A cigarette and its preparation method

Abstract

The present invention discloses a cigarette and a preparation method thereof. The cigarette includes a cigarette segment, and the cigarette segment contains cut tobacco and Chinese medicine granules. The Chinese medicine granules contain radish powder, astragalus, red dates, poria cocos, licorice, notoginseng, ginger, cloves, rehmannia glutinosa and roses. In addition to providing the user with the same satisfaction as smoking a conventional cigarette, the cigarette of the present invention also has a second efficacy of supplementing qi and activating blood circulation. The formula is reasonable, easy to manufacture, and safe to use. The fragrance released by the Chinese medicine granules, the microcapsules of Chinese medicine essential oil and the microcapsules of hydrosol are naturally coordinated with the cigarette fragrance itself. The aroma quality of the smoke is significantly improved, and the richness and fineness are significantly increased. There is no miscellaneous odor and no irritation, and the smoking comfort of the cigarette can be significantly improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of cigarette manufacturing and relates to a cigarette and a preparation method thereof. Background Art

[0002] Cigarettes are tobacco products made by rolling tobacco into strips with cigarette paper. They are also called paper cigarettes, cigarettes, and cigarette rolls. Cigarettes are divided into filter cigarettes and mouthless cigarettes, and are also divided into light and strong flavors. Tar and harmful components in smoke, such as carbon monoxide, nicotine, nitric oxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nitroso, free radicals, volatile nitriles, phenols, etc., are harmful to the human body, while the aroma components of smoke, such as pyridine, alcohols, and cyclopentenone, will improve the sensory quality of smoke. Using adsorption materials and additives in cigarette filters to improve the quality of cigarettes is a commonly used cigarette production technology today, such as using activated carbon fiber, acetate fiber or polypropylene fiber filters to remove harmful substances from cigarette smoke. However, since this method is limited to physical adsorption, it only has a certain interception effect on tar and solid phase substances, and has little adsorption effect on gas phase harmful substances.

[0003] By adding beneficial substances to cigarettes, the effective ingredients enter the human body from the oral cavity as the cigarettes burn during smoking, thereby achieving the purpose of improving the smoking quality of cigarettes. Adding popping beads wrapped with various essential oils or flavors and fragrances to the filter of cigarettes to adjust the taste of smoke is a technology commonly used in cigarette production. For example, CN108219943A discloses an essential oil for cigarette popping beads and a method for preparing popping beads. Lavender essential oil, marjoram essential oil, ylang ylang essential oil, chamomile essential oil, sandalwood essential oil, vanilla bean oil, wintergreen essential oil, borneol extract, cloud angelica extract and oil solvent are mixed to make essential oil for popping beads, and then cigarette popping beads are made according to conventional processes. The popping bead essential oil has a fresh herbal fragrance, enriches the flavor characteristics of the style popping beads, and while meeting the personalized and diversified needs of consumers, it also has the effects of refreshing the mind, replenishing qi and health care. However, this type of bursting bead will be damaged when it is hit or vibrated by external forces, and the essential oil inside it will leak and volatilize, causing the cigarettes with added bursting beads to be unsustainable in transportation. In addition, the bursting beads are directly added to the filter tip, and when the cigarette is smoked, the bursting beads are squeezed and broken. When they are just squeezed, they suddenly spread locally and have a strong smell, and then the smell gradually fades. The instantaneous strong smell will cause discomfort, and the smell is uneven during the entire process of smoking the cigarette. The last burning cigarette section may have no or only a very light essential oil aroma when it is smoked.

[0004] In summary, current cigarettes have problems such as low smoking comfort, poor transportation resistance of the popping beads added to improve the aroma, and easy leakage of the internal essential oil. How to provide a cigarette that can effectively load beneficial ingredients and its preparation method has become one of the problems to be solved in the current field of cigarette manufacturing technology. Summary of the invention

[0005] In view of the deficiencies of the prior art and actual needs, the present invention provides a cigarette and a preparation method thereof, which solve the problems of low smoking comfort of cigarettes, poor transportation resistance of flavor-improving beads, and easy leakage of internal essential oils. In addition to providing users with a satisfaction equivalent to that of smoking conventional cigarettes, it also has a second effect of supplementing qi and promoting blood circulation. The aroma quality of the smoke is significantly improved, and the smoking comfort of the cigarette can be significantly improved.

[0006] To achieve the purpose of this invention, the following technical solutions are adopted:

[0007] In a first aspect, the present invention provides a cigarette, which includes a cigarette section containing tobacco shreds and traditional Chinese medicine granules, and the traditional Chinese medicine granules contain radish powder, astragalus membranaceus, red dates, poria cocos, licorice, notoginseng, ginger, cloves, rehmannia glutinosa, and roses.

