Chinese

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musk
to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee
to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
 
heart; mind pill
trad. (麝香保心丸) 麝香
simp. #(麝香保心丸) 麝香

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Noun

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麝香保心丸

  1. A blackish-brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to remove obstruction in the blood vessels by means of aromatics, to replenish qi, and to strengthen the heart in the treatment of angina pectoris and sensations of suffocation in the chest due to myocardial ischemia, and myocardial infarction".

References

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