The invention discloses an
aroma-increasing and
humidity-preserving additive for cigarettes and a preparation method and application thereof. The additive contains a
traditional Chinese medicine extract composition or a compound
traditional Chinese medicine extract. The
traditional Chinese medicine comprises
epimedium,
eclipta herb, coltsfoot flower,
leonurus,
dandelion and
trichosanthes peels. The preparation method of the
aroma-increasing and
humidity-preserving additive comprises respectively using a
solvent to extract and refine the
epimedium, the
eclipta herb, the coltsfoot flower, the
leonurus, the
dandelion and the
trichosanthes peels and mixing the ingredients according to the proportion of 1-8:0.8-6:0.5-4:0.3-4:0.3-5:1 to prepare the
aroma-increasing and
humidity-preserving additive, or mixing the
epimedium, the
eclipta herb, the coltsfoot flower, the
leonurus, the
dandelion and the
trichosanthes peels according to the proportion of 0.5-8:0.5-6:0.2-4:0.3-4:0.3-5:1 and then using the
solvent to perform extraction and refining to prepare the aroma-increasing and humidity-preserving additive. The additive is added into tobacco shreds,
cut stems and slices for cigarettes, and the adding proportion is 0.002-1%wt. After the additive is added into the tobacco shreds, the
cut stems and the slices for the cigarettes, the
moisture of the tobacco shreds can be maintained in the normal-temperature dry environment, the additive has good physical humidity-preserving effect and integrally improves the intrinsic quality of the cigarettes.