Penglai Jujubes

Penglai Jujubes,For paralysis, gangrene, and conditions characterized by foul odor and extreme debility.

Formulas Name : Penglai Jujubes

Chinese Name : 蓬莱枣

Drug Formulation

1 jin of Northern red dates (select plump, uncracked ones; wash off the dirt with a decoction of Thousand-Year-Leaf and Sichuan pepper, then air-dry in the shade), 10 bowls of Wutai Grass (extract the natural juice; also known as “Cat’s Ear” or “Nongguan Grass”), 1 bowl of Penetrating-Bone Grass (i.e., Verbena, extract the juice),Left-Winding Vine (i.e., honeysuckle; extract the juice) 1 bowl, Summer Dead Grass (extract the juice) 1 bowl, Penetrating-Heaven Dragon (i.e., madder; extract the juice) 1 bowl, Earth-Wind Vine (i.e., Nine-Dragon Grass; extract the juice) 1 bowl, Dandelion (extract the juice) 1 bowl, and Yellow Flower Root 1 liang.

Source

From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.

Processing

Harvest all the above herbs in mid-February; add 2 bowls of white wine and place them together in an earthenware pot. Simmer over low heat until all the liquid has evaporated. For external use, coating the affected area with a paste of ground agarwood and musk yields even better results.

Benefits

For paralysis, gangrene, and conditions characterized by foul odor and extreme debility.

Instructions for Use

Begin by taking 1 pill per dose; after 3 days, increase to 3 pills; after 5 days, increase to 5 pills; continue taking regularly. For patients whose fingers have been contracted, crippled, or bent for 5 years, take 2 jin; for 10 years, take 4 jin; cases lasting 20 years are untreatable.When taking the remedy, sit upright in a quiet, draft-free place to calm the mind. Wash your hands with a decoction of Chinese cypress and Sichuan pepper. The juice left over from boiling the jujubes makes an excellent topical ointment for treating abscesses and ulcers. Alternatively, grind the stems of honeysuckle (steamed and sun-dried) into a powder, mix it into pills, and take them—this is highly effective for surgical conditions and also beneficial for treating wind-related disorders.

Penglai Jujubes,From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.,For paralysis, gangrene, and conditions characterized by foul odor and extreme debility.

More Herbs Formulas

Life-Saving Pill for Breaking Stagnation

Life-Saving Pill for Breaking Stagnation,From *Bai Yi*, Volume 7.,For severe cases of typhoid fever where vital energy is severely depleted, yang energy has suddenly collapsed, accompanied by shortness of breath, a faint pulse, and symptoms such as vomiting blood or coughing up blood.When the Yin and Yang patterns of typhoid fever are unclear, or when … Read more

Liver-Clearing Ointment

Liver-Clearing Ointment,From *Li Ye*.,Indicated for blood deficiency in the Liver Meridian accompanied by irritability and internal heat, or symptoms such as dizziness, headache, blurred vision, red eyes, tinnitus, deafness, pain in and around the ears, a sallow complexion, sour taste in the mouth, alternating chills and fever, frequent startles and insomnia, irritability, hemoptysis, chest fullness … Read more

Cough Smoke Pipe

Cough Smoke Pipe,*Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 2.,For chronic phlegm-related coughs.

Cimicifuga and Four Substances Decoction

Cimicifuga and Four Substances Decoction,*Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 3.,To treat toothache due to blood deficiency.

Decoction for Relieving Both Malaria and Dysentery

Decoction for Relieving Both Malaria and Dysentery,*Collected Works of Ci Hang*, Volume 2.,For malaria and dysentery.

Heat-Relieving Shenbai Ointment

Heat-Relieving Shenbai Ointment,From *Essentials of Surgery*, Volume 2.,Boils and abscesses.

Scorpion and Aconite Decoction

Scorpion and Aconite Decoction,From Volume 10 of *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, citing a formula by Tang.,Convulsions. Twitching of the hands and feet, with excessive saliva rising and accumulating.

