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Spring is the high-incidence season for allergic skin diseases and for skin itching in cancer and chronic lung disease patients. TCM treatment of such pruritus has two classical experienced formulas: Xiao Feng San (Wind-Dispersing Powder) and Siwu Xiao Feng San (Four-Ingredient Wind-Dispersing Powder). Xiao Feng…

The late Dr. Zhao Bingnan was the towering authority of TCM external medicine in China; before his death he served as director of dermatological and external medicine at the Beijing Hospital of Chinese Medicine. He left behind many empirical formulas, among which four are named…

Breast hyperplasia refers to benign hyperplasia of the interstitium of the female breast and is one of the common gynecological diseases. It occurs most often between the ages of 25 and 40, though it is also seen after menopause. Its cause is mostly related to…

Ma Peizhi was a famous TCM physician of the late Qing Dynasty, especially skilled in TCM external medicine. He studied medicine for sixteen years under his grandfather Ma Shengsan; because of his strong memory, wide reading and visits to famous teachers, his art was profound…

Wang Hongxu (1669–1749), given name Weide, literary name Linwu Sanren and also Dingdingzi, was a native of Wu County, Jiangsu. His family had practiced medicine for generations; his great-grandfather Wang Ruogu was renowned as an ulcer physician and compiled Jingyan Yanfang (Proven Effective Formulas), treasured…

The Divine Lamp moxibustion method (Shendeng zhaofa) is a traditional external therapy of Chinese medicine. It uses a special herbal formula ground into powder, mixed with yellow wine, applied to a medicinal paper, and then ignited; the burning paper is waved over the patient’s affected…