course technologies for growing medicinal and aromatic plants

Drying
- moisture content of raw materials ready for use in dry form
must be kept as low as possible;
- information on moisture content appropriate for specific raw
material can be accessed from Pharmacopoeia or other authorized
monographs.
Medicinal plants can be dried in many ways:
- outdoor (in the shadow);
- placed in thin layers on drying frames, in rooms of shielded wire
or buildings;
- to direct sunlight, if necessary;
- in ovens / dryers and solar drying rooms;
- indirect fire;
- by baking;
- by lyophilization;
- in the microwave;
- Using radiant infrared devices.