What is the meaning of "pill, powder, paste, dan" in Chinese medicine?

? Pill - is "pill medicine". It is the drug into a fine powder, add the appropriate adhesive, made of round pills. Its size has a big and small, big as a bullet, such as the treatment of rheumatism pain of the Shujinvuoluo pill; small and mung beans about the same, such as the elimination of food accumulation of the Baohewan; and as small as the size of sesame seeds, such as the treatment of sore throat of the six god pill.

Pills are usually taken internally. Some chronic diseases, the need for long-term treatment of medication, eating tonics, every day to fry, inconvenient; eating pills, as long as the service with boiled water, it can be; or some drugs are poisonous, should not be put into the soup decoction; there are some acute conditions, the need to take medication in a timely manner to save the life of the. According to these special circumstances, made into a variety of pills, easy to take and carry, long-lasting effect. Commonly used pills are honey pills, water pills, paste pills, concentrated pills.

San--"San" is the drug is crushed, mixed with, made of powdered preparations. It has two kinds of internal and external use. In the internal use, there are convenient to take, fast absorption, good efficacy, can save the advantages of precious herbs, especially for like musk, ice chips and other aromatic drugs, should not be into the decoction, more suitable. Internal use of powder has a fine powder and coarse powder points, fine powder can be taken directly, such as the seven centi-san; coarse powder can be added to the water to boil the juice to take, such as Yin Qiao San.

In terms of external use, it is mostly used in sores, eczema or burns. Both can be mixed and spread on the surface of the sores, can also be scattered or adjusted, used to dissipate the sores or pull out the poisonous muscle, such as gold and yellow powder, muscle powder, etc., the drug can be in direct contact with the affected area to enhance the absorption and improve the efficacy of the treatment.

Paste - "paste" is the drug with water or vegetable oil decoction made of slag, there are also two kinds of internal and external use. There are three kinds of paste for internal use: running paste, ointment, and decoction. The advantage is that it is easy to save and take, usually made of drugs selected for tonicity, so most of them are suitable for patients with debilitating or chronic diseases that require long-term treatment.