Research Advances in the Complete Equipment and Automation Control Technologies of Extraction, Concentration and Desiccation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Production
中药生产过程成套装备及自动化控制技术研究进展

The traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) is a classic industry in China. With the development of life science and the increasing demand of natural medicines, TCM will become a worldwide hot spot in the pharmaceutical field. Although China has abundant resources and many TCM manufacturers, we have to go a long way to catch up with the international technical level in terms of equipment, quality control and automatic control. This paper reviews the production process of TCM, the characteristics of different production procedures and the automation control techniques for traditional Chinese medicines production.