舒肝丸

Chinese

		relax; stretch; slow	liver	pill
trad. (舒肝丸)		舒	肝	丸
simp. #(舒肝丸)		舒	肝	丸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūgān wán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄍㄢ ㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūgān wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄍㄢ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shugan wán
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-kan¹ wan²
    • Yale: shū-gān wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shugan wan
    • Palladius: шугань вань (šuganʹ vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵ wän³⁵/

Noun

舒肝丸

1. A brownish-red pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to remove the stagnation of the liver qi, regulate the stomach function and relieve pain in the treatment of fullness and distension in the chest and hypochondriac regions, epigastric pain and distress, vomiting, belching and acid regurgitation".

Shugan pills have the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Fructus Toosendan (Melia toosendan ⇒ Melia azederach)	川楝子	150
Rhizoma Corydalis (processed with vinegar)	延胡索 (醋制)	100
Radix Paeoniae Alba (stir-baked with wine)	白芍 (酒炒)	120
Rhizoma Wenyujin Concisum (Curcuma wenyujin)	片姜黄	100
Radix Aucklandiae	木香	80
Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum	沉香	100
Fructus Amomi Rotundus	白豆蔻	60
Fructus Amomi	砂仁	80
Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (processed)	厚朴 (姜炙)	60
Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae	陈皮	80
Fructus Aurantii (stir-baked)	枳壳 (炒)	100
Poria, (now Perenniporia)	茯苓	100
Cinnabaris	硃砂	27

References

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