1, maltodextrin is made of starch and is often used in the process of making traditional Chinese medicine pills. It has the effects of making traditional Chinese medicine into pills, improving drug stability and preventing volatile components from volatilizing.

2. Make traditional Chinese medicine into pills: pills are commonly used dosage forms of traditional Chinese medicine. In the process of making pills, the traditional Chinese medicine is first ground into powder, but because the traditional Chinese medicine powder is not sticky, it is necessary to add maltodextrin to increase the viscosity of the powder before making pills.

3. Improve drug stability: Adding maltodextrin to traditional Chinese medicine can prevent cyanidation, hydrolysis and other reactions of traditional Chinese medicine, and at the same time prevent water from caking, which is beneficial to the preservation of traditional Chinese medicine pills.

4. Prevent volatile components from volatilizing: Some Chinese medicines, such as borneol, can be prevented from volatilizing by adding maltodextrin.