黛蛤散

Chinese

		umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow	clam	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (黛蛤散)		黛	蛤	散
simp. #(黛蛤散)		黛	蛤	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàigé sǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄙㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàigé sǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄙㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàigé sǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴-ko² san³
    • Yale: dài-gé sǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dayger saan
    • Palladius: дайгэ сань (dajgɛ sanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ kɤ³⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

黛蛤散

1. A greyish-blue powder used in traditional Chinese medicine to "cool the liver and lung, keep the adverse qi downwards, ease the mind when there is heat of liver and lung, dizziness, tinnitus, cough, epistaxis, haemoptysis, lung abscess, obstruction of pharynx and diaphragm, thirst, and dysphoria".

Daige powder contain the following ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Indigo Naturalis	青黛	30
Concha Meretricis seu Cyclinae	海蛤壳	300

References

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