小活络丸

      Mandarin

      simpl.
      trad.

      Noun

      小活络丸 (simplified, Pinyin xiǎohuóluò wán, traditional 小活絡丸)

      1. A blackish-brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to relieve rheumatism and remove obstruction from collaterals and channels, in the treatment of rheumatic or rheumatoid arthritis with joint pain, numbness and muscle contracture".

      Xiaohuoluo pills have the following herbal ingredients:

      Name Chinese (S) Grams
      Arisaema cum Bile 胆星 180
      Radix Aconiti Preparata 制川乌 180
      Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii Preparata 制草乌 180
      Pheretima 地龙 180
      Olibanum (processed) 乳香 (制) 66
      Myrrha (processed) 没药 (制) 66

      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 1 October 2011, at 22:46