How to make Chinese medicine pills

The production method of Chinese medicine pills is relatively complicated. First, we need to buy medicinal materials, then grind them into powder, boil the powder with honey, let the powder be completely blended with the honey, and then make honey pills while they are hot. Wait until the temperature drops naturally to form Chinese medicine pills. You can learn about the method of making Chinese medicine pills, and then if you feel that Chinese medicine is too bitter, you can make it into pills yourself.

1. Drying and crushing: When buying medicine at the pharmacy, ask the owner to grind it into 100-mesh powder, or use your own powder grinder to grind it into powder. Pass through 100 mesh sieve

2. Boil honey and mix with medicinal powder.

Pour honey into a cold pot and heat it over low heat. Stir the honey with a spatula while heating to prevent it from sticking to the pot. The honey will be thick when first put into the pot, but will become thinner as it heats. Keep simmering until the honey turns yellow and bubbles appear. Then add three quarters of the powder (leave a little to prevent it from being too sticky as anti-sticking powder). After adding the powder, stir-fry constantly without using your hands as the temperature is relatively high at this time. To prevent burns. Just like making buns, keep stirring and squeezing. After the dough is formed, you can try to squeeze the dough with your hands. If you cannot squeeze it evenly and your hands feel particularly sticky, sprinkle some of the reserved medicine powder on it and continue squeezing and beating. Until it is no longer sticky.

3. Make honey pills while hot.

Roll the dough into strips, then cut it into small pieces with your hands or a knife and roll it into balls with your hands. Just like making small dumplings. If the amount of honey is small, it will quickly become hard and difficult to rub after the temperature cools down. If there is more honey, it won't become hard. It doesn't harden even when it cools. I made it twice. The first time I used less honey and I didn't roll it into balls while it was still hot, so it wasn't very smooth. But this also has some advantages, that is, the honey pills rarely stick together; when I made it the second time, I had more honey, and they became a little soft after cooling. Moreover, the honey pills may stick together.