全书共分三部分，分别是第一部分中药分类及其概况，第二部分中药化学成分分类及其概况，第三部分中成药的制剂技术。本书参考目前所有中药专业的教材，包括本科、大专以及中专的教材，并紧密结合《中华人民共和国药典》2005年版的规范要求，所属药味及中药制剂均为药典收载品种。除阐述基本的中药综合知识外，本书多处列举编者多年的实际工作经验，更加注重实用性。与以往教材相比，本书是以中药、中药化学成分为理论基础，重点讲解中成药常用制剂，使学生能在课堂上了解中药企业实际生产中一些具体实例。同时也兼顾当今中药现代研究最新进展，将中药现代化的思想融入其中，教学目的明确，教材内容深度与广度都符合目前专科专业的教学需求。全书设计着重在循序渐进，论述新颖、全面，注意系统性、逻辑性和相关性，力求叙述深入浅出。参编者中包括了基础研究、中药研发、企业生产等专业人员，做到了理论与实践相结合，同时融入编者的见解，使本书既有较高的理论指导意义，又有较大的实用价值。本书主要供高职院校药学、中药学专业（大专）学生使用，也可作为专升本学生的参考书，还可作为从事中药种植、中药生产第一线人员的参考书。（The whole book is divided into three parts. The first part is the classification of traditional Chinese medicine and its general situation. The second part is the classification of chemical components of traditional Chinese medicine and its general situation. The third part is the drug reparation of the Chinese patent medicine. This book refers to the current teaching materials of all Chinese pharmacy majors, including textbooks of undergraduate, junior college and technical secondary school, and closely combines with the code requirements of the 2005 edition of Pharmacopoeia of People’s Republic of China; the medicine flavor and Chinese materia medica preparation are both the varieties contained in the pharmacopeia. Besides explaining the basic comprehensive knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, the book lists editor’s years of actual work experience for several times and pays more attention to practicality. Compared with the previous teaching materials, this book is based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and the chemical components of traditional Chinese medicine, focuses on the common preparations of Chinese patent medicines, so that the students can understand some concrete examples of actual production of traditional Chinese medicine enterprises in class. Also it takes the latest progress of modern research on traditional Chinese medicine into account, and integrates the modern ideas of traditional Chinese medicine. The teaching purpose is clear, the content depth and the breadth of the teaching materials accord with the teaching demands of current special majors. The book design focuses on gradual progress, novel and comprehensive elaboration, attention to systematicness, logicality and relevance, striving to narrate profound things in simple terms. Many professionals on basic research, research and development of traditional Chinese medicine, production of enterprises and so on participate in the edition, which combines theory with practice and integrated the opinions of the editors, thus making the book have higher theoretical guidance and greater practical value. This book is mainly used for students of pharmacy and Chinese materia medica majors in higher vocational colleges; it can also be used as a reference book for students who upgrade from junior college to university and for front-line personnel who are engaged in Chinese medicine plant and Chinese materia medica production.）