✦ Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) pills, as a traditional dosage form, are characterized by ease of storage, prolonged efficacy, and convenient administration. Clinically, pills are formulated based on the properties, toxicity, disease nature, constitution, and conditions of the patient, making them suitable for the treatment of chronic diseases in their later stages. In recent years, … Read more
The transdermal therapeutic system (transdermal therapeutic system, TTS) refers to a controlled-release preparation that delivers medication through the skin for local or systemic therapeutic effects. TTS has prominent advantages, such as avoiding the first-pass effect in the liver and degradation of drugs in the gastrointestinal tract, reducing gastrointestinal irritation; maintaining stable blood drug concentrations, avoiding … Read more
Pills are one of the main dosage forms of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). They can be classified into different types based on the excipients used: water pills, honey pills, water-honey pills, paste pills, and wax pills. The main preparation methods are the plastic method and the pan method. 1. Plastic Method The plastic method involves … Read more
With the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the forms of Chinese herbal medicine have evolved from traditional decoctions, pills, pastes, powders, and elixirs to modern forms such as tablets, granules, extracts, formula granules, and micro-powders. Chinese herbal decoctions have been developed over thousands of years and continue to be used today due to their … Read more