避瘟散

Chinese

		avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide	epidemic; pestilence; plague	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (避瘟散)		避	瘟	散
simp. #(避瘟散)		避	瘟	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìwēn sǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄣ ㄙㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìwēn sǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄣ ㄙㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìwun sǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-wên¹ san³
    • Yale: bì-wēn sǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihuen saan
    • Palladius: бивэнь сань (bivɛnʹ sanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ wən⁵⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

避瘟散

1. A vermilion powder to be inhaled, as used in traditional Chinese medicine to "expel summer heat and evil factors, to promote resuscitation, to alleviate pain when indicated by symptoms of dizziness, headache, stuffed nose, nausea and vomiting caused by summer heat, carsickness, or seasickness.".

Biwen powder contains the following ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Lignum Santali Albi	檀香	156
Herba Lysimachiae Foenum-graeci	灵香草	18
Radix Angelicae Dahuricae	白芷	42
Herba Eragrostis	露水草	180
Rhizoma Curcumae Longae	姜黄	18
Flos Rosae Rugosae	玫瑰花	42
Radix seu Rhizoma Nardostachyos	甘松	18
Flos Caryophylli	丁香	42
Radix Aucklandiae	木香	36
Moschus	麝香	1.4
Borneolum Syntheticum	冰片	138
Cinnabaris	硃砂	662
Mentholum	薄荷脑	138

References

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