Plaster, also known as "decoction ointment" and "paste prescription nourishing", originated from Huangdi Neijing and Fifty-two Prescriptions for Diseases, and has been circulated for many years. It is mellow and nourishing, which can not only cure diseases, but also protect health and strengthen the body. This is one of the oldest forms of prescription. It is a semi-fluid dosage form prepared by repeatedly decocting Chinese herbal pieces, removing residues to obtain juice, evaporating and concentrating, and adding sugar or honey.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "spring, long summer, autumn harvest and winter storage" can be used in four seasons, but winter is the best, which embodies the meaning of "winter storage". People often say, "Make up in winter and kill the tiger in the coming year".
But the ointment is not only a tonic, but also has the dual function of "saving the prescription and eliminating the disease". Deficiency due to illness, illness due to deficiency, can be treated with ointment; Chronic, intractable and consumptive diseases can also be nursed back to health with ointment. Therefore, the ointment is different from other tonics and tonics, and has the characteristics of tonifying, treating and treating the middle energizer. The selection of drugs based on syndrome differentiation should be based on the patient's physique, including flat tonic, warm tonic, clear tonic, astringent tonic and tonic. It must also be treated according to the condition, supplemented by drugs such as eliminating evil and softening hardness when necessary. Never take it rashly as a special tonic.