tranditional chin的ese medicine.ppt

Chinese Medical Herbs Chinese?pharmacy Chinese?pharmacy?is?a?science?that? studies?the?basic?theory?of?chinese? pharmacy?as?well?as?the?origin,? collection,properties,?action?and? clinical?application?of?chinese?materia?medica. The origin of the Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Development of the Science of TCM Dating back to the ancient China, our ancestor written the “Fifty-two disease party(五十二病方）”, which recording more than 300 prescriptions and 200 kinds of drugs. Besides, in the book “Rites of Zhou(周礼）”,there are some contents about “the five flavors , the five cereals (rice ,two kinds of millet, wheat and beans.)” Collect and process of TCM（中药的采制） Production Place and Acquisition(采集） Processing（炮制） preparation （制剂） Production Place and Acquisition(采集） Processing（炮制） Processing drugs is a traditional pharmacy technology based on the traditional theories, the requirements of treatment, the quality nature of drugs and the different demands of dispensing. The Aim of Processing 1.To eliminate or reduce the toxicity,drastic actions and side effects of some drugs. The Aim of Processing 2.To increase the efficacy of drugs. The Aim of Processing 3.To change the character and function of drugs so as to meet the therapeutic needs. The Aim of Processing 4.To facilitate decoction,preparation and preservation. The Aim of Processing 5.To get rid of impurities,non-medicinal parts and various bad tastes so as to make drugs clean,pure,and easy to admit. Processing Methods 1.Primary Processing: (1)cleaning:to get rid of the impurities,earth or sand,and non-medicinal parts in the drugs to make them clean and pure. Processing Methods 1.Primary Processing: (2)Crushing or grinding:to crush drugs or break them into pieces or grind them into powder so as to facilitate further preparation and utilization. Processing Methods (3)Cutting or slicing:to cut drugs, according to different requirements, into slices,segments,lumps or fibre