Table 1.
Processing with liquid excipients | Kind of liquid excipient | Processing method (Classification) | Traditional theory | Properties of drugs | Representative drugs |
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Processing with wine | 1. Yellow rice wine 2. Chinese spirits |
Stir-frying Stewing Quenching Steaming |
Leading drugs upward | Drugs of bitter and cold | Coptis chinensis Franch. (Ranunculaceae) root (Huanglian) |
Drugs for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis | Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge. (Lamiaceae) root and rhizome (Danshen) | ||||
Tonic drugs | Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaert.) Libosch. ex Fisch. et Mey. (Scrophulariaceae) tuberous root (Dihuang) | ||||
Smelly drugs | Zaocys dhumnades(Cantor). (Colubridae) body (Wushaoshe) | ||||
Processing with vinegar | 1. Rice vinegar 2. Sorghum vinegar |
Stir-frying Boiling Stewing Quenching Purficating |
Introducing medicine into live | Drugs for removing stagnation | Curcuma aromatica Salisb. (Zingiberaceae) tuberous root (Yujin) |
Drastically purgating water drug | Euphorbia kansui T. N. Liou ex S. B. Ho. (Euphorbiaceae) tuberous root (Gansui) | ||||
Drugs for arresting discharge | Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. (Magnoliaceae) fructus (Wuweizi) | ||||
Smelly drugs | Boswellia bhaurdajiana Birdw. (Burseraceae) resin (Ruxiang) | ||||
Processing with honey | Refined honey | Stir-frying Baking |
Alleviating property and moistening lung | Drugs for relieving cough and asthma | Tussilago farfara Linn. (Compsitea) flowers (Kuandonghua) |
Drugs for tonifying middle-Jiao and Qi | Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. (Leguminosae) root and rhizome (Gancao) | ||||
Drugs for relieving exterior disorder | Ephedra sinica Stapf. (Ephedraceae) herbaceous stem (Mahuang) | ||||
Drugs with toxic and side effects | Aristolochia debilis Sieb. et Zucc. (Aristolochiaceae) fructus (Madouling) | ||||
Processing with salt water | Salt water | Stir-frying Steaming |
Introducing medicine into kidney | Kidney-reinforcing drugs | Eucommia ulmoides Oliver. (Eucommiaceae) bark (Duzhong) |
Drugs for securing essence and reducing urination | Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. (Zingiberaceae) fructus (Yizhiren) | ||||
Heat-clearing drugs | Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge. (Liliaceae) root and rhizome (Zhimu) | ||||
Processing with ginger juice | 1. Fresh ginger juice 2. Dried ginger juice |
Stir-frying Boiling |
Diffusing | Drugs of bitter and cold | Coptis chinensis Franch. (Ranunculaceae) root (Huanglian) |
Drugs for removing phlegm and relieving vomitin | Caulis bambusae in Taenia (Zhuru) | ||||
Drugs with side effect | Aristolochia debilis Sieb. et Zucc. (Aristolochiaceae) seed (Madouling) | ||||
Processing with oil | 1. Plant oil 2. Tallow |
Stir-frying Frying Baking |
Increasing effect and decreasing toxicity | Drugs for warming kidney and enhancing yang | Epimedium brevicornu Maxim. (Berberidaceae) leaf (Yinyanghuo) |
Toxic drugs | Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. (Loganiaceae) seed (Maqianzi) | ||||
Drugs of hard texture | Panax pseudo-ginseng Wall. var. notoginseng (Burkill)Hoo & Tseng. (Araliaceae) root and rhizome (Sanqi) | ||||
Processing with bile | Bile | Fermentation |
Changing the properties | Bitter and cold drug | Arisaema heterophyllum Blume. (Araceae) tuber (Tiannanxing) |
Processing with herbal extract | 1. Gancao extract 2. Black soya bean juice |
Boiling Steaming |
Synergism and attenuation | Drugs with side effect | Polygala tenuifolia Willd. (Polygalaceae) root (Yuanzhi) |
Hepatic and kidney-tonifying drug | Fallopia multiflora (Thunb.) Harald. (Polygonaceae) tuberous root (Heshouwu) |