Table 1 Typical processing methods and representative processed CHMs listed in CP (2015 edition)
From: Seeing the unseen of Chinese herbal medicine processing (Paozhi): advances in new perspectives
Processing method | Excipient | Representative processed CHM |
|---|---|---|
Stir-frying (清炒) | – | Stir-fried Ziziphi Spinosae Semen (炒酸棗仁) |
Charred Crataegi Fructus (焦山楂) | ||
Carbonized Rhei Radix Et Rhizoma (大黃炭) | ||
Stir-frying with liquid excipients (炙) | Yellow rice wine (酒) | Wine-fried Rhei Radix Et Rhizoma (酒大黃) |
Vinegar (醋) | Vinegar-fried Curcumae Rhizoma (醋莪術) | |
Salt water (鹽) | Salt-fried Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus (鹽益智仁) | |
Fresh ginger juice (薑) | Ginger-fried Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (薑厚樸) | |
Refined honey (蜜) | Honey-fried Astragali Radix (炙黃芪) | |
Stir-frying with solid excipients (炒) | Wheat bran (麥麩) | Bran-fried Dioscoreae Rhizoma (麩炒山藥) |
Rice (米) | Rice-fried Mylabris (米斑蝥) | |
River sand (砂) | Zingiberis Rhizoma Praeparatum (sand-fried Zingiberis Rhizoma 炮薑) | |
Steaming (蒸) | – | Ginseng Radix Et Rhizoma Rubra (Steamed Ginseng 紅參) |
Yellow rice wine (酒) | Wine-steamed Corni Fructus (酒萸肉) | |
Vinegar (醋) | Vinegar-steamed Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus (醋五味子) | |
Boiling (煮) | Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens and alume | Arisaematis Rhizoma Preparatum (制天南星) |
Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma and lime | Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum (法半夏) | |
Stewing (煨) | Straw paper (草紙) | Straw paper-stewed Aucklandiae Radix (煨木香) |
Wheat bran (麥麩) | Wheat bran-stewed Myristicae Semen (麩煨肉豆蔻) | |
Water trituration (水飛) | – | Water-triturated Cinnabaris (朱砂粉) |
Calcining (煅) | – | Calcined Haematitum (煅赭石) |