Objective: To analysis the prescriptions and medication characteristics of ‘Waike Zhenquan'. Method: List all the prescriptions of ‘Waike Zhenquan' and establish a database

analysis the preparation formulation

drug property and numbers of taste. Result:‘Waike Zhenquan' contains 352 prescriptions including 224 oral side and 128 external side. The majority of oral prescriptions are decoction

powders and pills

while the external are powders

oils and ointments. It contains 343 kinds of drugs

including 149 kinds of cold medicine

124 kinds of warm medicine

58 kinds of flat medicine

and 12 drugs are unknown. The cold herbs were used 715 times

the warm ones were used 1 058 times

and the flat were used 432 times. There are 33 kinds of toxic drugs

44 kinds of animal drugs

20 kinds of channel ushering drugs and 12 kinds of medicinal usher. The prescriptions composed by 4-8 drugs account for 40.63%. Conclusion:‘Waike Zhenquan' is one of the ‘Quansheng Sect' book. Its medication characteristics are common use of toxic

animal and channel ushering drugs.