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Fang nameCollaterals-Activating Pill
aliasMinor Collaterals-Activating Pill
sourceTaiping Huimin Heji Jufang
categoryGovernance
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[Preparation method and dosage]

Aconite Mother Root (Radix Aconiti) prepared de-naveled and de-skinned 180gm (6 liǎng)
Kusnezoff monkshood root (Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii) prepared, de-naveled and de-skin 180gm (6 liǎng)
Bile star (Rhizoma Arisaematis) prepared 180gm (6 liǎng)
Earthworm (Pheretima) de-soiled 180gm (6 liǎng)
Frankincense (Olibanum) research 66gm (2.2 liǎng)
Myrrh (Myrrha) research 66gm (2.2 liǎng)

Grind each of the above 6 ingredients finely, grind together and evenly, mix the batter with wine and make balls, as big as a phoenix tree seed. Take 20 pills each time, before meals, take it with cold wine at noon, or with Schizonepeta tea. This dose may also be used decocted in water for administration.

[Efficacy]

dispelling wind dehumidification, resolving phlegm and unblocking collaterals, dredging collaterals and relieving pain.

[Indications]

wind-cold: Damp evil invades the meridians, resulting in muscle spasm and pain in the limbs, difficulty in extending and flexing the joints, and wandering pain; apoplexy: the hands and feet are indifferent and do not heal over time, there is phlegm-dampness in the meridians, dead blood, heavy waist and legs, or leg and arm Intermittent pain; injury from bruises, pain due to blood stasis blocking the meridians.

[Prescription]

In the prescription, common monkshood mother root and kusnezoff monkshood root cause pungent heat to circulate, dispelling wind to dehumidify, warm and unblock the meridians, and relieve pain, and are the main medicines; Arisaema drying dampness and resolving phlegm, to remove phlegm-dampness in the meridians, as an auxiliary drug; frankincense, myrrh invigorating blood and resolving stasis; Earthworm dredging meridians and activating collaterals; wine can help the medicinal effect, and can lead various medicines directly to the hospital, and together they are guiding medicinal. The combined formula can dispelling wind and dampness, dredge meridians, and resolving phlegm and dampness and stasis, so it is effective for the above syndromes.

[Attention to taboos]

It should be used with caution in those with yin deficiency, those with fever, and pregnant women.

[Modern application]

Modern medicine believes that this prescription is anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-coagulant, improves blood circulation, promotes the dissipation of blood stagnation in diseased areas, and resists wind-dampness. Mainly used for: sequelae of cerebral hemorrhage, chronic wind-dampness arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, muscle spasms and pain in limbs, poor joint flexion and extension, and wandering pain.

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