Gua Shuang Zi Xue Dan，Formula adapted from Sheng’an’s prescription in *Methods for Treating Damp-Heat Epidemics*.，In cases of epidemic disease characterized by blood heat generating wind, with profound heat and severe cold extremities, cold hands and feet, a dry throat and tongue, shaking of the head and neck, locked jaw and grinding of the teeth, and spasms in the legs and feet,occasional convulsions; in severe cases, testicular retraction, descent of the tendons of the lower back, tenesmus in the lower abdomen, cramping in the genital region, or intestinal dryness—the intestines feel as hard as a board, are extremely painful to the touch, and are difficult to straighten; the Chong and Ren meridians are deprived of nourishment, and the area above, below, to the left, and to the right of the navel feels hard upon palpation, with a pulsating sensation that causes the hand to tremble; the Xuli acupoint and the pericardium will also exhibit abnormal pulsations.
Gua Shuang Zi Xue Dan
Formulas Name : Gua Shuang Zi Xue Dan
Chinese Name : 瓜霜紫雪丹
Drug Formulation
5 qian of white rhinoceros horn, 5 qian of antelope horn, 5 qian of blue agarwood, 5 qian of superior agarwood, 5 liang of cold water stone, 5 liang of gypsum, 5 liang of magnetite, 5 liang of refined talc, 1 liang 6 qian of scrophularia root, 1 liang 6 qian of cimicifuga root, 5 qian of refined cinnabar, 8 qian of raw licorice root, 2 qian of clove buds, 1 qian 2 fen of musk, 1 liang of gold leaf,8 qian of watermelon peel, 3 qian of borneol.
Source
Formula adapted from Sheng’an’s prescription in *Methods for Treating Damp-Heat Epidemics*.
Benefits
In cases of epidemic disease characterized by blood heat generating wind, with profound heat and severe cold extremities, cold hands and feet, a dry throat and tongue, shaking of the head and neck, locked jaw and grinding of the teeth, and spasms in the legs and feet,occasional convulsions; in severe cases, testicular retraction, descent of the tendons of the lower back, tenesmus in the lower abdomen, cramping in the genital region, or intestinal dryness—the intestines feel as hard as a board, are extremely painful to the touch, and are difficult to straighten; the Chong and Ren meridians are deprived of nourishment, and the area above, below, to the left, and to the right of the navel feels hard upon palpation, with a pulsating sensation that causes the hand to tremble; the Xuli acupoint and the pericardium will also exhibit abnormal pulsations.
Instructions for Use
Follow the “Zixue” formula from *Su Gong’s Prescriptions*.
Gua Shuang Zi Xue Dan,In cases of epidemic disease characterized by blood heat generating wind, with profound heat and severe cold extremities, cold hands and feet, a dry throat and tongue, shaking of the head and neck, locked jaw and grinding of the teeth, and spasms in the legs and feet,occasional convulsions; in severe cases, testicular retraction, descent of the tendons of the lower back, tenesmus in the lower abdomen, cramping in the genital region, or intestinal dryness—the intestines feel as hard as a board, are extremely painful to the touch, and are difficult to straighten; the Chong and Ren meridians are deprived of nourishment, and the area above, below, to the left, and to the right of the navel feels hard upon palpation, with a pulsating sensation that causes the hand to tremble; the Xuli acupoint and the pericardium will also exhibit abnormal pulsations.