Shi Quan Da Bu Wan
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Shi Quan Da Bu Wan, also known as Shiquan Dabu teapills , is a Chinese classic herbal formula
. In Japan
ese kampo
, it is known as "Jūzen-daiho-tō" (十全大補湯 じゅうぜんだいほとう) (it is also known as Kampo #48
). It is commonly made into Chinese patent medicine
. It is composed of two famous formulas which tonify the blood (si wu wan) and the qi (si jun zi wan) plus the addition of huang qi and rou gui.
There are many variations of the formula proportions. Each maker of Chinese patent medicine
changes the proportions of the herbs slightly. The proportions in the Japan
ese kampo
formula are standardized
, however. Some herbs may be changed also. For example, rén shēn
(ginseng root) may be replaced with dǎng shēn
("poor man's ginseng").
The formula was also changed slightly when it was borrowed as a Japanese kampo
formula. Some Chinese
species of herbs were replaced with herbs found in Japan
. For example, bái zhú
(Atractylodes macrocephala) was replaced with cāng zhú
(Atractylodes lancea).
Chinese classic herbal formula
Chinese classic herbal formulas are a form of Chinese herbology, where herbs are combined for greater efficiency, compared to individual herbs. They are the basic herbal formulas that students of Traditional Chinese medicine learn...
. In Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese kampo
Kampo
, alternatively shortened as just , is the Japanese study and adaptation of Traditional Chinese medicine. The basic works of Chinese medicine came to Japan between the 7th and 9th centuries. Since then, the Japanese have created their own unique herbal medical system and diagnosis...
, it is known as "Jūzen-daiho-tō" (十全大補湯 じゅうぜんだいほとう) (it is also known as Kampo #48
Kampo list
Kampō medicine is the Japanese study and adaptation of Traditional Chinese medicine. Today in Japan, Kampo is integrated into the national health care system. In 1967, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved 4 kampo medicines for reimbursement under the National Health Insurance program...
). It is commonly made into Chinese patent medicine
Chinese patent medicine
Chinese patent medicine are herbal medicines in Traditional Chinese medicine. Many kinds of Chinese patent medicines are still sold today.-Description:...
. It is composed of two famous formulas which tonify the blood (si wu wan) and the qi (si jun zi wan) plus the addition of huang qi and rou gui.
Variations
The formula was published in the "Tai Ping Imperical Grace Formulary" (tài píng huì mín hé jì jú fāng, T: 太平惠民和劑局方, S: 太平惠民和剂局方) in 992CE. http://home.comcast.net/~piannone/o-s/ch-innerhist.htmlThere are many variations of the formula proportions. Each maker of Chinese patent medicine
Chinese patent medicine
Chinese patent medicine are herbal medicines in Traditional Chinese medicine. Many kinds of Chinese patent medicines are still sold today.-Description:...
changes the proportions of the herbs slightly. The proportions in the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese kampo
Kampo
, alternatively shortened as just , is the Japanese study and adaptation of Traditional Chinese medicine. The basic works of Chinese medicine came to Japan between the 7th and 9th centuries. Since then, the Japanese have created their own unique herbal medical system and diagnosis...
formula are standardized
Standardization
Standardization is the process of developing and implementing technical standards.The goals of standardization can be to help with independence of single suppliers , compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality....
, however. Some herbs may be changed also. For example, rén shēn
Ginseng
Ginseng is any one of eleven species of slow-growing perennial plants with fleshy roots, belonging to the genus Panax of the family Araliaceae....
(ginseng root) may be replaced with dǎng shēn
Codonopsis pilosula
Codonopsis pilosula , also known as dang shen or poor man's ginseng, is a perennial species of flowering plant native to Northeast Asia and Korea and usually found growing around streambanks and forest openings under the shade of trees....
("poor man's ginseng").
The formula was also changed slightly when it was borrowed as a Japanese kampo
Kampo
, alternatively shortened as just , is the Japanese study and adaptation of Traditional Chinese medicine. The basic works of Chinese medicine came to Japan between the 7th and 9th centuries. Since then, the Japanese have created their own unique herbal medical system and diagnosis...
formula. Some Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
species of herbs were replaced with herbs found in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. For example, bái zhú
Atractylodes
Atractylodes is a genus in the plant family Asteraceae.-Medicinal uses:Some species, including Atractylodes lancea and A. macrocephala , are used in traditional Chinese medicine.-Species:*Atractylodes carlinoides...
