What's in a teapill / granule / powder (was:Teapills, granulars vs bulk)

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No. The raw herbs are cooked in a low pressure, low temperature (less

than 212') system to prevent the volitile oils from being damaged. From

here, you can take two roads. For teapills ( wan / pian ), this liquid

is evaporated, ground, and rolled into pills. For granules ( chong ji

), the liquid is sprayed onto binders (startch or the ground up

reminants of the extracted herbs) then evaporated and made into a

granule. Usually when people talk about 'powders', I think of raw herbs

ground into powder (like the kind used in 'san' - drafts).

 

FWIW, I think it's possible that some of the ineffectiveness people have

had from teapills is due to using 'off-brand' type pills. I used to

just go to Chinatown in Vancouver or Seattle and buy my stuff. In

Vancouver, it was super cheap - like $1.50 CDN for a bottle of Gui Pi

Wan or the like (about $1 USD). However, those formulas rarely worked

well. I hated them. It's amazing that people would bother making

knock-offs and sell them for a buck. When I got too lazy to drive to

Vancouver to get herbs, I tried ordering some of the Min Shan / Lan Zhou

Fo Ci pills, and had totally different results. Yin Qiao actually

worked for me, I was shocked! They've been around since 1929 and make

more than 12 million pills per day, so I'm comfortable they know what

they're doing.

 

Geoff

 

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> " bcataiji " <bcaom

> Re: Teapills, granulars vs bulk

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> Likewise, isn't it the residue that is used to make the teapills? I

> wonder how much residue would come from a decotion of 100-150 grams of

> herbs vs. that of 48 tea pills (2 days worth).