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Sometimes Chinese plants are substituted for plants found in Japan, or the proportions of the formula are changed slightly. ... Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang Stasis In The ...
There are roughly 13,000 medicinals used in China and over 100,000 medicinal recipes recorded in the ancient literature. [14] Plant elements and extracts are by far the most common elements used. [15] In the classic Handbook of Traditional Drugs from 1941, 517 drugs were listed – out of these, only 45 were animal parts, and 30 were minerals. [15]
The traditional medicine ginger, which has shown anti-inflammatory properties in laboratory experiments, has been used to treat rheumatism, headache and digestive and respiratory issues, though there is no firm evidence supporting these uses. [178]
A statue of Xu Fu in Weihai, Shandong. Xu Fu (Hsu Fu; Chinese: 徐福 or 徐巿 [1]; pinyin: Xú Fú; Wade–Giles: Hsu 2 Fu 2; Japanese: 徐福 Jofuku or 徐巿 Jofutsu; Korean: 서복 Seo Bok or 서불 Seo Bul) was a Chinese alchemist and explorer. He was born in 255 BC in Qi, an ancient Chinese state, and disappeared at sea in 210 BC.
This plant, widely distributed across China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia, is used in traditional medicine to treat conditions such as malaria.
Di Long or Dilong extract (Chinese: 地龍散; pinyin: dìlóngsàn; Wade–Giles: ti-lung san; lit. 'earth-dragon/-worm powder') is a medicinal preparation based on abdominal extracts from the earthworm species Lumbricus rubellus used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for a wide variety of disorders, from convulsions and fevers to rheumatoid arthritis and blood stasis syndromes.
To treat "damp heat conditions" in the lower Jiao, including "Damp Leg Qi, aching and swollen joints, and vaginal discharge" . This includes relieving arthralgia , swollen knees, and foot pain. Treatment of these conditions can involve combinations such as San Miao San or Er Maio San .
A 2021 study in the journal Nature Communications found that triptonide, a chemical isolated from Tripterygium, was an effective birth control for male mice and male cynomolgus monkeys, but noted that other chemicals present in the plant cause severe toxicity, so consuming the herb or general extracts of the herb for birth control purposes is ...