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How to make Chinese medicine into pills

The most commonly used method is honey frying, 1. Take the medicine bought by the pharmacy to a pharmacy with a Chinese medicine pulverizer and break it with a machine for later use; 2. Refining honey; Honey often contains a small amount of beeswax, microorganisms and enzymes, as well as dead bees and dust. So honey can only be used after refining. The method is to put honey into a pot, add 1/3- 1/2 purified water, heat it to boiling, remove all floating foam on the surface of honey, filter out dead bees and impurities with a sieve or gauze, and then put the filtered honey into a pot and concentrate it to boiling with slow fire. The water content is about 18%-20%, that is, it is quickly taken out of the pot and cooled for use. 3. Put the medicinal materials into a pot, stir-fry with slow fire until the color becomes dark, then add a certain amount of refined honey, turn it quickly to make the honey and medicinal materials mix evenly, and take it out when it doesn't stick to your hands, and make it into pills. 4. Usually, the ratio of medicinal materials to refined honey is 4: 1. Pills are generally made of buttonwood, which is convenient to take; After being made into pills, it must be cooled and sealed to avoid moisture absorption, stickiness or deterioration; When frying medicinal materials with honey, generally use slow fire to prevent coking.