Chinese Medicine Formulations

TRADITIONAL ADMINISTRATION

Chinese medical formulas have been developed into various dosage forms for oral administration or external application during long-term medical practice. The forms include decoction, medicated wine, medicated tea, distillate, pill, powder, soft extract, vermillion pill, tablet, lozenge, jelly, leaven, medicated roll and medicated thread. Among them, decoction is the major available form and still extensively used in TCM clinical practice because flexible modifications can be made in accordance with the conditions. Moreover, decoction made it easier for human body to absorb, and thus takes effects faster.

Sort extract

Plaster

Pill

Powder

MODERN PREPARATIONS

With the development of modern pharmaceutics and related science and technology, Chinese patent medicines are made available in various forms such as capsules, granules, injections, aerosols and drops.

Capsules

Injections

Aerosols

Granules

Portions of this article were adapted from research materials originally published on the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine website.