I. What is cream formula Cream formula, also called cream, is named after its dosage form, and belongs to one of the eight dosage forms in Chinese medicine: pill, powder, cream, dan, wine, dew, soup and ingot. The meaning of cream is wider: such as referring to things, to grease for cream; such as referring to the form, to condense but not solid called cream; such as referring to the taste, to sweet ginger slippery for cream. “Shanhaijing” Zeng said: “the words taste good are slippery for cream”, as refers to the content, as the essence of things, as refers to the role, to nourish the cream for long. There are two kinds of ointment: external and internal. External ointment is a commonly used drug form in the external treatment of Chinese medicine, and is used in internal medicine and gynecology, in addition to skin, sores and other disorders. Internal ointment, later called poultice, is also called tonic medicine because of its nourishing effect, and is widely used in internal, external, gynecological, pediatric, orthopedic, eye, ear, mouth, nose and other diseases, as well as for those who are physically weak after a serious illness. In TCM theory, poultice is a kind of medicine with advanced nutritional tonic and therapeutic and preventive effects. It is a thick and semi-liquid or jelly dosage form made on the basis of large compound tonics, with different prescriptions according to different physical conditions and clinical manifestations of people, and mixed with certain excipients after thick decoction. In the prescription, the drugs in the prescription are selected from authentic herbs as far as possible, and the whole production process is strictly operated, so that only the finely processed poultices can finally become the best products. The history of ointment has a long history, starting from the Han and Tang dynasties. In the Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, there are records about ointment, such as horse ointment, which is mainly for external use, and in the Eastern Han dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing’s “The Essentials of the Golden Horoscope”, which recorded that the ointment of large ointment and pig ointment hair decoction are the earliest records of internal ointment. The individual “decoction” in “Qianjin Fang” of the Tang Dynasty was already in general agreement with modern creams, such as Su Zi Decoction, and Wang Tao’s “Six Decoction Recipes” in “Wai Tai Secret Essentials”. In the Song Dynasty, cream gradually replaced decoction, basically following the style of the Tang Dynasty, and became more and more widely used, such as the Qiongyu cream contained in Hong’s Collected Experimental Formula of the Southern Song Dynasty, which is still used today. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the prescriptions became more perfect and mature, which was reflected by the formal naming and standard production of the prescriptions, the creams referred to the tonic prescriptions and the decoction referred to the water decoction; the quantity increased greatly and the clinical application was more extensive. In the Ming Dynasty, the cream recipe was widely recorded in various prescription books, and the composition was simple, and the cream recipes that have been handed down to this day include Hong Ji’s “The General Essentials of Regeneration” “Tortoise and Deer Erxian Cream”, Gong Tingxian’s “Shou Shi Bao Yuan” “Fu Ling Cream” and Zhang Jinyue’s “Two Yi Cream “two yi cream” by Zhang Jinyue and so on. In the Qing Dynasty, cream recipes were not only circulated among the people, but also widely used in the court, such as the “Cixi Guangxu Medical Recipe Selection” with nearly 30 internal cream recipes. In the late Qing Dynasty, the composition of cream prescriptions became more complex, such as Zhang Iqing’s “Cream Formula” in which the medicine used in cream prescriptions often had reached 20 or 30 flavors, or even more, and the collection of creams was often chosen to add gum, deer horn gum, etc., and emphasized the administration of identification, which had a great influence on later generations of medical practitioners. In modern times, cream prescriptions are widely used in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong, especially in Shanghai. In general, cream prescriptions originated in the Han and Tang dynasties, developed in the Song and Yuan dynasties, matured in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and grew in modern times. The cream formula can be used for people with weak constitution, i.e., the so-called subhealthy people to regulate their body functions, and can be used for the treatment of diseases of the internal organs of the body, therefore, it has the functions of supplementing the weakness and curing diseases; 2, adjusting the balance of yin and yang of the body, reflecting the “yin and yang secret” and “the unity of heaven and man”. “The theory of Chinese medicine believes that human life activities are based on yin and yang organs and qi and blood, and the balance of yin and yang organs and qi and blood can be healthy and prolong life, so the Suwen. The “vitality of the day” said: “Yin and Yang secret, the spirit is to cure.” There are yin and yang evils, and there are also yin and yang qi in the human body. The occurrence of disease is the result of yin and yang losing their relative balance, and yin and yang being in favor of each other or in favor of each other. Therefore, to correct the imbalance of yin and yang qi and blood in the human body by using the biased nature of drugs, “the spirit is cured when yin is calm and yang is secret” is the basic idea of Chinese medicine in health care and disease treatment, and also the main principle of formulating poultice prescriptions. 