中药材在饮片切制前,用水进行浸泡、润软化处理,是中药传统加工炮制中的一个重要内容。如何合理进行软化处理,已成为搞好中药加工炮制,提高中药质量的一个关键。目前的软化处理操作,大都习惯沿用传统的经验和方法,但存在着许多弊端,特别是药材有效成份流失太多。鉴此,近来许多中药工作者在这方面进行了大量的探索,现结合我们在实践中的体会,就改进方法介 Chinese herbal medicines in the cut pieces before cutting, soaking with water, softening treatment is the traditional Chinese medicine processing an important part. How to carry out the softening treatment reasonably has become a key to improve the processing of traditional Chinese medicine and improve the quality of traditional Chinese medicine. At present, softening treatment is mostly used to traditional experiences and methods, but there are many drawbacks, especially the loss of effective ingredients of medicinal materials. In view of this, many Chinese medicine workers recently conducted a great deal of exploration in this field. Based on our experience in practice,