降糖丸

      Mandarin

      simpl. and trad.

      Noun

      降糖丸 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin jiàngtáng wán)

      1. A black lustrous pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to nourish qi and yin, to promote the production of body fluids and quench thirst, in the treatment of diabetes".

      Jiangtang pills have the following herbal ingredients:

      Name Chinese (S)
      Radix Ginseng Rubra 红参
      Radix Astragali 黄芪
      Rhizoma Polygonati 黄精
      Poria 茯苓
      Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae 白术
      Radix Puerariae 葛根
      Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis seu Fructus Schisandrae Sphenantherae 五味子
      Rhizoma Coptidis 黄连
      Radix et Rhizoma Rhei 大黄
      Radix Glycyrrhizae 甘草

      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 6 October 2009, at 09:01