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Jingu Tongxiao Wan (Sinew-Bone Pain-Relief Pill) is a Chinese patent medicine; as its name suggests, it treats sinew and bone pain. Its ingredients include salvia root (danshen), Clematis chinensis root (weilingxian), Spatholobus stem (jixueteng), cyperus (xiangfu, vinegar-processed), Lindera root (wuyao), gentiana macrophylla stem (qinjiao), rehmannia…

Shen Zhen Tong Gao (Shenzhen Analgesic Plaster) is a topical analgesic Chinese patent medicine produced by several manufacturers. It is a Class B medical-insurance prescription drug and can be purchased at insured hospitals or pharmacies. Its ingredients include: Sanqi (Notoginseng Radix), Dannanxing (bile Arisaema), Baizhi…

Huoxue Zhitong Gao (Blood-Activating Pain-Relieving Plaster) is a topical Chinese patent medicine produced by several manufacturers; patients can buy it online or at offline pharmacies. Its ingredients include: Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Shannai (Kaempferiae Rhizoma), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Gansong (Nardostachyos Radix et Rhizoma), Dahuang (Rhei…

Fengshi Gutong Jiaonang (Rheumatic Bone Pain Capsule) is a modern Chinese patent medicine included in the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (Volume I, 2005 edition). Its ingredients are: processed Aconitum (zhi chuanwu), processed Aconitum kusnezoffii (zhi caowu), Safflower (honghua), Licorice (gancao), Chaenomeles (mugua),…

Taiping Shenghui Fang (Taiping Holy Prescriptions for Universal Relief) contains a formula called "Niuxi Wan." Its composition is: Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae (niuxi) 2 liang (60 g, sprouts removed); Radix Paeoniae Alba (baishao) 1 liang (30 g); Radix Polygalae (yuanzhi) 1 liang (30 g, heart removed);…

“Feishi Daishen Wan” is recorded in the Ding Ganren Jiachuan Zhenfang Xuan (Selected Family-Transmitted Precious Formulas of Ding Ganren); it is a pain-relieving formula. Ding Ganren was a towering figure of modern Chinese medicine, ranked alongside Shi Jinmo; any formula selected into that collection was…

Wutou Tang (Aconitum Decoction) comes from the Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Coffer), a classic formula collected by the Han-dynasty physician Zhang Zhongjing. Its composition is: Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba), Baishao (Paeoniae Alba Radix), Huangqi (Astragali Radix), and Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix preparata),…

In Li Dongyuan's book Lanshi Micang (Secret Records of the Orchid Chamber), there is a formula called Jiebiao Shengma Decoction. Its composition is as follows: Shengma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae), Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii), and Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis), each 1 qian (3 g); Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae)…

"Shuxiong Pian" is a modern patent Chinese medicine recorded in the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China. The formula consists of: Sanqi (Notoginseng Radix) 100 g, Honghua (Carthami Flos) 100 g, Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma) 200 g. The above three herbs are made into tablets…

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…