“饮片”一词最早见于南宋·周密《武林旧事》。古方中常将切制后的药片加水做成饮剂饮用,故而得名。所谓饮片,广义指供调配处方所应用的药物。狭义指经过切制的各类规格的药片。现简介如下。一、饮片的类型饮片的规格主要取决于药材的特性及炮制和医疗的要求,大体上可分片、段、丝、块、丁五大类,由于地区习惯不同,同一药物,往往有不同的规格和名称。现将传统的饮片规格及名称搜集整理如 The word “decoction piece” was first seen in the Southern Song Dynasty’s “Old History of Martial Arts”. In ancient times, tablets are usually made by drinking water after they have been cut into pills. The so-called decoction pieces refer broadly to the drugs used for prescription preparation. The narrow sense refers to the various types of tablets that have been cut. The brief introduction is as follows. First, the type of decoction pieces The specifications of the decoction pieces mainly depend on the characteristics of the medicinal materials and the requirements of concocting and medical treatment. Generally, they can be divided into five major categories: segment, segment, silk, block, and ect. Due to different regional habits, the same drug often has different specifications. And name. The traditional specifications and names of the decoction pieces are now collected.