The invention relates to a
drying method of
traditional Chinese medicine thick paste. The method comprises the steps that
traditional Chinese medicine extract to be dried is concentrated into thick paste with
relative density of above 1.10; the thick paste is paved into a dry container whose upper part is irradiated by
light wave, and the thickness is controlled to be 2mm to 5mm; the container is vacuumized until the vacuum degree is above 0.6MPa;
light wave irradiation is started to heat and dry the material for 45 minutes to 180 minutes, and a dry product is obtained. In addition,
electric heating or
steam heating is added at a lower part, so as to dry the thick paste. Due to the fact that the adopted
light wave can directly penetrate through the material, compared with a
drying method which adopts
electric heating or
steam heating, according to the
drying method of
traditional Chinese medicine thick paste, the drying speed is higher, the heating uniformity is good, the defects of no easiness in
microwave heating control and electromagnetic leakage are overcome, a
metal structure is allowed to exist in the equipment during work, no-load heating and static heating of the equipment are allowed, particularly the auxiliary
electric heating or steam method is added at the lower part, heating is carried out simultaneously up and down, the
drying time is obviously shortened, and a significant effect in keeping
heat sensitive components and easily oxidized components during a drying process is achieved. The operation and control are simple, and the large-scale production is suitable.