Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing an additive-free cell-wall-broken granule of a Chinese medicinal material. The cell-wall-broken granule is obtained by medicinal material concocting and grinding, first cell-wall-breaking and grinding, screening, second wall-breaking and grinding, mixing, pelleting, and granulating and sieving. The obtained granule has a moderate tightness, a relatively rapid dissolution and diffusion and a good uniformity, overcoming problems of a difficulty of dissolution and diffusion and a poor uniformity of the existing cell-wall-broken granules.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing an additive-free cell-wall-broken granule of a Chinese medicinal material. The cell-wall-broken granule is obtained by medicinal material concocting and grinding, first cell-wall-breaking and grinding, screening, second wall-breaking and grinding, mixing, pelleting, and granulating and sieving. The obtained granule has a moderate tightness, a relatively rapid dissolution and diffusion and a good uniformity, overcoming problems of a difficulty of dissolution and diffusion and a poor uniformity of the existing cell-wall-broken granules.

Abstract: A housing containing a reservoir can be mounted to receive water from an outlet port of a humidifier system. A pump having a pump inlet hydraulically connected to the reservoir volume and a pump outlet adapted to connect to an inlet port on the humidifier system can be controlled to deliver water to the humidifier based on a control signal received at a processor. The reservoir can be flushed based on one or more of an elapsed operating time since the last flush and a total time since the last flush. Flushing can be performed using a re-fill port adapted to receive fresh water from an external water source and draining process that can include creating a siphoning action that causes the water to drain from the reservoir volume. Flow of fresh water into the re-fill port can also be controlled to maintain a proper working water level in the reservoir volume. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described.