Iron Courage Pill

Iron Courage Pill,The golden cluster arrowhead has entered the abdomen.

Formulas Name : Iron Courage Pill

Chinese Name : 铁勇丹

Drug Formulation

7 otter gallbladders (if unavailable, use 14 red carp gallbladders instead), half a liang of magnetite (with tight edges), half a liang of dragon’s blood (ground separately), half a liang of Alisma, half a liang of red adzuki beans, half a liang of purple kudzu root, half a liang of Xanthium seeds, half a liang of red peony root, and 3 liang of Cinnamomum camphora root (all ingredients are used raw and dried by roasting).

Source

From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 14.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Boil red adzuki beans in wine to make a paste, mix in the gallbladder juice, and knead into pills the size of a tung tree seed.

Benefits

The golden cluster arrowhead has entered the abdomen.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills at a time, washed down with a decoction of red adzuki beans and Chinese tamarisk root, mixed with equal parts of the decoction and wine (half a zhan each). Take three times daily, regardless of the time of day.

Iron Courage Pill,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 14.,The golden cluster arrowhead has entered the abdomen.

More Herbs Formulas

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Cinnamon

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Cinnamon,From *Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 4.,Malaria with fever and a desire to keep warm; fever without thirst. Malaria with sweating.

Five-Juice Pills

Five-Juice Pills,From *The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 1.,For sudden abdominal pain in summer and autumn, and watery diarrhea due to cholera.

Raw Rhinoceros Horn Decoction

Raw Rhinoceros Horn Decoction,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 63.,For accumulated heat in the spleen and lungs, stagnation in the viscera, swelling and pain in the throat, and phlegm-induced cough with difficulty breathing.

Calm-Mind Decoction

Calm-Mind Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.,In men, excessive mental exertion leads to heart deficiency, restlessness of the heart, upward surging of heart fire, a disruption of the balance between water and fire, and the wide opening of the kidney gate, resulting in nocturnal emission. Symptoms include thirst, a dry tongue, a red … Read more

Pill to Nourish the Kidneys and Ward Off Pathogenic Factors

Pill to Nourish the Kidneys and Ward Off Pathogenic Factors,*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7.,For Shaoyin spasm disorders caused by exposure to damp-heat and wind, leading to epileptic convulsions, with the body curled up and the legs contracted, rendering the patient unable to bend forward or backward.

Xiao Sansheng Dan

Xiao Sansheng Dan,From *Shenghui*, Volume 95.,

Decoction for Eliminating Malnutrition and Improving Vision

Decoction for Eliminating Malnutrition and Improving Vision,From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.,For gān disease affecting the upper eyelids, in the early stages of the condition, when night blindness first appears.

Experienced Seed Pills

Experienced Seed Pills,From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.,For those with excessive sexual activity, deficiency of the lower jiao, and infertility.

Ba Ji Pills

Ba Ji Pills,From *Shenghui*, Volume 98.,For deficiency and exhaustion of the lower jiao, pain in the navel and abdomen, frequent and scanty urination, a sallow complexion, constantly cold hands and feet, loss of appetite, and weakness in the limbs.

Miraculous Efficacy Poultice

Miraculous Efficacy Poultice,From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 8.,For boils and abscesses.

Qianghuo Xiangru Decoction

Qianghuo Xiangru Decoction,From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 3.,A sudden stroke caused by the summer heat, resulting in dizziness, collapse, opisthotonos, loss of consciousness, and possible convulsions in the hands and feet.

Tea Decoction

Tea Decoction,*Essentials of Formulas and Syndromes*, Volume 2.,Red dysentery, white dysentery.

Four Pillars Pills

Four Pillars Pills,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 4.,

Blood-Nourishing and Spot-Resolving Decoction

Blood-Nourishing and Spot-Resolving Decoction,From *Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 6.,For measles where the rash has already appeared and is pale in color.

Seven-Ingredient Iron Filings Pills

Seven-Ingredient Iron Filings Pills,*Chinese Pharmacopoeia*, Volume 1.,Pain in the hepatic region; enlarged liver.

Kudzu Root, Cinnamon Twig, and Ginseng Decoction

Kudzu Root, Cinnamon Twig, and Ginseng Decoction,*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.,Winter cold, combined Taiyang and Yangming syndromes, with a throbbing headache and diarrhea.

Enhanced Sesame Seed Powder

Enhanced Sesame Seed Powder,From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 84.,For wind-heat urticaria with itching, possibly accompanied by a red halo, chills and fever, and both physical and mental symptoms manifesting as excess.

Raw Sulfur Decoction

Raw Sulfur Decoction,Formula from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Ben Cao Gang Mu), Volume 11, citing *Zhi Zhi*; the name appears in *The Great Treasure of Health* (Wei Sheng Hong Bao), Volume 1.,Those who are addicted to alcohol and indulge their qi, causing blood to congeal within the qi, develop “qi-turtles”; those with chronic cold due … Read more

Formula for Drying Hemorrhoids and Widening the Intestines

Formula for Drying Hemorrhoids and Widening the Intestines,From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 95.,Hemorrhoidal fistula.

Sour Jujube Seed Powder

Sour Jujube Seed Powder,From *Shenghui*, Volume 19.,Stroke with facial asymmetry; headache due to phlegm congestion.

Taihe Ointment

Taihe Ointment,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.,For various conditions of deficiency, including deficiency of qi and blood, diminished vitality, emaciation, and difficulty walking.

Family Secret Yang-Tonifying Pills

Family Secret Yang-Tonifying Pills,From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.,Yang deficiency with internal cold.

Nasal Decongestion Powder

Nasal Decongestion Powder,*Jin Jian*, Volume 73.,Poison from bayberry fruit has entered the crown of the head, causing a splitting headache and a completely blocked nose.

Dampness-Clearing, Heat-Purging, and Dispersing Decoction

Dampness-Clearing, Heat-Purging, and Dispersing Decoction,*Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 9.,Swallow’s Nest Ulcer, Goat’s Beard Ulcer.

Chuanxiong-Pu Huang-Hei Shen Powder

Chuanxiong-Pu Huang-Hei Shen Powder,*Formulas for Universal Relief* 357.,for cases of fetal death in utero and rupture of the placental cord.