In what era did the traditional hand-cutting method of Chinese herbal medicine tablets begin to have a greater development?

Concoction is a processing method for single-flavored Chinese herbal medicines, including heating treatment, addition of auxiliary materials, and other treatment methods. Its exact concept is: Chinese medicine concoction is based on the traditional Chinese medicine theory and the nature of the drug itself, serving the clinical use of drugs, adjusting and preparation of a series of drug processing methods. Drinking tablets first appeared in the Song Dynasty, at that time refers to the cut into slices of herbs, now refers to all for clinical prescription and for the production of proprietary Chinese medicines used in the production of Chinese medicines, including cut tablets (slices, segments, silk, blocks) after purification after the flowers, leaves, seeds, fruits, and concoctions after the concoction of the product. Compound prescription is the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine according to the patient's condition, the application of observation and inquiry to determine the symptoms of the composition of the collection of medicines, pay attention to the king and ministers and make. Most of the proprietary Chinese medicines sold in pharmacies are composed of compound prescriptions.