传统中药丸剂史述略

A brief history of traditional Chinese medicinal pills

传统中药丸剂，系指药材细粉或药材提取物加适宜黏合剂或其他辅料制成的球形或类球形剂型。中药丸剂是一种古老的传统剂型，它自先秦起源后，经汉代至明清，历代不断发展和丰富，适应疾病治疗的需要，制作工艺逐步完善，相继出现了蜜丸、蜡丸、包衣丸以及蜡壳丸等多种形式。近现代随着制药机械的进步，中药丸剂不断创新，现已成为批量生产的中成药的主要剂型。

Traditional Chinese medicine pill, an archaic medicinal preparation form,is a kind of spherical or spherical-like preparation form produced by medicinal powders or extracts mixed with appropri-ate excipient or other accessories. It was originated in the Pre-Qin Dynasty, developed and enriched from the Han Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. With the improvement of preparing process, honeyed pill, waxed pill, coating pill and wax-coating pill etc. appeared in succession. In modern times, with the pro-gress of pharmaceutical machine, the medicinal pill is innovated constantly, and at present, it becomes the main form of Chinese patent medicine with batch production.