Abstract:Zeng Ding Wei Yao Tiao Bian is a monograph on drug identification during the period of the Republic of China,including lots of contents on origin processing and cleansing methods of Chinese herbal medicine. In this book, the author introduces the origin processing methods, including boiling peeled Asparagi Radix with alum, exposure of Rugosae Agastachis Herba to the sun, steaming and sunning of Pyrethri Tatsienensis Flos,drying Chrysanthemi Flos in shade,steaming and sunning of Allii Macrostemi Bulbus, Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata refused to be salted, fumigation of Mume Fructus, keeping Rehmanniae Radix fresh, processing Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum with deer heads, etc., as well as the cleansing methods including removing head and feet of Gecko, and removing fibres of Poria, so as to provide more reference for the modern processing of Chinese herbal medicine.