Eight-Treasure Powder

Eight-Treasure Powder,A carbuncle appearing as a light white blister, with a yellow-black base and a purple root; accompanied by distending pain, headache, chills and fever, restlessness and vomiting, cold fingers, mania, chest fullness, and a life-threatening, near-fatal condition.

Formulas Name : Eight-Treasure Powder

Chinese Name : 八宝散

Drug Formulation

Cow Bile, Pearl, Amber, Cinnabar, Realgar, Rhinoceros Horn, Gold Leaf, Musk, Borneol.

Source

From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 8.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into an extremely fine powder.

Benefits

A carbuncle appearing as a light white blister, with a yellow-black base and a purple root; accompanied by distending pain, headache, chills and fever, restlessness and vomiting, cold fingers, mania, chest fullness, and a life-threatening, near-fatal condition.

Instructions for Use

Dissolve in a decoction of gold and silver and take orally.

Note

Avoid grains and seasoned foods.

Eight-Treasure Powder,From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 8.,A carbuncle appearing as a light white blister, with a yellow-black base and a purple root; accompanied by distending pain, headache, chills and fever, restlessness and vomiting, cold fingers, mania, chest fullness, and a life-threatening, near-fatal condition.

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