Cinnabar Yi Yuan Powder，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 5.，For heatstroke or typhoid fever where the fever persists, accompanied by restlessness, thirst with a strong urge to drink, scanty, painful, and yellow urine, mental confusion, delirium, and palpitations; or for abdominal masses with fluid retention, tenesmus, and sudden, urgent diarrhea. For smallpox on the third or fourth day, with internal heat, yellowish-red urine, and mental confusion.For typhoid fever with persistent fever, accompanied by delirious or incoherent speech. When summer heat affects the lungs, causing cough with a dry mouth, restlessness, hoarseness, and spitting of phlegm. During the summer months, for palpitations, profuse sweating, and painful, scanty urination. Summer heat syndrome.
Cinnabar Yi Yuan Powder
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Formulas Name : Cinnabar Yi Yuan Powder
Chinese Name : 辰砂益原散
Drug Formulation
Cinnabar 3 qian, Talc 6 liang, Licorice 1 liang.
Source
From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 5.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.
Benefits
For heatstroke or typhoid fever where the fever persists, accompanied by restlessness, thirst with a strong urge to drink, scanty, painful, and yellow urine, mental confusion, delirium, and palpitations; or for abdominal masses with fluid retention, tenesmus, and sudden, urgent diarrhea. For smallpox on the third or fourth day, with internal heat, yellowish-red urine, and mental confusion.For typhoid fever with persistent fever, accompanied by delirious or incoherent speech. When summer heat affects the lungs, causing cough with a dry mouth, restlessness, hoarseness, and spitting of phlegm. During the summer months, for palpitations, profuse sweating, and painful, scanty urination. Summer heat syndrome.
Instructions for Use
Take 3 qian per dose, washed down with plain hot water, at any time of day.
Note
Not suitable for the elderly, those with deficiency constitutions, or those who have lost body fluids after an illness and experience difficulty urinating.
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Cinnabar Yi Yuan Powder,For heatstroke or typhoid fever where the fever persists, accompanied by restlessness, thirst with a strong urge to drink, scanty, painful, and yellow urine, mental confusion, delirium, and palpitations; or for abdominal masses with fluid retention, tenesmus, and sudden, urgent diarrhea. For smallpox on the third or fourth day, with internal heat, yellowish-red urine, and mental confusion.For typhoid fever with persistent fever, accompanied by delirious or incoherent speech. When summer heat affects the lungs, causing cough with a dry mouth, restlessness, hoarseness, and spitting of phlegm. During the summer months, for palpitations, profuse sweating, and painful, scanty urination. Summer heat syndrome.