疏风定痛丸

      Mandarin

      simpl.
      trad.

      Noun

      疏风定痛丸 (simplified, Pinyin shūfēng dìngtòng wán, traditional 疏風定痛丸)

      1. A greyish-black pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to dispel wind and cold, to activate blood circulation, and to relieve pain in the treatment of rheumarthritis, discomfort in muscle and tendon, numbness of extremities, aching at loins and legs, traumatic injuries, and pain due to blood stasis".

      Shufeng Dingtong pills have the following herbal ingredients:

      Name Chinese (S) Grams
      Semen Strychni (processed) 马钱子 (制) 100
      Herba Ephedrae 麻黄 300
      Olibanum (processed with vinegar) 乳香 (醋制) 100
      Myrrha (processed with vinegar) 没药 (醋制) 100
      Rhizoma Homalomenae 千年健 30
      Pyritum (calcined) 自然铜 (煅) 30
      Cortex Illicii 地楓皮 30
      Ramulus Cinnamoni 桂枝 30
      Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae 牛膝 30
      Fructus Chaenomelis 木瓜 30
      Radix Glycyrrhizae 甘草 30
      Cortex Eucommiae (processed with salt) 杜仲 (盐炙) 30
      Radix Saposhnikoviae 防风 30
      Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii 羌活 30
      Radix Angelicae Pubescentis 独活 30

      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 22:33