Processing technology of Chinese herbal medicine in Yuzhou

The processing and processing of decoction pieces, because of its unique skills and fine production, has a long-standing reputation in China, and there is a saying that "medicine enters Yuzhou and tastes fragrant". In the process of processing, its "soaking, soaking, calcining, simmering, frying, roasting, steaming and boiling" has its own uniqueness. Some pieces are as thin as silk after processing, which can fly when blown, and the pieces are even and appropriate in thickness. It has a long reputation for its processing methods. Material selection, screening, soaking, soaking, cutting, moxibustion and packaging are meticulous. The cutting pieces have 65,438+04 shapes, such as thin slice, thin slice, top edge, parallel edge, coiled incense slice, butterfly slice, inclined slice, thick slice, planer slice, mouth slice, segmented slice, pound slice, block and silk. The processing place is Rehmannia glutinosa, which requires that the copper cage must be "steamed nine times" and Polygonatum sibiricum must be "steamed nine times"; Cut the dried tangerine peel into plates after wetting, and the thread is thin and not easy to break; After the pulp of the core-shell is removed, it is cut into duckbill shape with a special splint; The cut deer antler pieces can be automatically tilted and pitted when placed in the palm of your hand. Olibanum, myrrh to remove oil, pepper to remove seeds, Morinda officinalis to remove bones, Polygalae to remove bones, Platycladus orientalis and Louren to make paste, the process is very particular. The packaging of medicinal materials should be graded, and angelica sinensis should be selected as the top grade from the shady slope of Minshan Mountain in Gansu Province. Magnolia officinalis should choose the root bark from Enshi, Hubei and Sichuan as the top grade, and Kunlun Mianqi should see the knives at both ends and cut off the tail; Angelica dahurica should be selected from Yuzhou ancient city, Zhang Tang, Bell Tower and other places, with fine skin, yellow and white appearance, firm quality, full powder, smooth and fragrant as the top grade; The top grade of the whole worm is eight legs and two clips near Geladu, Dahongzhai, Lushan, with yellow color and no sundries in the abdomen. The fish costume should be made of Zhang Jian and Han Lou in Guolian Township. White color, full of pink feeling, is the top grade. Packaging should be sealed with oiled paper, wooden cases and pig blood.