(Atractylodes macrocephala) was replaced with cāng zhú
Cāng zhú
Cāng zhú , also known as black atractylodes rhizome or Rhizoma Atractylodes, is a Chinese herbal medicine. It is the dried rhizome of Atractylodes lancea DC., Atractylodes chinensis Koidz, or certain other local species including Atractylodes japonica Koidz. Cāng zhú (苍术 or 蒼术 or 蒼朮), also...
(Atractylodes lancea).
Chinese classic herbal formula
| Name | Common Name Common name A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism... |
Pinyin Pinyin Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into... |
Chinese (T) | Chinese (S) | Katakana Katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora... |
Kanji Kanji Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet... |
Genus species Binomial nomenclature Binomial nomenclature is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astragali Radix Astragalus Astragalus is a large genus of about 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere... |
astragalus root | huáng qí | 黃蓍 | 黄芪 | オウギ | 黄耆 | Astragalus membranaceus |
| Cinnamomi Cortex | Chinese cinnamon bark | ròu guì | 肉桂 | 肉桂 | ケイヒ | 桂皮 | Cinnamomum cassia |
| Rehmanniae Radix Rehmannia Rehmannia is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the order Lamiales, endemic to China.The genus was included in the family Scrophulariaceae or Gesneriaceae in some older classifications. The current placement of the genus is in neither Scrophulariaceae s.s. nor Plantaginaceae s.l.... |
Chinese foxglove root | shú dì huáng | 熟地黃 | 熟地黄 | ジオウ | 地黄 | Rehmannia glutinosa |
| Paeoniae Radix Paeonia lactiflora Paeonia lactiflora, also Chinese Peony , and common garden peony is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae, native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia... |
Chinese peony root | sháo yào | 芍藥 | 芍药 | シャクヤク | 芍薬 | Paeonia lactiflora |
| Ligustici Rhizoma Ligusticum wallichii Ligusticum wallichii is a flowering plant in the carrot family best known for its use in traditional Chinese medicine where it is considered one of the 50 fundamental herbs. It is known by the common names chuānxiōng and Szechuan lovage.... |
ligusticum rhizome | chuān xiōng | 川芎 | 川芎 | センキュウ | 川芎 | Ligusticum wallichii |
| Angelicae Radix Angelica sinensis Angelica sinensis, commonly known as "dong quai" or "female ginseng" is a herb from the family Apiaceae, indigenous to China.-Chinese:... |
Chinese angelica root | dāng guī | 當歸 | 当归 | トウキ | 当帰 | Angelica Sinensis |
| Panacis Ginseng Radix Ginseng Ginseng is any one of eleven species of slow-growing perennial plants with fleshy roots, belonging to the genus Panax of the family Araliaceae.... |
ginseng root | rén shēn | 人參 | 人参 | ニンジン | 人参 | Panax ginseng |
| Poria Wolfiporia extensa Wolfiporia extensa Ginns is a fungus in the Polyporaceae family. It is a wood-decay fungus but has a terrestrial growth habit. It is notable in the development of a large, long-lasting underground sclerotium that resembles a small coconut... |
tuckahoe mushroom | fú líng | 茯苓 | 茯苓 | ブクリョウ | 茯苓 | Poria cocos |
| Atractylodis Rhizoma Atractylodes Atractylodes is a genus in the plant family Asteraceae.-Medicinal uses:Some species, including Atractylodes lancea and A. macrocephala , are used in traditional Chinese medicine.-Species:*Atractylodes carlinoides... |
white atractylodes rhizome | bái zhú | 白朮 | 白术 | ビャクジュツ | 白朮 | Atractylodes macrocephala |
| Glycyrrhizae Radix Glycyrrhiza Glycyrrhiza is a genus of about 18 accepted species in the legume family , with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.... |
Chinese liquorice root | gān cǎo | 甘草 | 甘草 | カンゾウ | 甘草 | Glycyrrhiza uralensis |
Japanese kampo formula
| Name | Common name Common name A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism... |
Pinyin Pinyin Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into... |
Chinese (T) | Chinese (S) | Katakana Katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora... |
Kanji Kanji Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet... |
Genus species Binomial nomenclature Binomial nomenclature is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages... |
Gram Gram The gram is a metric system unit of mass.... s |
% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astragali Radix Astragalus Astragalus is a large genus of about 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere... |
astragalus root | huáng qí | 黃蓍 | 黄芪 | オウギ | 黄耆 | Astragalus membranaceus | 3.0 | 11% |
| Cinnamomi Cortex | Chinese cinnamon bark | ròu guì | 肉桂 | 肉桂 | ケイヒ | 桂皮 | Cinnamomum cassia | 3.0 | 11% |
| Rehmanniae Radix Rehmannia Rehmannia is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the order Lamiales, endemic to China.The genus was included in the family Scrophulariaceae or Gesneriaceae in some older classifications. The current placement of the genus is in neither Scrophulariaceae s.s. nor Plantaginaceae s.l.... |
Chinese foxglove root | shú dì huáng | 熟地黃 | 熟地黄 | ジオウ | 地黄 | Rehmannia glutinosa | 3.0 | 11% |
| Paeoniae Radix Paeonia lactiflora Paeonia lactiflora, also Chinese Peony , and common garden peony is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae, native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia... |
Chinese peony root | sháo yào | 芍藥 | 芍药 | シャクヤク | 芍薬 | Paeonia lactiflora | 3.0 | 11% |
| Cnidii Rhizoma Cnidium Cnidium is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, native to Eurasia, Africa and North America. It has 4 or 5 species.-External links:*... |
cnidium root | chuān xiōng | 川芎 | 川芎 | センキュウ | 川芎 | Cnidium officinale | 3.0 | 11% |
| Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma Cāng zhú Cāng zhú , also known as black atractylodes rhizome or Rhizoma Atractylodes, is a Chinese herbal medicine. It is the dried rhizome of Atractylodes lancea DC., Atractylodes chinensis Koidz, or certain other local species including Atractylodes japonica Koidz. Cāng zhú (苍术 or 蒼术 or 蒼朮), also... |
atractylodes rhizome | cāng zhú | 蒼朮 | 苍术 | ソウジュツ | 蒼朮 | Atractylodes lancea | 3.0 | 11% |
| Angelicae Radix Angelica Angelica is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far North as Iceland and Lapland... |
Chinese angelica root | dāng guī | 當歸 | 当归 | トウキ | 当帰 | Angelica acutiloba | 3.0 | 11% |
| Panacis Ginseng Radix Ginseng Ginseng is any one of eleven species of slow-growing perennial plants with fleshy roots, belonging to the genus Panax of the family Araliaceae.... |
ginseng root | rén shēn | 人參 | 人参 | ニンジン | 人参 | Panax ginseng | 3.0 | 11% |
| Poria Wolfiporia extensa Wolfiporia extensa Ginns is a fungus in the Polyporaceae family. It is a wood-decay fungus but has a terrestrial growth habit. It is notable in the development of a large, long-lasting underground sclerotium that resembles a small coconut... |
tuckahoe mushroom | fú líng | 茯苓 | 茯苓 | ブクリョウ | 茯苓 | Poria cocos | 3.0 | 11% |
| Glycyrrhizae Radix Glycyrrhiza Glycyrrhiza is a genus of about 18 accepted species in the legume family , with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.... |
Chinese liquorice root | gān cǎo | 甘草 | 甘草 | カンゾウ | 甘草 | Glycyrrhiza uralensis | 1.5 | 5% |
See also
- Chinese classic herbal formulaChinese classic herbal formulaChinese classic herbal formulas are a form of Chinese herbology, where herbs are combined for greater efficiency, compared to individual herbs. They are the basic herbal formulas that students of Traditional Chinese medicine learn...
- Chinese patent medicineChinese patent medicineChinese patent medicine are herbal medicines in Traditional Chinese medicine. Many kinds of Chinese patent medicines are still sold today.-Description:...
- Chinese classic herbal formulaChinese classic herbal formulaChinese classic herbal formulas are a form of Chinese herbology, where herbs are combined for greater efficiency, compared to individual herbs. They are the basic herbal formulas that students of Traditional Chinese medicine learn...
- Kampo listKampo listKampō medicine is the Japanese study and adaptation of Traditional Chinese medicine. Today in Japan, Kampo is integrated into the national health care system. In 1967, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved 4 kampo medicines for reimbursement under the National Health Insurance program...
- Kampo herb listKampo herb listKampō medicine is the Japanese study and adaptation of Traditional Chinese medicine. In 1967, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved 4 kampo medicines for reimbursement under the National Health Insurance program. In 1976, 82 kampo medicines were approved by the Ministry...