五味麝香丸

Chinese

		the five flavours; all sorts of flavours	musk	pill
trad. (五味麝香丸)		五味	麝香	丸
simp. #(五味麝香丸)		五味	麝香	丸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔwèi shèxiāng wán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔwèi shèxiāng wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔwèi shèsiang wán
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-wei⁴ shê⁴-hsiang¹ wan²
    • Yale: wǔ-wèi shè-syāng wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuwey shehshiang wan
    • Palladius: увэй шэсян вань (uvɛj šɛsjan vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ wän³⁵/

Noun

五味麝香丸

1. A brown pill used in traditional Tibetan medicine "to counteract inflammation, alleviate pain and relieve rheumatic condition, in the treatment of tonsillitis, pharyngitis, influenza, anthrax, rheumatic arthritis, neuralgia, gastralgia and toothache".

Wuwei Shexiang pills have the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Moschus	麝香	10
Fructus Chebulae (cored)	诃子 (去核)	300
Radix Aconiti Balfourii	黑草乌	300
Radix Aucklandiae	木香	100
Rhizoma Acori Calami	白菖	60

References

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