Cow Bile Health-Enhancing Pill，*Selected Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Stroke, loss of vital energy, confusion, convulsions,sudden collapse, facial paralysis, paralysis of the limbs, difficulty walking, slurred speech, excessive phlegm and saliva, mental confusion, and loss of consciousness; as well as various wind-induced arthralgia, cramping of the limbs, stiffness of tendons and meridians, joint pain, and all conditions involving wind, phlegm, atrophy, and arthralgia.
Cow Bile Health-Enhancing Pill
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Formulas Name : Cow Bile Health-Enhancing Pill
Chinese Name : 牛黄健步丹
Drug Formulation
3 qian of ox bile, 2 liang 5 qian of Codonopsis, 1 liang of Pinellia (stir-fried with ginger juice), 1 liang of Gastrodia, 1 liang of deer antler (roasted with butter), 3 qian of mint, 1 liang of Poria cocos, 1 liang of Polygala (soaked in licorice water, core removed), 1 liang of Acorus, 1 liang of jujube seeds (stir-fried), 1 liang of papaya,1 liang of coix seed (roasted), 1 liang of notopterygium (washed with wine), 1 liang of angelica pubescens (washed with wine), 1 liang of saposhnikovia (washed with wine),1 liang 5 qian of tangerine peel, 1 liang 5 qian of astragalus (stir-fried in salt water), 1 liang 5 qian of angelica root (washed with wine), 1 liang 5 qian of dried goji berries, 1 liang 5 qian of turtle shell (fried in ghee), 1 liang 5 qian of Polygonum multiflorum (stir-fried with salt and wine),Atractylodes macrocephala 2 liang (core removed, stir-fried with earth), Paeonia lactiflora 2 liang (stir-fried with salt and wine), Rehmannia glutinosa (raw) 2 liang (washed with wine), Rehmannia glutinosa (processed) 2 liang, Tiger leg bone 2 liang (fried with ghee),Achyranthes root 2 liang (washed with wine), Eucommia bark 2 liang (stir-fried with ginger and wine), Phellodendron bark 2 liang (mixed with human milk, then stir-fried with salt and wine), Anemarrhena rhizome 2 liang (mixed with human milk, then stir-fried with salt and wine), Ophiopogon tuber 2 liang (core removed), Agarwood 5 qian, Schisandra berries 5 qian.
Source
*Selected Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with refined honey and pig spinal cord to form pills weighing 1 qian 5 fen each; coat with gold leaf and seal with wax paper.
Benefits
Stroke, loss of vital energy, confusion, convulsions,sudden collapse, facial paralysis, paralysis of the limbs, difficulty walking, slurred speech, excessive phlegm and saliva, mental confusion, and loss of consciousness; as well as various wind-induced arthralgia, cramping of the limbs, stiffness of tendons and meridians, joint pain, and all conditions involving wind, phlegm, atrophy, and arthralgia.
Instructions for Use
Take 1 pill per dose; for severe cases, take consecutive doses at any time, dissolving the pill in salted water or warm wine.
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Cow Bile Health-Enhancing Pill,Stroke, loss of vital energy, confusion, convulsions,sudden collapse, facial paralysis, paralysis of the limbs, difficulty walking, slurred speech, excessive phlegm and saliva, mental confusion, and loss of consciousness; as well as various wind-induced arthralgia, cramping of the limbs, stiffness of tendons and meridians, joint pain, and all conditions involving wind, phlegm, atrophy, and arthralgia.