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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) offers a variety of dosage forms. Besides the well-known decoctions that many of us prepare at home, other common traditional forms include pastes, pills, powders, and modern forms such as capsules and granules. Pills are made by grinding TCM herbs into fine powder or extracts, adding suitable binders, and forming them … Read more
Da Mi Wan (大蜜丸) is one of the commonly used traditional pill forms in TCM. The term “honey pill” refers to pills made from finely powdered medicinal herbs combined with honey as a binding agent. Pills weighing 0.5g or more are called Da Mi Wan, while those weighing less than 0.5g are referred to as … Read more
Honey Pills, as the name suggests, are pill formulations made from finely powdered medicinal materials combined with honey as a binding agent. The use of honey pills in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a long history. The classic medical text, Huangdi Neijing (The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine), records that “honey pills are the … Read more
Pill Formulations Classification 1. By Excipients: Water pills, honey pills, water-honey pills, concentrated pills, paste pills, wax pills, etc.2. By Preparation Method:General pills – water pills and some water-honey pills, concentrated pills, paste pills;Plastic pills – honey pills and some paste pills, concentrated pills;Drop pills. Water Pills 1. Characteristics:Advantages:(1) Small particles, smooth surface, easy to … Read more
Medical Liaison Officer Medical Liaison Officer Club Quality Requirements and Inspection of Pills 1. Dissolution time limit and moisture requirements 2. Weight differences, dosage differences, and applicability of dosage inspection☆ Moisture Requirements for Pills ★ Memorization Techniques ★ From honey to water, moisture content decreases from 1512 to 9, wax pills and drop pills contain … Read more
Pills Also known as wán yào (丸药), pills are made by grinding Chinese herbs into fine powder and adding excipients. The two common types are honey pills (蜜丸) and water pills (水丸). The absorption of pills in the gastrointestinal tract is relatively slow, leading to a milder effect, hence the saying “pills act slowly”. However, … Read more
“Carrying traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) bags is too inconvenient; they can break in the suitcase and wet important documents…”“Traditional Chinese medicine is too bitter; I’m afraid that eating sugar will affect the efficacy of the medicine, it’s really…”“I want to use TCM to regulate my body, but just thinking about the taste… I’m scared.”Nowadays, more … Read more
Pills are well-known to everyone. In pharmacies or hospitals, about 80% of the traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) encountered are in pill form, such as Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill) for treating kidney yin deficiency, Shen Ling Bai Zhu Wan (Ginseng and Atractylodes Pill) for spleen deficiency, and Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan … Read more
According to “Yong Yao Fa Xiang”:“Pills are slow to act, they cannot be taken quickly; their purpose is to treat with a gentle and gradual approach.”As one of the oldest forms of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), pills have several advantages including prolonged effects, suitability for chronic diseases, reduced toxicity, and minimized volatility. Pills · Advantages … Read more
Pills (10 grams is approximately one small bottle cap): The pills made in medical institutions are water honey pills, approximately 0.1 grams per pill. The preparation of pills involves grinding the prescribed medicinal materials into powder or concentrating them into a paste before forming them into pills.Ask a TCM Expert. Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine … Read more