What Are the Advantages of Herbal Extraction Equipment?

1. About the herbal extraction equipment

With the development of the times, herbal extraction equipment technology has gradually become popular and mature in recent decades. The basic principle of its separation is to use the difference in molecular weight of chemical components to achieve the purpose of separation. Herbal extraction equipment in the application of Chinese medicine mainly filters out bacteria, particles, macromolecular impurities (gelatin, tannin, protein, polysaccharides, etc.) or achieves decolorization.

It is reported that compared with the traditional alcohol flow process, the herbal extraction equipment technology eliminates multiple processes in the alcohol precipitation process, achieves the purpose of impurity removal, and maintains the decoction and compound compatibility of traditional Chinese medicines, and the extract is easy to dry and has low hygroscopicity, using fewer excipients, saving a lot of ethanol and corresponding recycling equipment, shortening the production cycle, reducing procedures and personnel, and saving heat, among other advantages. Therefore, the use of herbal extraction equipment has become more extensive, and the prospects are very promising.

2. Advantages of herbal extraction equipment

(1) The extraction time is shortened

The herbal extraction equipment uses the cavitation effect produced by ultrasound to accelerate the solvent entering the cell, and the chemical components in the cell are quickly transferred to the solvent so that there is a concentration difference inside and outside the cell, which promotes the chemical composition from a high-concentration solution to diffuse into a low-concentration solution. And the extracting Chinese medicine components can be achieved through separation. Compared with traditional extraction methods, herbal extraction equipment greatly accelerates the extraction time and enhances penetration.

(2) The extraction rate increases

The herbal extraction equipment uses the cavitation process produced by ultrasonic vibration. The herbal extraction equipment is also accompanied by the energy generated by the instantaneous release of the cavitation bubble collapse, which ruptures the cell wall in the substance and causes the solvent to enter directly into the cell. In this way, the content (contained components) in the cell is directly transferred to the solvent under the action of ultrasound, and various chemical components in the intracellular protoplasm are replaced by the solvent.