Quartz powder

Quartz powder,For wind-induced deficiency and debility, blurred vision, and mental confusion.

Formulas Name : Quartz powder

Chinese Name : 石英粉

Drug Formulation

White quartz in any quantity (clear and pure).

Source

*Shenghui*, Volume 38.

Processing

First, place it in a raw silk bag and steam it 4–5 times in a rice steamer holding 1 dou of rice. Then pound and sift it; further grind it finely in a mortar with a jade pestle, wash it with clear water, place it in another white silk bag, and steam it 3 more times in the rice steamer. Make one dose from every 4 liang; mix it with refined white honey, divide it into 21 pills, and store them in a porcelain box.

Benefits

For wind-induced deficiency and debility, blurred vision, and mental confusion.

Instructions for Use

Chew one pill daily on an empty stomach and before dinner, washing it down with warm wine. After taking it, eat a small amount of congee and walk 100 steps to enhance the medicine’s efficacy.

Quartz powder,*Shenghui*, Volume 38.,For wind-induced deficiency and debility, blurred vision, and mental confusion.

More Herbs Formulas

Leek White Porridge

Leek White Porridge,From *The Mirror of the Dietary Physician*, cited in *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 238.,Postpartum dysentery with bloody and white discharge, accompanied by pain in the navel and lower back.

Fever-Reducing Ginseng Decoction

Fever-Reducing Ginseng Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 112.,Eye pain with a pricking sensation, redness, swelling, and the formation of opacities.

Modified Seven-Qi Decoction

Modified Seven-Qi Decoction,From *Xian Chuan Ji Yin Fang*, cited in *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 218.,For women with qi stagnation causing pain in both flanks and lower abdomen radiating to the chest and back.

Eight-Ingredient Reduced Pills

Eight-Ingredient Reduced Pills,From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 66, citing *Divine and Ingenious Formulas for Complete Cure*.,For eye disorders.

Saliva Ointment

Saliva Ointment,From *Collected Formulas of the Crane-Feeding Pavilion*.,For injuries caused by wood, stone, or metal blades resulting in broken skin and bleeding; as well as for various non-healing sores and insect bites.

Immortal-Transmitted Formula for Unblocking the Channels and Saving Lives

Immortal-Transmitted Formula for Unblocking the Channels and Saving Lives,*Essence of Ancient Formulas*.,For cases of premature rupture of membranes, or dystocia lasting several days, where the amniotic fluid has dried up, the birth canal is dry and constricted, and the mother’s life is in grave danger.

Cold Water Stone Powder

Cold Water Stone Powder,From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 406.,For erysipelas in children that moves erratically, accompanied by burning heat, redness, swelling, and pain.

Newly Modified Qianghuo Zuojing Decoction

Newly Modified Qianghuo Zuojing Decoction,From *Baoming Ge Kuo*, Volume 14.,Beriberi. The four pathogenic qi flow into the Foot Jueyin Meridian, causing stiffness and spasms in the hands and feet, hemiplegia, phlegm and drooling, muscle cramps, pain in the lower back and knees, and difficulty with urination and defecation.

Erhui Powder

Erhui Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 136.,For toxic swellings caused by boils.

Five-Branch Green Oil Ointment

Five-Branch Green Oil Ointment,From *Bao’s Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 292.,For scrofula that has become toxic, with pus, blood, and stagnant flesh.

Pig Stomach Pills

Pig Stomach Pills,From *Experienced Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 216.,For frequent urination.

Longevity and Sweat-Stopping Decoction

Longevity and Sweat-Stopping Decoction,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.,Spontaneous sweating.

Tribulus Seed Decoction

Tribulus Seed Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 11.,For wind-rash that recurs intermittently without resolution, appearing either red or white, accompanied by severe itching.

Scatter-Plague Decoction

Scatter-Plague Decoction,*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 10.,Leprosy-like wind. Due to the accumulation of fire-toxin, red spots first appear on the head, face, and body; later, the skin gradually breaks open, oozing fluid to form sores, leading to the complete loss of facial hair and the entire body becoming gangrenous, emitting an unbearable stench.

Formula for Expelling Pathogenic Factors and Eliminating Food and Fluid Retention

Formula for Expelling Pathogenic Factors and Eliminating Food and Fluid Retention,*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.,For cases where, after the fever has subsided and pathogenic factors have been dispelled in a cold-induced illness, the stomach qi has just begun to recover, but upon eating, the stomach qi closes again and cannot be reopened.

Baiyi Qianghuo Cake

Baiyi Qianghuo Cake,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 168.,For intermittent fever in children.

Decoction of Sophora Pods

Decoction of Sophora Pods,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.,Symptoms include dizziness and vertigo, thick and sticky nasal discharge and saliva, and itchy skin.

Five-Root Decoction

Five-Root Decoction,*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.,Leprosy.

Goat’s Milk Pills

Goat’s Milk Pills,*Zhun Sheng: Gynecology*, Volume 2.,For consumptive weakness and emaciation.

Cang-Sha Phlegm-Resolving Pills

Cang-Sha Phlegm-Resolving Pills,From *Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.,For cases of excessive phlegm combined with deficiency of qi and blood, where menstruation occurs only once every several months. Damp phlegm with leukorrhea.

Xing Shi Er Chen Decoction

Xing Shi Er Chen Decoction,*Shanghan Dabai* (Comprehensive Treatise on Cold Damage), Volume 1.,Phlegm and fluid accumulate in the epigastrium, rising to the head and forehead, causing frequent pain.

Dispersing and Draining Formula

Dispersing and Draining Formula,*Danxi’s Heart Method with Appendices*, Volume 10.,Epilepsy: sudden onset of phlegm due to wind, with blocked breathing and collapse.

Three-Exoskeleton Decoction

Three-Exoskeleton Decoction,*The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 7.,For retained placenta.

Angelica and Forsythia Decoction

Angelica and Forsythia Decoction,*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.,For dental disorders where opening the mouth to catch a draft causes severe pain, there is wind-pathogen in the stomach and intestines; if opening the mouth emits an unbearable stench, there is accumulated heat in the stomach and intestines.

Qi Deficiency Decoction

Qi Deficiency Decoction,From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 6.,Qi deficiency-induced tinnitus and deafness.