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Cow Bile and Purple Gold Pill

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Cow Bile and Purple Gold Pill,For acute and chronic convulsions in infants and children, fever with drowsiness, cough with phlegm and saliva, incessant crying, or a face appearing pale, yellow, black, or white; stiffness in the hands and feet; eyes staring upward with the whites showing; and conditions that have persisted for a long time without healing, resulting in the accumulation of pathogenic heat internally.

Formulas Name : Cow Bile and Purple Gold Pill

Chinese Name : 牛黄紫金丹

Drug Formulation

Tianma (lightly roasted) 1 qian 5 fen, Stiff Silkworm (wrapped in paper, half-roasted in ash) 1 qian 5 fen, Moutan Bark 1 qian 5 fen, Curcuma 2 qian, White Aconite (sliced, lightly roasted) 2 qian,Whole Scorpion 3 qian (legs removed, washed in hot water to remove salt toxicity, lightly roasted), Bile-processed Pinellia 5 qian, Coptis 1 qian (raw), Lycium Bark (coarse outer layer removed) 1.5 qian (roasted), Cinnabar 0.5 fen, Ox Bile 0.4 fen, Musk 0.2 fen, Large Red Gold 25 sheets.

Source

From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 8.

Processing

Grind each of the above herbs into an extremely fine powder, mix thoroughly, and combine with refined honey to form pills the size of a large black bean.

Benefits

For acute and chronic convulsions in infants and children, fever with drowsiness, cough with phlegm and saliva, incessant crying, or a face appearing pale, yellow, black, or white; stiffness in the hands and feet; eyes staring upward with the whites showing; and conditions that have persisted for a long time without healing, resulting in the accumulation of pathogenic heat internally.

Instructions for Use

Infants: 1 pill; young children: 2 pills; children: 3 pills; those aged 11–12 or older: 4 pills. Crush the pills with chopsticks until pulverized, mix with peppermint tea, and take at any time.

Note

Avoid meat, greasy foods, and raw or cold foods.

Cow Bile and Purple Gold Pill,From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 8.,For acute and chronic convulsions in infants and children, fever with drowsiness, cough with phlegm and saliva, incessant crying, or a face appearing pale, yellow, black, or white; stiffness in the hands and feet; eyes staring upward with the whites showing; and conditions that have persisted for a long time without healing, resulting in the accumulation of pathogenic heat internally.

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