木瓜丸

Chinese

		Chinese quince or plants in the genus	pill
trad. (木瓜丸)		木瓜	丸
simp. #(木瓜丸)		木瓜	丸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùguāwán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ gwaa¹ jyun^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùguāwán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùguawán
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-kua¹-wan²
    • Yale: mù-gwā-wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhguawan
    • Palladius: мугуавань (muguavanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ wän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ gwaa¹ jyun^4-2
    • Yale: muhk gwā yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ gwaa¹ jyn^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ gua¹ yun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² kʷaː⁵⁵ jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

木瓜丸

1. A sugar-coated pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to dispel wind-cold, remove obstruction from collateral channels and relieve pain in the treatment of rheumatic or rheumatoid arthritis with numbness of the limbs, general aching, limpness of the loins and knees and difficulty in walking".

References

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