降糖丸

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	sugar; sweets; candy	pill
trad. (降糖丸)		降	糖	丸
simp. #(降糖丸)		降	糖	丸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngtáng wán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngtáng wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngtáng wán
    • Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-tʻang² wan²
    • Yale: jyàng-táng wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqtarng wan
    • Palladius: цзянтан вань (czjantan vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵ wän³⁵/

Noun

降糖丸

1. A black lustrous pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to nourish qi and yin, to promote the production of body fluids and quench thirst, in the treatment of diabetes".

Jiangtang pills have the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)
Radix Ginseng Rubra	红参
Radix Astragali	黄芪
Rhizoma Polygonati	黄精
Poria	茯苓
Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae	白术
Radix Puerariae	葛根
Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis seu Fructus Schisandrae Sphenantherae	五味子
Rhizoma Coptidis	黄连
Radix et Rhizoma Rhei	大黄
Radix Glycyrrhizae	甘草

References

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