Cinnabar Powder，From *Su Shen’s Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For various pains caused by wind-pathogen, delirious speech and aimless wandering, mental confusion, disoriented thinking, sudden bursts of singing or crying, irregular eating and drinking, sudden collapse upon onset of the illness, saliva covering the eyes, loss of mental clarity, and cases where conventional medical treatments have proven ineffective.
Cinnabar Powder
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Formulas Name : Cinnabar Powder
Chinese Name : 辰砂散
Drug Formulation
Cinnabar 1 liang (must be lustrous with distinct layers), jujube seeds (lightly roasted) half a liang, frankincense (lustrous) half a liang.
Source
From *Su Shen’s Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 2.
Benefits
For various pains caused by wind-pathogen, delirious speech and aimless wandering, mental confusion, disoriented thinking, sudden bursts of singing or crying, irregular eating and drinking, sudden collapse upon onset of the illness, saliva covering the eyes, loss of mental clarity, and cases where conventional medical treatments have proven ineffective.
Instructions for Use
Determine how much alcohol the patient usually consumes; first, allow them to drink freely until deeply intoxicated, but do not let them vomit. After administering the medicine in a quiet room, place them on a bed to sleep. Combine all the above ingredients into a single dose, mix it with one cup of warm wine, and have them drink the entire mixture at once;For those who rarely drink, simply let them drink enough to become intoxicated according to their tolerance; for mild cases, this process takes 1–2 days; for severe cases, 3–5 days. The patient will sleep without awareness; have family members watch over them discreetly. When they awaken, their spirit and soul will have stabilized. Take great care not to startle or disturb them, nor allow any external disturbances to awaken them; once startled awake, the condition becomes incurable.
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Cinnabar Powder,For various pains caused by wind-pathogen, delirious speech and aimless wandering, mental confusion, disoriented thinking, sudden bursts of singing or crying, irregular eating and drinking, sudden collapse upon onset of the illness, saliva covering the eyes, loss of mental clarity, and cases where conventional medical treatments have proven ineffective.