[0008] In the present invention, radish powder, astragalus membranaceus, red dates, poria cocos, and licorice are traditional Chinese medicines for supplementing qi, and notoginseng, ginger, cloves, rehmannia glutinosa, and roses have the effect of promoting blood circulation. The added roses are used to utilize their volatile properties to carry the effective components of other traditional Chinese medicines to volatilize during the distillation process to obtain traditional Chinese medicine essential oils and / or hydrosols.

[0009] The radish powder selected is white radish, which has a good effect of supplementing qi. White radish has the effects of strengthening the stomach and promoting digestion, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. White radish contains mustard oil, amylase, and dietary fiber, which can enhance appetite, promote digestion, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis, reduce the time of feces staying in the intestinal cavity, and timely discharge toxic substances out of the body. White radish contains vitamin C and trace element zinc, which helps to enhance the body's immune function and improve disease resistance. It is rich in enzyme substances and a variety of natural digestive enzymes, which can promote the rapid decomposition of starch and fat in food in the human body, accelerate the absorption and utilization of these nutrients by food. In addition, white radish can also inhibit gastric acid secretion, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis, and can clean up the toxins accumulated in the gastrointestinal tract. Regular consumption usually can significantly improve the body's digestive ability.

[0010] Astragalus membranaceus has the effects of replenishing qi and consolidating the exterior, arresting sweating and relieving prolapse, promoting granulation and treating sores, and promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. The most important effect of astragalus membranaceus is to tonify the spleen well. The spleen is in charge of transportation and transformation. If the spleen and stomach are weak, the transportation and transformation will be ineffective, resulting in stagnation of body fluids. Tonifying the spleen can play a good role in supplementing qi.

[0011] Red dates are rich in iron and vitamin C, and are excellent products for nourishing blood. Blood is the mother of qi, and only by nourishing blood can qi be generated to achieve the purpose of supplementing qi.

[0012] Poria cocos is also a good medicine for tonifying the spleen. Poria cocos can effectively tonify the spleen and lungs, treat qi deficiency conditions, and improve symptoms such as soreness in the waist and back and excessive phlegm and cough. Poria cocos promotes diuresis and aids digestion, and can achieve the effect of regulating qi and blood. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes smoothness. While supplementing qi, it is also necessary to regulate qi.

[0013] Licorice is used for heart qi deficiency, palpitations. Licorice contains various chemical components, and the main components include glycyrrhizic acid, liquiritin, etc. The chemical composition of licorice is extremely complex. Dozens of compounds have been isolated from licorice, such as glycyrrhizin, glycyrrhetinic acid, liquiritin, isoliquiritin, neoliquiritin, neo-isoliquiritin, liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, glycyrrhizetin, glycyrrhol, isoglycyrrhol, 7-methylcoumarin, umbelliferone, etc. Licorice can treat heart qi deficiency syndrome and spleen qi deficiency syndrome, replenishing qi and benefiting the middle energizer.

[0014] Notoginseng has the effects of promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and nourishing and strengthening the body. Notoginseng has received extremely high evaluations in the treatment of blood syndromes. It belongs to the genus Panax of the Araliaceae family, together with ginseng and American ginseng, and is collectively called the world's three major ginsengs. Notoginseng can promote blood circulation and disperse stasis, and at the same time has the effect of stopping bleeding. In addition, it also has the effect of nourishing blood. Therefore, it combines promoting blood circulation, nourishing blood, and stopping bleeding, and is an excellent blood-activating medicine. Supplementary with ginger, ginger is a good medicine for warming and dispelling cold, which can accelerate blood circulation. Notoginseng nourishes blood, and ginger accelerates blood circulation, making the body unobstructed. In addition, cloves are added to dispel cold, warm the middle and lower adverse qi, and tonify the kidney and assist yang. Rehmannia glutinosa is mainly used for clearing heat and promoting fluid production, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and is used for yin injury caused by febrile diseases, hematemesis, sore throat, etc. Fresh rehmannia glutinosa has a relatively strong effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, and can avoid the excessive heat and getting angry caused by the previous several traditional Chinese medicines.

[0015] Preferably, the weight ratio of the cut tobacco to the traditional Chinese medicine granules is 100:(2 - 4).

[0016] This ratio can ensure that when the cut tobacco burns, the burning of the traditional Chinese medicine granules will not bring miscellaneous smoke and ensure the quality of the mainstream smoke (the traditional Chinese medicine granules contain starch, and if the starch content in the cigarette is too high, it will bring black smoke).

