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There are "medicines" and "prescriptions" prescribed by doctors. What is the difference between them?

Western medicine: also known as modern medicine, refers to chemicals, antibiotics, biochemical drugs, etc. /kloc-developed since the 20th century, obtained by modern scientific methods such as synthesis, separation, extraction, chemical modification and bioengineering.

And through modern medical theory and methods to screen, to determine its efficacy, China is generally called western medicine. Chinese patent medicine: Chinese medicine is extracted and separated by a series of modern technologies. The difference between them is that western medicine is a chemical, while Chinese patent medicine contains Chinese medicine.

The main prescription is a general drug for diseases and has a guiding role. Even after dialectical treatment of diseases, prescriptions are targeted drugs selected according to the principles of traditional Chinese medicine.

Prescription is to select the most suitable representative prescription or other treatment measures according to the treatment principle. Medicine refers to the compatibility of monarch, minister, assistant and envoy in prescription and the best choice of dosage.

Li: refers to the accurate explanation of pathological mechanism according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine. Methods: Pointing to the corresponding treatment principles and methods determined by pathological mechanism.

When the weather is hot and humid, the skin temperature rises correspondingly, sebaceous glands and sweat glands secrete more, capillaries dilate, and mosquitoes bite, which makes people prone to various skin diseases. In particular, infants and young children have delicate skin, sweat glands are underdeveloped, sweat is not easy to evaporate, adaptability to the outside world and disease resistance are low, and infectious skin diseases such as miliaria, eczema, boils and impetigo are prone to occur.

Traditional Chinese medicine bath can protect skin, enhance resistance, clear away heat and toxic materials, relieve swelliyōng and pain, expel pus and eliminate carbuncle (pronounced Y not ng, purulent inflammation of skin and subcutaneous tissue), and has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on common skin diseases such as miliaria, eczema, furuncle, impetigo and mosquito bites in summer. Traditional Chinese medicine bath is especially suitable for infants, which has no irritation, no toxic and side effects, is easy to accept and can moisturize the skin.