九华黄精为道地药材，其主要炮制方法有切制、单蒸、重蒸、九蒸九晒（曝）、酒蒸、酒炖、复制法等。其有效成分是黄精多糖和甾体皂苷，并具有抗氧化、调节免疫力、降血糖、抗肿瘤、抗菌、抗病毒等药理活性。对九华黄精炮制工艺的发展历史及现代研究进行综述，为其炮制研究提供参考和依据，并为其GMP炮制的标准操作规范的制定奠定基础。

Polygonatum cyrtonema, which is growing in Jiuhua Mountain, is genuine medicinal materials. The main processing methods of it are cutting, single-steamed, re-steamed, nine times steamed and nine times shined, wine-steamed, wine-stewed, copying and so on. Its effective components are polysaccharides and steroidal saponins, and they also have pharmacological activities such as anti-oxidation, regulating immunity, lowering blood sugar, antitumor, antibiosis, and antiviral. The development history and modern research progress of processing technology of P. cyrtonema in Jiuhua Mountain were summarized, which provides reference and basis for its processing research and lays the foundation for its standard operation rules of GMP processing.

国家自然科学基金资助项目（81673598，81473349）；国家中医药行业专项（2015468002-2）；国家发改委中药饮片标准化建设项目（ZYBZH-Y-SC-40）；大理药业股份有限公司横向课题（KJHX1603）