Butterfly Powder

Butterfly Powder,For acute stroke with clenched jaws, inability to move the tongue, and slurred speech.

Formulas Name : Butterfly Powder

Chinese Name : 蝴蝶散

Drug Formulation

3 fen of alum-treated butterfly, 3 fen of mitesong.

Source

From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 96.

Processing

Grind the ingredients together until evenly mixed.

Benefits

For acute stroke with clenched jaws, inability to move the tongue, and slurred speech.

Instructions for Use

Administer half a qian bi per dose, mixed with warm water and administered orally. If the jaw is too clenched to allow oral administration, administer the medicine via a nasogastric tube.

Butterfly Powder,From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 96.,For acute stroke with clenched jaws, inability to move the tongue, and slurred speech.

More Herbs Formulas

Four Treasures Divine Elixir

Four Treasures Divine Elixir,From *Supplements to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 8, citing *Family Treasure Formulas*.,For the Five Labors and Seven Injuries.

Talc Powder

Talc Powder,From *Ji Yin Gang Mu*, Volume 14.,Postpartum hematuria.

Goiter-Suppressing Pills

Goiter-Suppressing Pills,From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 15.,For hard, knotted goiters.

Spleen-Nourishing and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction

Spleen-Nourishing and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction,From *Dian Dian Jing*, Volume 2.,Weakness and emaciation due to alcohol damage, reduced appetite, and numbness in the limbs.

Milk-Inducing Powder

Milk-Inducing Powder,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 400), citing *Formulas for the Care of Infants*.,For infants who are pale and emaciated from drinking their mother’s breast milk.

Shun Dan Decoction

Shun Dan Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.,When the gallbladder qi is startled and fails to disperse properly, it manifests as cloudy, white urine and pain in the urethra, as if pricked by a needle.

Xianwu Dou

Xianwu Dou,From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 6).,This is for cases where, following a seizure or epileptic episode, the mind and spirit have become uncontrolled, leading to mental confusion.

Scar-Removing Ointment

Scar-Removing Ointment,From *The Mysteries of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 12.,For cases where smallpox has healed but the toxin has not fully dissipated; the scabs have fallen off completely, leaving only scars—whether dark, uneven, or scratched into sores.

Liver-Nourishing Bai Zi Ren Powder

Liver-Nourishing Bai Zi Ren Powder,*Shenghui*, Volume 3.,Deficiency-cold of liver qi, distension and fullness in both flanks, stiffness and tightness of tendons and vessels, pain in the lower back, knees, and lower abdomen, pale complexion, and locked jaw.

He Shou Wu and White Peony Decoction

He Shou Wu and White Peony Decoction,*Direct Pointers from Hao Jing*, Volume 2.,Chronic diarrhea that damages the yin aspects of the liver and spleen manifests as debility in adults and wasting disease in children.

Wind-Dispelling Pills

Wind-Dispelling Pills,*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.,For stroke-induced paralysis, facial and ocular deviation, inability to move the limbs, stiff and numb muscles, and dizziness.

Decoction for Strengthening Earth and Killing Parasites

Decoction for Strengthening Earth and Killing Parasites,*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.,When parasites cause distress, resulting in rumbling in the stomach, mild abdominal pain, and the rising of phlegm and saliva leading to vomiting—a condition that occurs daily—take this decoction on an empty stomach.

Spleen-Regulating and Nourishing Decoction

Spleen-Regulating and Nourishing Decoction,*Bu Ju Ji*, Volume 10 of the First Collection.,Spleen deficiency with blood deficiency; yin deficiency with fever; for those who cannot tolerate Angelica sinensis or Rehmannia glutinosa.

Yu Huang San

Yu Huang San,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 386.,For pediatric jaundice, spleen-heat-induced jaundice, and alcohol-induced jaundice.

Heat-Clearing and Qi-Tonifying Decoction

Heat-Clearing and Qi-Tonifying Decoction,From *Essentials of Oral and Dental Medicine*.,Deficiency-heat in the middle jiao, with the mouth and tongue appearing as if stripped of skin, or accompanied by fever and thirst.

Ox Marrow Pills

Ox Marrow Pills,*Qianjin*, Volume 13.,For all kinds of diseases characterized by debility, emaciation, and exhaustion.

Toxicity-Resolving Realgar Powder

Toxicity-Resolving Realgar Powder,From *Shenghui*, Volume 68.,For injuries caused by poisoned arrows.

Poria and Cinnabar Ointment

Poria and Cinnabar Ointment,From *General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 7.,For a rapid pulse in typhoid fever with heat entering the stomach causing vomiting; also treats fever, restlessness and thirst with a desire to drink water, vomiting immediately after drinking, or difficulty urinating; and jaundice caused by internal stasis-heat.

Perilla Seed Decoction

Perilla Seed Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 163.,Postpartum shortness of breath and restlessness.

Red-Blue Powder

Red-Blue Powder,Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 33 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.,For children with chronic otitis media that has not healed.

Xianglian Siwu Decoction

Xianglian Siwu Decoction,*Huiyue*, Volume 14.,For menstrual blood that is purple and thick due to blood heat, accompanied by a洪实 pulse.

Black-and-White Divine Pill

Black-and-White Divine Pill,*Medical Levels*, Volume 8.,For yin deficiency and consumptive disorders.

Whole Scorpion Ointment

Whole Scorpion Ointment,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 46), citing *Formulas from the De Sheng Hall*.,For one-sided or bilateral headaches where rising qi causes unbearable pain.

Sugar-Coated Powder

Sugar-Coated Powder,From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 4.,For leprosy sores.

Abupi Decoction

Abupi Decoction,From *Zheng’s Family-Transmitted Gynecological Prescriptions Worth Ten Thousand Gold*, Volume 4.,Postpartum abdominal distension and swelling, difficulty urinating, shortness of breath and chest tightness, and fever.