Dingchou Huafeng Pills，From *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing*.，For acute fever, convulsions, excessive phlegm congestion, restlessness, cough, and fever.
Dingchou Huafeng Pills
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Formulas Name : Dingchou Huafeng Pills
Chinese Name : 定搐化风锭
Drug Formulation
40 live scorpions, 3 qian of Platycodon root, 3 qian of Coptis root, 5 qian of cicada slough, 3 qian of licorice root, 5 qian of Saposhnikovia root, 5 qian of Notopterygium root, 5 qian of rhubarb, 5 qian of dried silkworm, 5 qian of processed Pinellia, and 5 fen of ephedra.
Source
From *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing*.
Processing
First, crush the herbal ingredients; then soak the live scorpions in rice wine and crush them on a mortar. Sift the powdered mixture to remove all traces of the live scorpions, then set them aside to dry in the sun. Grind them again into a fine powder, sift through a sieve, and mix thoroughly. For every 10 liang of this fine powder, add: 5 liang of cinnabar powder, 1 qian 5 fen of ox bile, 1 qian 5 fen of musk, and 5 qian of borneol.Mix the above ingredients thoroughly and grind them into a fine powder. Combine with refined honey to form pills weighing 5 fen each. Coat each pill with nine layers of gold leaf, seal with wax, and wrap in cotton paper.
Benefits
For acute fever, convulsions, excessive phlegm congestion, restlessness, cough, and fever.
Instructions for Use
For children under one year of age, administer half a pill per dose; for children aged one to five years, administer one pill per dose, taken with warm water.
Note
Avoid greasy foods.
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Dingchou Huafeng Pills,For acute fever, convulsions, excessive phlegm congestion, restlessness, cough, and fever.