Chinese traditional medicine the method of making the honey pill 
 
 
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        Overture: honey pill is clinical except the medicinal broth of traditional Chinese medicine, one of the most widely used dosage forms. Now, however, whether in the cities or the countryside, can make less honey pill of the medicine, even if there were, the cost of production is also quite expensive, it must say it's a shame. 
 
        In fact, the method of making the honey pill is not complicated, if necessary, in our daily life, they completely conditional on production. Based on this, the author, consult relevant books, compiled into this article and hope for the broad masses of Chinese patients with my colleagues and friends can help. 
 
        Summary of honey pill 
 
        Honey pills are machine powder, good drug powder with refined over the plasticity of honey for the adhesive made of solid pill. 
 
        Because of honey has runfei cough, runchang purge, fill in the priorities, with detoxification, and so on, can with the main medicine complement each other, improve curative effect, it is especially suitable for making benefit type of proprietary Chinese medicine. At the same time, because of honey pill sweet taste, can correct ingredients, and soft plastic, can be arbitrary to take small grain, also can use open YinFu hydration, so they are suitable for children's proprietary Chinese medicine. 
 
        Honey after refining strong adhesive force, adhesion effectively drugs, and mixed with powder after pill block surface hardening not easily, disintegration is slow, and durable (also) pill is slow, easy to preserve potency, avoid drug effective components of the oxidation and loss or damage to keep the smell of the inherent characteristics of Chinese traditional medicine, therefore, clinical use of honey as a binder. 
 
        In addition, containing bezoar, musk, borneol and styrax precious fines or volatile medicine prescriptions, often made from honey pill. General pill weight more than 0.5 grams of great honey pill - 0.5 g said under small honey pill. 
 
        The production process 
 
        Handmade Chinese medicine honey pill, the main process is as follows: 
 
        1, the formula and powder: will pay special attention to the drug by the recipe Turkey roasting or after sun drying, with powder machine into fine powder, pellet loading before disinfection bowl. Set aside. 
 
        2, with honey, honey, that is the weight of the powder according to the proportion of 1:1.2 ~ 1.5 with good honey (such as 1000 grams of powder, equipped with 1200 ~ 1500 grams of honey; if the medicine material contains more sugar, gelatin, or starch, is in a ratio of 1:1 ~ 1.2 equipped with). 
 
        The refining and refining honey: honey honey is refined, the purpose is to remove impurities, destroying enzyme, kill bacteria, evaporate moisture, increase viscosity. 
 
        Honey honey, smelting with high heat will first boil boil, and then changed to slow slow fire boil, beside put a bowl of cold water at the same time, and pay attention to the color of honey. When found that honey yellow foam, with a chopstick with a drop in the honey, and then move the chopstick to cold water bowl, let the honey drop into the water. Honey if not spread and sink in the water, that is, "dripping into beads," even if lian good (if honey refined unfinished, is a pill, of course, not too bad also). 
 
        Refining honey is divided into three kinds, namely: honey, honey and old nun honey "honey" nun is raw honey is heated until boiling temperature of 105 ℃ ~ 115 ℃, filtering defoaming, namely the color change is not significant, fluid loss is less, slightly sticky, applicable to contain more starch, phlegm, sugar, fat and other viscous large herbs pellet; "Honey" is heating the raw honey boil boiling for a long time or will tender honey continue heated to 116 ℃ ~ 116 ℃, the bubble is light red luster, hand twist are sticky, but not into a long white silk, suitable for pelletizing of medicinal materials that contained parts viscous or fiber; "Old honey" heat the raw honey is longer or the tender honey, honey continue heated to 119 ℃ ~ 119 ℃, the water evaporates, adequately bubbles with reddish brown, shiny, hand twist very sticky, and korah white silk, applicable to contain a large number of fibrous or mineral such as low viscosity medicinal herbs pellet. 
 
        Honey pills are mostly use honey, 1000 grams of honey to refining honey about 1000 grams left and right sides; 1000 grams of powder, should be good with refined honey about 1200 grams.
 
 
 
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