防风通圣丸

      Mandarin

      simpl. 防风通圣丸
      trad. 防風通聖丸

      Noun

      防风通圣丸 (simplified, Pinyin fángfēng tōngshèng wán, traditional 防風通聖丸)

      1. A white to greyish-white pill used in traditional Chinese medicine to "induce diaphoresis and laxation, remove heat and counteract toxicity, marked by chills, high fever, headache, dryness of the throat, discharge of small amount of dark urine and constipation; lymphadenitits at the early stage; urticaria and skin lesions with exudation".

      Fangfeng Tongsheng pills contain the following ingredients:

      Name Chinese (S) Grams
      Radix Saposhnikoviae 防风 50
      Spica Schizonepetae 荆芥穗 25
      Herba Menthae 薄荷 50
      Herba Ephedrae 麻黄 50
      Radix et Rhizoma Rhei 大黄 50
      Natrii Sulfas 芒硝 50
      Fructus Gardeniae 栀子 25
      Talcum 滑石 300
      Radix Platycodonis 桔梗 100
      Gypsum Fibrosum 石膏 100
      Rhizoma Chuanxiong 川芎 50
      Radix Angelicae Sinensis 当归 50
      Radix Paeoniae Alba 白芍 50
      Radix Scutellariae 黄芩 100
      Fructus Forsythiae 连翘 50
      Radix Glycyrrhizae 甘草 200
      Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (stir-baked) 白术 (炒) 25

      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