Ox Bile Heart-Clearing and Diaphragm-Cooling Pills

Ox Bile Heart-Clearing and Diaphragm-Cooling Pills,For infants and young children exhibiting any of the “Four Symptoms and Eight Signs”—such as sudden restlessness in the meridians or body, phlegm and saliva, a tendency to seek warmth by drawing cotton toward a fire, or internal and external heat—

Formulas Name : Ox Bile Heart-Clearing and Diaphragm-Cooling Pills

Chinese Name : 牛黄清心凉膈丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang Tiannanxing, 1 liang Banxia, 1 liang Baifuzi, 1 liang Chuanwu (all washed), and half a liang Chuan Yujin.

Source

From *Yifang Leiju* (Vol. 259), citing *Huoyou Kouyi*.

Processing

Coarsely grind the above ingredients. Take two large yellow ox gallbladders; empty them into a bowl and mix with the medicine. Use a bamboo strip to pry open the gallbladder’s opening, then use a bamboo leaf to scoop the mixture in, filling the gallbladder completely until all the medicine is used up. If the bile is insufficient, combine the bile from 2–3 gallbladders. Tie the gallbladders shut with hemp rope and hang them in a well-ventilated area for one month, drying them daily. Remove the membranes and collect the liquid. Each time the formula is prepared, add the following ingredients:Horse-tooth powder, cinnabar, realgar, borax, borneol, and musk. Use 1 liang of the gallbladder preparation; each of the four ingredients (realgar, cinnabar, borneol, and borax) should be 1 qian; adjust the amounts of borneol and musk accordingly. Boil fine flour into a thin paste to form pills the size of a sesame seed.

Benefits

For infants and young children exhibiting any of the “Four Symptoms and Eight Signs”—such as sudden restlessness in the meridians or body, phlegm and saliva, a tendency to seek warmth by drawing cotton toward a fire, or internal and external heat—

Instructions for Use

For a 1-year-old, administer 10 pills per dose; for a 2-year-old, double the dose. Administer with a decoction of gold, silver, and peppermint.

Ox Bile Heart-Clearing and Diaphragm-Cooling Pills,From *Yifang Leiju* (Vol. 259), citing *Huoyou Kouyi*.,For infants and young children exhibiting any of the “Four Symptoms and Eight Signs”—such as sudden restlessness in the meridians or body, phlegm and saliva, a tendency to seek warmth by drawing cotton toward a fire, or internal and external heat—

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