Proprietary Chinese medicines containing frankincense and myrrh

There are more proprietary Chinese medicines containing frankincense and myrrh, such as Qixi San, Xiaowuoluo Pill and Xihuang Pill. 1. Qilisi San: containing blood exhaust, frankincense (made), myrrh (made), saffron, ice chips, artificial musk, cinnabar and other ingredients, with the effect of resolving blood stasis and eliminating swelling, relieving pain and stopping bleeding. It can be used for bruises, blood stasis and pain, trauma and bleeding. However, pregnant women are prohibited, athletes and people with liver and kidney insufficiency should be cautious. 2. Xiaowuoluo Pill: It contains the ingredients of Gallus gallus, Prepared Chuanwu, Prepared Caowu, Boswellia serrata (Prepared), Myrrh (Prepared), and Dilong, etc. It has the efficacy of dispelling wind and dispersing cold, resolving phlegm and removing dampness, and invigorating blood circulation and relieving pain. It can be used for paralysis caused by wind-cold and dampness obstruction, phlegm and blood stasis obstruction of the collaterals, which is characterized by pain in the joints of the limbs, unfavorable flexion and extension of the joints, and numbness and constriction, etc. However, it is forbidden for pregnant women. 3. Xihuang Pill: containing oxalis, vinegar frankincense, vinegar myrrh, artificial musk and other ingredients, with heat and detoxification, swelling and knot efficacy, can be used for carbuncle (is a kind of poisonous sores, occurring on the surface of the body, limbs, internal organs of the acute suppurative disease), scrofula (mainly refers to the cervical lymph nodes tuberculosis), cancer, and so on. However, it is contraindicated for pregnant women and used with caution by athletes. Frankincense is the resin exuded from the bark of Boswellia serrata and other plants of the same genus of the olive family; myrrh is the dried resin of Dictyostelium or Hederacanthus of the olive family; the two are often used in combination, and can be used in internal, external, gynecological, and injurious cases of blood stasis and stagnation of blood and qi in various disciplines; however, pregnant women and people with weak stomachs should be cautious of its use. It should be noted that more Chinese patent medicines containing frankincense, myrrh, the specific selection should also be based on the patient’s specific symptoms in the physician under the guidance of the diagnosis, not blindly self-medication, so as not to cause damage to the organism.