黄连羊肝丸

      Mandarin

      simpl.
      trad.

      Noun

      黄连羊肝丸 (simplified, Pinyin huánglián yánggān wán, traditional 黃連羊肝丸)

      1. A blackish-brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to quench fire in the liver and improve eyesight in the treatment of inflammation of the eye with blurred vision, photophobia, lacrimination and pterygium due to exuberant fire in the liver".

      Huanglian Yanggan pills have the following ingredients:

      Name Chinese (S) Grams
      Rhizoma Coptidis 黄连 20
      Rhizoma Picrorhizae 胡黄连 40
      Radix Scutellariae 黄芩 40
      Cortex Phellodendri 黄柏 20
      Radix Gentianae 龙胆草 20
      Radix Bupleuri 柴胡 40
      Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride (processed with vinegar) 青皮 (醋制) 40
      Herba Equiseti Hiemalis 木贼 40
      Flos Buddlejae 密蒙花 40
      Fructus Leonuri 茺蔚子 40
      Semen Cassiae (stir-baked) 决明子 (炒) 40
      Concha Haliotidis (calcined) 石决明 (煅 ) 40
      Faeces Vespertilionis 夜明砂 40
      Hepar Caprae seu Ovis Recens 羊肝 160

      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 22:09