Patent Chinese Medicine ⁽⁹³⁾

Yougui Wan (Right-Restoring Pill) is a famous warming-tonifying formula from the Jingyue Quanshu (Complete Works of Zhang Jingyue). It consists of Shu Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Shan Zhu Yu (Corni Fructus), Shan Yao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Gou Qi Zi (Lycii…

Liuwei Dihuang Wan is a patent medicine known to most ordinary Chinese people; everyone knows it is a good kidney-tonifying medicine. But in fact there are dozens of Dihuang-series patent medicines; the ten most commonly used share the same base formula, and by adding one…

Da Huoluo Wan and Xiao Huoluo Wan are both classical famous TCM formulas for treating impediment pain, and both have certain anticancer and analgesic effects. Da Huoluo Wan comes from "Lantai Guifan" by the Qing-dynasty physician Xu Lingtai. It is made into pills from Baihuashe,…

Simiao Yong'an Tang is a well-known formula in TCM external medicine. The name of the formula first appears in "Yan Fang Xin Bian" (New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions), compiled by the Qing-dynasty physician Bao Xiang'ao, but this prescription was not first recorded there. In the…

Diarrhea is common in summer and autumn, mainly because the abundant rainfall of these seasons favors the reproduction and spread of intestinal pathogenic bacteria. Most people like to eat raw and cold fruits and iced drinks, or cold dressed salads, in summer and autumn, and…

Ruyi Jinhuang San (As-You-Wish Golden-Yellow Powder) is a Chinese patent medicine that clears heat and resolves toxin, disperses swelling and stops pain. It is mostly used for boils, furuncles, and swelling pain caused by heat-toxin congealing and stagnating in the skin, presenting as redness, swelling,…

Xiao Ai Ping is a commonly used Chinese patent medicine. It comes in oral tablets (Xiao Ai Ping Pian) and syrup (Xiao Ai Ping Tangjiang), as well as an injection (Xiao Ai Ping Zhusheye); its ingredient in all forms is the black-bone vine (Wugu Teng).

Paclitaxel, extracted from the yew tree (Taxus), is a commonly used chemotherapy drug with some efficacy against many types of cancer. But paclitaxel also has significant side effects: it has a strong myelosuppressive effect, and 78% of patients using it develop anemia, with some experiencing…

Because cancer patients need to take Chinese and Western medicines over a long period, they easily lose their appetite from too much medication and develop a series of symptoms of drug-induced stomach injury. Personally I commonly use three medicines to solve this problem: first, Guizhi…

Liushen Wan is a commonly used Chinese patent medicine, a confidential prescription product of Lei Yunshang Pharmaceutical Group. Its function is to clear heat and cool, resolve toxicity, reduce swelling, and stop pain. It is commonly used to treat rotten-throat scarlet fever, sore swollen throat,…