木瓜丸

Chinese

		papaya; or plants in the genus Chaenomeles	pill
simp. and trad. (木瓜丸)		木瓜	丸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùguāwán

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄚㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ gwaa¹ jyun^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mùguāwán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄚㄨㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhguawan
  - IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ku̯a̠⁵⁵ u̯a̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ gwaa¹ jyun^4-2
  - Yale: muhk gwā yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ gwaa¹ jyn^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ gua¹ yun²
  - IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² kʷɑː⁵⁵ jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

木瓜丸

A sugar-coated pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to dispel wind-cold, remove obstruction from collateral channels and relieve pain in the treatment of rheumatic or rheumatoid arthritis with numbness of the limbs, general aching, limpness of the loins and knees and difficulty in walking".

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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