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
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
Hello everyone, I am Xiao Zhou. Today we will discuss a special category of TCM formulations, pills. Pills are solid preparations shaped like spheres or quasi-spheres made from raw medicinal materials and suitable excipients. Pills are a traditional dosage form in TCM and are widely used. This section focuses on honey pills, drop pills, and … Read more
Honey Pills Water Pills, Water Honey Pills Concentrated Pills Loading··· Loading··· Loading··· Dosage Form Popularization Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations Definition from Ancient Texts EXPLANATION OF DOSAGE Pills are one of the main traditional dosage forms in TCM, widely used from ancient times to the present. As stated in the “Shennong Bencao Jing (Shennong’s Classic of … Read more
1. What are Pills? Pills are spherical solid forms made by grinding herbs into fine powder or using herbal extracts, combined with suitable binders. 2. What are the advantages of Pills? Compared to decoctions, pills are particularly suitable for patients whocannot tolerate the taste of decoctions and have a relativelystablecondition. They are absorbed slowly, have … Read more
The dosage form refers to the form in which raw medicinal materials are processed according to the properties of the medicine, the purpose of medication, and the route of administration, making it suitable for medical or preventive applications[1]. Commonly used forms of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) include injections, tablets, pills, ointments, aerosols, and powders. Pills … Read more
Popularizing Medication Education for the Public Pharmacists for Women and Children In Action The doctor prescribed Jinlian Qingre effervescent tablets for a 6-year-old child, and the pharmacist advised that it should be dissolved in water according to the instructions before taking it, and should not be taken directly or held in the mouth. The attentive … Read more
In daily life, many people are most familiar with decoctions (tāngjì) as a form of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) preparation, but it is only one of many types of TCM formulations. The Huangdi Neijing records various forms such as decoctions, pills (wán), powders (sǎn), pastes (gāo), and medicinal wines, along with their preparation methods. The … Read more