祖国医学对炭药的应用历史由来已久．秦汉时期的《黄帝内经》即有关于“灌制左角发”的记载、其后，制炭发展为一项专门的制药技术，并且成为中药炮制的重要内容。制炭方法虽有烧、炒、恨之不同，坦对于炭药的质量要求古今一致，即要求“存性”。现行《中国药典汉各省市《中药 The history of Chinese medicine in the application of carbon medicine has been a long time. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the “Yellow Emperor’s Internal Classic” was a record of “preparation of left-handed hair.” Subsequently, carbon production developed into a specialized pharmaceutical technology and became an important part of Chinese medicine. Although the method of making charcoal differs in terms of burning, frying, and hate, the quality requirements of charcoal for the charcoal drug are the same as those for the past and present, that is, the requirement for “existence”. Current “Chinese Pharmacopoeia Han provinces and cities”