fully equipped to make them ourselves in our daily lives. Based on this, the author deliberately consulted related books and network information, compiled and compiled this article, hoping to help the majority of Chinese medicine colleagues and patients friends: A plastic solid pill made of powdered honey as a binder. Because honey has the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, moistening the intestines and laxative, replenishing the middle and urgency, moisturizing dryness and detoxification, it can complement the main medicine and enhance the curative effect. Therefore, it is especially suitable for the production of tonic Chinese patent medicines; and because the honey pill is sweet and can correct the taste of the medicine, and is soft and plastic, the pellets made are round and smooth, soft and moisturized, and can be arbitrarily changed into small tablets for consumption, or can be hydrated to drink It is suitable for making traditional Chinese medicine for children. In addition, the honey has strong adhesive force after refining and can effectively adhere to the medicine. After mixing with the powder, the surface of the pill is not easy to harden, disintegrates slowly, and has a long-lasting effect (pill It is easy to preserve the medicinal properties, to avoid the oxidative deterioration and loss of the active ingredients of the medicine, and to maintain the inherent odor characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, clinically, honey is often used as a binder. In addition, drugs containing bezoar, musk , borneol and Su Hexiang and other precious fine materials or easily volatilized drugs are often taken as honey pills. Generally, the pellets with a weight of more than 0.5g are called “Dami Pills” and those with a weight of less than 0.5g are called Xiao Mi Pills.
Hand-made traditional Chinese medicine honey pill, the main process is as follows:
1. Formula and powder: After baking or exposing to dry the medicine according to the formula, use a powder machine to make a fine powder, and put it into a disinfection basin before making the pill. Internal spare.
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2. Honey preparation: Honey preparation means that the weight of the powder is used to prepare the honey in a ratio of 1:1.2~1.5 (such as 1000g powder, equipped with 1200~1500g honey,If the medicine contains more sugar, gum or starch, it can be prepared in a ratio of 1:1 to 1.2).
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3, refine honey : Refining honey is to refine honey. The purpose of refining honey is to remove impurities, destroy enzyme , kill bacteria, evaporate water, and enhance viscosity. When condensing honey, first use a martial fire to boil, then change to a slow heat, and put a bowl of cold water next to it, and pay attention to the color of the honey. When the honey is found to be yellowish, use a bamboo chopsticks to dip it in the honey One drop, then move the bamboo chopsticks to the top of the bowl of cold water, let the honey drip into the water, if the honey does not disperse in the water and sink to the bottom (that is, "drip into beads"), the honey is ready. (If honey can’t be condensed in heat, it can’t be made into pills. Of course, too much heat is not good, so you must master the heat. Refining honey is divided into three types, namely tender honey, middle honey and old honey: The honey is heated and boiled until the temperature reaches 105℃～115℃, and it is filtered and defoamed. The color change is not significant, the water loss is less, and it is slightly sticky. It is suitable for containing more starch, mucus, sugar, fat, etc. Pills made of large medicinal materials; "Zhongmi" is to heat raw honey to boil for a long time or to continue heating the tender honey to 116℃～118℃. The foam is light red and shiny, and it is sticky when twisted by hand, but it cannot be pulled to grow white. Silk, suitable for pill making of medicinal materials with part of viscous or part of fiber; "Old honey" means heating raw honey for a longer time or heating tender honey and medium honey to 119℃～122℃, so that water can fully evaporate and air bubbles Reddish-brown, shiny, very sticky by hand, and white silk can be drawn. It is suitable for making pills with a lot of fiber or minerals and other poorly viscous medicinal materials. Most honey pills use medium honey, and 1000g of honey can produce about it. About 800g of honey and 1000g of Chinese medicine powder, about 1200g of refined honey is needed.)
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4. Medicine and medicine: Pour the refined honey into a sterile basin with a spoon. Use thick bamboo chopsticks to stir in the medicinal powder at the same time, just like adding water and noodles before making dumplings, pour honey while adjusting the medicinal powder, and stop adding honey when the dry medicinal powder is basically not visible (be careful not to add too much ,The pill is not easy to form with more honey). If the total amount of honey is not well controlled at the beginning, you can remedy it according to the dry humidity of the powder when adjusting the honey. After mixing, put the medicine and honey in the disinfection basin and form a dough like noodles.
5. Rubbing strips and pill: In order to avoid sticking the medicine group to your hands or tools, you can use a small amount of , glycerin, sesame oil or peanut oil in your palm when rubbing the strips and pills, so that it is not easy to stick, but also Make the pill smooth and bright. If the weight of each pill is 10g, a total of 3000g will be made into 300 pills. The reconciled bolus can be divided into three lumps, each lumps are divided into 5 small lumps, after each small lumps are rubbed, cut into 20 sections, each section is enough to rub one pill, the rest is acceptable.
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6. Packaging and storage: The finished honey pill has a round and smooth appearance, dense and moist surface, and no visible fibers or other heterochromatic spots. When the pill sweats, the surface becomes hard, and then Wrap it in wax paper, cellophane, plastic bag or wax shell, etc., and store in a cool and dry place.
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References: "Chinese Medicine Pharmacology"
1. Chinese herbal medicine pieces are baked with fine fire or exposed to the sun
How to make Chinese medicine honey pills
2. Use a powdering machine after drying and cooling Make fine powder
Chinese medicine honey pill making method
3. Honey blending and refining (pay attention to the amount and heat)
Chinese medicine honey pill making method
4. Mixing ( Must be fully mixed and soaked)
Chinese medicine honey pill making method
5, and medicine kneading group
Chinese medicine honey pill making method
6, rubbing strip
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7, and pill
Chinese medicine honey pill making method
8. Packaging (until sweating, the appearance becomes hard, before packaging and disinfection)
Chinese medicine honey pill making method
Attached: How to judge the pill Is it spoiled?
Pills should be kept tightly closed and moisture-proof,Put it in a cool and dry place indoors, but it is often corrupted due to improper storage methods or long storage time. Pills that have deteriorated can no longer be taken, because the deteriorated pills have completely lost their efficacy. Not only can they not cure diseases, they may also cause new diseases. Therefore, the identification and identification of spoiled pills is very important. How to identify whether the pill has deteriorated? In addition to checking its production date, you can also start from the following three aspects:
1. Look: First, check whether the outer package is abnormal. If the outer packaging box or wax shell has been mildewed, then the pellets inside In most cases, it is not fresh anymore. Secondly, look at its appearance and color. The surface of normal honey pill should be smooth and round, brown or black brown. When cinnabar is used as clothing or gold foil is used as clothing, it will be vermilion or golden respectively, but Honey pills that have been stored for a long time or are not tightly packaged can become hard due to the loss of their moisture, and the surface does not have a smooth and moist feel. If stored improperly or made unsanitary, insects or mildew will often occur.
2. Smell: Normal fresh pills have a special Chinese medicine scent. If it is a honey pill, it should also have the scent of honey. If the pill has a peculiar smell, sour smell but no normal Chinese medicine smell, it means it has deteriorated.
3. Taste: Taste directly with your mouth and judge by taste. The normal pill has a strong flavor, while the spoiled pill has a sour smell and does not feel sticky. This is especially true when you take the medicine on an empty stomach in the morning.
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