Life-Preserving Pill

Life-Preserving Pill,For acute and chronic convulsions in children.

Formulas Name : Life-Preserving Pill

Chinese Name : 定命丹

Drug Formulation

2.5 qian of raw borneol, 2.5 qian of genuine musk, 7 peach piths, 7 willow piths, and 1 soap-sized piece of toad venom.

Source

From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 9, citing *The Formulae of Gathered Treasures*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. On the Dragon Boat Festival, form the powder into pills the size of a yellow millet grain.

Benefits

For acute and chronic convulsions in children.

Instructions for Use

For acute convulsions in children, use the middle finger to apply 4 drops of water, grind one pill, and instill it into both nostrils. If the child sneezes three times or more, the treatment is effective; if fewer than three sneezes occur, the condition is beyond the scope of medical treatment. For chronic convulsions, bathe the child in a concentrated decoction of peach and willow twigs until the water becomes cloudy; do not wipe the child dry, but wrap them in loose clothing, and administer the medicine as described above.

Life-Preserving Pill,From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 9, citing *The Formulae of Gathered Treasures*.,For acute and chronic convulsions in children.

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