bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Take the purified powders, except for musk, first thoroughly grind cinnabar and realgar, then add the remaining medicinal powders and mix well, grind until extremely fine, and finally add musk and grind until uniform. Use sticky rice paste to form lozenges, each weighing 3 grams. Take 0.3 to 0.6 grams each time, grind into powder and mix with cool boiled water for oral administration. It can also be used externally by grinding with vinegar to make a juice for application.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Repelling foulness and resolving turbidity, clearing heat and removing toxins, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. Used for nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea caused by external pathogens or food poisoning. External application for abscesses, boils, sores, swollen nodules, toxic accumulations, and bites from insects or snakes.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

Seasonal pathogen external contraction and unclean diet are the causes of this syndrome. As stated in the "Zhizhi Fang": "Exposure to summerheat injury toxins, lying in damp and low places, taking coolness in the wind, pathogenic qi of wind and cold enters the intestines and stomach, coupled with a preference for fatty and fishy foods, consuming raw and cold foods, and living without moderation, which triggers the onset. Thus, evil and righteous qi interact, the middle burner becomes blocked, qi cannot circulate, and violent vomiting and diarrhea occur." The qi of summerheat dampness filthy turbidity invades the spleen and stomach, impairing their functions; unclean diet most injures the spleen and stomach: both can lead to abnormal transportation and transformation, confusion of the clear and turbid, resulting in nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Therefore, it is appropriate to repel foulness and resolve turbidity, remove toxins, and stop vomiting. In the formula, Realgar, Chinese Gall repel foulness and remove toxins; musk opens orifices and unblocks blockages, paired with the strong purgative effects of caper euphorbia seed and Peking Euphorbia Root to expel filth and turbid phlegm. Thus, this formula has a good therapeutic effect on symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. It should also be noted that although this formula uses strong medicines like caper euphorbia seed and Peking Euphorbia Root, their content is small and will not cause excessive purgation.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Poisoning, vomiting, boils and sores, poisonous snake bites, lymph subcutaneous nodes.