Tools for processing traditional Chinese medicine in ancient times

This kind of object is called "medicine mill", which is divided into iron, pottery, stone, jade, gold and silver.

Ship-shaped iron products, with oblate grinding tools, are one of the traditional pharmaceutical grinding tools in China. It can be used for grinding medicinal materials into fine powder, and further making into pills, powders, ointments, and pills. In ancient times, medicinal materials were pressed into powder by grinding, stone grinding and pestle.