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Muxiang Binglang Wan is an empirical formula of Zhang Zihe, the founder of the purgation school among the Four Great Masters of the Jin-Yuan dynasties. This formula is recorded in Zhang Zihe's Rumen Shiqin (Confucians' Duties to Their Parents). Muxiang Binglang Wan is composed of:…

Research by investigators at the University of Sydney, Australia, into constipated patients shows that chronic constipation may cause intellectual decline. The researchers believe that intestinal bacteria break down undigested protein into toxic substances such as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, histamine, and indole; these toxins are normally…

"Xuanbai Chengqi Tang" (White-Diffusing Qi-Coordinating Decoction) is a classic formula of the TCM Warm-Disease school, from the warm-disease classic Systematized Identification of Warm Diseases (Wenbing Tiaobian). Its composition is: raw shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) 5 qian (15 g), raw dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) 3 qian…

Liuwei Anxiao Jiaonang (Six-Ingredient Peaceful-Dispersing Capsules) is a common Chinese patent medicine. Its composition is six herbs: zangmuxiang (Aucklandia Radix, Tibetan), dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), shannai (Kaempferiae Rhizoma), hanshuishi (Gypsum Rubrum), hezi (Chebulae Fructus), and jianhua (alkaline ash). The formula comes from the 2010…

Cheng, male, 84 years old, was admitted to Fuyang District First People's Hospital in Hangzhou on January 31, 2024 (admission no. 02434411) for severe constipation following COVID-19 infection and community-acquired pneumonia. The patient had a history of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and coronary atherosclerotic heart…

Chenxiang Huaqi Wan (Aquilaria Qi-Moving Pill) is a commonly used Chinese patent medicine; its prescription is included in Part One of the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (2005 edition). Its composition is: chenxiang (aquilaria wood) 25 g, muxiang (costus root) 50 g, guanghuoxiang…

Many years ago, a patient with advanced liver cancer, after ineffective integrated Chinese-Western treatment at an authoritative Beijing hospital, returned to his hometown at his wits' end. He was unable to urinate or defecate, was extremely weak, and in great distress. His daughter, unable to…

This is another essay I once published under the pen name Huaici Jushi on Sina Blog, recording some of my own past therapeutic experiences. In clinical practice I often give Zengye Tang, a famous formula of the Warm-Disease school, for constipation and abdominal distension in…