十香止痛丸

      Mandarin

      simpl. and trad.

      Noun

      十香止痛丸 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shíxiāng zhǐtòng wán)

      1. A dark brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to regulate the flow of qi and alliviate mental depression, to dispel cold and relieve pain in the treatment of stagnation of qi and cold in the stomach, distension over the hypochondrium, a stabbing pain in stomach or abdomen".

      The ingredients of Shixiang Zhitong pills include:

      Name Chinese (S) Grams
      Rhizoma Cyperi (stir-baked with vinegar) 香附 (醋炒) 160
      Radix Linderae 乌药 80
      Lignum Santali Albi 檀香 40
      Rhizoma Corydalis (stir-baked with vinegar) 延胡索 (醋炒) 80
      Fructus Citri 香橼 80
      Pollen Typhae 蒲黄 40
      Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum 沉香 10
      Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (stir-baked with ginger juice) 厚朴(姜汁炒) 80
      Herba Lysimachiae Foenum-graeci 灵香草 80
      Lignum Dalbergiae Odoriferae 降香 40
      Flos Caryophylli 丁香 10
      Faeces Trogopterori (stir-baked with vinegar) 五灵脂 (醋炒) 80
      Radix Aucklandiae 木香 40
      Fructus Amomi 砂仁 10
      Myrrha (stir-baked with vinegar) 没药 (醋炒) 40
      Radix et Rhizoma Rhei 大黄 80
      Rhizoma et Radix Anisochili 排草 10
      Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum 高良姜 6

      References

      • State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People’s Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7117069821.
      Last modified on 24 November 2009, at 04:19