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Objective To optimize the shaping process of Biyuan dropping pills.Methods With the hardness,tailing degree,spherical degree and coefficient of heavy variation of the dropping pills as the scoring indexes,the proportion of extract and matrix,temperature of extract and refrigerant liquid,internal diameter of the dropper,dropping speed were observed.Orthogonal design was applied to optimize the proportion of extract and matrix,temperature of extract and refrigerant liquid,drops distance on the basis of the preliminary experiments.Results The optimal conditions were: semi-synthesized fatty acid ester and extract at the proportion of 4 ∶1 were heated in a water bath and were completely stirred for melting;the pills were dropped into the 65 %alcohol (10 ℃) at temperature 40 ℃at the constant rate of 60 drops per minute;the diameter (internal)of the dropping tip is 2.0 mm .Conclusion The experimental results provide evidences for shaping process of Biyuan dropping pills in the manufacturing scale.