Anti-Vomiting Life-Saving Pill,*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 10.,For children with latent heat causing excessive salivation, restlessness in the chest and diaphragm, high fever with diarrhea, inability to tolerate breast milk or food, retching, nausea, or vomiting.
Anti-Vomiting Life-Saving Pill
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Formulas Name : Anti-Vomiting Life-Saving Pill
Chinese Name : 定吐救生丹
Drug Formulation
Mountain Euphorbia (boiled in brine, sliced, dried in an oven, and ground into powder) 15 liang; Frankincense (ground separately) 5 liang; Cloves (ground into powder) 5 liang;Borax (ground) 7 liang and a half, Talc (crushed) 7 liang and a half, Borneol (ground) 2 liang and a half, Mercury 10 liang and a half, Beeswax 10 liang and a half, Black Lead (fused with mercury to form granules) 10 liang and a half.
Source
*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 10.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. For each 1 liang of melted beeswax, add 2.5 qian of refined honey to form pills the size of a millet seed.
Benefits
For children with latent heat causing excessive salivation, restlessness in the chest and diaphragm, high fever with diarrhea, inability to tolerate breast milk or food, retching, nausea, or vomiting.
Instructions for Use
Administer one pill per year of age. If the child is restless, grind raw sesame seeds and take with purslane juice; if vomiting occurs, take with a decoction of cloves and purslane. Administer after meals and before bedtime.
Note
Do not administer to children with a weak stomach susceptible to cold, or those experiencing uncontrollable vomiting.
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Anti-Vomiting Life-Saving Pill,For children with latent heat causing excessive salivation, restlessness in the chest and diaphragm, high fever with diarrhea, inability to tolerate breast milk or food, retching, nausea, or vomiting.