Starch Pills

Starch pills are the culmination of TCM wisdom, created by using adhesives like water and glutinous rice flour to form medicinal powder into small, round pills. This makes them convenient to carry and easy to store. Starch pills offer several advantages over other dosage forms:

1. Portability and Convenience – Compact Size: Starch pills are small, dense, and smooth, which makes them less likely to absorb moisture and easy for patients to carry, especially for those with chronic conditions requiring long-term medication. – Ease of Swallowing: Compared to traditional decoctions, starch pills are easier to swallow, eliminating the need for lengthy preparation and improving patient adherence.

2. Efficacy and Safety

• Stable Efficacy: Starch pills are produced using rigorous techniques that ensure uniformity of medicinal components, which maintains consistent efficacy. Handcrafted starch pills are more uniform in size, making them especially suitable for patients with weaker digestive systems.
• High Safety: During production, starch pills can be layered according to the nature of the medicine, masking unpleasant odors and enhancing the stability of aromatic volatile components, thus reducing patient resistance due to taste.

3. Therapeutic Suitability

• Gentle Treatment: For patients with chronic illness and physical weakness, starch pills offer a milder treatment alternative to strong decoctions, providing a more gentle therapeutic effect.
• Specialized Medication: Starch pills are suitable for certain herbs that are toxic or unsuitable for decoction, preserving the efficacy and safety of the formula. For instance, substances that are volatile and unsuitable for decoctions can be effectively retained in starch pills .