formula | Bone-Renewing Pill Huan Gu Dan |
source | "Imperial Pharmacy Formulary" Volume 1 |
Musk (ground) 4.5 gm Cinnamon (coarse bark-removed) 45 gm Ephedra 5,000 gm (de-rooted and de-noded, soaked in an appropriate amount of water, boiled until reduced by half, remove dregs and clarify, then decoct again, store in a tin-glazed ceramic vessel) Cinnabar 60 gm (for coating) Nardostachys (de-soiled) Aconite root (raw, de-naveled and de-skinned) White mustard seeds (stir-fried) Patchouli Aconite kusnezoffii (raw, de-naveled and de-skinned) Erythrina bark (stir-fried) Polygonum multiflorum Notopterygium Borneol (ground) Crushed bone Eucommia bark (de-fuzzed, stir-fried) Achyranthes root (soaked in wine) Clematis root (de-soiled) Mulberry root bark (stir-fried) Sophora fruit Momordica cochinchinensis (stir-fried) Pyrite (quenched in vinegar seven times, finely ground) Green tangerine peel (white part-removed) Dried tangerine peel (white part-removed), each 30 gm Angelica dahurica Saposhnikovia root Melon seeds (stir-fried) Dioscorea (stir-fried) Trogopterus dung Ligusticum chuanxiong Licorice root (salt-roasted) Sophora flavescens Frankincense, each 15 gm
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, mix with ephedra paste and a small amount of cooked honey to form a dough, then shape into marble-sized pills coated with cinnabar. Take one pill each time, crush it, and take with tea or wine after meals. Alternatively, dissolve it in fresh ginger juice mixed with an appropriate amount of wine. Additional wine may be taken as needed, administer twice a day. After three days, mild sweating at the affected area indicates effectiveness. The medicine is slightly warming in nature, so it is more effective for those with cold-related ailments.
bubble_chart IndicationsApoplexy paralysis that does not heal for a long time, with limbs weak and unable to move, and no effect from various medications.