八味沉香散

Chinese

		eight	taste		adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (八味沉香散)		八	味	沉香	散
simp. #(八味沉香散)		八	味	沉香	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāwèi chénxiāng sǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāwèi chénxiāng sǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bawèi chénsiang sǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-wei⁴ chʻên²-hsiang¹ san³
    • Yale: bā-wèi chén-syāng sǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawey chernshiang saan
    • Palladius: бавэй чэньсян сань (bavɛj čɛnʹsjan sanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

八味沉香散

1. A yellowish brown powder used in traditional Tibetan medicine to "remove heat from the heart, to treat angina pectoris and coronary heart disease, to calm the mind, and to induce resuscitation when there is impairment of consciousness and delirium due to febrile diseases".

The herbal formulation of Bawei Chenxiang powder is:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum	沉香	200
Semen Myristicae	肉豆蔻	100
Fructus Choerospondiatis	广枣	100
Calx Pulveratum	石灰粉	100
Olibanum	乳香	100
Radix Aucklandiae	木香	100
Fructus Chebulae (stewed)	诃子 (熬)	100
Flos Gossampini	木棉花	100

References

• State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. →ISBN.