Guipi Wan
Guipi Wan (simplified Chinese: 归脾丸; traditional Chinese: 歸脾丸) is a brown honeyed pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "invigorate the spleen function, nourish blood and cause sedation". It has a slight odor, and tastes sweet, and then slightly bitter and pungent. It is used where there is "deficiency syndrome of both the heart and the spleen marked by shortness of breath, cardiac palpitation, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, dizziness, lassitude, anorexia, excessive menstrual discharge or hematochezia".[1]
Chinese classic herbal formula of Guipi Wan[edit]
| Name | Chinese (S) | Grams |
|---|---|---|
| Radix Codonopsis | 党参 | 80 |
| Rhizoma-Atractylodis Macrocephalae (stir-baked) | 白术(炒) | 160 |
| Radix Astragali Preparata | 炙黄芪 | 80 |
| Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata | 炙甘草 | 40 |
| Poria | 茯苓 | 160 |
| Radix Polygalae (processed) | 远志(制) | 160 |
| Semen Ziziphi Spinosae (stir-baked) | 酸枣仁(炒) | 80 |
| Arillus Longan | 龙眼肉 | 160 |
| Radix Angelicae Sinensis | 当归 | 160 |
| Radix Aucklandiae | 木香 | 40 |
| Fructus Jujubae (cored) | 大枣 | 40 |
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References[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.