[0017] The specific point values in the above 2 - 4 can be selected as 2, 3, 4, etc.

[0018] Preferably, the traditional Chinese medicine granules contain 30 - 43 parts by weight of radish powder, 8 - 13 parts of astragalus membranaceus, 23 - 30 parts of red dates, 5 - 8 parts of poria cocos, 12 - 14 parts of licorice, 4 - 6 parts of notoginseng, 9 - 12 parts of ginger, 4 - 7 parts of cloves, 7 - 14 parts of rehmannia glutinosa, and 34 - 40 parts of rose.

[0019] Preferably, the cigarette further includes a filter tip, and the filter tip contains microcapsules of traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and / or hydrosol microcapsules.

[0020] Preferably, the filter tip is arranged with cross - sections of cellulose acetate fiber segments and activated carbon segments.

[0021] It can be understood that, when looking longitudinally, the filter rod is arranged with alternating layers of cellulose acetate filter rod segments and activated carbon segments. Adding a certain amount of cellulose acetate in the filter rod can play a good role in adsorbing harmful substances in the smoke. The role of activated carbon is to filter large particulate matter in the smoke and reduce harmful substances in the smoke. The alternating arrangement of the two can achieve repeated operations of filtration, adsorption, filtration, and adsorption. Compared with single use, such a design can avoid blockage in a certain area and hinder the flow of smoke, and disperse the filtration pressure step by step. Of course, the density of the cellulose acetate segment and the activated carbon segment can be gradually increased. When preparing cigarettes, microcapsules of traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and hydrosol are laid between layers of cellulose acetate segments and activated carbon segments. When smoking a cigarette, the temperature of the smoke is relatively high, which can promote and carry the active ingredients in the microcapsules of traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and hydrosol to volatilize into the human oral cavity and be absorbed by salivary cells and enter the human body.

[0022] Preferably, the preparation method of the traditional Chinese medicine particles in the cigarette includes:

[0023] Freezing and crushing radish powder, astragalus, red dates, poria cocos, licorice, notoginseng, ginger, cloves, rehmannia glutinosa, and roses to obtain traditional Chinese medicine powder, distilling the traditional Chinese medicine powder to obtain traditional Chinese medicine essential oil, hydrosol, and traditional Chinese medicine concentrated solution, and mixing the traditional Chinese medicine concentrated solution with starch to obtain traditional Chinese medicine particles.

[0024] In a second aspect, the present invention provides a preparation method of the cigarette according to the first aspect, and the preparation method includes the following steps:

[0025] (1) Mixing chitosan quaternary ammonium salt with acetic acid to obtain solution A, and mixing sodium alginate and polysorbate-80 to obtain solution B;

[0026] (2) Mixing traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and / or hydrosol with polysorbate-80, and then mixing with solution B, and obtaining solution C after high-speed stirring;

[0027] (3) Mixing solution A and solution C, adjusting the pH value to obtain a prefabricated solution, mixing with calcium chloride to obtain a suspension, and drying to obtain microcapsules of traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and / or hydrosol;

[0028] (4) Mixing traditional Chinese medicine particles with cut tobacco, rolling them into a cigarette segment, placing microcapsules of traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and / or hydrosol into the filter tip, and rolling and fixing the cigarette segment and the filter tip into a whole to obtain a cigarette for supplementing qi and activating blood circulation.

[0029] Preferably, the solid-liquid ratio of the chitosan quaternary ammonium salt and acetic acid in step (1) is 1:(1 - 2).

[0030] Preferably, the mass ratio of the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and hydrosol to sodium alginate in step (2) is independently 1:(1 - 2).

[0031] The specific point values in the above (1 - 2) can be selected as 1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2, etc.

[0032] Preferably, the speed of the high - speed stirring in step (2) is 2500 - 5000 r / min, and the time of the high - speed stirring is 5 - 10 min.

[0033] The specific point values in the above 2500 - 5000 can be selected as 2500, 3000, 3500, 4000, 4500, 5000, etc.

[0034] The specific point values in the above 5 - 10 can be selected as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, etc.

[0035] Preferably, the pH value in step (3) is 5.5 - 6.5.

[0036] The specific point values in the above 5.5 - 6.5 can be selected as 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 6, 6.5, etc.

[0037] In the present invention, freezing can make the plant structure become very brittle, which is beneficial to the granulation, fragmentation of traditional Chinese medicine, and pulverization at low temperature.

