Research Progress of Concentrated Pills of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine concentrated pills have the characteristics of large dosage, good compliance, easy to take and carry, wide range of suitable people, easy to store and transport, and improve the traditional decoction, honey pills and decoction dosage forms such as taking, storage and transportation inconvenience, thus causing widespread concern, has profound research significance. Based on the National Medical Products Administration and Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2020 edition, the classification, quantity and indication of the concentrated pills were reviewed, and the preparation process, drying methods and quality standards were summarized. The problems in the study of concentrated pills were pointed out, such as the lack of uniform standards for quality evaluation. Traditional Chinese medicine concentrated pills not only improve the shortcomings of traditional dosage forms, meet the physiological and psychological needs of patients, but also can be combined with modern slow controlled release technology to develop Chinese medicine concentrated pills with slow controlled release effect. Especially in the gastrointestinal tract irritation, poor stability of pharmacodynamic components and strong adverse reactions of Chinese medicine development prospects, in line with the requirements of modern development of traditional Chinese medicine.