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Ding Sheng Pills,For acute convulsions in children, characterized by high fever throughout the body, disharmony of tendons and meridians, convulsive twitching of the hands and feet, clenched jaw and cyanotic face, congestion of phlegm and saliva, as well as emaciation caused by malnutrition.

Formulas Name : Ding Sheng Pills

Chinese Name : 定生丸

Drug Formulation

10 sparrow-nest-shaped clay pots (containing material), 1 liang toad head (coated with butter and roasted until dark yellow), 1 fen pig’s-tooth soapberry (peeled, coated with butter and roasted until dark yellow, seeds removed), 1 fen Gastrodia elata,half fen of Lepidium (stem removed), half liang of black snake (soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, roasted until yellow), 1 fen of dried scorpion (lightly roasted), 1 fen of melon seed pod, 1 fen of Tiannanxing (cracked by roasting), 1 fen of Qingdai (finely ground), 1 fen of cinnabar (finely ground), 1 fen of borneol (finely ground), 1 fen of realgar (finely ground),1 fen of musk (finely ground), 1 fen of talcum powder, 1 fen of the spines from the head of a qu-tou thorn, 1 fen of dung beetle (lightly roasted, wings and legs removed), 1 fen of bear bile, 1 fen of ox gallstone (finely ground), and half a fen of Pinellia (washed 7 times in boiling water to remove slipperiness).

Source

From *Shenghui*, Volume 85.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of mung beans using pig bile as the binder.

Benefits

For acute convulsions in children, characterized by high fever throughout the body, disharmony of tendons and meridians, convulsive twitching of the hands and feet, clenched jaw and cyanotic face, congestion of phlegm and saliva, as well as emaciation caused by malnutrition.

Instructions for Use

Administer 1 pill at a time, dissolved in warm ginger decoction, and instill it into the nostrils; after the child sneezes, administer 3 pills with a decoction of ginger and mint.

Ding Sheng Pills,From *Shenghui*, Volume 85.,For acute convulsions in children, characterized by high fever throughout the body, disharmony of tendons and meridians, convulsive twitching of the hands and feet, clenched jaw and cyanotic face, congestion of phlegm and saliva, as well as emaciation caused by malnutrition.

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