Chunyang Rescue-from-Suffering Pill，From *Chunjiao Ji*, Volume 3.，For women experiencing labor without delivery, bloody stools, spontaneous vaginal bleeding, infertility, excessive red or white vaginal bleeding, menstrual abdominal pain, masses and masses, and consumptive disease caused by blood deficiency;in children: post-smallpox sequelae, measles, acute and chronic convulsions, food stagnation with stomach heat, and spleen deficiency; for madness caused by phlegm, evil spirits, mental disorders, epidemic diseases, cough, internal heat from typhoid fever, chest tightness, headache, lower back pain, leg pain, enuresis, difficulty urinating, constipation,diaphragmatic disorders, hemoptysis, dysentery, skin ulcers, scrofula,scabies and tinea, unexplained swellings and abscesses, malaria, jaundice due to overwork, poisoning by witchcraft, various types of epigastric pain, small intestine hernia causing chest pain, as well as summer heatstroke, mountain mists and miasma, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, gastric reflux and vomiting, unilateral or bilateral tonsillitis with throat obstruction, food stagnation, fluid retention, alcohol-induced stagnation, palpitations,dampness accumulation, swelling, abdominal pain, rectal prolapse, toothache and deafness, sudden onset of conjunctivitis, pinworms, tetanus, suicidal tendencies following drowning, cold and painful hands and feet, and rabies from a dog bite.
Chunyang Rescue-from-Suffering Pill
Formulas Name : Chunyang Rescue-from-Suffering Pill
Chinese Name : 纯阳救苦丹
Drug Formulation
1 liang of patchouli, 1 liang of acorus, 5 qian of cardamom (whole seeds), 1 liang of Atractylodes lancea, 8 qian of gardenia (roasted), 8 qian of polygala, 1 liang of Pinellia ternata (Beijing variety), 5 qian of wood fragrance,5 qian of Blue Wood Fragrance, 1 liang of Abdominal Skin, 5 qian of Perilla, 5 qian of Shenqu, 8 qian of Bupleurum, 1 liang of White Alum, 5 qian of Yujin, 2 liang of Poria Sclerotium, 1 liang of Dried Tangerine Peel, 2 liang of Angelica (whole), 5 qian of Sichuan Ligusticum, 8 qian of Akebia, 2 liang of Wood Apple, 5 qian of Magnolia Bark, 8 qian of Cyperus, 1 liang of Scutellaria, 2 liang of Ophiopogon,Qianghuo 5 qian, Duhuo 5 qian, Qingdai 5 qian, Zhike 5 qian, Apricot Kernel 1 liang (peeled and de-seeded), Chuanlian 5 qian, Realgar 5 qian, Raw Rehmannia 2 liang, Fangfeng 1 liang, Jiegeng 8 qian, Kugeng 8 qian, Zexie 8 qian, Licorice 5 qian, Huangbai 5 qian.
Source
From *Chunjiao Ji*, Volume 3.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into an extremely fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills, each weighing 2 qian, and coat with cinnabar.
Benefits
For women experiencing labor without delivery, bloody stools, spontaneous vaginal bleeding, infertility, excessive red or white vaginal bleeding, menstrual abdominal pain, masses and masses, and consumptive disease caused by blood deficiency;in children: post-smallpox sequelae, measles, acute and chronic convulsions, food stagnation with stomach heat, and spleen deficiency; for madness caused by phlegm, evil spirits, mental disorders, epidemic diseases, cough, internal heat from typhoid fever, chest tightness, headache, lower back pain, leg pain, enuresis, difficulty urinating, constipation,diaphragmatic disorders, hemoptysis, dysentery, skin ulcers, scrofula,scabies and tinea, unexplained swellings and abscesses, malaria, jaundice due to overwork, poisoning by witchcraft, various types of epigastric pain, small intestine hernia causing chest pain, as well as summer heatstroke, mountain mists and miasma, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, gastric reflux and vomiting, unilateral or bilateral tonsillitis with throat obstruction, food stagnation, fluid retention, alcohol-induced stagnation, palpitations,dampness accumulation, swelling, abdominal pain, rectal prolapse, toothache and deafness, sudden onset of conjunctivitis, pinworms, tetanus, suicidal tendencies following drowning, cold and painful hands and feet, and rabies from a dog bite.
