Li Dongyuan ⁽¹²⁾

During the Jin-Yuan period in China, society was turbulent, with wars and plagues following one after another. The common people suffered terribly, illness was widespread, and the population dropped sharply. This particular historical period, however, also stimulated the development of medicine. Li Dongyuan, one of…

In his Neiwaishang Bianhuo Lun (Discrimination on Internal and External Injury), Li Dongyuan has a formula called Dingxiang Lanfan Wan, used for 'heart-stomach pain' from food injury—today's epigastric pain. Composition: Dingxiang (clove), Sanleng (Sparganium), Ezhu (Curcuma), Muxiang (Aucklandia) one qian each; Zhi Gancao (honey-fried licorice),…