更年安片

更年安片

Chinese

		to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more	year	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	a slice; piece; flake a slice; piece; flake; thin; slice; disc; sheet
simp. and trad. (更年安片)		更	年	安	片

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēngniánān piàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥ ㄋㄧㄚˊ ㄋㄢ ㄆㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gēngniánān piàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥ ㄋㄧㄚˊ ㄋㄢ ㄆㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengnianhan piann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gengniánan piàn
    • IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ˥ njä˧˥ nän˥ pʰjɛn˥˩/

Noun

更年安片

1. Sugar-coated tablets with a blackish-grey core that is used in traditional Chinese medicine "to nourish yin and remove heat, to ease the mind and induce tranquilization in the treatment of menopausal syndrome marked by afternoon fever, excessive sweating, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia and unsteady blood pressure".

Gengnian'an tablets have the following ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)
Radix Rehmanniae	生地黄
Rhizoma Alismatis	泽泻
Radix Ophiopogonis	麦冬
Radix Rehmanniae Preparata	熟地黄
Radix Scrophulariae	玄参
Poria	茯苓
Rhizoma Curculiginis	仙茅
Magnetitum	磁石
Cortex Moutan	牡丹皮
Concha Margaritifera	珍珠母
Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis seu Fructus Schisandrae Sphenantherae	五味子
Caulis Polygoni Multiflori	首乌藤
Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata	制何首乌
Fructus Tritici Levis	浮小麦
Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis	钩藤

References

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