炮制

to concoct / to invent / to fabricate / to produce / to process / processing and curing (Chinese medicine)

system / to control / to regulate / variant of 製|制[zhi4]

to manufacture / to make

to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating

to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)

cannon / CL:座[zuo4] / firecracker

variant of 炮[pao4]

lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a set pattern