Pharmaceutical processing involves specific anthroposophic and typical homoeopathic pharmaceutical procedures. Examples of pharmaceutical processes regarding raw materials of botanical origin:
| Pharmaceutical process | Heat /cold degree | Raw material | Reference Pharmacopoeia or Pharmaceutical Codex |
| Cold maceration | 2-8 °C | fresh or dried plants, all parts | German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia,
Anthroposophic Pharmaceutical Codex |
| Maceration | ca. 15-20 °C | fresh plants, all parts | European Pharmacopoeia, German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia, Anthroposophic Pharmaceutical Codex |
| Rhythmic processing | 4 / 37 °C | fresh plants, all parts | German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia, Anthroposophic Pharmaceutical Codex |
| Digestion | 37 °C | fresh plants, leaves, flowers | German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia, Anthroposophic Pharmaceutical Codex |
| Infusion | 60-90 °C | dried leaves, flowers | German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia, Anthroposophic Pharmaceutical Codex |
| Decoction | ca 100 °C | dried roots, barks, seeds | German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia, Anthroposophic Pharmaceutical Codex |
| Distillation | steam,
ca 100 °C |
fresh or dried plants, all parts | European Pharmacopoeia, German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia, Anthroposophic Pharmaceutical Codex |
Another pharmaceutical process widely used in anthroposophic pharmacy is potentisation (also widely used in homoeopathy): Potentised preparations are gradually diluted substances, whereby at each diluting step a rhythmic succussion (liquid potencies) or trituration (solid potencies) has been carried out. During this process the surface of the vehicle and the substance to be potentised are expanded and the mixing is thorough.
Anthroposophic preparations are described in the Swiss Pharmacopeia.
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