Huanglian Shangqing Wan () is a blackish-brown pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "remove heat, ease constipation, dispel wind and relieve pain".State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. . It is aromatic, and it tastes bitter. It is used where there is "Wind-heat in the upper part of the body, vertigo and head distension, painful and swollen gums, sores in the mouth or tongue, swollen throat, ear-ache, tinnitus, congestive conjunctivitis, constipation, or dark urine". The binding agent is honey. Each pill weighs about 6 grams.
Chinese classic herbal formula NameChinese (S)GramsRhizoma Coptidis 10 Fructus Gardeniae (processed with ginger) 80 Fructus Forsythiae 80 Fructus Viticis (stir-baked) 80 Radix Saposhnikoviae 40 Spica Schizonepetae 80 Radix Angelicae Dahuricae 80 Radix Scutellariae 80 Flos Chrysanthemi 160 Herba Menthae 40 Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (stir-baked with wine) 320 Cortex Phellodendri (stir-baked with wine) 40 Radix Platycodonis 80 Rhizoma Chuanxiong 40 Gypsum Fibrosum 40 Flos Inulae 20 Radix Glycyrrhizae40
See also Chinese classic herbal formula Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan
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