八味檀香散

Chinese

		eight	taste		adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (八味檀香散)		八	味	檀香	散
simp. #(八味檀香散)		八	味	檀香	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāwèi tánxiāng sǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāwèi tánxiāng sǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bawèi tánsiang sǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-wei⁴ tʻan²-hsiang¹ san³
    • Yale: bā-wèi tán-syāng sǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawey tarnshiang saan
    • Palladius: бавэй таньсян сань (bavɛj tanʹsjan sanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹ tʰän³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

八味檀香散

1. A pale brownish-yellow powder used in traditional Mongolian medicine to "remove heat from the lungs, relieve cough and promote expectoration".

The herbal formulation of Bawei Tanxiang powder is:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Lignum Santali Albi	檀香	200
Gypsum Fibrosum	石膏	100
Flos Carthami	红花	100
Radix Glycyrrhizae	甘草	100
Flos Caryophylli	丁香	100
Radix Glehniae	北沙参	100
Rhizoma Polygoni Bistortae	拳参	100
Fructus Vitis Viniferae	白葡萄干	100

References

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