Chinese patent medicines for tonifying Qi and replenishing kidney essence can be used under evidence-based analysis, such as Su Zi Descending Qi Pill and Qi Wei Du Qi Pill, which should be taken under the guidance of a physician. 1. Su Zi Wei Qi Pill: composed of Perilla frutescens, Hou Pu, Qian Hu, Glycyrrhiza glabra, and Jiang Han Xia, its efficacy is to subdue qi, resolve phlegm, and warm the kidney to nourish qi. It is clinically used for the treatment of coughing and wheezing caused by the upper part of the body manifesting as headache, irritability, etc., and the lower part of the body manifesting as lumbago, frequent urination, etc., as well as the coughing and wheezing caused by qi reversal and phlegm congestion and the plaque in the chest and diaphragm. Its adverse effects are not clear. Avoid smoking, alcohol and spicy food. It is contraindicated in cases of yin deficiency and dry cough, which is characterized by dry cough with little phlegm, dry throat and sore throat, and dry mouth and tongue. Do not take it if the tongue is red and mossless due to yin deficiency. Take three days, no improvement in symptoms, should go to the hospital. 2. Seven-flavored Du Qi Pill: It is composed of Schisandra chinensis, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Poria, Mudanpi, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, and other medicines, and its efficacy is to replenish the kidneys to hold in the qi (treating the kidney’s lack of holding in the qi by replenishing the kidneys), and astringent to stop ejaculation (consolidating the semen and preventing seminal emission). Clinically, it is often used in treating wheezing (shortness of breath), chest tightness, prolonged cough, shortness of breath, dryness of throat, spermatorrhea, night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping sweating after waking up), and frequent urination caused by failure of the kidneys to hold in qi. Note that people with external cough and asthma should not take Qiwei Duqi Pill. Its adverse effects are not clear. If you need to use the drug, it is recommended to go to the hospital under the guidance of a professional physician to use the drug, not self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.