Insights and Updates

Zhejiang Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1997, (5:206) published a clinical practice report on treating functional edema with modified Qianghuo Shengshi Tang. The medication regimen in that article is: Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma), Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix), Gaoben (Ligustici Rhizoma), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma),…

My Spring Festival holiday this year is scheduled from January 26, 2025 (the 29th day of the 12th lunar month) to February 1, 2025 (the 4th day of the first lunar month)—six days off in total, two days traveling and four days in my hometown…

In Li Dongyuan's Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach (Piwei Lun) there is a formula called "Banxia Baizhu Tianma Tang". Its composition is: Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex) 5 qian (15 g), Ganjiang (dried Zingiber Rhizoma) 7 qian 5 fen (22.5 g); Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma), Cangzhu (Atractylodis…

Professor Jiang Chunhua was a renowned contemporary TCM master. For treating hepatic ascites, Professor Jiang had a general formula based on Xiayuxue Tang (Stasis-Expelling Decoction). Xiayuxue Tang comes from Zhang Zhongjing's Jingui Yaolue; its original composition is: Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) 2 liang, Taoren…

Chronic diseases such as COPD, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and psychiatric disorders are, in essence, basically incurable. This means that among patients with these diseases, only a few fully recover; the great majority of chronic patients must live with their disease for a…

After my father turned 70, his memory began to decline noticeably. After 75, the decline became precipitous. Along with memory loss, his ability to control his emotions also deteriorated, and he increasingly took on the characteristics of an "old child," with frequent emotional reactions. Over…

The Chinese herb Maqianzi (Strychni Semen) is a botanical drug that unblocks the collaterals and relieves pain, and dissipates nodules and reduces swelling. In medical texts across the dynasties, many formulas for bi pain and swellings and ulcers contain Maqianzi. But the strychnine in Maqianzi…

After patients survive cerebrovascular events such as cerebral thrombosis, cerebral infarction, or cerebral hemorrhage, they often develop sequelae such as hemiplegia, aphasia, hemianopia, hemisensory deficits, disturbances of consciousness, and psychiatric disturbances; these are collectively called post-stroke sequelae. The underlying cause is primary disease of local…

Jinlong Jiaonang (Jinlong Capsule) is a commonly used anti-cancer Chinese patent medicine and is listed in the medical-insurance formulary; patients can obtain it at insurance-designated cancer hospitals. Its composition is: fresh Shougong (gecko), fresh Jinqian Baihuashe (Bungarus Parvus), and fresh Qishe (Agkistrodon). Its main actions…

Dysmenorrhea is a common gynecological disease, and many women suffer from it. Since ancient times, women with this condition have been numerous. Menstruation, leukorrhea, and childbirth are the three major categories of disease in TCM gynecology, and TCM offers many medicines and methods for dysmenorrhea.