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Noun

五味麝香丸

1. A brown pill used in traditional Tibetan medicine "to counteract inflammation, alleviate pain and relieve rheumatic condition, in the treatment of tonsillitis, pharyngitis, influenza, anthrax, rheumatic arthritis, neuralgia, gastralgia and toothache". Caution is typically advised as the pills are toxic if taken in large quantities.

Wuwei Shexiang pills have the following herbal ingredients:

References

• State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People’s Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7117069821.