Amber and Pearl Pills

Amber and Pearl Pills,For acute and chronic convulsions in children; phlegm stagnating in the Heart Meridian, causing it to rise upward and induce vomiting; eyes staring straight ahead; twitching of the hands and feet; as well as wind-induced epilepsy and convulsions, characterized by a flood of phlegm leading to confusion and obstruction, biting the tongue, shaking the head, and screaming wildly.

Formulas Name : Amber and Pearl Pills

Chinese Name : 琥珀珍珠丸

Drug Formulation

7 seeds of croton (extract the resin), 14 tips of aconite root (half raw, half processed), 10 pieces of pinellia (half raw, half processed), 1 white flower snakehead (soaked in wine, then oven-dried), 14 white silkworm pupae (half raw, half wrapped in mint leaves and roasted until charred; discard the mint leaves),2 pieces of White Aconite Root (half raw, half processed), 14 whole scorpions (half raw, half wrapped in mint leaves and roasted until yellow; discard the mint leaves), 3 qian of Tiannanxing (half raw, half processed), 1 qian of Qianghuo (with the root tip removed), 1 qian of White Fresh Bark, 1 qian of Amber (ground separately),1 qian of Tianma, 1 qian of ground pearl powder (ground separately), 1 qian of cinnabar (ground separately), 1 qian of dragon’s tooth (calcined), half a qian of realgar (ground separately), and 1 zi of musk (ground separately).

Source

*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 17.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with a paste made from pig’s heart blood and the natural juice of mint, then form into pills the size of radish seeds.

Benefits

For acute and chronic convulsions in children; phlegm stagnating in the Heart Meridian, causing it to rise upward and induce vomiting; eyes staring straight ahead; twitching of the hands and feet; as well as wind-induced epilepsy and convulsions, characterized by a flood of phlegm leading to confusion and obstruction, biting the tongue, shaking the head, and screaming wildly.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills at a time, washed down with decocted ginseng soup; take at any time.

Amber and Pearl Pills,*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 17.,For acute and chronic convulsions in children; phlegm stagnating in the Heart Meridian, causing it to rise upward and induce vomiting; eyes staring straight ahead; twitching of the hands and feet; as well as wind-induced epilepsy and convulsions, characterized by a flood of phlegm leading to confusion and obstruction, biting the tongue, shaking the head, and screaming wildly.

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