香附丸

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	to add; to attach; to be close to to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached	pill
trad. (香附丸)		香	附	丸
simp. #(香附丸)		香	附	丸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngfù wán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngfù wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangfù wán
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-fu⁴ wan²
    • Yale: syāng-fù wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangfuh wan
    • Palladius: сянфу вань (sjanfu vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ wän³⁵/

Noun

香附丸

1. A dark yellow to dark brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to regulate the flow of qi and nourish blood, in the treatment of stagnation of qi and deficiency of blood marked by a sensation of stuffiness in the chest, costal pain, abdominal pain during menstrual periods and menstrual disorders".

Xiangfu pills have the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Rhizoma Cyperi (processed with vinegar)	香附 (醋制)	300
Radix Angelicae Sinensis	当归	200
Rhizoma Chuanxiong	川芎	50
Radix Paeoniae Alba (stir-baked)	白芍 (炒)	100
Radix Rehmanniae Preparata	熟地黄	100
Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (stir-baked)	白术 (炒)	100
Fructus Amomi	砂仁	25
Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae	陈皮	50
Radix Scutellariae	黄芩	50

References

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