礞石滚痰丸

      Mandarin

      simpl.
      trad.

      Noun

      礞石滚痰丸 (simplified, Pinyin méngshí gǔntán wán, traditional 礞石滾痰丸)

      1. A brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to remove phlegm-fire in the treatment of syndromes of phlegm-fire marked by mania or by cough, dyspnea, expectoration of sticky phlegm and constipation".

      Mengshi Guntan pills have the following herbal ingredients:

      Name Chinese (S) Grams
      Lapis Micae Aureus (calcined) 金礞石 (煅) 40
      Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum 沉香 20
      Radix Scutellariae 黄芩 320
      Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (steamed) 大黄 (蒸) 320

      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 22:12