Cinnabar Cake

Cinnabar Cake,For infantile convulsions, with intermittent fever and excessive salivation; coughing and vomiting; restlessness, oppression, irritability, and thirst; uncomfortable rashes; chest congestion; restless sleep; sudden fright and loud crying; dry eyes due to deficiency wind; and uncoordinated limbs.

Formulas Name : Cinnabar Cake

Chinese Name : 辰砂饼子

Drug Formulation

1 fen of cinnabar (reserve a small amount for coating), half liang of “Bile Star” (in the 12th lunar month, take one ox gallbladder, fill it with powdered Tiannanxing, and hang it in the wind to dry), half liang of Tianma, half liang of licorice (roasted), half liang of white Aconite, 21 scorpion tails, and 1 zi of plum blossom camphor.

Source

Quoted from the *Wang Family Manual* citing the Song Dynasty’s *Xishu Formulae* (see *New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 8).

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a thin wheat flour paste to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed; shape them into flat discs; and coat them with cinnabar.

Benefits

For infantile convulsions, with intermittent fever and excessive salivation; coughing and vomiting; restlessness, oppression, irritability, and thirst; uncomfortable rashes; chest congestion; restless sleep; sudden fright and loud crying; dry eyes due to deficiency wind; and uncoordinated limbs.

Instructions for Use

Take 1–2 pills per dose, dissolved in peppermint tea.

Cinnabar Cake,Quoted from the *Wang Family Manual* citing the Song Dynasty’s *Xishu Formulae* (see *New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 8).,For infantile convulsions, with intermittent fever and excessive salivation; coughing and vomiting; restlessness, oppression, irritability, and thirst; uncomfortable rashes; chest congestion; restless sleep; sudden fright and loud crying; dry eyes due to deficiency wind; and uncoordinated limbs.

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