Realgar and Cinnabar,From *Ling Yuan Fang*, cited in Volume 10 of *Youyou Xinshu*.,For infantile convulsions, cold qi, undigested food from the previous night, obstruction of urination or defecation, acute wind disorders, paralysis, food and alcohol-induced injury, wind-qi and blood-qi disorders, constipation with dry stools, white dysentery, red dysentery, mixed red-and-white dysentery, wind-induced eye inflammation, headaches, measles, headache due to typhoid fever, and malnutrition-related accumulation.
Realgar and Cinnabar
Formulas Name : Realgar and Cinnabar
Chinese Name : 雄朱丹
Drug Formulation
Half a liang of realgar, half a liang of cinnabar, half a liang of musk, half a liang of talcum powder, 1 liang of white aconite root, 1 liang of pinellia (washed 7 times in boiling water), 1 liang of processed aconite tuber, 1 liang of Sichuan aconite root, 1 liang of aconite root (each raw, with skin and pith removed), 1 liang of dried scorpion, 1 liang of notopterygium, 1 liang of gastrodia, 1 liang of Sichuan ligusticum,Cinnamon Bark (with coarse bark removed) 1 liang, White Silkworm Larvae 1 liang, Wood Fragrance 1 liang, White Fresh Bark 1 liang, Black Snake 1 liang, Flower Snake (processed with wine, roasted) 1 liang, Croton Seed (clean flesh boiled in mint juice for 50–70 boils, oil removed).
Source
From *Ling Yuan Fang*, cited in Volume 10 of *Youyou Xinshu*.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of mung beans using rice porridge.
Benefits
For infantile convulsions, cold qi, undigested food from the previous night, obstruction of urination or defecation, acute wind disorders, paralysis, food and alcohol-induced injury, wind-qi and blood-qi disorders, constipation with dry stools, white dysentery, red dysentery, mixed red-and-white dysentery, wind-induced eye inflammation, headaches, measles, headache due to typhoid fever, and malnutrition-related accumulation.
Instructions for Use
Take 3 pills with tea or wine as a regular regimen; for cold-induced abdominal pain, take with ginger soup; for undigested food, take with tangerine peel soup; for obstruction of urination or defecation, take with licorice and soybean-infused wine; for acute convulsions, take with peppermint wine; for paralysis, take with soybean-infused wine; for food and alcohol intoxication, take with ginger soup;for wind-induced disorders, take with anise wine; for blood-qi disorders, take with Chinese mint wine or vinegar broth; for constipation with dry stools, take with ginger broth; for white dysentery, take with pepper broth;For wind-induced eye inflammation, take it with a decoction of Phyllostachys edulis leaves; symptoms will subside within a short time; for headaches caused by wind, take it with a decoction of Sophora japonica branches; for hives, take it with honey wine; for red-and-white dysentery, take it with Er Yi Decoction; for headaches due to cold damage, take it with salted water; for red dysentery, take it with licorice decoction; for childhood malnutrition, take it with rice gruel; for wind-induced eye inflammation, take it with a decoction of Phyllostachys edulis leaves brewed with water from an ancient well; for infantile convulsions, take it with peppermint and breast milk.
Realgar and Cinnabar,For infantile convulsions, cold qi, undigested food from the previous night, obstruction of urination or defecation, acute wind disorders, paralysis, food and alcohol-induced injury, wind-qi and blood-qi disorders, constipation with dry stools, white dysentery, red dysentery, mixed red-and-white dysentery, wind-induced eye inflammation, headaches, measles, headache due to typhoid fever, and malnutrition-related accumulation.