formula | Dragon-Embracing Pill |
source | Volume 6 of Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang |
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bubble_chart Composition Realgar (ground in water) 120 gm, Quartz (ground in water), Rhinoceros horn, Musk (ground), Cinnabar (ground in water), each 30 gm, Patchouli leaves 60 gm, Arisaema (prepared with ox gall) 500 gm, Bezoar (ground) 15 gm, Donkey-hide gelatin (crushed, stir-fried until pearl-like) 90 gm, Gold foil (ground), Silver foil (ground), each 50 pieces.
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix thoroughly with the already ground medicine, and form into pills the size of a chicken head using warm water. Take one pill after meals, dissolve it in freshly drawn water, add a small amount of salt, and consume.
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Wind congestion and phlegm stagnation, blurred vision and dizziness, restlessness in the chest and diaphragm, mental unease, palpitations due to fright, phlegm congestion; as well as summer heat stroke with thirst, and yang toxin-induced mania.