What is a pill? What kind of pills do you usually use? What are their characteristics?

Pills are spherical solid dosage forms made by grinding drugs into fine powder or extract of medicinal materials and adding appropriate binder. Commonly used pills are divided into honey pills, water pills, ointment pills and concentrated pills. Although pills have the characteristics of slow absorption, long-lasting efficacy, saving medicinal materials and convenient taking and carrying, each pill has its own unique characteristics: ① honey pills are soft, mild and lasting, have nourishing and taste-correcting effects, and are often used to treat chronic diseases and fatigue diseases, which need to be taken for a long time; (2) Water pills disintegrate and dissolve faster than honey pills, take effect faster, are easy to swallow, and are suitable for many diseases; (3) Paste pills have strong adhesion, hard texture and slow disintegration and dissolution, which can prolong the drug effect and reduce the adverse reactions and gastrointestinal irritation of highly toxic drugs; ④ Concentrated pills, with small volume, high effective components and low dosage, can be used to treat various diseases.