Blood-Activating Pill，*Zhunsheng: Yao Yi* (Treatise on Surgical Medicine), Volume 6.，For contusions, injuries, sprains, fractures, falls, blows, and wounds from knives or axes; various wind-related disorders, left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, and numbness in the hands and feet; women’s blood-wind disorders, generalized pain, and cold and weakness.
Blood-Activating Pill
Formulas Name : Blood-Activating Pill
Chinese Name : 活血丹
Drug Formulation
1 jin of charred green mulberry bark, 2 liang of Angelica sinensis, 2 liang of Achyranthes root, 2 liang of Ligusticum chuanxiong, 2 liang of red peony root, 2 liang of prepared Rehmannia root, 2 liang of black beans (simmered in wine), 2 liang of Polygonum multiflorum, 2 liang of processed Pinellia tuber, 2 liang of Angelica dahurica, 2 liang of aged pine knots (charred), 2 liang of processed Eucommia bark, 2 liang of Polygonum multiflorum,Qianghuo 2 liang, Duhuo 2 liang, Atractylodes lancea (processed) 2 liang, Fangfeng 2 liang, Jingjie 2 liang, Gusui Bu 2 liang, Jiegeng 2 liang, Lijian 2 liang, Xuduan 2 liang, Aconite (vinegar-boiled, stir-fried) 2 liang, Sichuan Aconite (roasted) 2 liang, Cinnamon Bark 2 liang, Trichosanthes seed (stir-fried) 2 liang,Jiaohui 2 liang, Earthworm (cleaned of soil) 2 liang, Bai Lian 2 liang, Bai Ji (steamed) 2 liang, Xixin 2 liang, Aquilaria agallocha 2 liang, Sandalwood 2 liang, Rosin 2 liang, Liquidambar 2 liang, Wulingzhi 2 liang, Beijing Ink (calcined) 2 liang, Dragon’s Blood 2 liang, Frankincense 2 liang, Myrrh 2 liang.
Source
*Zhunsheng: Yao Yi* (Treatise on Surgical Medicine), Volume 6.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with a paste made from sorghum rice boiled in vinegar to form pills the size of a marble. Sun-dry them, then coat them with raw lacquer by rubbing it onto your hands and transferring the lacquer onto the pills; let them dry in the shade. Place them in a cloth bag and hang in a breezy spot; they will remain intact for a long time without losing their medicinal properties.
Benefits
For contusions, injuries, sprains, fractures, falls, blows, and wounds from knives or axes; various wind-related disorders, left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, and numbness in the hands and feet; women’s blood-wind disorders, generalized pain, and cold and weakness.
Instructions for Use
Each dose should be taken with Angelica wine.
Note
Do not use this remedy in cases of bleeding caused by cuts from metal blades.
Blood-Activating Pill,For contusions, injuries, sprains, fractures, falls, blows, and wounds from knives or axes; various wind-related disorders, left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, and numbness in the hands and feet; women’s blood-wind disorders, generalized pain, and cold and weakness.