牛黄上清丸

      Mandarin

      simpl. 牛黄上清丸
      trad. 牛黃上清丸

      Noun

      牛黄上清丸 (simplified, Pinyin niúhuáng shàngqīng wán, traditional 牛黃上清丸)

      1. A reddish-brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to remove heat, quench fire, dispel wind and alleviate pain in the treatment of headache and dizziness with blood-shot eyes, tinnitus, sore throat, ulcers in the mouth or on the tongue, painful swelling of the gums and constipation".

      Niuhuang Shangqing pills have the following herbal ingredients:

      Name Chinese (S) Grams
      Calculus Bovis 牛黄 2
      Herba Menthae 薄荷 30
      Flos Chrysanthemi 菊花 40
      Spica Schizonepetae 荆芥穗 16
      Radix Angelicae Dahuricae 白芷 16
      Rhizoma Chuanxiong 川芎 16
      Fructus Gardeniae 栀子 50
      Rhizoma Coptidis 黄连 16
      Cortex Phellodendri 黄柏 10
      Radix Scutellariae 黄芩 50
      Radix et Rhizoma Rhei 大黄 80
      Fructus Forsythiae 连翘 50
      Radix Paeoniae Rubra 赤芍 16
      Radix Angelicae Sinensis 当归 50
      Radix Rehmanniae 生地黄 64
      Radix Platycodonis 桔梗 16
      Radix Glycyrrhizae 甘草 10
      Gypsum Fibrosum 石膏 80
      Borneolum Syntheticum 冰片 10

      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 22:14