Insights and Updates

"Zirantong San" (Pyrite Powder) comes from Shengji Zonglu (Comprehensive Record on the Holy Benevolence). Its composition is: Zirantong (pyrite) and Mituoseng (litharge), each 1 liang (30 g, calcined together and ground); Gancao (Licorice Root) and Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark), each 2 liang (60 g, ground together).

"Hekou Shougong San" (Wound-Closing Finalizing Powder) comes from Shoushi Baoyuan (Protecting the Original from Long Life). Its composition is: Xuejie (dragon's blood, Sanguis Draconis) 1 qian (3 g); Ruxiang (mastic), Moyao (myrrh), Qingfen (calomel), and Longgu (Dragon Bone), each 1 qian half (4.5 g); Chishizhi…

Professor Zhao Shanghua is a renowned contemporary TCM specialist in China for treating thyroid diseases. In Zhao Shanghua TCM Treatment Experience Collection on Thyroid Diseases there is an experienced formula of his called "Huatan Xiaoying Wan" (Phlegm-Resolving Goiter-Dispersing Pill). Its composition is: Shuizhi (leech), Dilong…

When yang harmony spreads its transformation, yin qi follows; the generative qi is rich and transforming, and all things flourish. —Huangdi Neijing Suwen, Wuchang Zheng Dalun (Plain Questions, Treatise on the Constant Responsive Energies) Personality disorders are social maladjustment caused by stable, distorted cognition. In…

Baizhi (Angelica dahurica Root) and Beimu (Fritillaria) as a herb pair for treating breast diseases frequently appear in ancient medical works. For example, "Chuiru Yin" in Shesheng Zhongmiao Fang (Wondrous Prescriptions for Nourishing Life) is made from equal parts of Baizhi and Beimu, ground together…

Almost every Chinese person knows the name "Goupi Gao" or "Goupi Yaogao." So, is Goupi Gao a real plaster that actually exists, or is it a derogatory term? What is the TCM Goupi Gao made of? And what are its actions and effects? Goupi Gao…

Tongxie Yaofang (Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea) is a famous formula by Zhu Danxi, one of the four great masters of the Jin-Yuan dynasties, and comes from his medical work Dan Xin Xin Fa (Zhu Danxi's Core Insights). Its composition is: Chao Baizhu (dry-fried Atractylodes…

With the development of AI technology, some very useful AI medical assistants have now appeared. These assistants can basically solve most of the small medical problems we encounter in daily life. If we master the skills of using AI medical assistants, seeking medical advice will…

"Zhuangjin Xugu Dan" (Strengthen-Tendons-Continue-Bone Pill) comes from the famous orthopedic text Shangke Buyao (Supplement to Traumatology). Its composition is: Shudihuang (processed Rehmannia Root), Danggui (Angelica Root), Niuxi (Achyranthes Root), Shanzhuyu (Cornus Fruit), Fuling (Poria), Chuanxuduan (Dipsacus Root), Duzhong (Eucommia Bark), Baishao (Peony Root), Qingpi (unripe…

"Sanbi Tang" (Three Impediment Decoction) comes from Jiaozhu Furen Liangfang (Annotated Effective Gynecological Formulas). Its composition is: Xuduan (Dipsacus Root), Chao Duzhong (dry-fried Eucommia Bark), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Gui Xin (inner cinnamon bark), Xixin (Asarum Herb), Renshen (ginseng), Fuling (Poria), Danggui (Angelica Root), Baishao (Peony…