痧藥

痧藥

See also: 痧药

Chinese

		cholera	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (痧藥)		痧	藥
simp. (痧药)		痧	药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄧㄠˋ

• Min Nan (POJ): soa-io̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shāyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shayaw
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-io̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sua-io̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soa'ioih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² ioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sua³³ ioʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² ioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ ioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ iɤʔ⁴/

Noun

痧藥

1. A vermilion pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to dispel summer-heat, to counteract toxicity, to prevent the attack of evil factors and to promote the restoration of normal consciousness in the treatment of sudden attacks of restlessness and impairment of consciousness, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and trismus".

Shayao pills have the following ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Flos Caryophylli	丁香	21
Rhizoma Atractylodis	苍术	110
Rhizoma Gastrodiae	天麻	126
Herba Ephedrae	麻黄	126
Radix et Rhizoma Rhei	大黄	210
Radix Glycyrrhizae	甘草	84
Borneolum Syntheticum	冰片	0.5
Moschus	麝香	10.5
Venenum Bufonis (processed)	蟾酥 (制)	63
Realgar	雄黄	126
Cinnabaris	硃砂	126

References

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