Traditional Chinese medicine powder fades out of clinical development

Powders are an important part of traditional Chinese medicine. In the end of the 3rd century BC, the copy of the “Fifty-two Diseases” and the earliest Chinese medical classic “Huang Di Nei Jing” had important records about the basic formulation of powder.

The use of powders in our country can be traced back to the Warring States period, with a history of at least 2,000 years or more. The advent of Huangdi Neijing has laid a theoretical foundation for the development of powder. To the Han Dynasty powder has become a fixed dosage form, widely used. After the Jin Dynasty, the content of powders continued to increase. During the Tang and Song dynasties, not only many famous powders were introduced, but also the first Chinese patent medicines that were issued by the state. During the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, four famous doctors created a lot of famous names, so that the powder gradually improved. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the doctrine of febrile disease came out, so that the powder has a new content. Not only internal medicine and paediatrics, but also gynecology, surgery, dermatology, ophthalmology, etc. have a very effective powder.

Therefore, today's national pharmacopoeia does not ignore powders. However, from the statistics of the “Comparison of the Number of Varieties of Different Formulations Received in the 1985-2005 Pharmacopoeia (Part 1)”, the author saw 20 from 1985 to 2005. During the year, the variety of powders only increased from 45 to 50. The actual application of powders lags far behind the development of other types of formulations.

The author can not help but ask: Under the best policy environment for the development of Chinese medicine, why are the powders farther and farther away from us? Has traditional Chinese medicine Sanbao, which was once made up of powder, have value in today's Chinese medicine and patients?

The medicinal value of powders is beyond doubt. After more than 2,000 years of clinical use, powders have proven their exact efficacy; the various advantages of powders have also been recognized by modern physicians. Such as powder with a stable formulation, the amount of economical, low cost, saving medicine source, easy to use, easy to store, direct efficacy, efficacy, safety, reliability, non-toxic side effects.

As an important part of China's Chinese medicine, powder has been very urgent for its protection and restoration. To this end, it is necessary for the government to play a leading role in establishing an environment and industrial chain for protecting the development of traditional Chinese medicine, and to establish traditional Chinese medicines, including powders, from the traditional powder research, medicine review, drug evaluation, production, and clinical procedures. The survival and development environment. Otherwise, the powder will be withdrawn from clinical practice and will eventually become a historical record of Chinese medicine.