Alum and Sulfur Pills，*Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, Volume 5.，In Yangming syndrome, where stagnant heat is trapped internally and cannot be expelled, Yang-type jaundice develops. Symptoms include sweating only on the head, with no sweating elsewhere on the body; the sweat stops at the nape of the neck; difficulty urinating; thirst with a desire to drink water or clear liquids; and mild abdominal distension. The body will inevitably turn yellow, with a bright, vivid yellow color resembling that of a tangerine. In severe cases, the face and eyes become golden yellow; occasionally, yellow fluid may be vomited; and in the most severe cases, there may be a sense of distress in the chest, or heat-related pain, with urine that is red, yellow, and turbid.a yellow, greasy tongue coating that is rough and spiky, and a pulse that is slippery and rapid on the right and string-like and sluggish on the left.
Alum and Sulfur Pills
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Formulas Name : Alum and Sulfur Pills
Chinese Name : 矾硫丸
Drug Formulation
1 liang of green alum, 1 qian of Japanese sulfur, 3 liang of wheat flour, 2 liang of black jujube pulp.
Source
*Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, Volume 5.
Processing
Grind the ingredients evenly and form into pills.
Benefits
In Yangming syndrome, where stagnant heat is trapped internally and cannot be expelled, Yang-type jaundice develops. Symptoms include sweating only on the head, with no sweating elsewhere on the body; the sweat stops at the nape of the neck; difficulty urinating; thirst with a desire to drink water or clear liquids; and mild abdominal distension. The body will inevitably turn yellow, with a bright, vivid yellow color resembling that of a tangerine. In severe cases, the face and eyes become golden yellow; occasionally, yellow fluid may be vomited; and in the most severe cases, there may be a sense of distress in the chest, or heat-related pain, with urine that is red, yellow, and turbid.a yellow, greasy tongue coating that is rough and spiky, and a pulse that is slippery and rapid on the right and string-like and sluggish on the left.
Instructions for Use
Take 3–5 fen per dose; for mild cases, take it with Yinchenhao Decoction; for severe cases, take it with Zhizi Da Huang Decoction.
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Alum and Sulfur Pills,In Yangming syndrome, where stagnant heat is trapped internally and cannot be expelled, Yang-type jaundice develops. Symptoms include sweating only on the head, with no sweating elsewhere on the body; the sweat stops at the nape of the neck; difficulty urinating; thirst with a desire to drink water or clear liquids; and mild abdominal distension. The body will inevitably turn yellow, with a bright, vivid yellow color resembling that of a tangerine. In severe cases, the face and eyes become golden yellow; occasionally, yellow fluid may be vomited; and in the most severe cases, there may be a sense of distress in the chest, or heat-related pain, with urine that is red, yellow, and turbid.a yellow, greasy tongue coating that is rough and spiky, and a pulse that is slippery and rapid on the right and string-like and sluggish on the left.