牛黄降压丸

      Mandarin

      simpl.
      trad.

      Noun

      牛黄降压丸 (simplified, Pinyin niúhuáng jiàngyā wán, traditional 牛黃降壓丸)

      1. A yellowish-brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to ease the mind, to resolve phelgm, to induce sedation and to reduce high blood pressure in the treatment of hyperactivity of the liver with dizziness and restlessness, exuberant phlegm-fire, and hypertension". Honey is the binding agent.

      Niuhuang Jiangya pills have the following herbal ingredients:

      Name Chinese (S)
      Cornu Saigae Tataricae 羚羊角
      Margarita 珍珠
      Pulvis Cornus Bubali Concentratus 水牛角浓缩粉
      Calculus Bovis 牛黄
      Borneolum Syntheticum 冰片
      Radix Paeoniae Alba 白芍
      Radix Codonopsis 党参
      Radix Astragali 黄芪
      Semen Cassiae 决明子
      Rhizoma Chuanxiong 川芎
      Baicalein (from Radix Scutellariae) 黄芩
      Radix seu Rhizoma Nardostachyos 甘松
      Herba Menthae 薄荷
      Radix Curcumae 郁金

      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