4, the application of the cream 1, chronic disease patients: patients suffering from chronic diseases, through the application of the cream, to play a clinical treatment of diseases and signs of body function, in order to achieve the two purposes of the deficiency to dispel disease. 2, sub-healthy patients: applied to the modern society in a sub-healthy state of the population, through the adjustment of various functions of the body, to achieve the restoration of body function to normal, so as to prevent the occurrence of disease. 3, middle-aged and elderly, women: through the application of the cream, to enhance physical fitness, restore the function of the internal organs, delay the aging of the elderly, due to its physiological characteristics, the various functions of the human body, will tend to decline with age and the occurrence of disease. 4, children: children belong to the infantile Yin and Yang body, the function of the viscera is insufficient, should this have a few children tend to develop delayed, repeated respiratory infections, poor health, etc., so according to the physical condition of different children, the use of cream, has achieved the purpose of supplementation and cure. The liver is the largest metabolic organ of the body, many substances and nutrients are synthesized, decomposed, transformed or stored in this metabolic center of the liver, which is likened to the “chemical factory” of the human body, and is also the detoxification organ of the human body. Therefore, the liver is one of the most important organs of the human body. According to Chinese medicine, the liver is Yin and Yang. In autumn and winter, the body is susceptible to Yin and fluid deficiency, which can lead to liver Qi deficiency. According to the theory of the five elements of Chinese medicine, the lung and autumn belong to gold, while the liver belongs to wood, the five elements are mutually supportive, lung gold grams liver wood; lung gold when autumn and prosperous, can restrain liver qi, resulting in autumn liver qi deficiency, at this time liver disease patients should pay attention to nourishing yin, not only patients need to nourish yin, healthy people should nourish yin. For patients with chronic liver disease, autumn and winter is a dangerous season. There are two peaks in the incidence of chronic liver disease co-infections throughout the year, mostly occurring in the spring and fall. Patients with chronic liver disease have a long course of illness and are more physically weak after a long period of illness. In autumn and winter, the weather is unpredictable, so we should pay more attention to weather changes, add clothing in time to prevent the onset of cold and external evil. Autumn and winter weather also tend to make people emotionally unstable, easily leading to depression, heart heat and heart trouble (heart fire) symptoms, such as many people prone to mouth ulcers, chest, shoulders, back, two ribs, two arms, etc. appear soreness and pain. Especially for people with liver disease, in late autumn or winter, they should do a good job of protection and pay attention to prevent the recurrence of liver disease. You can do some outdoor physical exercise appropriately to improve the body’s resistance. Not only patients with liver disease need to nourish their liver, but also normal people should pay attention to nourishing their liver. As the saying goes, “anger hurts the liver”, which can cause liver gas to accumulate in the body, leading to liver gas stagnation and poor blood flow. In autumn and winter, the sky is cold, in the north, there is a cold day to drink to warm up the body; in the south, the people like to drink to cheer when eating hot pot. And wine is most likely to hurt the liver, for normal people, a small amount of wine is conducive to the flow of menstruation, blood, siltation and liver Yang Qi rise. But can not be greedy cup too much, because the liver metabolizes alcohol energy is limited, more drinking will hurt the liver. Sixth, the selection and application of winter liver disease cream winter often belongs to one of the liver disease the method season, so it is also the main period of useful cream. At present, winter liver disease is mainly seen in chronic viral hepatitis, mainly chronic hepatitis B and its associated cirrhosis, ascites, etc., followed by alcoholic liver disease as well as non-alcoholic fatty liver, for such patients or in a sub-healthy state of the population, need experienced Chinese medicine practitioners clinical identification, according to the clinical constitution, disease identification of the specific circumstances, respectively, to give different drug composition for tonic deficiency and cure. Mainly by the following conditions to use drugs: qi deficiency —– selection of ginseng, astragalus, poria, atractylodes, etc.; blood deficiency —- selection of Chinese herbal medicines by Agaricus, rehmannia, angelica, white peony, etc.; yin deficiency —– selection of Chinese herbal medicines by maitong, sage, turtle plate, wolfberry, etc.; yang deficiency —– selection of Chinese herbal medicines by deer horn gum, eucommia, mealybug, walnut, etc.. In addition, according to the different diseases and Chinese medicine diagnosis, in the above-mentioned drugs to add the activation of blood stasis, benefit qi and nourish yin, pass the ligament and relieve pain, dredge the liver and qi, dampness and detoxification, nourish the liver and kidney, soften the hardness and disperse the knots, light percolation and water, in order to achieve the “win-win” effect of tonic deficiency and cure.