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[26] is classified as salty and cool and as entering the Liver and Stomach channels. It is traditionally used in Chinese medicine to disperse blood stasis (for promoting menstruation and lactation), reducing swelling and promoting discharge of pus (for abscesses and boils etc.) and for expelling wind-dampness (for pain due to rehumatism/arthritis).
The physician William C. Cooper and the sinologist Nathan Sivin [6] chose what the Chinese call rényào 人藥 "human drugs" as a pilot experiment sample for pharmacologically analyzing the efficacy of drugs used in TCM. In contrast to many traditional Chinese plant, animal, and mineral pharmaceuticals with uncertain active constituents, the ...
Calculus bovis, [1] niu-huang or cattle gallstones are dried gallstones of cattle used in Chinese herbology. In China and Japan it has been long used to treat various diseases, including high fever, convulsion and stroke. [2] In Asian countries, calculus bovis are sometimes harvested when steers (Bos taurus domesticus) are slaughtered.
Chinese patent medicine (中成藥; 中成药; zhōngchéng yào) is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. They are standardized herbal formulas. From ancient times, pills were formed by combining several herbs and other ingredients, which were dried and ground into a powder. They were then mixed with a binder and formed into pills by hand.
Chenpi is a common ingredient in Chinese folk medicine, where it is believed that it regulates qi, fortifies the spleen, eliminates dampness, improves abdominal distension, enhances digestion, and reduces phlegm. [11] There is a well-known chenpi-derived medicine named 'snake gallbladder and tangerine peel powder'.
Its associated yang fu organ is the Gallbladder. Both the Liver and Gallbladder are attributed to the Wood element and the season of spring in traditional Chinese Wuxing theory. Regarding its stipulated functions, the Liver governs "unclogging and deflation" (Chinese: 疏泄; pinyin: shū-xiè) [1] primarily of qì and
The Yang meridians of the arm are the Large Intestine, Small Intestine, and Triple Burner. The Yin Meridians of the leg are the Spleen, Kidney, and Liver. The Yang meridians of the leg are Stomach, Bladder, and Gall Bladder. [6] The table below gives a more systematic list of the 12 standard meridians: [7]
Chinese patent medicine (CPM, simplified Chinese: 科学中 药; traditional Chinese: 科學中 藥; pinyin: kēxúe zhōngyào; lit. 'scientific Chinese medicine' or simplified Chinese: 中成药; traditional Chinese: 中成藥; pinyin: zhōngchéngyào; lit. 'pre-made Chinese medicine') [a] are herbal medicines in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), modernized into a ready-to-use form such ...