Black-Tailed Snake Pill

Black-Tailed Snake Pill,For wind disorders arising after convulsions, vomiting, and diarrhea, as well as stroke affecting the heart and lungs.

Formulas Name : Black-Tailed Snake Pill

Chinese Name : 乌梢丹

Drug Formulation

2 liang of black-striped snake (soaked in water, skin and bones removed), 1 liang of Gastrodia elata, 1 liang of white Aconite root, 1 liang of dried whole scorpion, 1 liang of ginseng, 1 liang of Pinellia (washed in boiling water 7 times), 1 liang of Sichuan Aconite (roasted until cracked), 1 liang of Aconite tuber (roasted), 1 liang of Fangfeng, and 21 Tianjiangzi seeds (lightly roasted).

Source

Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 9 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.

Processing

Coarsely crush the above ingredients. Soak in wine for two nights, then bake and sift; grind 1 liang of realgar and 1 liang of cinnabar into a fine powder, bake, and mix with the above herbs. Add 2 qian of musk and 1 qian of raw borneol, grind evenly, and form into pills the size of millet grains using glutinous rice.

Benefits

For wind disorders arising after convulsions, vomiting, and diarrhea, as well as stroke affecting the heart and lungs.

Instructions for Use

Take 7–15 pills per dose, washed down with Gold, Silver, and Peppermint Decoction.

Black-Tailed Snake Pill,Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 9 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.,For wind disorders arising after convulsions, vomiting, and diarrhea, as well as stroke affecting the heart and lungs.

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