三妙丸

Chinese

		three	clever; wonderful	pill
trad. (三妙丸)		三	妙	丸
simp. #(三妙丸)		三	妙	丸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānmiào wán

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānmiào wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanmiào wán
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-miao⁴ wan²
    • Yale: sān-myàu wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanmiaw wan
    • Palladius: саньмяо вань (sanʹmjao vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ wän³⁵/

Noun

三妙丸

1. A greyish-yellow pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to remove damp-heat in the treatment of damp-heat in the lower part of the body marked by redness, swelling, hotness and pain in the legs and knees accompanied by a sensation of heaviness in the lower extremities and oliguria with deep-coloured urine".

Sanmiao pills have the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Rhizoma Atractylodis (stir-baked)	苍术 (炒)	600
Cortex Phellodendri (stir-baked)	黄柏 (炒)	400
Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae	牛膝	200

References

• State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People’s Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. →ISBN.