三子散

Chinese

		three	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (三子散)		三	子	散
simp. #(三子散)		三	子	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānzǐ sǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄗˇ ㄙㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānzǐ sǎn [Phonetic: sānzísǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄗˇ ㄙㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanzǐh sǎn
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-tzŭ³ san³
    • Yale: sān-dž sǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: santzyy saan
    • Palladius: саньцзы сань (sanʹczy sanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

三子散

1. A yellow powder used in traditional Mongolian medicine "to reduce heat in the blood and to counteract toxicity in the treatment of fever in epidemic diseases or heat in blood, either acute or chronic".

Sanzi powder has the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Fructus Chebulae	诃子	200
Fructus Toosendan	川楝子	200
Fructus Gardeniae	栀子	200

References

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