Honey pills refer to pills made from fine powder of medicinal herbs with honey as a binder, which can be divided into large honey pills and small honey pills. Many patients with chronic diseases and cancer are most suitable. Due to the abundant nutrients such as sugar, organic acids, and vitamins in honey, it has nourishing, cough suppressing, soothing, moisturizing, and detoxifying effects. At the same time, it contains a large amount of reducing sugars, which can prevent the easily oxidized components of traditional Chinese medicine from denaturing. Honey has strong adhesive strength, and when mixed with medicinal powder, the pills are not easily hardened and have great plasticity. The pills made from honey are smooth, moisturized, slowly disintegrate, and have long-lasting medicinal power, making it an excellent adhesive.

The big honey pill is a common traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations dosage form. It has many advantages besides a little trouble and a little large dosage. First of all, the big honey pill is suitable for absorption and digestion, especially for people with weak spleen and stomach, the elderly, and children. Taking the big honey pill is better than taking other oral dosage forms except oral liquid. Secondly, Da Mi Wan is easy to store, has a long shelf life, and does not contain any medicinal preservatives. Honey has freshness and will not spoil itself, making it a rare antibacterial preservative beneficial to the body. The big honey pills made of about 50% refined honey and about 50% technical powder are sealed by hanging wax in the plastic shell, making the big honey pills have a long shelf life of five years in traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations formulations. Thirdly, Da Mi Wan is mostly a powder preparation, suitable for precious raw materials and Chinese medicinal materials containing difficult to extract and process ingredients, making its efficacy better. After Zui, Da Mi Wan comes in single pill packaging, making it easy to carry.

The basic steps for making honey pills with a traditional Chinese medicine pill making machine are as follows: refining honey → combining herbs → making strips → forming pills → packaging → storage.

1. The selection and refining of honey are key to ensuring the quality of honey pills. The purpose of honey refining is to remove impurities, destroy enzymes, kill microorganisms, evaporate water, and enhance viscosity. The method is: for small-scale production, copper pots or pots can be used for direct heating, and then refined over low heat; Large scale production can be carried out using steam jacketed pots, pressure reducing evaporation and concentration pots for refining, and finally filtering out impurities. The degree of honey refining can be divided into three types: tender honey, refined honey, and aged honey.

Tender honey: suitable for making medicinal pills with high amounts of oil, mucus, carbohydrates, and animal tissues.

Zhongmi: Suitable for fiber, starch, and containing some oils, sugars, and general pill making.

Lao Mi: Suitable for making pills of mineral drugs with high fiber content and poor viscosity.

2. Mix the refined honey and medicinal powder in proportion (the ratio of medicinal powder to honey is generally 1:1 or 1:5, and there may be some that are less than 1:1, depending on the nature of the medicine and the season. Generally, herbs containing sugars and oils use less honey. Medicines containing more cellulose and loose texture use more honey. Use less honey in summer and more honey in winter. Mix evenly and make dough like pellets. When mixing, honey is usually added while hot (if it contains gum, resin or volatile components, wait for the honey to cool slightly before adding and mixing), fully and evenly, so that it is fully moisturized inside and outside, with consistent color, moderate hardness and softness, and can be molded freely.

3. Place the dough like soft material for a certain period of time, mix the medicinal ingredients with honey to moisturize and produce a certain viscosity, and then knead it into strips. Use a large honey pill machine to knead strips with consistent thickness and smooth appearance. Then use the large honey pill machine to make a certain amount of smooth, round spherical pellets. For large-scale production, a fully automatic large honey pill machine can be used. (Attention should be paid when stirring medicinal powder: Traditional Chinese medicine is a non sticky material, and a certain proportion of medicinal excipients should be added. When making pills, the viscosity of the medicine surface should be moderate to prevent it from being too soft or too hard. It should be stirred so that it is not sticky to the hands.)

4. When making pills, to avoid the medication sticking to hands and utensils, an appropriate amount of lubricant can be used during operation. Lubricants can be made by heating glycerol or sesame oil (peanut oil), beeswax in a certain proportion, and melting it. Summer beeswax can be added a little more appropriately.

5. Packaging and Storage: The honey pills made can be wrapped in wax paper, glass paper, plastic bags, or wax shells and stored in a cool and dry place. (Note: Do not expose the prepared pills to direct sunlight.)

　　How to eat Da Mi Wan:

1. The usual way to take Da Mi Wan is to chew it. If the patient finds it difficult to swallow, they can also take it with water.

2. If the prescription is a cold formula, taking it on an empty stomach can easily harm the body's vital energy, so it should be taken half an hour after a meal.

3. This prescription does not contain 18 anti drugs or drugs that are opposite to 18 anti drugs, so there is no problem of not being able to take other drugs at the same time.