定坤丹
Chinese
[edit]to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order |
the earth-; female-principle | red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar | ||
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| simp. and trad. (定坤丹) |
定 | 坤 | 丹 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄨㄣ ㄉㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dìngkun dan
- Wade–Giles: ting4-kʻun1 tan1
- Yale: dìng-kwūn dān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqkuen dan
- Palladius: динкунь дань (dinkunʹ danʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiŋ⁵¹ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
[edit]定坤丹
- A blackish-brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine to "nourish qi and blood, regulate menstruation, soothe the depressed liver, as well as to treat dysmenorrhea, abnormal uterine bleeding, morbid leucorrhea, anemia, exhaustion of blood, and various postpartum deficiency syndromes and hectic fever in consumptive diseases". Honey is used as the binding agent.
Some of the ingredients of the Dingkun pill are:
| Name | Chinese (S) |
|---|---|
| Radix Ginseng | 人参 |
| Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum | 鹿茸 |
| Stigma Croci | 红花 |
| Caulis Spatholobi | 鸡血藤 |
| Radix Notoginseng (Panax notoginseng) | 三七 |
| Radix Paeoniae Alba | 白芍 |
| Radix Rehmanniae (steamed) | 生地黄 (蒸) |
| Radix Angelicae Sinensis | 当归 |
| Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae | 白术 |
| Fructus Lycii | 枸杞子 |
| Radix Scutellariae | 黄芩 |
| Rhizoma Cyperi | 香附 |
| Fructus Leonuri | 茺蔚子 |
| Rhizoma Chuanxiong | 川芎 |
| Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum | 鹿角霜 |
| Colla Corii Asini | 阿胶 |
| Rhizoma Corydalis | 延胡索 |
References
[edit]- State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. →ISBN.