Bai Datong Pills

Bai Datong Pills,Effective for all types of wind-induced disorders, including left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, facial and oral asymmetry, limpness and flaccidity of the limbs, and slurred speech; also treats both unilateral and bilateral headaches, as well as wind-induced arthralgia and leg disorders.

Formulas Name : Bai Datong Pills

Chinese Name : 白大通丸

Drug Formulation

Agastache (soil removed) 2 liang, White Angelica 2 liang, Ligusticum 2 liang, Sichuan Aconite 4 liang (in winter, remove the skin and tip; in spring, leave them on; half raw, half roasted), Perilla 2 liang, Papaya 2 liang, Tiannanxing 2 liang, Licorice 4 liang (roasted in spring, raw in winter), Cinnamon 2 liang,Schizonepeta 2 liang, Frankincense half a liang (ground separately), White Silkworm 2 liang (roasted, with silk threads, mouth, and legs removed), Ligusticum (soil removed) 2 liang, Notopterygium 2 liang, Platycodon (washed) 2 liang, Atractylodes 2 liang, Achyranthes (soaked in wine) 2 liang, Gastrodia 1 liang, Sichuan Angelica 1 liang, Myrrh (ground separately) 1 liang,Ephedra 2 liang (in spring, do not remove the nodes; in winter, remove them), Genuine Asarum (washed and stems removed) 2 liang, Black Snake 5 liang (soaked in water, skin and bones removed, soaked in good wine overnight, then roasted), Soft Gypsum 1 jin (calcined; grind 4 liang to serve as a coating; incorporate the remainder into the mixture of herbs), Chrysanthemum Flowers 1 liang.

Source

From *The Universal Remedies* (Vol. 116), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; form into pills the size of a marble using glutinous rice paste; bake them dry every other day, then coat them with the gypsum coating.

Benefits

Effective for all types of wind-induced disorders, including left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, facial and oral asymmetry, limpness and flaccidity of the limbs, and slurred speech; also treats both unilateral and bilateral headaches, as well as wind-induced arthralgia and leg disorders.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose, chewed and swallowed with warm peppermint tea or wine; if suffering from kidney pain, take it with wine infused with stir-fried fennel.

Bai Datong Pills,From *The Universal Remedies* (Vol. 116), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.,Effective for all types of wind-induced disorders, including left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, facial and oral asymmetry, limpness and flaccidity of the limbs, and slurred speech; also treats both unilateral and bilateral headaches, as well as wind-induced arthralgia and leg disorders.

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