五味沙棘散

Chinese

		the five flavours; all sorts of flavours		adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (五味沙棘散)		五味	沙棘	散
simp. #(五味沙棘散)		五味	沙棘	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔwèi shājí sǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧˊ ㄙㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔwèi shājí sǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧˊ ㄙㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔwèi shají sǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-wei⁴ sha¹-chi² san³
    • Yale: wǔ-wèi shā-jí sǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuwey shajyi saan
    • Palladius: увэй шацзи сань (uvɛj šaczi sanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

五味沙棘散

1. A dark brown powder used in traditional Mongolian medicine "to remove heat, to promote expectoration, and to relieve cough and asthma, in the treatment of heat in the lungs with chronic cough, dyspnea, profuse sputum, a feeling of stuffiness and pain in the chest and costal regions, and chronic bronchitis".

Wuwei Shaji powder has the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Fructi Hippophae	沙棘	180
Radix Aucklandiae	木香	150
Fructus Vitis Viniferae	白葡萄干	120
Radix Glycyrrhizae	甘草	90
Fructus Gardeniae	栀子	60

References

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