Instructions for Use
For adults with severe illness, take no more than 4 pills per dose; for mild illness, 2 pills. For children over 10 years old, 1 pill; for those under 10, half a pill; for infants around one year old, 1 pill—soak in water mixed with roasted yellow earth until softened, then administer three-fourths to four-tenths of the total volume. For women before childbirth, take with Angelica Decoction; after childbirth, take with Safflower Decoction, or use peach kernels as a vehicle; to induce labor, take with a decoction of 3 qian of Buddha’s Hand;For women in labor who are unable to deliver, take it with a decoction of buttered turtle shell; for bloody stools, take it with a decoction of donkey-hide gelatin; for spontaneous vaginal bleeding, take it with a decoction of donkey-hide gelatin; for infertility, take it with a decoction of Angelica sinensis; for red and white metrorrhagia, use a decoction of white dogtail grass for red discharge and a decoction of red dogtail grass for white discharge;For menstrual abdominal pain, administer with a decoction of mugwort leaves; for masses and masses, administer with a decoction of safflower and water caltrop root; for women with blood-deficiency consumption, administer with a decoction of genuine safflower; for blood deficiency, administer with a decoction of angelica and safflower; for young boys and girls suffering from wind-induced smallpox, measles, and similar conditions, administer with a decoction of ginger and scallions, adding cinnabar; if measles fail to erupt, administer with a decoction of Sanchuanliu;For acute and chronic convulsions in children, food stagnation with stomach heat, and spleen deficiency, soak roasted yellow earth in water and administer the solution; for madness caused by phlegm, use honey-processed alum as a carrier; if caused by evil spirits, burn one soapberry to ash and administer it with cinnabar; for mental disorders, add 1–2 li of raw musk and administer;For epidemic fever, take 5 fen of realgar with water; for a cold-induced cough, use ginger juice as a vehicle; for wheezing and coughing, take 7 apricot kernels (with skin and tips removed) decocted in water; for a consumptive cough, take it with old rice soup; for a chronic cough, use 7 apricot kernels and 3 red dates as a vehicle; for typhoid fever, take it with Fangfeng-Zisu Decoction;For internal heat, use bamboo shavings as a vehicle; for chest tightness, take with Amomum decoction; for headache, take with lotus leaf decoction; for lower back pain, take with Eucommia decoction; for leg pain, take with Papaya and Achyranthes decoction; for enuresis, take with Rubus decoction; for urinary and fecal retention, take with Panlongcao (the older, the better) decoction;For hard stools, take with water mixed with sesame paste; for diaphragmatic disorders, take with a decoction of Kaiyuan coins (vinegar-coated), chewing the coins together with sliced water chestnuts; for hemoptysis and dysentery, take with ginger and scallion decoction; for skin sores, scrofula, scabies, tinea, and unknown swellings, take with Chrysanthemum and Forsythia Decoction;For malaria, take it with ginger and scallion soup, or apply it to the eleventh lumbar vertebra; the more feverish the condition, the faster the recovery; for exhaustion-induced jaundice and witchcraft-induced illness, take it with ginger and scallion soup, adding Lycium bark and Lycopodium; for one-sided or bilateral headaches, form the medicine into a cake, heat it, and apply it to both temples for immediate relief; for various types of stomach pain, take one cardamom pod, crush it with a pestle, soak it in rice wine, and take it with ginger juice;For pain caused by small intestine hernia affecting the heart, take a decoction of 7 Sichuan melia fruits and swallow it with the broth; if the pain is in the groin, take it with aniseed decoction; if the condition is acute, take it with a decoction of Coptis and Amomum. For all other conditions, take it with water infused with roasted yellow earth.
Chunyang Rescue-from-Suffering Pill,For women experiencing labor without delivery, bloody stools, spontaneous vaginal bleeding, infertility, excessive red or white vaginal bleeding, menstrual abdominal pain, masses and masses, and consumptive disease caused by blood deficiency;in children: post-smallpox sequelae, measles, acute and chronic convulsions, food stagnation with stomach heat, and spleen deficiency; for madness caused by phlegm, evil spirits, mental disorders, epidemic diseases, cough, internal heat from typhoid fever, chest tightness, headache, lower back pain, leg pain, enuresis, difficulty urinating, constipation,diaphragmatic disorders, hemoptysis, dysentery, skin ulcers, scrofula,scabies and tinea, unexplained swellings and abscesses, malaria, jaundice due to overwork, poisoning by witchcraft, various types of epigastric pain, small intestine hernia causing chest pain, as well as summer heatstroke, mountain mists and miasma, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, gastric reflux and vomiting, unilateral or bilateral tonsillitis with throat obstruction, food stagnation, fluid retention, alcohol-induced stagnation, palpitations,dampness accumulation, swelling, abdominal pain, rectal prolapse, toothache and deafness, sudden onset of conjunctivitis, pinworms, tetanus, suicidal tendencies following drowning, cold and painful hands and feet, and rabies from a dog bite.