八味沉香散

八味沉香散

Chinese

		eight	taste	agarwood; agilawood	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
simp. and trad. (八味沉香散)		八	味	沉香	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāwèi chénxiāng sǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bāwèi chénxiāng sǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawey chernshiang saan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bawèi chénsiang sǎn
    • IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

八味沉香散

1. A yellowish brown powder used in traditional Tibetan medicine to "remove heat from the heart, to treat angina pectoris and coronary heart disease, to calm the mind, and to induce resuscitation when there is impairment of consciousness and delirium due to febrile diseases".

The herbal formulation of Bawei Chenxiang powder is:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum	沉香	200
Semen Myristicae	肉豆蔻	100
Fructus Choerospondiatis	广枣	100
Calx Pulveratum	石灰粉	100
Olibanum	乳香	100
Radix Aucklandiae	木香	100
Fructus Chebulae (stewed)	诃子 (熬)	100
Flos Gossampini	木棉花	100

References

• State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7117069821.