早在1848年,就出现了目前的硬胶囊剂。但长期以来,由于硬胶囊剂的填充工艺比较麻烦,无合适的机械可供选择,不能象片剂那样大规模工业化生产,再加上空硬胶囊的成本较高,因此,除了一些价格比较昂贵的药物使用硬胶囊剂外,普通的药物用得不多。在中药制剂中更是屈指可数。本文仅就硬胶囊剂在中药制剂中的使用前景作一初探。一、硬胶囊剂优点显著与中药传统丸剂以及引进较多的片剂、冲剂等固体制剂相比,硬胶囊剂有两个显著优点, As early as 1848, the current hard capsules appeared. But for a long time, due to the hard filling process of hard capsules, there is no suitable machinery to choose from, and large-scale industrial production can not be carried out like tablets, and the cost of empty hard capsules is higher, therefore, in addition to some of the more expensive Drugs use hard capsules, ordinary drugs are not used much. In the traditional Chinese medicine preparation is even one of the few. This article only discusses the prospect of using hard capsules in traditional Chinese medicine preparations. 1. The advantages of hard capsules are significant compared with traditional Chinese medicine pills and the introduction of more solid preparations such as tablets and granules. Hard capsules have two significant advantages.