Emergency Pills

Emergency Pills,For summer heatstroke, headache and body heat, chills and fever, vomiting and diarrhea, cold extremities, abdominal colic, whole-body convulsions, epidemic rashes, childhood smallpox, red-and-white dysentery, and infantile convulsions.

Formulas Name : Emergency Pills

Chinese Name : 急救丸

Drug Formulation

3 liang of human nasal yellow (one formula uses 1 liang of licorice), 2 liang of Indian turmeric, 1 qian of musk, 1 liang of white silkworm pupae, 1 liang of Fangfeng, 1 liang of whole scorpion, and 1 liang of Schizonepeta.

Source

*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).

Processing

Grind the ingredients into an extremely fine powder, mix with water to form small pills, and coat with cinnabar.

Benefits

For summer heatstroke, headache and body heat, chills and fever, vomiting and diarrhea, cold extremities, abdominal colic, whole-body convulsions, epidemic rashes, childhood smallpox, red-and-white dysentery, and infantile convulsions.

Instructions for Use

Take 5 fen per dose; reduce to half for children. Take with ginger tea.

Note

Avoid raw, cold, and greasy foods; contraindicated for pregnant women.

Emergency Pills,*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).,For summer heatstroke, headache and body heat, chills and fever, vomiting and diarrhea, cold extremities, abdominal colic, whole-body convulsions, epidemic rashes, childhood smallpox, red-and-white dysentery, and infantile convulsions.

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