The Historical Challenges Faced by the Compendium of Materia Medica: What is the Truth?

The Historical Challenges Faced by the Compendium of Materia Medica: What is the Truth?

Click on the “blue word” to follow us! In the current battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has played an important role. As the sacred text of TCM, the Ben Cao Gang Mu (Compendium of Materia Medica), compiled over 500 years ago, recorded many effective methods for disaster prevention and epidemic control. … Read more

A Discussion on the Scientific Methods of Epidemic Prevention in the “Compendium of Materia Medica” and the Publishing Challenges Faced by Li Shizhen

A Discussion on the Scientific Methods of Epidemic Prevention in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and the Publishing Challenges Faced by Li Shizhen

In the current battle against the COVID-19 pandemic in China, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has played a significant role. The TCM classic, the Ben Cao Gang Mu (Compendium of Materia Medica), compiled over 500 years ago, documented many effective methods for disaster and epidemic prevention. In terms of air disinfection, burning substances such as Chen … Read more

Strengthening the Body and Expelling Pathogens: TCM Strategies for Disease Prevention

Strengthening the Body and Expelling Pathogens: TCM Strategies for Disease Prevention

Click the blue textto follow us In the prevention and treatment of epidemics, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) offers natural advantages guided by the principles of “preventing disease before it occurs, preventing changes in existing diseases, and preventing recurrence after recovery.” Moxibustion is one of the treasures of TCM for disease prevention. Moxibustion has a history … Read more

Fighting Epidemics: Cang Zhu (Atractylodes) Has Never Been Absent

Fighting Epidemics: Cang Zhu (Atractylodes) Has Never Been Absent

Fighting Epidemics: Cang Zhu (Atractylodes) Has Never Been Absent Written by: Wang Ziyuan, Chief Pharmacist, Pharmacy Department In traditional medicine, “epidemics” refer to severe infectious diseases caused by highly pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses. According to the “History of Epidemics in China,” there have been 321 epidemics in China over the past two … Read more

The Benefits and Uses of Cang Zhu (Atractylodes)

The Benefits and Uses of Cang Zhu (Atractylodes)

Cang Zhu (Atractylodes) is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) herb. Its rhizome is either horizontally or obliquely ascending, thick and long, often appearing in a nodular form, with numerous roots that are of equal thickness and length or nearly equal in length. It flowers and bears fruit after June. Generally, it is harvested … Read more