中药材硫磺熏蒸及其现代加工技术研究进展

中药材加工及贮藏过程中的虫蛀,发霉等现象是中药生产中面临的难题。传统加工方法生产效率低,不能有效保证中药材的品质。硫磺熏蒸由于其成本低,操作简便,是目前基层首选的中药材加工方法。中药经硫磺熏蒸后虽然能解决局部问题,但现代药理研究表明,长期服用硫熏中药材可能对人体肝、肾等脏器造成较严重的危害。该文对硫磺熏蒸的应用沿革,其对中药材品质的影响以及国内外相关的限量标准进行一个综述,并简要介绍了现代加工技术在食品及部分中药材加工中的应用现状,分析了其在中药材加工中存在的问题,为进一步研究,开发和利用中药材硫磺熏蒸的替代技术提供相关的参考依据。

Progress of sulfur fumigation and modern processing technology of Chinese traditional medicines

Infestation, moldy and other phenomenon in the processing and storage of Chinese herbal medicines is a problem that faced in the production of Chinese traditional medicine. The low productivity of traditional processing methods can not guarantee the quality of Chinese herbal medicines. Sulfur fumigation is the first choice of grassroots to process the Chinese herbal medicine with its low cost and easy operation. Sulfur fumigation can solve some problems in the processing and storage of Chinese herbal medicines, but modern pharmacological studies show that long-term use of Chinese traditional medicine which is fumigated by sulfur can cause some serious harm to human liver, kidney and other organs. This paper conducts a review about the application history of sulfur fumigation, its influence to the quality of Chinese herbal medicines as well as domestic and foreign limits to sulfur quantity, and a brief introduction of the status of modern processing technologies in the processing of food and some Chinese herbal medicines, the problems existing in the Chinese herbal medicines processing, which can provide a reference basis for the further research, development and application of investigating alternative technologies of sulfur fumigation.