太平惠民和剂局方

太平惠民和劑局方
Tàipíng huìmín héjì júfāng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Formulary of the Imperial Pharmacy Bureau, the Song government's official book of prescriptions

Examples

HSK 7-9
《 Tàipíng huìmín héjì júfāng 》 shì Sòngdài guānfāng biān de yàofāng shū.
The Formulary of the Imperial Pharmacy Bureau is a book of prescriptions compiled by the Song government.
HSK 7-9
Hěnduō zhōngchéngyào de pèifāng dōu láizì 《 Tàipíng huìmín héjì júfāng 》.
Many ready-made Chinese medicines follow formulas from the Formulary of the Imperial Pharmacy Bureau.

Tips

history
The Song state ran its own pharmacies, which made up medicines to fixed recipes and sold them. Their formulary, first issued in the late 11th century, was revised as the 和剂局方 and given its full name in 1151, when the shops became the 太平惠民局. Its final edition has 788 formulas, among them 藿香正气散 and 四物汤, both still in use.
usage
Usually shortened to 和剂局方 or just 局方. 和 here means 'to blend', as in mixing medicines, and 剂 is a dose of medicine.

Stroke Order

太 tài
平 píng
惠 huì
民 mín
和 hé
剂 jì
局 jú
方 fāng