二至丸

Chinese

		two	arrive; most; to arrive; most; to; until	pill
trad. (二至丸)		二	至	丸
simp. ^#(二至丸)		二	至	丸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èrzhì wán

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄓˋ ㄨㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èrzhì wán
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄓˋ ㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èrjhìh wán
  - Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-chih⁴ wan²
  - Yale: èr-jr̀ wán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: elljyh wan
  - Palladius: эрчжи вань (erčži vanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ wän³⁵/

Noun

二至丸

A blackish-brown pill used in traditional Chinese medicine to "replenish yin of the liver and the kidney and arrest bleeding, when there is

deficiency of yin of the liver and the kidney marked by dizziness, tinnitus, dryness of the throat and nose, aching of the loins and knees, and excessive menstrual discharge".

Erzhi pills have the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Fructus Ligustri Lucidi (steamed)	女贞子 (蒸)	500
Herba Ecliptae	旱莲草	500

References

State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. →ISBN.

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