Herbs Can Be Made Into Capsules
A Capsule filling machine has a capsule holder with a medication tray
, and cavities in the tray for receiving capsule bodies and capsule covers for filling with powdered or granulated medication. A wall around the medication tray contains loose medication, and the tray surface slopes toward each cavity to facilitate filling. Medication is tamped into the capsules with posts on an extractor; the extractor after tamping is inserted from beneath into the base of the capsule filler so the extractor posts push the filled capsules upward from their cavities where they can be gripped and removed.
Herbs can be made into capsules, like the ones purchased in health food stores, by drying the herb and then crushing it. This is a great way to give herbs to kids who might otherwise refuse the herb. It is also a great way to take herbs that are bitter or do not have an appealing flavor.
This invention relates to devices for manually introducing medication and other materials into gelatin capsules, and especially to such devices for use in a home or hospice setting where limited production is acceptable.
Filling capsules with medication is generally accomplished using machines for mass production, or hand-filling techniques for more limited quantities. A special difficulty arises when it is desirable to fill a few capsules at a time, such as for home treatment of one or two patients. The difficulty may be compounded if a patient is unable to control swallowing, and cannot take medication orally. In this latter case the only way to administer medication may be rectally, by means of capsules.
Prescription medicines often are dispensed in tablet form; if the patient cannot swallow tablets they can be broken up or crushed, placed in capsules, and administered rectally. Because it is preferable for the patient to receive the medication in as few capsules as possible, a method of overfilling the capsules is desirable. Overfilling is accomplished by introducing medication into both the capsule body and the cap, so that the capsules contain a greater quantity of medication and fewer capsules are needed.
You can dry herbs in a variety of ways. A sunny window, hanging upside down to air dry, or a dehydrator all work well. Just be sure the air can freely circulate around the herb. Herbs that are kept out of direct sun light while drying are generally more potent.Empty
capsules filler can be purchased online or at your local health food store. These empty capsules pull apart. After opening the capsule scoop up some of the crushed herb with each end. After filling both ends of the capsule with herb, push the capsule back together.
The invention is an easy-to-use, low-cost device for filling small quantities of capsules with powdered or granulated medication. The capsule filler may be used in home, hospice, pharmacy, or hospital, anywhere capsules for one or two patients need to be filled individually. The capsule filler includes a capsule holder with cavities to hold capsule bodies and covers. Surrounding the cavities is a medication tray which slopes down toward capsules positioned in the cavities. Medication is introduced into the capsule parts by being placed on the tray and transferred into the capsules, where it is tamped with a dual-use extractor. Next, excess medication is removed from the tray back into a container, to avoid waste.
When taking dried herbs it is important to note that the amount of herb in one powdered herb capsule is equivalent of 8 times its weight in fresh herb. Use this ratio to ensure you do not take to much of a specific herb.After a capsule body and cover are inserted into the appropriate cavities, powdered or granulated medication is placed on the medication tray. Medication is transferred into the capsule body and cover by raking with a spatula, by tapping the capsule holder, or by a combination of these. It is understood that the size of the
capsule filler manufacturer allows it to be held in the hands during the filling process, where tilting and/or tapping the capsule filler will facilitate transferring powdered medication into the capsule body and cover. Another problem with filling a few capsules manually is wasted medication; the process is difficult to accomplish without spillage and waste, and requires considerable dexterity to accomplish at all. Therefore a need exists for a device to facilitate filling capsules with medication a few at a time, and which allows filling both body and cap of the capsules with the maximum possible quantity of medication.
Of the patents listed below, Austin discloses a
capsule filling machine for large-scale production. Sundberg discloses a capsule handling system for filling several dozen capsules at once. Hayashi, et al. disclose a device having rotating plates with cam-operated means for positioning, filling, and closing the capsules. Similarly, Inman discloses an arrangement of rotating plates with a chamber for dispensing powdered medication into capsule bodies held in openings in a lower plate.
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