[0038] In the present invention, all traditional Chinese medicines are pulverized and mixed, and then the essential oil components in the traditional Chinese medicine are extracted by distillation. During the distillation extraction process, oil and water will separate. Due to different densities, the essential oil will float on the top and the water will precipitate at the bottom. This water is called hydrosol. In addition to containing a small amount of essential oil components, hydrosol also contains all the water - soluble substances in the plant. Hydrosol has 100% plant water - soluble substances, and the mineral nutrients (such as tannic acid and flavonoids) it contains are lacking in essential oils, and it is easily absorbed by cells due to its low - concentration characteristics.

[0039] In the present invention, starch is added. The starch gradually absorbs water, and the three - dimensional network structure of the starch gradually expands, making the traditional Chinese medicine concentrated solution gradually solidify. By continuous stirring, it finally forms granules.

[0040] In the present invention, the mass ratio of the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil, hydrosol and sodium alginate in the range of 1:(1 - 2) can ensure that the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and / or hydrosol can be completely encapsulated by the wall material sodium alginate. The traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and / or hydrosol first combine with the emulsifier polysorbate - 80, and then sodium alginate will adsorb to the periphery of the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and / or hydrosol molecules. High - speed stirring can separate the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil or hydrosol molecules from each other by water molecules, and when forming capsules, the wall material sodium alginate can more easily adsorb to the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil or hydrosol molecules as the core material.

[0041] During the mixing process of solution A and solution C, sodium alginate combines with chitosan quaternary ammonium salt to form a recondensed shell structure, and Chinese herbal essential oil or hydrosol is wrapped in the shell as the core. The uniform stirring speed is 600-700r / min. Under the action of shear force, the mixed liquid droplets of solution A and solution C can be made into balls and wrapped with chitosan quaternary ammonium salt. Calcium chloride as a curing agent can enhance the tightness of the outer wall, enhance the supporting capacity of the structure, and ensure that the capsule structure will not break during rolling.

[0042] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0043] (1) In the present invention, powdered granular Chinese medicine particles are added to shredded tobacco. During the process of smoking a cigarette, as the shredded tobacco burns, the effective ingredients in the Chinese medicine particles will volatilize at high temperature and enter the mainstream smoke, and then enter the human oral cavity, be absorbed by salivary cells, and enter the human body. The Chinese medicine essential oil and / or hydrosol is placed in the filter. When the mainstream smoke passes through, the effective ingredients in the Chinese medicine essential oil and / or hydrosol will volatilize due to the high temperature and be carried by the mainstream smoke into the human oral cavity. The Chinese medicine essential oil and / or hydrosol are made into microcapsules, which can effectively control the volatilization of the Chinese medicine essential oil and / or hydrosol, greatly reduce the volatility at room temperature, protect the effective ingredients therein, and increase the storage time;

[0044] (2) In the present invention, the components of traditional Chinese medicine are divided into three categories. The main effective ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine are retained in the traditional Chinese medicine particles. The traditional Chinese medicine particles are solidified by adding starch, which will not cause environmental pollution. During transportation, the traditional Chinese medicine particles and microcapsules have good mechanical properties, good impact resistance, and are resistant to transportation and storage;

[0045] (3) The effective ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine are divided into three categories, namely three absorption levels, which can ensure that the effective ingredients are absorbed by the human body to a greater extent. One category is the effective ingredients in essential oils that are relatively easy to be absorbed by the human body, another category is the effective ingredients in pure water, and the third category is the effective ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine concentrates. The step-by-step classification improves the utilization rate of traditional Chinese medicine and the body's absorption capacity of the effective ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine. In addition, the substances in the filter tip are in contact with the human oral cavity, so the substances added to the filter tip must be guaranteed not to mold during long-term storage. The traditional Chinese medicine essential oils and pure water wrapped in the form of capsules in this application have good antibacterial properties and can effectively inhibit bacterial growth, meeting the above requirements. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0046] To further illustrate the technical means and effects of the present invention, the present invention is further described below in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention, rather than to limit the present invention.

[0047] For those embodiments where specific technologies or conditions are not specified, follow the technologies or conditions described in the literature in this field or the product instructions. For reagents or instruments whose manufacturers are not specified, they are all conventional products that can be purchased through regular channels.

