Daochi Wan () 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".State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. . It tastes sweet and bitter.
Chinese classic herbal formula NameChinese (S)GramsFructus 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 Chinese classic herbal formula Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan
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