Chinese medicines for treating sweating include Poria, Scrophularia, Magnolia Officinalis, Eucommia ulmoides and Dipsacus. In the processing of medicinal materials, it is easy to dry in order to promote discoloration, softening, flavoring or reducing irritation; The processing method that the medicinal materials are often piled up and placed to make them "regain moisture" and the internal moisture volatilizes outward is called "sweating".

Traditional Chinese medicine processing is an ancient and young discipline, which specializes in the theory, technology, specifications, historical evolution and development direction of traditional Chinese medicine processing. The ancient processing discipline is reflected in its long history of origin and development. It is a summary and theoretical sublimation of Chinese medicine experience for thousands of years.

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Different drugs have different processing purposes; To sum up, the purpose of Chinese medicine processing is only four words: reducing toxicity and increasing efficiency. When processing a specific drug, it usually has several purposes. Generally speaking, the purpose of processing can be summarized as follows:

Reduce or eliminate the toxic and side effects of drugs and ensure the safety of medication; Enhance the role of drugs and improve clinical efficacy; Change the performance or curative effect of drugs, change the meridian tropism of drugs, and make them more suitable for the needs of diseases; Change some properties of drugs, and facilitate storage and preparation; Impurities and non-medicinal parts are removed, so that the medicinal materials are pure and the quality and dosage of the medicinal materials are accurate.

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