Processing technology of traditional Chinese medicine is one of the traditional Chinese medicine preparation or extraction methods, declared by Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and china association of traditional chinese medicine, and it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages.
Processing of traditional Chinese medicine refers to the traditional method and technology of processing Chinese herbal medicines into Chinese herbal pieces under the guidance of the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and according to the requirements of traditional Chinese medicine. In ancient times, it was also called "baking", "repairing things" and "repairing therapy". After processing, the drug can not only improve the curative effect, reduce the side effects of the drug, but also facilitate storage, which is an essential process for clinical use of traditional Chinese medicine.
In May 2006, the processing technology of traditional Chinese medicine was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage, and the project number was ⅸ-3.
Non-heritage characteristics
Traditional Chinese medicine comes from plants, animals and minerals in nature. There are 12807 kinds of traditional medicinal materials in China. However, the clinical application of traditional Chinese medicine and the preparation of finished medicine generally do not use crude drugs, but use processed products, namely decoction pieces.
Chinese herbal medicines must be processed and made into Chinese herbal pieces before they can be used as medicine, which is the characteristic of clinical medication in traditional Chinese medicine and also a major feature of traditional Chinese medicine. The processing technology of traditional Chinese medicine is a set of pharmaceutical technology based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, according to the different needs of medical treatment, preparations and traditional Chinese medicine preparations, combined with the nature of medicinal materials.
Processing of traditional Chinese medicine is a special technology to process medicinal materials according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the different requirements of medical treatment, dispensing and storage, and the nature of medicinal materials. It can be traced back to the cultivation, collection or breeding of medicinal materials, among which frying, roasting, scalding, calcining, stewing and roasting are the most commonly used methods, hence the name "processing".