炒炭是中药炮制的重要组成部分 ,其主要目的是使药物增强或产生止血作用。中药炒炭以明代为盛 ,至今沿用的仍有 70多种。由于种种原因 ,对于中药炒炭的认识、作用机理、炮制工艺及质量标准等方面存在着诸多分歧 ,造成炭类饮片质量不统一 ,以至影响临床疗效。笔者在资料文献整理 Frying charcoal is an important part of Chinese medicine processing, its main purpose is to make the drug enhance or produce hemostasis. There are still more than 70 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines fried by the Ming Dynasty. Due to various reasons, there are many differences in understanding, mechanism of action, processing technology, and quality standards of traditional Chinese medicine and charcoal, resulting in inconsistent quality of charcoal decoction pieces and affecting clinical efficacy. The author organizes data in the literature