formula | Immortal Alum Pill Shen Xian Huang Fan Wan |
source | Volume One of Waike Jingyao |
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bubble_chart Composition Alum 30 gm (bright, ground) Yellow wax 15 gm (yellow, melted) (another prescription uses 21 gm)
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
The above ingredients are formed into pills, as big as a phoenix tree seed. Take 10 pills each time, gradually increasing to 20 pills, with boiled water or administer with warm wine. If not yet ruptured, it will internally dissipate; if already ruptured, it will self-heal. If caused by ingesting minerals, additionally use 30 grams of alum powder, slowly administer with warm wine. For someone with sores all over the body, resembling snake heads, taking this will be effective, but one must take a hundred pills daily to resist the poison and prevent internal invasion. It also treats snake bites; melt the alum and drip it hot onto the wound, the pain will stop and the poison will be expelled. Taking more than 30 grams will most effectively stop pain without affecting the internal organs.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Relieves pain, promotes tissue regeneration, protects membranes, and removes toxins.
bubble_chart Indications
Intestinal abscess pain, Yongju back gangrene, various malignant sores, poisonous snake bite.