Calming and Life-Preserving Pill，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 6.，For infants suffering from fetal convulsions, acute or chronic convulsive wind, epilepsy with loss of consciousness, eyes staring upward, convulsive wind with phlegm obstruction, startling and jerking during sleep, restless sleep at night, incessant crying, external or internal convulsions, and all other convulsive disorders—including those with bizarre manifestations that cannot be named;as well as adults suffering from shock, anxiety, or exhaustion, resulting in restless sleep, palpitations, confusion, terror, or mania; and women who, after childbirth, are unable to speak, are dazed, or exhibit uncontrollable crying or laughter.
Calming and Life-Preserving Pill
Formulas Name : Calming and Life-Preserving Pill
Chinese Name : 镇惊造命丹
Drug Formulation
Snake-Containing Stone (roasted over a low flame until tender, calcined over charcoal until red-hot, quenched in vinegar 7 times, ground into a fine powder, washed with water, clarified, sun-dried, and ground again) 4 liang; Red Ochre (calcined and ground as above) 5 qian; Cinnabar (washed with water) 5 qian; Blue Calcined Stone (calcined until golden, washed with water, and ground again) 5 qian; Southern Pinellia (processed with ox bile) 5 qian;Poria Sclerotium 5 qian, Stiff Silkworm (washed, stir-fried, ground into powder) 3 qian, Cicada Shed Skin (cleaned of soil, ground into powder) 3 qian, White Aconite Root (ground into powder) 3 qian, Evodia Fruit (ground into powder) 3 qian, Gastrodia Rhizome (ground into powder) 3 qian, Ox Bile (Shaanxi) 7 fen, Musk 5 fen, Borneol 3 fen.
Source
From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 6.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a uniform powder, mix with refined honey to form pills, and coat with gold leaf.
Benefits
For infants suffering from fetal convulsions, acute or chronic convulsive wind, epilepsy with loss of consciousness, eyes staring upward, convulsive wind with phlegm obstruction, startling and jerking during sleep, restless sleep at night, incessant crying, external or internal convulsions, and all other convulsive disorders—including those with bizarre manifestations that cannot be named;as well as adults suffering from shock, anxiety, or exhaustion, resulting in restless sleep, palpitations, confusion, terror, or mania; and women who, after childbirth, are unable to speak, are dazed, or exhibit uncontrollable crying or laughter.
Instructions for Use
Adults: 2 qian per dose; children: 1 qian; infants: 3–5 fen. Dissolve in a decoction of lampwick and mint; a decoction of gold and silver is particularly effective.
Calming and Life-Preserving Pill,For infants suffering from fetal convulsions, acute or chronic convulsive wind, epilepsy with loss of consciousness, eyes staring upward, convulsive wind with phlegm obstruction, startling and jerking during sleep, restless sleep at night, incessant crying, external or internal convulsions, and all other convulsive disorders—including those with bizarre manifestations that cannot be named;as well as adults suffering from shock, anxiety, or exhaustion, resulting in restless sleep, palpitations, confusion, terror, or mania; and women who, after childbirth, are unable to speak, are dazed, or exhibit uncontrollable crying or laughter.