戊己丸

Chinese

		5th heavenly stem	6th heavenly stem; self	pill
trad. (戊己丸)		戊	己	丸
simp. #(戊己丸)		戊	己	丸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùjǐ wán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùjǐ wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùjǐ wán
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-chi³ wan²
    • Yale: wù-jǐ wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhjii wan
    • Palladius: уцзи вань (uczi vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän³⁵/

Noun

戊己丸

1. A brownish-yellow pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to quench fire of the liver and regulate the function of the spleen and the stomach, in the treatment of disharmony of the liver and stomach marked by bitterness in the mouth, distress in the stomach, vomiting, acid regurgitation, abdominal pain and diarrhea".

Wuji pills have the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Rhizoma Coptidis	黄连	300
Fructus Evodiae (processed)	吴茱萸 (制)	50
Radix Paeoniae Alba (stir-baked)	白芍 (炒)	300

References

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