Daochi Wan (simplified Chinese: 导赤丸; traditional Chinese: 導赤丸) is a blackish-brown honeyed pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "remove heat, quench fire, relieve dysuria and to relax bowels". It is used in cases where there are "ulcers in the mouth or on the tongue, sore throat, fidgetness and distress in the chest, micturition of small amount of red urine, and constipation due to virulent-internal-heat". [1] It tastes sweet and bitter.
Chinese classic herbal formula
edit| Name | Chinese (S) | Grams |
|---|---|---|
| Fructus Forsythiae | 连翘 | 120 |
| Rhizoma Coptidis | 黄连 | 60 |
| Fructus Gardeniae (stir-baked with ginger) | 栀子 (姜炒) | 120 |
| Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis | 关木通 | 60 |
| Radix Scrophulariae | 玄参 | 120 |
| Radix Trichosanthis | 天花粉 | 120 |
| Radix Paeoniae Rubra | 赤芍 | 60 |
| Radix et Rhizoma Rhei | 大黄 | 60 |
| Radix Scutellariae | 黄芩 | 120 |
| Talcum | 滑石 | 120 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.