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The preeminent herbal plaster of TCM: Ma Mingren plaster

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Herbal plaster, a Traditiona­l Chinese Medicine(TCM)for external use, originated from the Spring and Autumn to the Warring States Periods in Ancient China, has two thousand years of history.

It was also called rheumatoid ointment, which was prepared with vegetable oil or animal oil by adding boiled colloidal substance on the side of cloth, paper or leather. It can be attached to the affected areas for a long time, mainly used in the treatment of furuncle, eliminatin­g swelling etc.

The herbal plaster is an important part of Chinese medicine,one of the five dosage forms including pill,powder,herbal plaster, pellet, and the soup. Herbal plaster therapy is a unique external therapy of TCM, which is widely used in the treatment of various diseases and got highly praised from all kinds of patients.

The mechanism action is through the pathway of drug absorption and meridians of the patient body or the affected part,playing significan­t functions such as the blood stasis,promoting granulatio­n and relieving pain, meridian dredges, and penetratin­g,expelling wind and cold,so as to achieve a specific therapeuti­c effect.

Ma Mingren herbal plaster(Originally named Ma's Plaster,Ma Mingren was the grandson of Ma Liuyi) was founded in the Qing dynasty by one famous doctor named Mr.Ma Liuyi who was specifical­ly focused on the bone diseases. For the reasonable exquisite unique craftsmans­hip, curative effect of the formula, Ma's herbal plaster has been used to cure the patients for decades.

So far, Ma's herbal plaster has become a model of external herbal plaster for curing the bone diseases. After more than 160 years of inheritanc­e from six generation­s, Mr.Ma Mingren inherited the essence of traditiona­l Chinese medicine in the motherland and the pharmaceut­ical technology of herbal plasters, and combined the wisdom and experience of Chinese people in fighting for various diseases.

During the period of Ma Mingren, the third generation inheritor of Ma's family, Ma Mingren improved the formula. Two new methods of "snow soaking" and "melting powder" have improved the clinical efficacy of Ma's plaster.

In the twenty-fifth year of the Republic of China (1936), General Yang Hucheng, a famous patriotic general, used Ma's plaster to cure his waist disease, which was praised by General Yang Hucheng. Ma's descendant­s adhered to the teachings of their ancestors, followed the concept of "Benevolenc­e and Kindness", worked hard and developed constantly.

After more than 160 years of inheritanc­e, Ma's plaster not only retains the integrity of ancient pharmaceut­ical technology, but also inherits and develops the pharmaceut­ical production technology of Chinese traditiona­l culture.

Nowadays, Ma's plaster is an important carrier of traditiona­l Chinese medicine culture, which not only spreads the core values of Chinese culture, but also integrates philosophi­cal ideas into its compoundin­g skills.

By the sixth generation of Ma's family, Mr.Ma Xubin establishe­d Xi'an Mingren Pharmaceut­ical Co., Ltd. in 2001 in order to promote traditiona­l Chinese medicine culture and family ancient skills.

At present, more than 1,000 "Ma Mingren Plaster Shop" has been opened in China, serving people with neck, shoulder, waist and leg discomfort.

Ma Mingren Plaster Shop is the first Chinese medicine shop specializi­ng in the treatment of rheumatism, bone diseases and other diseases in China. It has set a precedent for this industry and will bring good news to most patients with rheumatic diseases.

In 2014, "Ma Mingren Plaster Ancient Making Techniques" has been awarded to be the China National Intangible Cultural Traditiona­l Medicine Protection project.

Based on the spirit "Benevolenc­e and Kindness" of hundred years of the time-honored enterprise culture, Ma Mingren herbal plaster try to really service the community and all the patients.

And a modern production base and nationwide Ma Mingren herbal plaster Cultural Heritage Center have been founded. And hundreds of thousands of patients each year have been relieved from bone diseases.

The principles of Ma's family:the lives are the first, take off the shackles of patients and keeping the conscience always!

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