五虎散

Chinese

		five	tiger	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (五虎散)		五	虎	散
simp. #(五虎散)		五	虎	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔhǔ sǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄙㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔhǔ sǎn [Phonetic: wúhúsǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄙㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔhǔ sǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-hu³ san³
    • Yale: wǔ-hǔ sǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuhuu saan
    • Palladius: уху сань (uxu sanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

五虎散

1. An orange-yellow to dark yellow powder used in traditional Chinese medicine "to activate blood circulation, remove stasis, promote the subsidence of swelling and relieve pain, in the treatment of traumatic injuries with ecchymosis, swelling and pain".

Wuhu powder has the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Radix Angelicae Sinensis	当归	350
Flos Carthami	红花	350
Radix Saposhnikoviae	防风	350
Rhizoma Arisaematis (processed)	天南星 (制)	350
Radix Angelicae Dahuricae	白芷	240

References

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