Primary processing, storage and preservation of traditional Chinese Medicine

1、 Primary processing of traditional Chinese medicine 1 Processing of seed medicine: generally, the fruit is dried, threshed and seeds are collected directly after harvest But Coix and cassia seed price need to be peeled; almond price and Zizyphus spinosus price need to break the kernel and take out the kernel; Schisandra chinensis price and Ligustrum lucidum seed price need to be steamed to destroy the enzymes that are easy to deteriorate and change color 2 Flower medicine processing: Safflower price, Daphne price, honeysuckle price, rose price, rose price, etc should be placed in the ventilation place after picking, spread out and dry in the shade or quickly dry at low temperature to avoid the loss of effective ingredients and maintain strong fragrance The price of chrysanthemum should be steamed before drying 3 Processing of fruit medicinal materials: generally, the fruit medicinal materials can be dried or dried directly after harvesting, but the medicinal materials with large fruit and difficult to dry, such as the price of bergamot, lime, and xuanmugua, should be cut and dried For medicinal materials with pulp or pericarp as medicine, such as the price of Trichosanthes kirilowii, the price of orange peel and the price of Cornus officinalis, the pulp, core or peel should be removed first and then dried In addition, the price of black plum and other herbs also need to be baked, smoked and other methods of processing 4 Processing of leather medicine: generally cut into pieces or pieces while fresh, and then dry them The price of Cortex Moutan, cortex Ailanthus and Cortex Phellodendri should be shaved off and dried after harvesting; the price of Cortex Cinnamomi, Cortex Magnoliae and eucommia should be slightly scalded with boiling water and then stacked to make it "sweat" When the endodermis turns purple brown, the cork should be evaporated and scraped off, and then cut into silk, slice or roll to dry 5 Processing of herbal medicines: after harvest, they should be dried in the shade or in the air, especially those containing aromatic volatile oil components, such as mint price, Schizonepeta price, agastache price, etc should not be dried to avoid the loss of effective ingredients; such herbal medicines as perilla price, mint price, cut blood flow price should be bundled into small bundles before drying, and then dried to the full dry Some succulent leaves with high water content, such as purslane price and sedge price, should be slightly scalded with boiling water before drying 6 Processing of roots and underground stems: generally, it is necessary to clean the soil first, remove fibrous roots, reed heads and residual branches and leaves, and then carry out size classification, and then take advantage of fresh slices, blocks or sections, and then dry or dry them, such as the price of Angelica dahurica, the price of Salvia miltiorrhiza, the price of Achyranthes bidentata, etc The tubers and bulbs with high meat quality and water content, such as asparagus price and Baibu price, should be slightly scalded with boiling water, and then cut into pieces for drying or drying; the thick rhizomes, such as Scrophularia price and lettuce root, should be dried after slicing; the tubers, such as the dandruff price and Platycodon price, which are hard to peel after drying, should be scraped off; the prices of gastrodia, rehmannia, rehmannia, etc The price of Yuzhu, Huangjing, and Polygonum multiflorum should be steamed while they are fresh, and then sliced and dried; the price of northern ginseng and mingdangshen should be put into boiling water for a while, then scraped, washed and dried In addition, such as the price of Salvia miltiorrhiza, the price of Scrophularia, the price of Paeonia alba and other medicinal materials need to be boiled in boiling water first, and then "sweating" repeatedly before they can be completely dried There are also some kinds of medicinal materials, such as yam and Fritillaria, which need to be fumigated with sulfur price to dry quickly, so that they are not only white in color and powdery enough, but also can be disinfected, insecticidal and antivirus, so as to facilitate the storage of medicinal materials 2、 The storage and preservation of traditional Chinese medicine must be packed and stored in time after the collection and processing of traditional Chinese medicine If the packaging and storage are improper, all of them will be moth eaten, moldy, deteriorated, taste changed, oil removed, etc., which will not only lose the efficacy, but also have side effects after taking The storage methods are as follows: 1 The storage of volatile oil containing medicinal materials: Asarum price, Ligusticum chuanxiong price, Angelica dahurica price, rose price, Dai Dai Dai flower, bergamot price, rose flower price, woodiness price, Achyranthes bidentata price and other medicinal materials affected by temperature, humidity, oxygen and light are easy to change color, oil and taste, and should not be exposed to the air for a long time Therefore, this kind of medicine should be packed in a double-layer non-toxic plastic film bag, and a small amount of quicklime, alum price or dry sawdust, chaff and other things should be put in the bag, and then stored in a dry, ventilated and dark place 2 Storage of fruits and seeds: the price of plum kernel, Coix kernel, cypress kernel, almond, euryale seed, Croton, soft shelled turtle seed, lotus seed, etc contain more starch, fat, sugar, protein and other components In case of high temperature, the oil is easy to leak out, causing oil spots on the surface of the medicine, causing deterioration, rancidity and staleness Therefore, this kind of medicinal materials should not be stored in high-temperature places, or roasted with fire They should be placed in ceramic tanks, jars, glass (1363, - 16.00, - 1.16%) tanks, bottles or metal buckets and stored in cool, dry and dark places Some of them should be dried, sterilized, and then stored in containers to prevent moth and mildew 3 Storage of starch medicinal materials: price of mingdangshen, Beishashen, Heshouwu, rhubarb, yam (Huaishan), kudzu root, Alisma, Fritillaria, etc should be packed in double-layer non-toxic plastic film bags tightly and then stored in containers containing quicklime, alum price or dry sawdust, chaff, etc to prevent moth eaten, moisture returned and mildew 4 Storage of sugary medicinal materials: Bletilla price, Anemarrhena price, wolfberry price, Yuzhu price, Huangjing price, Polygonum multiflorum price, Rehmannia price, asparagus price, dangshen price, Xuanshen price and other medicinal materials with high sugar content are easy to absorb moisture and become glycosylated and sticky, and are not easy to dry after absorbing moisture, and are easy to mildew and deteriorate Therefore, this kind of medicinal materials should be dried fully first, then packed in a double-layer non-toxic plastic film bag and tied tightly, placed in a sealed ceramic cylinder, jar and can, stored in a dry and ventilated place, and put some quicklime, alum price or dry and fresh sawdust, chaff and other things in the container to prevent moisture.