What are the medicinal herbal therapeutic preparations?

At present, most of the domestically approved medical herbal therapy preparations belong to the category of Chinese patent medicines and ethnic medicines classified as Z in the National Drug Approval. Common ones include Lianhua Qingwen Granules/Capsules, Yunnan Baiyao Aerosols/Capsules, Pudilan Anti-inflammatory Oral Liquid, Compound Danshen Dropping Pills, Chuanbei Loquat Cream, and Weisu Granules, Suxiao Jiuxin Pills, etc., in addition to Tibetan medicine, Mongolian medicine and other ethnic medicine systems such as Twenty-Five Flavor Coral Pills and Naru Sanwei Pills and other herbal preparations also belong to this category, covering the clinical medication needs of colds, trauma, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, respiratory, digestive and other scenarios.

Many people may not be able to tell the difference between medical herbal preparations, herbal medicines fried at home, and herbal health care products sold in the market. When I was rotating at a community health service center, I encountered many elderly people using herbal throat lozenges bought in the supermarket for medicinal purposes. In fact, only those with a national drug approval number are formal medical drugs. There are strict national standards for active ingredient content, production process, and safety verification, which are completely different from ordinary herbal products. Take the Yunnan Baiyao that everyone is most familiar with. Last month, I met a high school student who sprained his ankle while playing basketball. When he first arrived, it was swollen like a steamed bun. After taking a X-ray to confirm that there were no fractures, in addition to giving him cold compresses and immobilization, I prescribed Yunnan Baiyao gas. The spray was sprayed three times a day. During the follow-up examination three days later, the swelling had reduced by almost 70%. The young man said that the pain had also decreased a lot, and the recovery speed was faster than the last time he twisted his foot and only used western medicine cream. Of course, this is also related to the sensitivity of the individual's body to the medicine.

Of course, discussions about medical herbal preparations have never stopped. Many practitioners in the modern medical system believe that the toxicological studies and clinical trial data of many herbal preparations are not as complete as chemical drugs. Previously, the "unclear adverse reactions" on some product instructions have indeed easily hid the risks of medication.； Practitioners of the traditional Chinese medicine system believe that these herbal preparations that have been processed and blended have been clinically verified for thousands of years. In recent years, the State Food and Drug Administration has also required relevant companies to supplement clinical data and revise instructions. For example, Pudilan Anti-inflammatory Oral Liquid has updated its instructions in 2018, clearly labeling adverse reactions such as nausea and vomiting and contraindications. Standardization has been improving. To be honest, there is no need to either put herbal medicines on the altar or beat them to death. As long as they are officially approved and used according to the doctor's instructions, whether it is herbal or chemical medicines, any medicine that can solve the problem is a good medicine.