Divinely Bestowed Supreme Life-Preserving Pill

Divinely Bestowed Supreme Life-Preserving Pill,For all types of convulsions, epilepsy, wind-induced spasms, and stroke, as well as fetal convulsions with internal agitation, abdominal rigidity, nighttime crying with fever, acute and chronic convulsive wind, severe and distressing symptoms, upward staring with convulsive twitching, opisthotonos, falling backward and losing consciousness, and confusion and disorientation.

Formulas Name : Divinely Bestowed Supreme Life-Preserving Pill

Chinese Name : 神授至圣保命丹

Drug Formulation

14 whole scorpions (green ones), 2 qian of cinnabar (water-floated, high-quality), half a qian of musk, 1 qian of Fangfeng (with root and forked branches removed), 10 pieces of gold leaf (ground), 2 qian of Tianma, 1 qian of white silkworm pupae (with silk and mouthparts removed, straight ones),2 qian of white aconite root (high-quality), 1 qian of Tiannanxing, 2 qian of cicada shells (cleaned of dirt and mud).

Source

From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 6).

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, form into pills the size of cherries using glutinous rice, and coat them with cinnabar.

Benefits

For all types of convulsions, epilepsy, wind-induced spasms, and stroke, as well as fetal convulsions with internal agitation, abdominal rigidity, nighttime crying with fever, acute and chronic convulsive wind, severe and distressing symptoms, upward staring with convulsive twitching, opisthotonos, falling backward and losing consciousness, and confusion and disorientation.

Instructions for Use

For each dose, administer half a pill to a newborn; one pill to a child one week or one month old; two pills to children aged 3–5 with acute symptoms; and one pill as a regular dose for children aged 5–7 to 10. Administer with breast milk or peppermint water.

Divinely Bestowed Supreme Life-Preserving Pill,From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 6).,For all types of convulsions, epilepsy, wind-induced spasms, and stroke, as well as fetal convulsions with internal agitation, abdominal rigidity, nighttime crying with fever, acute and chronic convulsive wind, severe and distressing symptoms, upward staring with convulsive twitching, opisthotonos, falling backward and losing consciousness, and confusion and disorientation.

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