[0048] Example 1

[0049] The present invention relates to a cigarette, which includes a cigarette section and a filter tip. The cigarette section is shredded tobacco wrapped in filter paper, and Chinese medicine particles are mixed in the shredded tobacco. The Chinese medicine particles contain 34 parts of radish powder, 12 parts of astragalus membranaceus, 27 parts of red dates, 7 parts of poria cocos, 15 parts of licorice, 5 parts of notoginseng, 11 parts of ginger, 6 parts of cloves, 12 parts of rehmannia glutinosa, and 37 parts of rose by weight. Chinese medicine essential oil microcapsules and hydrosol microcapsules are mixed in the filter tip. The weight ratio of the Chinese medicine particles to the shredded tobacco is 3:100.

[0050] Preparation method:

[0051] (1) Freeze-dry, crush, and sieve radish powder, astragalus membranaceus, red dates, poria cocos, licorice, notoginseng, ginger, cloves, rehmannia glutinosa, and rose to obtain a mixed Chinese medicine powder;

[0052] (2) Put the Chinese medicine powder into a distillation container for distillation, divert the steam into a collection tube, where the liquid and oil in the collection tube are separated. The oil is Chinese medicine essential oil, the liquid is hydrosol, and the residue in the distillation container is Chinese medicine concentrated liquid;

[0053] (3) Add starch to the Chinese medicine concentrated liquid while stirring continuously, and keep stirring until the Chinese medicine concentrated liquid solidifies to form solid particles. Freeze-dry, crush, and sieve the solid particles to obtain Chinese medicine particles;

[0054] (4) Dissolve chitosan quaternary ammonium salt in an acetic acid solution to obtain solution A, and mix sodium alginate and polysorbate-80 to obtain solution B. Polysorbate-80 is used as an emulsifier. The solid-liquid ratio of chitosan quaternary ammonium salt to the acetic acid solution is 1:1;

[0055] (5) Mix Chinese medicine essential oil, hydrosol, and polysorbate-80 evenly and add them to solution B. After high-speed stirring, obtain solution C. The mass ratio of Chinese medicine essential oil and hydrosol to sodium alginate is each independently 1:1.5. The speed of high-speed stirring is 2500 r / min, and the time of high-speed stirring is 7 min;

[0056] (6) While stirring evenly at a speed of 650 r / min, drip solution C into solution A, and add an acid-base regulator to make the pH value of the mixed liquid 6 to obtain a prefabricated solution;

[0057] (7) The pre - prepared solution was stirred at 1050 r / min for 47 min so that chitosan molecules could be evenly coated on the essential oil of traditional Chinese medicine and hydrosol molecules on the core material. Calcium chloride solution was added to the pre - prepared solution, and a suspension was obtained after 3.5 h of water bath. After drying, microcapsules of essential oil of traditional Chinese medicine and hydrosol microcapsules were obtained;

[0058] (8) The traditional Chinese medicine particles were mixed with cut tobacco and rolled into a cigarette segment. The microcapsules of essential oil of traditional Chinese medicine and hydrosol microcapsules were placed in the filter tip, and the cigarette segment and the filter tip were rolled and fixed as a whole to obtain a qi - tonifying and blood - activating cigarette with hierarchical absorption.

[0059] Example 2

[0060] The present invention relates to a cigarette, comprising a cigarette segment and a filter tip. The cigarette segment is cut tobacco wrapped with filter paper, and traditional Chinese medicine particles are interspersed in the cut tobacco. The traditional Chinese medicine particles contain, by weight, 43 parts of radish powder, 13 parts of astragalus membranaceus, 30 parts of red dates, 8 parts of poria cocos, 14 parts of licorice root, 6 parts of notoginseng, 12 parts of ginger, 7 parts of cloves, 14 parts of rehmannia glutinosa, and 40 parts of rose. The filter tip contains microcapsules of essential oil of traditional Chinese medicine and hydrosol microcapsules. The weight ratio of the traditional Chinese medicine particles to the cut tobacco is 4:100.

[0061] Preparation method:

[0062] (1) The radish powder, astragalus membranaceus, red dates, poria cocos, licorice root, notoginseng, ginger, cloves, rehmannia glutinosa, and rose were freeze - dried, crushed, and passed through a 300 - mesh sieve to obtain a mixed traditional Chinese medicine powder;

[0063] (2) The traditional Chinese medicine powder was put into a distillation container for distillation. The steam was diverted into a collection tube, where the liquid and oil were separated. The oily part was the essential oil of traditional Chinese medicine, and the liquid part was the hydrosol. What remained in the distillation container was the concentrated traditional Chinese medicine liquid;

[0064] (3) The concentrated traditional Chinese medicine liquid was added with starch while stirring continuously until it solidified to form solid particles. The solid particles were freeze - dried, crushed, and sieved to obtain traditional Chinese medicine particles;

