Pills - Ganzai

Japanese: 丸剤 - がんざい
Pills - Ganzai

It is a spherical form of medicine, one of the oldest dosage forms, said to have been created around the 11th or 12th century. Nowadays, tablets and capsules are in widespread use, and only a few over-the-counter medicines (creosote pills, potassium iodide pills, arsenic trioxide pills, etc.) are used. The Japanese Pharmacopoeia specifies that the weight of one piece is usually about 0.1 grams, and medicines that weigh less than this, such as "Jintan" and "Kyushin," are not pills as defined by the Pharmacopoeia. Although the English name is "pills," the pill is a slang term for oral contraceptives (commonly known as the pill).

[Fumiji Koho]

[Reference items] | Arsenous acid | Creosote | Potassium iodide

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

医薬品を球状に製したもので、11、12世紀ごろからつくられたというもっとも古い剤形の一つ。現在では錠剤やカプセル剤が普及しており、ごく一部の一般用医薬品(クレオソート丸、ヨードカリ丸、亜ヒ酸丸など)しか用いられていない。日本薬局方では1個の重量が通例約0.1グラムと規定されており、これ以下の薬、たとえば「仁丹(じんたん)」や「救心」などは、局方でいう丸剤ではないわけである。なお、英名はpillsであるが、the pillは、経口避妊薬の俗称(いわゆるピル)である。

[幸保文治]

[参照項目] | 亜ヒ酸 | クレオソート | ヨウ化カリウム

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