Research On The Status Quo And Development Strategy Of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmaceutical Equipment Industry

Abstract: Traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment industry is an important part of the modern Chinese medicine industry chain, which plays an important supporting role in the development of the entire Chinese medicine industry, and its quality level is directly related to the quality level of Chinese medicine products. At present, my country's traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment has a low level of technology, a limited level of automation, and a lagging level of standardization, which has aroused widespread concern in the industry. The systematic research on the key core technologies of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment and the development of a series of new intelligent traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment have great significance and influence on the development of the traditional Chinese medicine industry. Through the systematic investigation of the development status of the traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment industry, the research team pointed out the existing problems in the traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment industry, and clarified the work that needs to be focused on in the next step of the research on traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment, which has a certain guiding effect on the development of the traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment industry. 

Keywords: traditional Chinese medicine, pharmaceutical equipment, development strategy, intelligent equipment

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1 Development status of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment industry

Traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment mainly includes pre-processing equipment for Chinese herbal medicines (processing equipment at the origin, linkage line for pre-treatment of Chinese herbal medicines, etc.), processing equipment for decoction pieces of Chinese herbal medicines (medicine washing machine, dryer, frying machine, broiling pot, steaming pot, Calcining furnace, etc.), traditional Chinese medicine decoction equipment, complete sets of equipment for the production of traditional Chinese medicine preparations (extraction equipment, separation equipment, concentration and drying equipment, preparation production and packaging equipment, etc.). In the process of equipment development, it involves the research and application of key technologies in the pharmaceutical equipment industry such as intelligent control technology, online detection technology, and computing storage technology.

At present, many domestic Chinese medicine companies often use imported production equipment from abroad, which brings a potential crisis to the development of traditional Chinese medicine, a national pharmaceutical industry, and also poses a threat to the development of my country's pharmaceutical equipment industry. Provide support for development, improve the technical content of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment products as soon as possible, and promote the transformation and upgrading of the industry. The main components of the traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment industry chain are shown in Figure 1.

In recent years, in various plans at the national level, the traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment industry has received some support to carry out research, development and industrialization of some traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment. In terms of processing equipment in the origin of Chinese herbal medicines, Hangzhou Haishan Pharmaceutical Equipment Co., Ltd., Changzhou Yiyiyi Drying Equipment Co., Ltd. and other enterprises have been supported by the National Science and Technology SME Innovation Fund.

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In terms of processing equipment for Chinese herbal medicines, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and other units have successively presided over the "Eleventh Five-Year" Science and Technology Support Plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology "Common Technology for Chinese Herbal Medicines and Development of Related Equipment", and developed a variety of new Chinese medicines. Processing equipment, application More than 30 patents, won the national industry

There are 9 standards, and the research results have successively won the first prize of Nanjing Science and Technology Progress Award, the second prize of Jiangsu Science and Technology Progress Award, and the third prize of Zhejiang Science and Technology Progress Award. In terms of traditional Chinese medicine decoction equipment, Hangzhou Haishan Pharmaceutical Equipment Co., Ltd. and other units have applied for 8 national patents, and took the lead in formulating the only international standard for "Chinese medicine decoction machine" in the Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment industry. In terms of research and development of production equipment for traditional Chinese medicine preparations, Sichuan Pharmaceutical Design Institute Co., Ltd. and other units have carried out research and development of production equipment for external use of traditional Chinese medicine plaster; Heilongjiang Dier Pharmaceutical Machinery Co., Ltd.

Research and development of pill production line. In terms of research on key common technologies of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment, the research group of Professor Yang Ming of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the research group of Professor Liu Xuesong of Zhejiang University have conducted in-depth research on online detection technology and intelligent control technology of traditional Chinese medicine production process, and achieved a series of research results.

2 Problems in the traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment industry

From a small number of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment enterprises in the 1980s to now many enterprises independently innovate and develop traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment, my country's traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment industry has achieved rapid development. Although the traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment industry has made great achievements and progress, there are still some problems.

2.1 The processing and decoction piece processing equipment of traditional Chinese medicinal materials is backward

The processing equipment in the origin of traditional Chinese medicinal materials is backward, and the level of automation is low, even staying at the manual and semi-manual stage. There is a lack of application of modern automation equipment. It is urgent to develop new processing equipment in the origin, especially linkage line equipment, to achieve joint operations and improve production efficiency. Ensure product quality [2]; Medium

The intelligence level of the processing equipment of medicinal pieces is low, and most of them are stand-alone equipment, lacking the application of modern information technology and control technology, unable to realize the monitoring of the production process, and unable to guarantee the quality of the pieces. It is urgent to develop new intelligent Chinese medicine processing equipment and information management systems. Standardizing the Production of Chinese Herbal Pieces

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2.2 High energy consumption and low efficiency of Chinese patent medicine production equipment

In the production process of Chinese patent medicine, the heating, decocting and boiling process of Chinese medicine extraction process consumes a lot of energy and water. Higher, low production efficiency and other disadvantages;

Ovens and other equipment have high energy consumption, low thermal efficiency, and long drying time; steam sterilizers commonly used in the sterilization process need to consume a large amount of steam, and cannot be continuously mass-produced, which seriously hinders the improvement of production efficiency[3] .

2.3 The intelligence level of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment is low

In the process of traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy, due to the complex process, many links require experienced human senses to participate in the evaluation, resulting in the slow development of intelligent Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment, and the difficulty of establishing an information collection and feedback mechanism in the production process of traditional Chinese medicine is increasing. For example, during the extraction process of traditional Chinese medicine, due to the complexity of the raw materials of traditional Chinese medicine, it is difficult to realize the real-time concentration monitoring of many components of traditional Chinese medicine, and it is difficult to determine the extraction end point. By prolonging the extraction time, it may lead to a certain degree of energy waste and unstable product quality [2]. Improving the automation of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment can not only effectively control the quality of medicines, but also reduce production costs and improve production efficiency.

2.4 The standardization of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment is low

The standardization of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment is an important basis for ensuring the stability of traditional Chinese medicine quality, and it is also the key to gradually improving the manufacturing level of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment. Most of the existing traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment is non-standard equipment, the product quality is uneven, and the performance is quite different [2]. If the same kind of medicine frying equipment is produced by different manufacturers, the parameters of the frying process are quite different, which will affect the quality of medicines. Therefore, accelerating the standardization of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment will help promote the development of my country's traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment industry and ensure that the quality of traditional Chinese medicine products is stable and controllable.

2.5 Weakness in basic research on traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical technology and equipment

In the process of research and development and design of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical equipment, it is often based on empirical data, lacking scientific calculation models and production process parameters and other basic research support, which eventually leads to the mismatch between the performance of pharmaceutical equipment products and the needs of pharmaceutical companies, resulting in energy waste and increased costs. Therefore, in-depth research on the relationship between process parameters in the production process of traditional Chinese medicine and chemical components, efficacy and toxicity will help to develop new intelligent pharmaceutical equipment for traditional Chinese medicine.