bubble_chart Composition Aconite (prepared, de-naveled and de-skin) 37.5 gm, Alum (calcined), Tabasheer (ground), Arisaema (washed with decoction, baked, ground into powder, mixed with ox gall to make cakes, baked until hot; if ox gall is unavailable, steam with legal wine for seven days and nights), Calomel (ground), each 750 gm, Bezoar (ground) 75 gm, Borneol (ground) 150 gm, Gold foil 800 pieces (for coating), Realgar (ground, refined) 4.5 thousand gm.
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Grind into powder, mix with refined honey, and make into 10 pills for every 45 grams, coated with gold foil. Take one pill each time, dissolve it in freshly drawn water and administer it. Sit the patient upright to allow the medicine to take effect. After a while, continue with natural mint juice, grind another pill, and administer it for immediate relief. For those who are obese, physically weak, prone to excessive salivation, or have wind-related conditions, it is advisable to always carry this medicine for emergencies. If one suddenly feels darkness before the eyes, chest tightness, confusion, excessive salivation, and is about to collapse, and there is no time to dissolve the medicine, quickly chew one pill and take it with freshly drawn water. For children with acute convulsions, administer a pill the size of a mung bean for a one-year-old, dissolved in natural mint juice.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Clearing heat and extinguishing wind, resolving phlegm for resuscitation.
bubble_chart Indications
Apoplexy, stiffness in the neck and back, lockjaw, loss of voice, muscle spasms, dry nose, dark complexion, high fever all over the body, oily sweating, staring eyes, bluish lips, mental confusion, a drunken-like state, phlegm congestion, and a sawing sound in the throat.
bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications
Pregnant women should avoid taking this medication.