保赤散

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (保赤散)		保	赤	散
simp. #(保赤散)		保	赤	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎochì sǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄔˋ ㄙㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎochì sǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄔˋ ㄙㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎochìh sǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-chʻih⁴ san³
    • Yale: bǎu-chr̀ sǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baochyh saan
    • Palladius: баочи сань (baoči sanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

保赤散

1. A herbal pill used in traditional Chinese medicine to "promote digestion, remove retained food, relieve abdominal distension, eliminate phlegm and induce sedation".

The formulation of the pill is:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Massa Medicata Fermentata (stir-baked)	神曲 (炒)	250
Semen Crotonis Pulveratum	巴豆霜	150
Rhizoma Arisaematis (processed)	天南星 (制)	400
Cinnabaris	硃砂	250

References

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