There is no clinical statement of what the top ten life-preserving Chinese patent medicines are. Generally speaking, the Chinese patent medicines used for first aid in clinical practice are quick-acting heart-saving pills, Angong Niuhuang Pills, Zhi Baodan and so on. Specific medication to follow the doctor’s instructions.
1. Quick-acting Heart-Saving Pill: It has the effect of promoting qi and blood circulation (promoting gas flow to make blood circulate), removing blood stasis and relieving pain (removing blood stasis to relieve pain), increasing coronary blood flow and relieving angina pectoris.
This product can be used for coronary heart disease of the qi stagnation and blood stasis (blood stasis due to lack of circulation of qi) type, angina pectoris. It is contraindicated in pregnant women, and should not be used alone in patients with cold stagnation and blood stasis, yin deficiency and blood stasis in chest paralysis (chest tightness and pain) and angina pectoris, and should not be used with caution in patients with history of allergy, and should not be used with caution in patients with myocardial ischemia accompanied by moderate-to-severe heart failure.
2. Angong Niuhuang Pill: It has the effects of clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat and toxins from the body), suppressing fright and opening the mind, etc. It can be used for fever, evil entering into the pericardium, febrile convulsions (convulsions due to high fever), delirium tremens (delirium of the mind, babbling), etc., as well as for those who suffer from stroke coma, encephalitis, meningitis, toxic encephalopathy, cerebral hemorrhage, and sepsis, with the above mentioned symptoms. Pregnant women and athletes should be cautious.
3. Zhi Bao Dan: Chinese medicine prescription name, from “Ling Yuan Fang”, for the opening agent, has the effect of resolving turbidity and opening the orifices, clearing heat and removing toxins, and is often used in the treatment of acute cerebrovascular disease, concussion, epidemic encephalitis B, epidemiological cerebro-spinal meningitis, hepatic coma, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, and other evidence of phlegm-heat internal closure.
Note that the delirium is caused by yang-sheng and yin-deficiency should not be used, and pregnant women should be cautious.
When using medication, be sure to consult a Chinese medicine practitioner to identify the evidence to guide, follow the doctor’s instructions to use medication, do not arbitrarily use medication, to avoid causing adverse consequences.