《新编中药炮制法》一书,自1980年由陕西科技出版社出版,发行以来受到广大读者的重视和爱护。这次本书增订本的出版,主要根据广大读者的意见,对其内容作了全面地修订和充实。此次修订也参考本省和外地对中药炮制研究的先进技术,结合作者的新经验,对每味药物各项内容,都作了仔细的琢磨,纠正了一些欠妥之处。同时还增加了历代有关中药炮制的文献记载、作用等部分。全书中药品种由460味,增加到518味。对临证常用的中药品种的炮制方法和理由,在书中都可以查到。此书实际上是中医药工作者的业务指南。有些人也知道中药必须炮制,方可煎服。可是,不知道究竟为什么要炮制,炮制的理由是什么?俗话说:是药三分毒。就直接说明了这个问题。就拿半夏来说,其成品分为生半夏、清半夏、姜半夏、法半夏。炮制后的样品,计有水漂半夏、生姜浸半夏、白矾煮半夏、蒸半夏。进行毒性药理实验,发现生半夏毒性最大,而漂、蒸、姜浸仍有毒,只有白矾半夏共同煎后,才无毒性。从实验结果来看,半夏炮制去毒的关键,不在于水漂,而在于合理的辅料或加热。生半夏确有刺激失音的副作用,可以通过煎煮而除去,故入煎剂可用生的。又如黄芩,其药用分为黄芩、酒黄芩、黄芩炭。据实验证明,黄芩酒炙后之煎剂,对痢疾杆菌、炭疽杆菌、白色念珠菌等的抑制效果,较生黄芩 The book “Newly Prepared Chinese Medicine Processing Method” was published by Shaanxi Science and Technology Press in 1980 and has received attention and love from readers since it was released. The publication of the updated edition of this book was based on the opinions of a large number of readers, and its content was comprehensively revised and enriched. This revision also makes reference to the advanced technologies of the province and foreign countries in the study of Chinese medicine concocting, combined with the author’s new experience, has carefully studied the content of each flavor of drugs, and corrected some of the defects. At the same time, it also added records of historical records about the processing of Chinese herbs and their effects. The whole book of Chinese medicine varieties increased from 460 flavors to 518 flavors. The concoction methods and reasons for the commonly used varieties of Chinese medicines in the clinical records can be found in the book. This book is actually a business guide for Chinese medicine practitioners. Some people also know that Chinese medicine must be concocted before it can be decocted. However, I do not know why we must concoct it. What is the reason for concocting? As the saying goes, it is a poisonous drug. It directly explains this issue. Take Pinellia for example, the finished product is divided into raw Pinellia, Pinellia, ginger Pinellia, Pinellia. Samples after processing include Drifting Pinellia, Ginger Soak Pinellia, White Boiled Pinellia, and Steam Pinellia. Toxicity pharmacological experiments, found that the most severe toxicity of Pinellia, and bleaching, steaming, ginger dipping is still toxic, only the common decoction of Pinellia ternate, only non-toxic. From the experimental results, the key to Pinellia’s detoxification is not water drift, but rather reasonable materials or heating. There is indeed a side effect of arousing the aphonia in Pinellia that can be removed by decoction, so decoction can be used raw. Another example is Astragalus membranaceus, its medicinal use is divided into astragalus, wine astragalus, astragalus charcoal. According to experiments, the decoction of Astragalus membranaceus after decocting is more effective than decoction for inhibiting Shigella, Bacillus anthracis and Candida albicans.