二十五味珍珠丸

Chinese

		twenty-five; 25	taste	pearl; tapioca pearl	pill
trad. (二十五味珍珠丸)		二十五	味	珍珠	丸
simp. #(二十五味珍珠丸)		二十五	味	珍珠	丸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrshíwǔwèi zhēnzhū wán

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨ ㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrshíwǔwèi zhēnzhū wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrshíhwǔwèi jhenjhu wán
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-shih²-wu³-wei⁴ chên¹-chu¹ wan²
    • Yale: èr-shŕ-wǔ-wèi jēn-jū wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshyrwuuwey jenju wan
    • Palladius: эршиувэй чжэньчжу вань (eršiuvɛj čžɛnʹčžu vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ wän³⁵/

Noun

二十五味珍珠丸

1. A bitter and pungent pill used in traditional Tibetan medicine to "induce sedation, promote the restoration of consciousness, when there is apoplexy, hemiplegia, distortion of the face, coma, confusion, delirium, or mania".

Some of the ingredients in Ershiwuwei Zhenzhu pills are:

Name	Chinese (S)
Margarita	珍珠
Semen Myristicae	肉豆蔻
Calx Pulveratum	石灰粉
Fructus Tsaoko	草果
Flos Caryophylli	丁香
Stigma Croci	红花
Calculus Bovis	牛黄
Moschus	麝香

References

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