[Preparation method and dosage]
Pillbug (Armadillidium Vulgare)
boil 9gm A total of 23 herbs in the prescription are ground into powder, take 1 dǒu of calcined stove ash, 5 dǒu of dendrobium of sake, soak in ashes, wait until half of the wine is used up, add turtle shells in the middle, boil until it becomes rotten like glue paint, wring out the juice, All the medicines inside are decocted into pills. As big as phoenix tree seed, administer before meals seven pills (6~9 gm). Take 3 servings daily.
[Efficacy]
Resolving phlegm and dissipating mass.
[Indications]
- malaria with splenomegaly. Symptoms include stuffiness under the hypochondriac, pain, or resistance to pressing, purple tongue or ecchymosis, and a stringy or hesitant pulse.
- five zang-organs static blood phlegm syndrome. Symptoms: The lump is either in the liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart, six fu-organs, cells, or stems. The painful area is hard and fixed, and cannot be moved by pressing. , muscle wasting, fluid retention, poor appetite, or Hanre, or body fatigue, or sleepy limbs, purple tongue with ecchymosis, and heavy pulse.
[Prescription]
In the prescription, turtle carapace enters the liver collaterals to search for evil spirits, invigorating blood and resolving stasis, softening hardness and resolving abdominal mass, and is a sovereign medicinal product. Red saltpeter breaks the hardness and disperses stagnation; Rhubarb Rhizoma attacks accumulation and removes blood stasis; ground beeltle, dung beetle, pillbug, bee nest, Peach Kernel, Chinese trumpetcreeper, paeonol breaking and expelling blood stasis, helps sovereign medicinal to strengthen the effect of softening hardness and dissipating mass; Magnolia Bark provides comfortable movement, Lilac Pink Herb, Pyrrosia Leaf dilutes water and removes dampness; Pineilia, Belamcanda Rhizome, Pepperweed Seed dispelling phlegm; Bupleurum, Skullcap Root clearing away heat and soothing liver, Tune up the qi movement; Dried Ginger, Cinnamon Twig warming the middle, unblocking yang, removing blood stasis and opening knots, are minister medicinal. Ginseng tonifying qi, Donkey-hide Gelatin nourishes blood, Peony Root nourishes and activates blood, enters the collaterals to break blood stasis, and is an assistant medicinal .
[Modern application]
It is clinically used for patients with cirrhosis, liver cancer, chronic hepatitis, schistosomiasis, melanoma, pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer and abdominal tumors with the above symptoms and signs.