炮炼

炮煉

páoliàn

verb

Meanings

1 to process and refine medicinal herbs (by heating)
2 to roast and refine (TCM)

Characters

to roast (medicine)

to refine; to smelt

Examples

HSK 7-9

中药材必须经过炮炼才能入药。

Zhōngyàocái bìxū jīngguò páoliàn cáinéng rùyào.

Medicinal herbs must go through processing and refinement before they can be used in medicine.

HSK 7-9

老药师亲自炮炼这批人参。

Lǎo yàoshī qīnzì páoliàn zhè pī rénshēn.

The old pharmacist personally processes this batch of ginseng.

Tips

culture

炮炼 (or 炮制 páozhì) is a foundational technique in Traditional Chinese Medicine: drying, roasting, steaming, or stir-frying raw herbs to remove toxicity, change their thermal nature, or enhance specific actions. The 炮 here is read páo (not pào, 'cannon'), meaning 'to roast'.

mistakes

Don't confuse 炮 páo (roast, 2nd tone) with 炮 pào (cannon, 4th tone). Same character, different reading. Here it has nothing to do with weapons.

Stroke Order

炮 pào

炼 liàn