What are the classifications of Chinese medicine tablets?

Common types of tablets and specificationsThe form of tablets depends on the characteristics of the herbs, texture, form and different needs for concoctions, identification, etc. At the same time, different regions of the country have different habits of medication, and the differences in tablets around the world are also large, common types of tablets are the following:?

Extremely thin tablets: thickness of 0.5mm or less, suitable for woody and animal, horny herbs, such as antelope horn, antler, sumac, descending incense, etc.?

Thin slices: thickness of 1 to 2mm, suitable for dense and solid texture, thin slices of herbs that are not easy to break, such as white peony, ophiopogon, trigonelline, tianma, etc.?

Thick slices: thickness of 2 to 4mm, suitable for the texture of loose foam, viscous, thinly sliced easily broken herbs, such as Poria, yam, smallpox pollen, zedoary, asparagus, rhubarb, etc.?

Angled slices: thickness of 2 to 4mm, suitable for long and fibrous herbs, such as licorice, astragalus, chicken blood vine, etc.?

Straight slices (smooth slices): thickness of 2 to 4mm, suitable for fat shape, dense tissue, bright color and need to highlight its identification features of herbs, such as rhubarb, smallpox pollen, asiatica, epimedium, etc.?

Segment (mastication, section): 10-15mm long, long section called section, short section called mastication, suitable for whole herbs and form of slender, containing ingredients easy to decoct herbs, such as peppermint, thorn mustard, motherwort, woodruff, ephedra, ginseng, etc.?

Silk: there are fine silk (2-3mm), wide silk (5-10mm). Suitable for skin, leaf and thinner rind herbs. Cutting fine silk such as cypress, thick Park, mulberry white bark, Acacia bark, Chen Pi. Cut wide julienne such as lotus leaf, loquat leaf, winter melon skin, guayule skin, etc. ?

Cubes: cubic pieces with sides of 8 to 12 mm. Some drugs are easy to paste when decocted, need to be cut into unequal pieces, such as Colla Corii Asini Din.