Chinese Medicine “Paste” and its classification

Traditional forms of Chinese medicine include pills, pans, ointments and pans, and “ointments” include ointments, creams and plasters (commonly known as “ointment medicine”). Chinese medicine “ointment” classification: ointment (external use), also known as ointment, ointment, with animal and plant oils, honey or lanolin, petroleum jelly, etc. as the matrix and drug fine powder (or extracted active ingredients) mixed and made. It has protective, moist and smooth effect on skin. The ointment base is semi-solid at room temperature, with a certain thinness, but coated in the skin or mucous membrane can slowly harden or dissolve, the active ingredients can be slowly remitted, durable to carry out the curative effect. It is mostly used for skin sores, swelling and boils, such as Gui Cao Crack Ointment, Jin Huang Ointment, San Huang Ointment, Andrographis Ointment, etc. Ointment (external use), also known as hard ointment, is the use of oil to boil the drug to a certain level, remove the slag and collect the ointment, apply it to cloth or paper, etc., mostly used for bruises and injuries, rheumatic paralysis and sores and other diseases, such as musk pain relief ointment, dog skin ointment, etc.. It is applied on the affected area or acupuncture point to have partial or whole body healing effect. Paste prescription (“poultice medicine”) refers to the thick and semi-fluid dosage form made by decocting the tablets with water, filtering the juice to remove the dregs, heating and concentrating the juice, adding sugar, honey and other auxiliary ingredients, and decocting and refining the paste, i.e. the current adult medicine poultice medicine or the winter poultice for one person. Paste prescription (“paste medicine”) classification: 1, according to the processing method classification (1) water paste: the juice of the medicine can be heated and concentrated, without any other excipients, also known as clear paste. (2) vegetarian paste: maltose, cane sugar, honey and other plant-based excipients added to the water paste boiled into paste, also known as sugar paste, honey paste. (3) meat paste: animal gum, such as gum, turtle board gum, deer horn gum and other excipients added to the paste boiled into the paste. 2, according to the source of production classification (1) “prescription ointment medicine”: the selection of effective ointment prescriptions (ancient prescriptions or pharmacopoeia contained), processed in batches by pharmaceutical companies, as a proprietary Chinese medicine products for market sales (such as: ten whole tonic cream, ginseng tonic cream, Dongtian Changchun cream). (2) Clinical cream medicine (custom-made cream): the doctor prescribes for different physique and clinical manifestations of consumers, and the prescription is made by qualified retail, production and medical units.