[0065] (4) Chitosan quaternary ammonium salt was dissolved in acetic acid solution to obtain solution A, and sodium alginate and polysorbate - 80 were mixed to obtain solution B. Polysorbate - 80 was used as an emulsifier. The solid - to - liquid ratio of chitosan quaternary ammonium salt to acetic acid solution was 1:1;

[0066] (5) The essential oil of traditional Chinese medicine, hydrosol, and polysorbate - 80 were mixed evenly and then added to solution B. After high - speed stirring, solution C was obtained. The mass ratio of the essential oil of traditional Chinese medicine, hydrosol to sodium alginate was independently 1:2. The speed of high - speed stirring was 2500 r / min, and the time of high - speed stirring was 10 min;

[0067] (6) While stirring the solution A at a constant speed of 700 r / min, the solution C was added dropwise thereto, and an acid-base regulator was added to make the pH value of the mixed liquid 6, thereby obtaining a prefabricated solution;

[0068] (7) The prefabricated solution was stirred at 1100 r / min for 50 min, so that the chitosan molecules could be evenly coated on the essential oil and hydrosol molecules of the core material. A calcium chloride solution was added to the prefabricated solution, and a suspension was obtained after a 4-hour water bath. After drying, essential oil and hydrosol microcapsules were obtained;

[0069] (8) The traditional Chinese medicine particles were mixed with cut tobacco and rolled into a cigarette section. The essential oil and hydrosol microcapsules were placed in the filter tip, and the cigarette section and the filter tip were rolled and fixed as a whole to obtain a qi-tonifying and blood-activating cigarette with hierarchical absorption.

[0070] Example 3

[0071] This example provides a cigarette, which includes a cigarette section and a filter tip. The cigarette section is cut tobacco wrapped with filter paper, and the cut tobacco is mixed with traditional Chinese medicine particles. The traditional Chinese medicine particles contain 30 parts of radish powder, 8 parts of astragalus, 23 parts of red dates, 5 parts of poria cocos, 12 parts of licorice, 4 parts of notoginseng, 9 parts of ginger, 4 parts of clove, 7 parts of rehmannia glutinosa, and 34 parts of rose by weight. The filter tip is mixed with essential oil microcapsules of traditional Chinese medicine, and the weight ratio of the traditional Chinese medicine particles to the cut tobacco is 2:100.

[0072] Preparation method:

[0073] (1) The radish powder, astragalus, red dates, poria cocos, licorice, notoginseng, ginger, clove, rehmannia glutinosa, and rose were freeze-dried and then crushed, and passed through a 200-mesh sieve to obtain a mixed traditional Chinese medicine powder;

[0074] (2) The traditional Chinese medicine powder was put into a distillation container for distillation. The steam was diverted into a collection tube, and the liquid and oil were layered in the collection tube. The oily part was the essential oil of traditional Chinese medicine, and the liquid part was the hydrosol. The residue in the distillation container was the concentrated traditional Chinese medicine liquid;

[0075] (3) The concentrated traditional Chinese medicine liquid was added with starch while stirring continuously, and stirred continuously until the concentrated traditional Chinese medicine liquid was solidified to form solid particles. The solid particles were freeze-dried, crushed, and sieved to obtain traditional Chinese medicine particles;

[0076] (4) The quaternary ammonium salt of chitosan was dissolved in an acetic acid solution to obtain a solution A, and sodium alginate and polysorbate-80 were mixed to obtain a solution B. The solid-liquid ratio of the quaternary ammonium salt of chitosan to the acetic acid solution was 1:1;

[0077] (5) The essential oil of traditional Chinese medicine and polysorbate-80 were mixed evenly and then added to the solution B. After high-speed stirring, a solution C was obtained. The mass ratio of the essential oil of traditional Chinese medicine to sodium alginate was 1:1. The speed of high-speed stirring was 2500 r / min, and the time of high-speed stirring was 5 min;

[0078] (6) While stirring the solution A at a constant speed of 600 r / min, drop the solution C into it, and add an acid-base regulator to make the pH value of the mixed liquid 6, obtaining a prefabricated solution;

[0079] (7) Stir the prefabricated solution at 1000 r / min for 45 min so that the chitosan molecules can be evenly coated on the essential oil molecules of the traditional Chinese medicine on the core material. Add a calcium chloride solution to the prefabricated solution, and after a water bath for 3 h, obtain a suspension, and obtain microcapsules of traditional Chinese medicine essential oil after drying;

[0080] (8) Mix the traditional Chinese medicine particles with cut tobacco, roll them into a cigarette section, place the microcapsules of traditional Chinese medicine essential oil into the filter tip, and roll and fix the cigarette section and the filter tip into a whole to obtain a qi-tonifying and blood-activating cigarette with hierarchical absorption.

