阿魏化痞膏

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	surname; name of a dynasty	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	scoundrel; swelling of the liver	ointment; paste
trad. (阿魏化痞膏)		阿	魏	化	痞	膏
simp. #(阿魏化痞膏)		阿	魏	化	痞	膏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āwèi huàpǐ gāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄆㄧˇ ㄍㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āwèi huàpǐ gāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄆㄧˇ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: awèi huàpǐ gao
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-wei⁴ hua⁴-pʻi³ kao¹
    • Yale: ā-wèi hwà-pǐ gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: awey huahpii gau
    • Palladius: авэй хуапи гао (avɛj xuapi gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

阿魏化痞膏

1. A black plaster spread on cloth, used in traditional Chinese medicine to "treat abdominal masses due to stagnation of qi and congealed blood that is accompanied by epigastric and abdominal pain, and a feeling of fullness and distension in the chest and hypochondriac regions". It is traditionally plastered on the "umbilicus or the afflicted area after being softened by heating".

The formulation of the plaster is:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Rhizoma Cyperi	香附	20
Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis	厚朴	20
Rhizoma Sparganii	三棱	20
Rhizoma Curcumae	莪术	20
Radix Angelicae Sinensis	当归	20
Radix Aconiti Preparata	制川乌	20
Radix Aconitii (not prepared)	生川乌	20
Bulbus Allii	大蒜	20
Fructus Quisqualis	使君子	20
Radix Angelicae Dahuricae	白芷	20
Squama Manis	穿山甲	20
Semen Momordicae	木鳖子	20
Catharsius	蜣螂	20
Rhizoma Picrorhizae	胡黄连	20
Radix et Rhizoma Rhei	大黄	20
Semen Ricini	蓖麻子	20
Olibanum	乳香	3
Myrrha (Commiphora myrrha)	没药	3
Aloe	芦荟	3
Resina Draconis	血竭	3
Realgar	雄黄	15
Cortex Cinnamomi	桂皮	15
Camphora	樟脑	15
Resina Ferulae	阿魏	20

References

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