Plaster, also called ointment, is named after its dosage form, which belongs to one of the eight major dosage forms of traditional Chinese medicine: pill, powder, ointment, Dan, wine, dew, soup and ingot. Plaster is generally composed of about 20 kinds of Chinese medicines, which has a good nourishing effect. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, winter is the best season for tonic all the year round, and cream is the best in winter.

Ointment is generally composed of more than 20 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine, which belongs to the category of generous and compound prescription for a long time. Therefore, the formula of ointment should pay more attention to pertinence. The so-called pertinence refers to the nature of the disease and the physical type of the patient. In addition, there are many drugs in the ointment that tonify qi, blood, yin and yang, which are sticky and insoluble. Regardless of the actual situation, blindly replenishing qi and blood will often hinder the body, so the combination of drugs is very important. Special attention should be paid to the following aspects when formulating prescriptions.

"One medicine has one nature, and there are hundreds of prescriptions for all diseases". Various creams have different functions, but no matter which one, they can only treat some diseases, but not all diseases. Cann't use tonics indiscriminately If you use it wrong, it will be harmful and useless. For some cases with deficiency of both yin and yang, deficiency of both qi and blood, and multiple diseases, we must carefully observe, analyze and treat them, carefully choose prescriptions, and use drugs rationally, so as to get good results, and avoid giving drugs in waves.