二冬膏

二冬膏

Chinese

		two	winter	ointment; paste
simp. and trad. (二冬膏)		二	冬	膏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrdōng gāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄍㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: èrdōng gāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄍㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: elldong gau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrdong gao
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ˥˩ tʊŋ˥ kɑʊ̯˥/

Noun

二冬膏

1. A brownish-yellow viscous semifluid concentrated herbal decoction used in traditional Chinese medicine to "nourish yin of the lung when there is dry cough with scanty expectoration, bloody sputum, dry nose and sore throat due to deficiency of lung-yin".

Erdong concentrated decoction is composed of the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Radix Asparagi	天冬	500
Radix Ophiopogonis	麦冬	500

References

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