肥儿丸

      Mandarin

      simpl. 肥儿丸
      trad. 肥兒丸

      Noun

      肥儿丸 (simplified, Pinyin féiér wán, traditional 肥兒丸)

      1. A blackish-brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine to "invigorate the function of the stomach, remove the retention of undigested food and expel intestinal worms, in cases of infantile dyspepsia, intestinal parasitosis with abdominal pain, sallow complexion, emaciation, anorexia, abdominal distension and diarrhea". Honey is used as the binding agent.

      Fei'er pills contain the following ingredients:

      Name Chinese (S) Grams
      Semen Myristicae (simmered) 肉豆蔻 50
      Radix Aucklandiae 木香 20
      Massa Medicata Fermentata (stir-baked) 神曲 (炒) 100
      Fructus Hordei Germinatus (stir-baked) 麦芽 (炒) 50
      Rhizoma Picrorhizae 胡黄连 100
      Semen Arecae 槟榔 50
      Semen Quisqualis 使君子仁 100

      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 22:05