[0081] Example 4

[0082] The difference from Example 1 is only that the traditional Chinese medicine particles do not contain radish powder, astragalus, and red dates, and their weight parts are proportionally distributed into the weights of poria cocos and licorice.

[0083] Example 5

[0084] The difference from Example 1 is only that the traditional Chinese medicine particles do not contain poria cocos and licorice, and their weight parts are proportionally distributed into the weights of radish powder, astragalus, and red dates.

[0085] Example 6

[0086] The difference from Example 1 is only that the traditional Chinese medicine particles do not contain notoginseng and ginger, and their weight parts are proportionally distributed into the weights of cloves, rehmannia glutinosa, and rose.

[0087] Example 7

[0088] The difference from Example 1 is only that the traditional Chinese medicine particles do not contain cloves, rehmannia glutinosa, and rose, and their weight parts are proportionally distributed into the weights of notoginseng and ginger.

[0089] Example 8

[0090] The difference from Example 1 is only that the microcapsules of traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and hydrosol are replaced with essential oil-containing bursting beads.

[0091] Test Example 1

[0092] Take the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil microcapsules prepared in Examples 1-7 for sustained-release testing. The testing method is to put the same weight of traditional Chinese medicine essential oil microcapsules into an Erlenmeyer flask and place it in a thermostatic and humidified chamber. Samples are taken every 10 °C. The effective essential oil substances in the remaining traditional Chinese medicine essential oil microcapsules are extracted with an organic solvent. The temperature is continuously increased, and the release properties at 0 °C, 10 °C, 20 °C, 30 °C, 40 °C, 50 °C, 60 °C, 70 °C, and 80 °C are recorded. The change amount is calculated, and the relative cumulative release rate is calculated. The results are shown in Table 1.

[0093] Table 1

[0094]

[0095] It can be seen from the data in the table that the release property of the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil microcapsules is very low at low temperatures. As the temperature increases, the release rate becomes higher and higher. After 60 °C, the release basically stops. The release property is the best at 50-60 °C, and the temperature of the cigarette filter tip is about 60 °C, indicating that the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil microcapsules of the present invention can achieve the effect of releasing essential oil substances during smoking and can significantly improve the smoking comfort of cigarettes.

[0096] Test Example 2

[0097] After the cigarettes prepared in the examples are balanced for 24 h in a thermostatic and humidified environment at (20±1) °C and relative humidity (60±3)%, 10 panelists are organized to conduct a sensory evaluation of the cigarettes in the examples with reference to the sensory evaluation method of tobacco products (GB 5606.4-2005 YC / T 415-2011). The evaluation results are shown in Table 2.

[0098] Table 2

[0099] Group Luster Aroma Harmony Off-odor Irritation Aftertaste Example 1 4 28 5 10 18 21 Example 2 4 27 6 11 18 23 Example 3 4 28 5 11 19 22 Example 4 4 25 4 8 16 20 Example 5 4 24 4 8 15 19 Example 6 4 25 5 7 16 18 Example 7 4 25 4 7 17 18 Example 8 4 22 3 6 14 16

[0100] It can be seen from Examples 1-3 in the table that the qi-tonifying and blood-activating cigarettes of the present invention have a shiny and smooth appearance, a rich and delicate aroma, no foreign odor, no irritation, are pure and comfortable, and have a good aftertaste; it can be seen from Examples 4-7 that the cigarettes obtained when the components in the traditional Chinese medicine particles lack different components promoting the qi-tonifying and blood-activating effects have a relatively rich aroma, are slightly rough, have a slight foreign odor, have a slight irritation, are relatively clean and slightly comfortable. It can be seen from Example 8 that when the microcapsules of the present invention are replaced with traditional bursting beads, the obtained cigarettes have a weak aroma, are relatively rough, have more foreign odor, are more irritating, are not clean and not comfortable, and there are differences before and after smoking, indicating that the qi-tonifying and blood-activating cigarettes prepared by the present invention improve the smoking comfort of cigarettes, significantly enhance the quality and texture of the cigarette smoke, significantly increase the richness and fineness, have no foreign odor, and no irritation.

