Some of these traditional Chinese medicines have similar names, only one word apart, but their effects are quite different, even worlds apart. Let's take a look at these 20 pairs of commonly used Chinese patent medicines with only one word difference.

1. Ginseng Jianpi Pill and Ginseng Guipi Pill

Ginseng Jianpi Pill has the effects of invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, regulating qi and promoting digestion. Can be used for treating spleen deficiency and dampness resistance, sallow complexion, mental fatigue, shortness of breath, abdominal distension and diarrhea, and dyspepsia.

Ginseng Guipi Pill has the effects of invigorating spleen, nourishing heart, benefiting qi and enriching blood. Can be used for treating palpitation, insomnia, amnesia, anorexia, sallow complexion, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, subcutaneous hemorrhage, etc. caused by strain of spleen.

2. Erzhi Pill and Chen Er Pill

Erzhi Pill has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing yin and nourishing blood. It can be used for treating dizziness, insomnia, dreaminess, bitter taste and dry tongue, vomiting blood and epistaxis, and premature gray hair caused by yin deficiency of liver and kidney.

Chen Er Pill has the effects of eliminating dampness, resolving phlegm, regulating qi and regulating middle energizer. It can be used for treating cough with thick phlegm, fullness of chest and diaphragm, nausea and vomiting, dizziness and palpitation.

3. Three yellow tablets and three gold tablets.

Sanhuang tablets have the effects of purging fire, detoxifying and cooling blood. Can be used for treating hematemesis, epistaxis or excess heat of triple energizer, body heat, polydipsia, conjunctival congestion, aphtha, swelling and pain, and damp-heat jaundice caused by excess heat.

Sanjin tablets have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials and diuresis. It is mainly used for treating stranguria caused by damp-heat accumulation, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis and diuresis.

4. Big Huoluo Pills and Small Huoluo Pills

Dahuoluo Pill has the effects of promoting qi and blood circulation, strengthening bones and muscles, expelling wind and removing dampness. It has a certain therapeutic effect on stroke hemiplegia caused by wind-phlegm blocking collaterals.

Xiaohuoluo Pill has the effects of warming channels, dispelling wind, removing dampness, resolving phlegm and removing blood stasis. It has therapeutic effect on wind-cold-dampness arthralgia caused by wind-cold-dampness arthralgia and phlegm-blood stasis.

5. Xiaoer Zhibao Dan and Xiaoer Zhibao Ingot

Xiaoerzhibaodan has the effects of relieving fever, invigorating stomach and stopping vomiting. It can be used for treating fever, abdominal distension, diarrhea, vomiting and diarrhea. At the same time, it also has a certain therapeutic effect on children who stop eating and catch a cold, and has the effects of strengthening stomach, promoting digestion and expelling wind.

Xiaoerzhibao tablet has the effects of relieving exterior syndrome, expelling wind, resolving phlegm and guiding stagnation. Can be used for treating children's common cold, fever, runny nose, cough with excessive phlegm, stopping eating and lactation, vomiting and diarrhea. At the same time, it also has a certain therapeutic effect on children's cold and fever, vomiting and diarrhea, and convulsions.

6. Ermiao Pill, Sanmiao Pill and Simiao Pill

Ermiao pill has the effect of clearing heat and drying dampness. It can be used for treating downward flow of damp heat, swelling and pain of feet and knees, erysipelas of lower limbs, leucorrhea, eczema of scrotum, and scabies. The formulas of Rhizoma Atractylodis and Cortex Phellodendri have the beauty of "clear" and "dry", so they are named Ermiao.

Sanmiao Pill consists of this prescription and Achyranthes bidentata, and is used to treat lumbago and knee pain.

Simiao Pill consists of Coicis Semen and Achyranthes bidentata. Can be used for treating numbness of feet, weakness of lower limbs, pain of bones and muscles, itching and pain of feet and eczema in gaskin caused by downward flow of damp heat.

7. Little gold and then big gold and then

Xiaojindan has the effects of detoxification, detumescence, blood circulation and pain relief. Can be used for treating carbuncle, carbuncle, breast ulcer, nameless swelling, initial vulvar gangrene and carbuncle pain.

Dajin Dan has the effects of regulating qi, resolving phlegm, relieving asthma and relieving cough. Can be used for the treatment of phlegm and blood stasis, epilepsy, language disorder, listlessness, adverse thoracic diaphragm, dizziness, tinnitus, asthma and cough.

8. Shen Si Pills and Liushen Pills

Shen Si Pill has the effects of warming spleen and kidney, strengthening intestine and stopping diarrhea. It can be used for treating spleen deficiency and cold, with symptoms such as anorexia, stomachache, nocturnal diarrhea, abdominal pain, loose stool, morning defecation, chronic diarrhea, backache, and cold limbs.

Liushen Pill has detoxification, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. It can be used for treating epidemic diphtheria, sore throat, single and double moths, laryngeal wind, sore throat and other diseases.

9. Wuji powder and Wuling powder

Wuji powder has the effects of relieving exterior syndrome, dispersing stagnation and warming middle warmer. It can be used for treating exogenous cold and dampness, internal injury and wind-cold, headache and body pain, epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting.

Wuling powder has the effect of transforming qi and promoting diuresis, and has therapeutic effect on edema, dysuria, vomiting, diarrhea and various wet swelling caused by water retention.

