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The following is a list of traditional Chinese medicines. There are roughly 13,000 medicinals used in China and over 100,000 medicinal prescriptions recorded in the ancient literature. [1] Plant elements and extracts are the most common elements used in medicines. [2] In the classic Handbook of Traditional Drugs from 1941, 517 drugs were listed ...
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
The Bencao gangmu, known in English as the Compendium of Materia Medica or Great Pharmacopoeia, [1] is an encyclopedic gathering of medicine, natural history, and Chinese herbology compiled and edited by Li Shizhen and published in the late 16th century, during the Ming dynasty. Its first draft was completed in 1578 and printed in Nanjing in 1596.
Po Chai Pills ( simplified Chinese: 保济丸; traditional Chinese: 保濟丸; Jyutping: bou2 zai3 jyun2; pinyin: bǎojìwán) is a traditional Chinese medicine product made from several herbs formed into tiny spherical pills about 4 mm in diameter. It is used as a remedy for the relief of indigestion, heartburn, vomiting, diarrhea, and bloating.
Chinese patent medicine ( simplified Chinese: 科学 中 药; traditional Chinese: 科學 中 藥; pinyin: kēxúe zhōngyào; lit. 'scientific Chinese medicine') are herbal medicines in Traditional Chinese medicine, modernized into a ready-to-use form such as tablets, oral solutions or dry suspensions, as opposed to herbs that require cooking ...
The identification and differentiation of syndromes according to the eight principles is one of the earliest examples of critical and deductive thinking for diagnosis. [1] The eight principles are: Exterior and interior ( simplified Chinese: 里表; traditional Chinese: 裡表; pinyin: lǐ biǎo) Cold and hot ( simplified Chinese: 寒热 ...
Three Treasures (traditional Chinese medicine) Traditional Tibetan medicine. Tiger bone wine. Tiger penis. Tiger penis soup. Tingyu Fang. Tong Ren Tang. Tongue diagnosis. Ch'ang Ming.
The National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine ( Chinese: 国家中医药管理局) is a state administration of the People's Republic of China under the jurisdiction of the National Health Commission (formerly the National Health and Family Planning Commission ), responsible for the regulation of traditional Chinese medicine industry.