Pharbitis and Red Adzuki Bean Decoction

Pharbitis and Red Adzuki Bean Decoction,*San Yin*, Volume 17.,Swelling and stiffness in the hands and feet during pregnancy.

Water-Directing Pills

Water-Directing Pills,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.,For men and women suffering from water retention and swelling.

Qingwei Powder

Qingwei Powder,From *Supplementary Treatise on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 1.,“Bone-Trough Wind,” characterized by stiffness and soreness. For those with physical weakness and cold constitution.

Xiangru Decoction

Xiangru Decoction,From *Pu Ji Fang*, Vol. 199, citing *Yi Fang Ji Cheng*.,For malaria, heatstroke, cholera, dysentery, and headache.

Formula for Thinning Mustache and Sideburns

Formula for Thinning Mustache and Sideburns,From *Formulas of the Auspicious Bamboo Hall*, Volume 3.,

Beard-Twisting Ointment

Beard-Twisting Ointment,From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 83, citing *Essential Book of Gold*,

Stomach-Penetrating Pills

Stomach-Penetrating Pills,*Ji Feng*, Volume 20.,Effective for all types of diaphragmatic qi stagnation and all qi-related disorders.

Decoction for Relieving Anger and Nourishing Yin

Decoction for Relieving Anger and Nourishing Yin,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.,For cases where pent-up anger has not been resolved and liver qi remains stagnant, resulting in phlegm expectoration after an outburst, chest fullness, and pain; where treatment with Si Wu Tang or Er Chen Tang—augmented with Scutellaria, Coptis, or Fructus Aurantii—has yielded … Read more

Three-Yellow, Rhinoceros Horn, and Rehmannia Decoction

Three-Yellow, Rhinoceros Horn, and Rehmannia Decoction,From *Selected Formulas for Emergency Treatment*, Volume 1.,Riding-Horse Malnutrition.

Li Long Pearl

Li Long Pearl,From *Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 18.,For stroke.

Six-Ingredient Decoction with Cinnamon

Six-Ingredient Decoction with Cinnamon,*Essentials of Medical Practice*, Middle Volume.,Dental caries due to deficient fire.

Decoction for Rapid Resolution of Rashes

Decoction for Rapid Resolution of Rashes,From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 7.,For smallpox eruptions that appear 1–2 days after the onset of fever.

Qiqi Pill

Qiqi Pill,*Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*, Volume 1.,For measles where the rash is suppressed and fails to erupt.

Liver-Nourishing and Blood-Nourishing Decoction

Liver-Nourishing and Blood-Nourishing Decoction,*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.,Blood loss injures the liver, leading to blood depletion and amenorrhea; dizziness and vertigo; restless sleep with frequent dreams; distension and oppression in the chest and flanks; loss of appetite; emaciation; shortness of breath; a pale tongue with a normal coating; and a weak, fine pulse.

Effective Formula for Protecting Infants and Preventing Illness

Effective Formula for Protecting Infants and Preventing Illness,From *Three Hundred Collected Effective Formulas*, Volume 1.,For infantile fetal toxins and various symptoms of fever and convulsions.

Aged Tea Porridge

Aged Tea Porridge,From *Therapeutic Porridge Formulas*, citing *Dietary Therapy Materia Medica*.,Indigestion, excessive consumption of greasy foods, excessive alcohol intake, dry mouth and intense thirst, excessive sleepiness, and dysentery with red and white stools.

Pus-Draining and Tissue-Regenerating Ointment

Pus-Draining and Tissue-Regenerating Ointment,From *Shenghui*, Volume 63.,For all types of boils and abscesses on the back, pain following ulceration, and wounds that fail to heal.

White Medicinal Seed Powder

White Medicinal Seed Powder,From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 14.,For all cases of eye inflammation with redness and ulceration, corneal opacities, internal and external eye disorders, as well as vomiting and dysentery in children.