10. Zuogui Pill and Gui You Pill.

Zuogui Pill has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney and nourishing essence and blood. It can be used for treating liver and kidney essence and blood deficiency, manifested by emaciation, soreness of waist and knees, nocturnal emission, night sweat, dizziness, thirst, dry throat and other symptoms.

Gui You Pill has the effects of warming kidney-yang, nourishing essence and blood. It can be used for treating deficiency of kidney yang, asthenia due to qi deficiency, asthenia of limbs, impotence, nocturnal emission, loose stool due to spleen deficiency, urinary incontinence, soreness of waist and knees, etc.

1 1. Wupi Pill and Wuxiang Pill

Wupi Pill is beneficial to diuresis and dampness, strengthening the spleen and relieving bloating. It can be used for treating watery skin, weight edema, abdominal distension, shortness of breath, dysuria, pregnancy edema, etc.

Wuxiang Pill has the efficacy of regulating qi and relieving pain. Can be used for treating qi stagnation, dyspepsia, fullness of chest and diaphragm, epigastric pain, diarrhea due to stagnation, abdominal distension and constipation.

12. Bulbus Allii Macrostemon and Bulbus Allii Macrostemon.

Bulbus Allii Macrostemon Pill has the effects of eliminating dampness, resolving phlegm, expelling wind and relieving cough. Can be used for treating cough with excessive phlegm, wind-heat cough with excessive phlegm, excessive phlegm and saliva, chest distress, headache, and body heat.

Xieqing pill has the effects of clearing liver, purging fire, expelling wind and relaxing bowels. It can be used for the treatment of red eyes, swelling and pain, irritability, headache, bitter taste, adverse stool, liver depression, eye diseases, convulsion, etc.

13. Chicken liver powder and Ji Ming powder

Jigan powder has the effects of killing insects, eliminating malnutrition and improving eyesight. Can be used for treating infantile malnutrition, abdominal pain, anorexia, diarrhea, sallow complexion, emaciation, blurred vision, etc.

Ji Ming Powder has the effects of warming cold and dampness, lowering qi and turbidity. Can be used for treating cold-dampness beriberi or beriberi with heart attack pain, leg and foot swelling, numbness and cold pain, walking difficulty, chest distress, nausea and vomiting, and epigastric pain.

14. Xianglian Pill and Xiangfu Pill

Xianglian Pill has the effects of clearing heat, eliminating dampness, promoting qi circulation and relieving depression. Can be used for treating damp-heat dysentery, sepsis, abdominal pain, and acute diarrhea.

Xiangfu pill has the effects of harmonizing qi and blood, promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation. Can be used for treating blood deficiency and qi stagnation, chest distress, hypochondriac pain, dysmenorrhea, etc.

15. Baohe Pills and Baotai Pills

Baohe pill has the effects of resolving food stagnation, regulating stomach, clearing heat and promoting diuresis. Can be used for treating dyspepsia, abdominal distension, acid regurgitation, anorexia, and diarrhea.

Baotai Pill has the effects of invigorating qi and blood, preventing miscarriage and regulating stomach. Can be used for treating deficiency of both qi and blood, unstable fetal movement, restless fetal movement, backache and leg pain, lower abdomen or threatened abortion, and vaginal bleeding.

16. Zhuifeng Pill and Zhuifeng Ointment

Zhuifeng Pill has the effects of relaxing muscles and tendons, promoting blood circulation, expelling wind and relieving pain. Can be used for treating weakness of muscles and bones, numbness of hands and feet, backache and soreness.

Zhuifeng ointment has the effects of expelling wind and cold, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. Can be used for treating lumbago and leg pain, numbness of limbs, pain of bones and muscles, arthralgia due to rheumatism, abdominal pain due to yin cold, and small intestinal hernia.

17. Qingning pills and Yin Qing pills.

Qingning Pill has the effects of clearing gastrointestinal tract, purging heat and moistening stool. Can be used for treating dyspepsia, abdominal distension, dizziness, tinnitus, dry mouth and tongue, sore throat, toothache with red eyes, constipation, Huang Chi, etc.

Yin Qing Pill has the effects of cooling, relieving fever, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It can be used for treating sore throat, hoarseness, xerostomia, and dysphagia.

18. Qingre Pills and Qingxuan Pills

Qingre Pill has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, dispelling summer heat, cooling blood, reducing swelling and relieving spasm. Can be used for treating infantile hyperpyrexia, convulsion, heatstroke, aphtha, toothache, sore throat and carbuncle.

Qingxuan pill has the effect of dispelling wind and clearing heat. Can be used for treating wind-heat attack, dizziness, headache, nasal congestion and toothache.

19. Heisha Pill and Heishen Pill

Heisha Pill has the effects of relaxing muscles and tendons, promoting blood circulation, detoxicating and reducing swelling. It is effective for traumatic injury, blood stasis, swelling and pain, and sprain of waist and legs.

Heishen Pill has the effects of removing blood stasis, promoting tissue regeneration, expelling wind and relieving pain. Can be used for treating blood stasis amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum blood halo, lochia, lumbago and abdominal pain.

20. Wuji Pills and Mume Pills

Wuji Pill has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, regulating menstruation and stopping leukorrhagia. Can be used for treating menoxenia, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, infertility, etc.

Wu Mei Pill has the effects of warming the middle energizer, tonifying deficiency, treating stranguria and relieving pain. Can be used for treating biliary ascaris due to spleen deficiency, chronic cholecystitis, and chronic diarrhea.