Antler-Cinnabar Pill，From Volume 4 of *Secretly Transmitted Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment: Categorized Formulas*, citing a formula by the Wei family.，For kidney-induced syncope and headache caused by deficiency, where various medications have proven ineffective and the pain has worsened; for kidney deficiency with internal heat causing headache, there must first be blackouts and dizziness.
Antler-Cinnabar Pill
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Formulas Name : Antler-Cinnabar Pill
Chinese Name : 茸砂丹
Drug Formulation
1 liang of cinnabar, 1 liang of Aconitum carmichaeli, 1 liang of Lycopodium clavatum, 1 liang of Scutellaria baicalensis.
Source
From Volume 4 of *Secretly Transmitted Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment: Categorized Formulas*, citing a formula by the Wei family.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder.
Benefits
For kidney-induced syncope and headache caused by deficiency, where various medications have proven ineffective and the pain has worsened; for kidney deficiency with internal heat causing headache, there must first be blackouts and dizziness.
Instructions for Use
Take one porcelain bowl; coat it with ginger juice and roast it several times. Place cinnabar inside, cover it with the remaining herbs, and seal it with a lid. Dig a small pit, place the bowl inside, and heat it with 5 jin of well-burned charcoal until the fire dies out. Blow away the ash from the Aconitum carmichaeli, grind the cinnabar into a fine powder (or use cinnabar powder alone), and take 1.5 qian per dose, washed down with light ginger tea;Alternatively, add deer antler: remove the hair, slice it, soak in wine, and grind into a powder. Mix with 3 liang of date pulp and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed. Take 30–40 pills per dose, washed down with ginseng decoction.
Note
Calcined cinnabar is toxic; use with extreme caution.
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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 30, 2026 Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 30, 2026
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Antler-Cinnabar Pill,For kidney-induced syncope and headache caused by deficiency, where various medications have proven ineffective and the pain has worsened; for kidney deficiency with internal heat causing headache, there must first be blackouts and dizziness.