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Personalized traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) granules are positioned as a solid dosage form of TCM decoctions, boasting strong applicability and wide application range. The market prospect of personalized TCM granules is promising in that their preparation by mixed decoction makes up for the shortcoming of formula granules like the Chinese patent medicine granules and classical TCM prescription granules whose components cannot be changed flexibly. However, such factors as insufficient basic research, equipment mismatch, and low process commonality have limited their clinical application. After analyzing the characteristics of perso-nalized TCM granules, their production status, and the bottlenecks restricting their development, this paper pointed out the meaning and key points of developing a generalized preparation process for personalized TCM granules and affirmed the vital roles of the preparation and process prediction system and the on-line detection technology in improving the productivity of granulation. Finally, some assumptions on technology development for solving the specific problems of personalized TCM granules were shared to provide some ideas for the application and development of personalized TCM granules in clinical practice.
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Medicine, Chinese Traditional , PrescriptionsABSTRACT
Based on insoluble phenomenon in trace metal powder in TCM granules produced by small and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies, this article discussed the causes and countermeasure from the aspects of formulation composition, preparation technology, and TCM pretreatment, with a purpose to provide the basis for strengthening the quality standard of TCM granules.
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Objective To provide references for reasonable procurement planning, TCM decoction pieces reserving and clinical medication guarantee by analyzing the usage of TCM decoction pieces and granules from 2011 to 2014 in Zhuhai Hospital of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (hereinafter referred to as Zhuhai Hospital). Methods The sale data of TCM decoction pieces and granules during 2011-2014 in the database of Zhuhai Hospital were analyzed. Sales quantity, sales amount of the category and single pieces of TCM decoction pieces and granules ranking the first 10 were analyzed. Results The sales quantity and amount of TCM decoction pieces and granules were increasing from 2011 to 2014. The usage weight ratio and usage amount ratio between TCM decoction pieces and granules was stable. The top 10 categories and single pieces in sales quantity and amount were also stable. Conclusion Zhuhai Hospital has its own characteristics in TCM types, categories and dosage forms. TCM decoction pieces play an important part in clinical treatment in Zhuhai Hospital.