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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…

Soufeng Wan (Wind-Searching Pill) comes from the Ming-dynasty Confucian physician Wu Min's Fushou Jingfang (Essential Longevity Formulas). Its composition: gastrodia tuber (tianma) 96g, scrophularia root (xuanshen) 93g, Dioscorea hypoglauca (bixie, ground into powder) 93g, Eucommia bark (duzhong, wine-fried to remove the threads) 105g, prepared aconite…

"Qingxuan Zhitong Wan" (Clear-Wind Stroke-Treating Pills) is a Chinese patent medicine for stroke sequelae. Its composition includes: Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma), Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus), Quanxie (Scorpio), Dilong (Pheretima), Zhenzhu (Margarita), Juemingzi (Cassiae Semen), Shuiniujiao Nongsuofen (concentrated Bubali Cornu powder), Niuhuang (Bovis Calculus), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Huangqin…

"Yinao Fujian Jiaonang" (Brain-Benefiting Recovery Capsules) is a Chinese patent medicine. Its composition is: Sanqi (Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Chishao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Honghua (Carthami Flos), Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Xuejie (Draconis Sanguis), Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix), Xixiancao (Siegesbeckiae Herba), and Dilong (Pheretima). The active constituents…

In the book Bian Que Xin Shu (Heartbook of Bian Que), compiled by the Song-dynasty physician Dou Cai, a formula named “Huangu Dan” (Bone-Transforming Pill) is recorded. Its composition is: Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Baishao (Paeoniae Alba Radix), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), and Weilingxian (Clematidis Radix…

In the Song-dynasty medical work Sanyin Ji Yi Bingzheng Fanglun (Treatise on the Three Categories of Pathogenic Factors of Diseases) by the medical scholar Chen Yan, there is a formula called "Shujin Bao'an San" (Sinew-Relaxing and Security Powder). Its composition is as follows: dried Mugua…

Professor Wang Xinzhi is a renowned traditional Chinese medicine physician in Henan Province, a doctoral supervisor in TCM who receives a special allowance from the State Council, and is skilled in treating brain diseases with the bowel-unblocking method. In his book Clinical Experience of Professor…

After patients survive cerebrovascular events such as cerebral thrombosis, cerebral infarction, or cerebral hemorrhage, they often develop sequelae such as hemiplegia, aphasia, hemianopia, hemisensory deficits, disturbances of consciousness, and psychiatric disturbances; these are collectively called post-stroke sequelae. The underlying cause is primary disease of local…

Fu Fang Qian Zheng Gao (Composite Correct-Sinew Plaster) originally comes from the Song dynasty work Yang's Family Prescriptions (Yangshi Jiacang Fang). After modern TCM refinement, it was included in Volume I of the 2005 edition of the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China. It…

Fushou Yanchun Dan comes from the Pujifang (Prescriptions for Universal Relief). Its composition is: Renshen (Ginseng Radix, ginseng) and Baifuling (Poria, white poria) 2 liang each; Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, polygala, pith removed), Niuxi (Cyathulae Radix, achyranthes, soaked in wine), Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex, eucommia, fried to…