What are the names of medical herbal therapy preparations?

Many of the names of commonly used medical herbal therapy preparations in clinical practice are familiar to everyone. Lianhua Qingwen Capsules, Pudilan Anti-inflammatory Oral Liquid, Yunnan Baiyao Aerosol, Compound Salvia Dripping Pills, and Huoxiang Zhengqi Water are all formal herbal therapy preparations that meet the national pharmaceutical standards.

Many people may not know that this type of preparation is not the same thing as the highly hyped herbal health products on the market. It must be based on medicinal plants as the core raw materials, be clinically verified, obtain national drug approval, and have clear indications, usage and dosage to be considered medical. When I was rotating in the emergency department, I met a patient who had diarrhea after taking a self-purchased "herbal fire-reducing tea". He took the Pudilan anti-inflammatory tablets in his hand and asked me why it was okay because it was also made from herbs. I also explained to him at the time that this is a regular medical preparation with strict standards for raw material dosage and processing technology. The Sanwu herbal tea you bought does not even have production qualifications, so it cannot be compared.

If we go into detail, different departments use different medicines. The Jinhua Qinggan Granules commonly used in the Respiratory Department, the Manyan Shuning Throat Clearing Granules commonly used in the Otolaryngology Department, the Safflower Oil, Huoxue Pain Relief Ointment commonly used in the Orthopedics Department, and even the Motherwort Granules and Wuji Baifeng Pills commonly used in the Gynecology Department, all belong to the category of medical herbal therapy preparations. Many prescriptions are improved from prescriptions that have been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years, and their use has been verified by generations.

However, there are indeed different opinions on the standards of this type of preparations in the industry. Pharmacists with a background in Western medicine may feel that the "unclear" adverse reactions of some herbal preparations are not rigorous enough, and they cannot provide risk warnings to patients in advance.； There are also veteran doctors who are deeply involved in traditional medicine. They believe that herbal preparations have multiple ingredients that work together. They insist on following the standards of chemical drugs and breaking down a single ingredient. This deviates from the original logic of herbal therapy. Both sides have their own basis, and they are still gradually adjusting to unified standards. To be honest, ordinary patients don’t have to worry about these academic controversies. No matter what kind of herbal preparation it is, as long as it is prescribed by a regular hospital and carries the label "National Drug Approval", and you follow the doctor’s instructions, there will be no major problems. Don’t blindly search for the name of the medicine and buy it back. If the symptoms are not correct, no matter how good the herbal preparation is, you may cause problems.