[0101] In summary, in addition to providing users with the same satisfaction as smoking conventional cigarettes, the cigarette of the present invention also has the second effect of supplementing qi and activating blood circulation. It has a reasonable formula, is easy to manufacture, and is safe to use. The fragrances released by the traditional Chinese medicine granules, the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil microcapsules and the hydrosol microcapsules are naturally coordinated with the cigarette fragrance itself. The aroma quality of the smoke is significantly improved, and the richness and fineness are significantly increased. There is no miscellaneous odor and no irritation, and the smoking comfort of the cigarette can be significantly improved.

[0102] The applicant declares that the detailed method of the present invention is illustrated by the above embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above detailed method, that is, it does not mean that the present invention must rely on the above detailed method to be implemented. Those skilled in the art should understand that any improvement of the present invention, the equivalent substitution of each raw material of the product of the present invention, the addition of auxiliary components, the selection of specific methods, etc. all fall within the protection scope and the disclosure scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A cigarette, the cigarette comprising a cigarette segment and a filter tip; the cigarette segment contains tobacco shreds and traditional Chinese medicine granules; the traditional Chinese medicine granules contain 30-43 parts by weight of radish powder, 8-13 parts of astragalus root, 23-30 parts of red dates, 5-8 parts of poria cocos, 12-14 parts of licorice root, 4-6 parts of notoginseng, 9-12 parts of ginger, 4-7 parts of cloves, 7-14 parts of rehmannia root and 34-40 parts of rose by weight; The preparation method of the traditional Chinese medicine granules in the cigarette comprises: Freezing and crushing radish powder, astragalus root, red dates, poria cocos, licorice root, notoginseng, ginger, cloves, rehmannia root and rose to obtain traditional Chinese medicine powder, distilling the traditional Chinese medicine powder to obtain traditional Chinese medicine essential oil, hydrosol and traditional Chinese medicine concentrated solution, and mixing the traditional Chinese medicine concentrated solution with starch to obtain traditional Chinese medicine granules; The filter tip contains traditional Chinese medicine essential oil microcapsules and hydrosol microcapsules; The cigarette is prepared by a preparation method comprising the following steps: (1) Mixing chitosan quaternary ammonium salt with acetic acid to obtain solution A, and mixing sodium alginate and polysorbate-80 to obtain solution B; (2) Mixing the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and hydrosol with polysorbate-80, and then mixing with solution B, and obtaining solution C after high-speed stirring; (3) Mixing solution A and solution C, adjusting the pH value to obtain a prefabricated solution, mixing with calcium chloride to obtain a suspension, and drying to obtain traditional Chinese medicine essential oil microcapsules and hydrosol microcapsules; (4) Mixing the traditional Chinese medicine granules with tobacco shreds, rolling them into a cigarette segment, placing the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil microcapsules and hydrosol microcapsules into the filter tip, and rolling and fixing the cigarette segment and the filter tip into a whole to obtain a cigarette for supplementing qi and activating blood circulation.

2. The cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that, The weight ratio of the tobacco shreds to the traditional Chinese medicine granules is 100:(2-4).

3. The cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that, The filter tip is arranged with an acetic acid fiber segment and an activated carbon segment in a cross manner.

4. A method for preparing a cigarette according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that, The preparation method comprises: (1) Mixing chitosan quaternary ammonium salt with acetic acid to obtain solution A, and mixing sodium alginate and polysorbate-80 to obtain solution B; (2) Mixing the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and hydrosol with polysorbate-80, and then mixing with solution B, and obtaining solution C after high-speed stirring; (3) Mixing solution A and solution C, adjusting the pH value to obtain a prefabricated solution, mixing with calcium chloride to obtain a suspension, and drying to obtain traditional Chinese medicine essential oil microcapsules and hydrosol microcapsules; (4) Mixing the traditional Chinese medicine granules with tobacco shreds, rolling them into a cigarette segment, placing the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil microcapsules and hydrosol microcapsules into the filter tip, and rolling and fixing the cigarette segment and the filter tip into a whole to obtain a cigarette for supplementing qi and activating blood circulation.

5. The preparation method of the cigarette according to claim 4, characterized in that, In step (1), the solid-liquid ratio of the chitosan quaternary ammonium salt to acetic acid is 1:(1-2).

6. The preparation method of the cigarette according to claim 4, wherein In step (2), the mass ratio of the traditional Chinese medicine essential oil and hydrosol to sodium alginate is independently 1:(1-2).

7. The method for preparing a cigarette according to claim 4, wherein, In step (2), the speed of the high-speed stirring is 2000-5000 r / min; the time of the high-speed stirring is 5-10 min.

8. The method for preparing a cigarette according to claim 4, characterized in that, In step (3), the pH value is 5.5-6.5.

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