External TCM Liniment for Joint Pain and Wound Healing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current external traditional Chinese medicine preparations for treating bone and joint, muscle pain, and superficial wounds are limited in effectiveness, often requiring coordination with oral medication, have significant side effects, and lack nutrients for cell regeneration and repair, while band-aids can worsen wounds over time.

Innovation Solution

An anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and fast-healing external traditional Chinese medicine preparation comprising corydalis tuber, maifanitum, radix aconiti kusnezoffii praeparata, common clubmoss herb, clematis root, safflower, bryozoatum, and oyster shell, with a unique preparation process involving extraction and ultra-high shear homogenization, providing fast transdermal absorption and wound healing without side effects.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If external traditional Chinese medicine preparations are used for treating bone and joint, muscle pain, then the treatment avoids gastrointestinal side effects and long recovery time, but the therapeutic effect is limited and coordination with oral medication is required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveside effectsVSAvoidtherapeutic effect
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple functional components into a single external preparation: anti-inflammatory ingredients (e.g., corydalis tuber, clematis root), analgesic ingredients (e.g., maifanitum, radix aconiti kusnezoffii praeparata), and nutrient ingredients for cell regeneration (e.g., safflower, common clubmoss herb). This integration allows the preparation to provide comprehensive therapeutic effects including anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and tissue repair functions without requiring coordination with oral medication.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses a composite formulation containing multiple types of ingredients with different functions: anti-inflammatory components, analgesic components, and nutrient components for cell regeneration. This composite structure enables the preparation to simultaneously address inflammation, pain, and tissue repair, achieving reliable therapeutic effects while maintaining the safety advantages of external application.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Ease of operation

If band-aid is used for temporary hemostasis and wound protection, then the wound is protected initially, but the wound and surrounding skin whiten and soften over time, leading to secondary bacterial infection

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewound protectionVSAvoidsecondary bacterial infection
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the physical and chemical parameters of the wound care product from a solid adhesive bandage to a liquid preparation with specific viscosity characteristics. The liquid form allows for better breathability and moisture control, preventing the whitening and softening effects that occur with traditional band-aids. The preparation maintains wound protection while avoiding the harmful effects of prolonged adhesive contact.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the reusable adhesive bandage with a liquid preparation that is applied and then absorbed or evaporates, leaving no residual adhesive on the wound. This eliminates the need for removal and avoids the secondary infections caused by adhesive degradation over time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

3Reliability

If anti-inflammatory and analgesic external traditional Chinese medicine preparations are used, then inflammation and pain are relieved, but the preparations lack nutrients for cell regeneration and repair

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanti-inflammatory and analgesic effectVSAvoidnutrients for cell regeneration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges three distinct functional categories into one preparation: anti-inflammatory ingredients (corydalis tuber, clematis root), analgesic ingredients (maifanitum, radix aconiti kusnezoffii praeparata), and nutrient ingredients for cell regeneration (safflower, common clubmoss herb, bryozoatum, oyster shell). This combination ensures that the preparation simultaneously provides inflammation relief, pain relief, and tissue repair nutrients.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a multi-functional preparation that performs multiple roles: anti-inflammatory action, analgesic action, and provision of nutrients for cell regeneration and repair. This universal preparation eliminates the need for separate medications for each function, providing comprehensive care in a single application.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Reliability

If oral medication is used for treating bone and joint, muscle pain, then the medication can reach the affected area, but the effect is slow and gastrointestinal side effects are significant

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemedication effectivenessVSAvoidcure time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the therapeutic functions from oral medication and delivers them directly to the affected area through external application. By taking out the active ingredients and applying them topically, the preparation achieves faster local concentrations of anti-inflammatory and analgesic components, eliminating the slow absorption through the gastrointestinal tract while maintaining effective treatment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses the skin and transdermal absorption as an intermediary pathway to deliver medications directly to the affected muscles and joints. This intermediary route bypasses the gastrointestinal tract and systemic circulation, providing faster and more direct therapeutic action at the site of injury while avoiding gastrointestinal side effects.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The preparation effectively reduces inflammation and pain, promotes cell regeneration, and rapidly heals wounds with no adverse reactions, offering a safer and more effective alternative to existing treatments for both pain management and wound care.

Implementation Method 1

extracting active ingredients thereof in a closed temperature-controlled extraction tank, obtaining an extracting solution

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectExtraction: Liquid-Liquid Extraction

Implementation Method 2

distilling the extracting solution under reduced pressure, and obtaining an alcohol-free concentrate

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectDistillation: Distillation

Implementation Method 3

shearing the mixed solution with an ultra-high shear homogenizer at a high speed for 20 minutes, and obtaining the anti-inflammatory, analgesic and fast-healing external traditional Chinese medicine liniment

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHomogenization:

Data Source

PatentEP3369428B1External traditional chinese medicine preparation for diminishing inflammation, relieving pain and promoting fast healing, and preparation method therefor
Publication Date: 2020.01.22 SHANGHAI HOEHER CO LTD

AI summary

The present invention provides an anti-inflammatory, analgesic and fast-healing external traditional Chinese medicine preparation and its preparation method. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation includes following components in parts by weight: 30-80 parts of corydalis tuber, 20-90 parts of maifanitum, 20-50 parts of radix aconiti kusnezoffii praeparata, 10-45 parts of common clubmoss herb, 10-40 parts of clematis root, 10-40 parts of safflower, 5-40 parts of bryozoatum and 5-35 parts of oyster shell. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation has advantages of unique prescription, reasonable ratio, advanced preparation process, high active ingredient content, fast absorption, no irritation of ethanol preparation to the skin, convenient use, direct effect on the lesion location, fast and significant curative effect and no adverse effect on organs of the human body. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation is very effective in treating the pain of bone and joint, muscle and soft tissue, and the affected part can basically achieve a satisfactory degree of recovery after continuous use for a period of time. For the crowd of small superficial wounds, the traditional Chinese medicine preparation according to the present invention has a prominent effect in anti-inflammation, relieving pain and healing wounds.