Patent Chinese Medicine ⁽⁹³⁾

Most mammary hyperplasia and nodules are benign, but in an age where cancer frightens everyone, benign breast hyperplasia and nodules still make many women anxious. This article introduces four commonly used Chinese patent medicines for mammary hyperplasia (breast nodules), for readers' reference. Runing Keli (Mammary-Ning…

Biantan Fuwan is a Chinese patent medicine produced by several manufacturers and included in the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China. Its composition includes: Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Chishao (Paeoniae Rubra Radix), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Praeparata…

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…

Xinnaojian Jiaonang (or Xinnaojian Pian, Heart-Brain Health) is a patent medicine made from tea extract. The tablets are sugar-coated, appearing brown after coating removal; the capsules contain brown powder, bitter and slightly astringent in taste. Each tablet or capsule contains 0.1g of tea extract (calculated…

Zaizhang Shengxue Pian (Aplastic-Anemia Blood-Generating Tablets) is a Chinese patent medicine. Its composition includes dodder seed (tusizi), red ginseng (hongshen), Spatholobus stem (jixueteng), donkey-hide gelatin (ejiao), astragalus root (huangqi), Chinese angelica (danggui), and glossy privet fruit (nüzhenzi). The tablets are sugar-coated; after the coating is…

Fuyankang Pian is a Chinese patent medicine produced by several manufacturers. It is a Class B medical-insurance drug, available with a doctor's prescription at insured hospitals or pharmacies. The tablets are sugar-coated or film-coated; after the coating is removed they appear yellow-brown to brown, with…

Guzengsheng Zhentong Gao (Bone-Hyperplasia Analgesic Plaster) is an external plaster specifically for various hyperostotic osteoarthritides. Its composition includes safflower (honghua), drynaria rhizome (gusuibu), Sichuan lovage rhizome (chuanxiong), Chinese honeylocust aborted galls (zhuya zao), Chinese angelica tail (danggui wei), raw Sichuan lovage (sheng chuanxiong), Asarum herb…

"Xuanning Chaji" (Tinea-Clearing Liniment) is a modern topical Chinese patent medicine. Its ingredients include golden larch bark (tujingpi), Phellodendron bark (guanhuangbai), densefruit pittany root bark (baixianpi), cynanchum root (xuchangqing), sophora root (kushen), pomegranate rind (shiliupi), datura flower (yangjinhua), angelonia seeds (nantianxian), broom fruit (difuzi), and…

Xiaozheng Yigan Pian (Stasis-Blocking and Liver-Benefiting Tablets) is a Chinese patent medicine. It is not covered by medical insurance and is not an OTC drug; it must be used under a doctor's prescription. Xiaozheng Yigan Pian are sugar-coated tablets made from an extract of feilian…

Danxiang Qingzhi Granules are a Chinese patent medicine whose formula is recorded in the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China. Their ingredients are: Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix), Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Taoren (Persicae Semen), Jiangxiang (Dalbergiae Odoriferae Lignum), Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma), Ezhu (Curcumae Rhizoma), Zhiqiao…