明代陈嘉谟在《本草蒙筌》中写道:“凡药制造,贵在适中,不及则功效难求,太过则气味反失”。寡寡数语,简要地阐明了中药炮制的要诀。点出了中药炮制应该达到的质量要求。中药炮制要达到“适中”,在目前条件下,至少应该做到:一、严格控制操作时间,二、认真掌握辅料用量,三、准确掌握炮制火候。下面仅对这三个方面谈些粗浅的体会。一、严格控制操作时间药材加工炮制不少品种与操作时间有很大关系,如饮片切制前的水处理,毒性药材的浸泡,发酵发芽等等,能否严格控制药材加工炮制的操作时间,是能否达到炮制“适中”的一个重要环节。操作时间太长不行,操作时间太短又达不到目的,例如:饮片在炮制前必须经过浸泡润漂水处理过程,而浸 In the Ming Dynasty, Chen Jiaxuan wrote in the book “Materia Medica” that “where medicines are manufactured, you are in moderate mode. If you don’t, the effect is hard to come by. If you go too far, the smell will be lost.” The oligo-speaking language briefly explains the key points of Chinese medicine processing. Point out the quality requirements that should be achieved by Chinese medicine processing. To achieve “moderateness” in Chinese medicine, under current conditions, it should at least be: First, strictly control the operation time, Second, carefully grasp the amount of auxiliary materials, Third, accurately control the processing furnace. The following is only a brief discussion of these three aspects. First, strictly control the operation time Medicinal materials processing a lot of varieties and operation time have a lot to do, such as the water treatment before the cut pieces, soaked toxic herbs, fermentation sprouting, etc., can strictly control the processing time of medicinal processing, Is it an important part of whether it can achieve “moderate” processing? The operation time is too long, and the operation time is too short to achieve the goal. For example, the pieces of the pieces must be soaked and rinsed before the processing, and the dip