Patent Chinese Medicine ⁽⁹³⁾

Koujie Spray, produced by Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical, is a commonly used external preparation for treating oral ulcers and sore, swollen throat. But recently I used it twice in succession to resolve skin allergy problems, and both times achieved good therapeutic results. The first time: after eating…

The gastric bloating, stomach pain, and indigestion caused by chronic gastritis are difficult to eradicate and recur in patients; they may be triggered by fatigue, overeating, mental tension, or unclean food. TCM treatment of such conditions generally follows the approach of fortifying the spleen and…

Chongqing Tongjun Hall is the most time-honored and renowned Chinese medicine brand in the Chongqing area. Tongjun Hall was founded in 1908 and enjoys an excellent reputation in Chongqing. Chongqing Tongjun Hall's "Kaiwei Jianpi Pills" (Stomach-Rousing and Spleen-Fortifying Pills) are a Chinese patent medicine with…

Vascular headache is mostly caused by hypertension and cerebrovascular lesions. The patient's headache is throbbing; in early-stage patients it can be relieved by adequate rest but worsens again with fatigue or lack of sleep. Such headaches require a combination of symptomatic and etiological treatment. This…

Anemia is a common complication of cancer. The author has previously introduced many blood-tonifying TCM decoctions or Chinese patent medicines; this article introduces two more blood-tonifying Chinese patent medicines. The first is Yiqi Yangyuan Granules (Qi-Boosting and Origin-Nourishing Granules). Its composition includes Codonopsis (Dangshen), Rehmanniae…

When gallstones attack, they can cause severe biliary colic, accompanied by complications such as acute icteric hepatitis; severe cases require hospitalization and, when necessary, surgery. Those with mild symptoms can take Chinese patent medicine for treatment. There are two Chinese patent medicines that have a…

Fuliang tablets (or Fuliang capsules) are a Chinese patent medicine made from Angelica (Danggui), prepared rehmannia (Shudi), teasel (Xuduan), white peony (Baishao), Atractylodes (Baizhu), carbonized sanguisorba root (Diyu Tan), angelica dahurica (Baizhi), calcined oyster shell (Duan Muli), cuttlefish bone (Haipiaoxiao), gelatin pearls (Ejiao Zhu), and…

Xiyangshen Baofei Pills (American Ginseng Lung-Securing Pills) are a modern empirical formula; there are two recipes under this name. The first appears in the Lanzhou volume of the National Collection of Chinese Patent Medicine Prescriptions: raw rehmannia (Sheng Dihuang), wine-prepared rehmannia (Shu Dihuang), Scrophularia (Xuanshen),…

"Zhu Lian Wan" is an extremely simple formula recorded in Yixue Zhengzhuan (Orthodox Medicine), written by Yü Chuan (Tianmin) of the Ming dynasty in the 10th year of the Zhengde reign (1515). Zhu Lian Wan consists of only two herbs: Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma)…

Stomach pain is divided into cold pain and heat pain. Cold pain is mostly due to deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach; heat pain is due to stomach heat. Cold pain from spleen-stomach deficiency-cold should be treated by warming yang, dispersing cold, and stopping pain,…