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Professor Feng Zhirong, former head of the Zigong Hospital of TCM, once treated a patient with a lateral gingival tumor. The patient, a 62-year-old married man surnamed Liu, first came to Professor Feng on April 16, 1999. The patient had had swelling and pain of…

Fuyankang Pian is a Chinese patent medicine produced by several manufacturers. It is a Class B medical-insurance drug, available with a doctor's prescription at insured hospitals or pharmacies. The tablets are sugar-coated or film-coated; after the coating is removed they appear yellow-brown to brown, with…

Written by Tang Degang, The Memoirs of Li Zongren is a masterpiece of oral history. Li Zongren himself was one of the most battle-tested figures in modern Chinese history. After Chiang Kai-shek he served for a time as President of the Republic of China and…

Guzengsheng Zhentong Gao (Bone-Hyperplasia Analgesic Plaster) is an external plaster specifically for various hyperostotic osteoarthritides. Its composition includes safflower (honghua), drynaria rhizome (gusuibu), Sichuan lovage rhizome (chuanxiong), Chinese honeylocust aborted galls (zhuya zao), Chinese angelica tail (danggui wei), raw Sichuan lovage (sheng chuanxiong), Asarum herb…

Zhimilin Shuan (also called Zhimikang Shuan) is an external medicine specifically for gynecological disease. It is composed of five herbs: Phellodendron bark (huangbai), sophora root (kushen), catechu (ercha), dried alum (kufan), and borneol (bingpian). The suppositories are brown to brownish-brown, duck-bill-shaped, each weighing 3g. According…

"Xuanning Chaji" (Tinea-Clearing Liniment) is a modern topical Chinese patent medicine. Its ingredients include golden larch bark (tujingpi), Phellodendron bark (guanhuangbai), densefruit pittany root bark (baixianpi), cynanchum root (xuchangqing), sophora root (kushen), pomegranate rind (shiliupi), datura flower (yangjinhua), angelonia seeds (nantianxian), broom fruit (difuzi), and…

Professor Zhang Zesheng (1895–1985) was a great physician trained through the TCM apprenticeship lineage. Beginning at age 16, he studied for six years under He Jiheng, a top disciple of Fei Boxiong of the Menghe current, and fully received his transmission. In 1919 he began…

The Waitai Miyao (Arcane Essentials from the Imperial Library) records a formula called "Zhihan Fenyao" (Antiperspirant Powder). Its composition is: oyster shell (muli) 60g (dry-fried), prepared aconite (fuzi, paojing) 15g, ephedra root (mahuang gen) 60g. The herbs are ground together into a fine powder, then…

Academician Tong Xiaolin has an empirical anti-aging formula composed as follows: Yinyanghuo (Epimedii Folium, horny goat weed) 90 g, Shanzhuyu (Corni Fructus, dogwood fruit) 90 g, Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, deer antler) 30 g, Guijiaojiao (Testudinis Carapacis Colla, tortoise-shell glue) 30 g, Huangjing (Polygonati Rhizoma)…

Professor Liang Yijun was born in 1927 into a TCM family in Beijing. She served as director of the TCM Internal Medicine Department at China-Japan Friendship Hospital and was a national-level expert. In 1990 she was named by the two ministries and one bureau as…