五子衍宗丸

Chinese

		five	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	to spread out; to develop; to overflow to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify	school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family	pill
trad. (五子衍宗丸)		五	子	衍	宗	丸
simp. #(五子衍宗丸)		五	子	衍	宗	丸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔzǐ yǎnzōng wán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄗˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄨㄥ ㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔzǐ yǎnzōng wán [Phonetic: wúzíyǎnzōngwán]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄗˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄨㄥ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔzǐh yǎnzong wán
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-tzŭ³ yen³-tsung¹ wan²
    • Yale: wǔ-dž yǎn-dzūng wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuutzyy yeantzong wan
    • Palladius: уцзы яньцзун вань (uczy janʹczun vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ wän³⁵/

Noun

五子衍宗丸

1. A deep brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to replenish the kidney with vital essence in the treatment of deficiency syndrome of the kidney marked by backache, dribbling of urine after micturition, seminal emission, premature ejaculation, impotence and sterility".

Wuzi Yanzong pills have the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Fructus Lycii	枸杞子	400
Semen Cuscutae (stir-baked)	大豆菟丝子 (炒)	400
Fructus Rubi	覆盆子	200
Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis seu Fructus Schisandrae Sphenantherae (steamed)	五味子 (蒸)	50
Semen Plantaginis (stir-baked with salt)	车前子 (盐炙)	100

References

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