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Huatuo Zaizao Wan is, like Yunnan Baiyao, a Chinese patent medicine with a state-protected secret formula. It is a Class B medical-insurance drug and can be prescribed at medical-insurance-designated hospitals. Huatuo Zaizao Wan contains a total of 58 ingredients, including Rhizoma Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong), Fructus Evodiae…

The Chinese medicinal Jiuxiangchong is the dried whole insect Aspongopus chinensis, of the family Pentatomidae. Jiuxiangchong is also colloquially called the "fart bug" or "stinky bug," because when startled it releases a characteristic foul odor to protect itself. Despite its inelegant nickname, after stir-frying Jiuxiangchong…

Wuzhuyu (Evodia) is the nearly ripe dried fruit of Tetradium ruticarpum (Evodia rutaecarpa), Evodia officinalis, or Evodia bodinieri of the Rutaceae family. It should not be left to fully ripen before harvesting; it is collected in July-August when the fruit is tea-green and the carpels…

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Butantan Institute in Brazil recently issued a press release stating that a team participating in the institute studied a venomous spider from the coastal region of São Paulo State, Brazil. Within this spider's venom they discovered a polyamine substance…

Ginger is an ingredient familiar to every one of us; it is the dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale, a perennial monocotyledonous herb of the Zingiberaceae family, Zingiber genus. Ginger was used as medicine in traditional Chinese medicine at a very early date. The ginger commonly…

Gallic acid is an organic acid with broad-spectrum antibacterial, antiviral, and antitumor effects. It is a major component of many Chinese medicinals (such as wubeizi/galla chinensis, moshizi/galla, shanzhuyu/cornus, pomegranate, and dahuang/rhubarb). Chinese medicinals containing gallic acid mostly quench thirst and engender fluids, and cool blood…

The Chinese medicinal Bajiaolian is the root and rhizome of Berberidaceae plants Dysosma versipellis, Dysosma pleiantha and Dysosma veitchii. Dysosma versipellis and Dysosma veitchii look similar: their leaves divide into eight parts, resembling eight angles, hence the name Bajiaolian (eight-angle lotus). Dysosma pleiantha's leaf divides…

In the Qing dynasty physician Wu Jutong's Wenbing Tiaobian (Systematized Identification of Warm Diseases), there is a formula called “Huazheng Huisheng Dan” (Conglomeration-Transforming, Life-Reviving Pill). It is indicated for “dryness qi extending into the lower jiao, spreading into the blood portion and forming Zheng” —…

Tongguangsan is the stem, leaf and root of Marsdenia tenacissima of the Asclepiadaceae family, a common folk medicinal herb in Yunnan and Guizhou. The earliest record of Tongguansan is in the Diannan Bencao, written by Lan Mao, a Songming native of Yunnan in the Ming…

Chinese herb Banzhilian (Scutellaria barbata D. Don) is the whole plant of a member of the genus Scutellaria (skullcap) in the mint family (Lamiaceae), and it is a commonly used herb in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for various tumor diseases. The flowers of Banzhilian closely…