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Fanhun Pills,For acute convulsions in children.

Formulas Name : Fanhun Pills

Chinese Name : 返魂丸子

Drug Formulation

2 rhinoceros beetles (remove wings and legs; burn in a porcelain box without allowing smoke to escape; grind into a fine powder), half liang of white silkworm pupae (lightly roasted),half liang of ox bile (finely ground), half liang of white aconite root (roasted until cracked), half liang of Tiannanxing (roasted until cracked), half liang of indigo powder (ground and mixed in), half liang of dried ginger (roasted until cracked), half liang of sweet shepherd’s purse (roasted until purple), half liang of black snake meat (roasted until yellow), and half liang of cinnabar (finely ground and washed with water).

Source

From *Shenghui*, Volume 85.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with pig bile and toad secretion (each about the size of a mung bean) to form pills the size of millet grains.

Benefits

For acute convulsions in children.

Instructions for Use

First, dissolve 1 pill in wine and drip it into the nostril; immediately follow by swallowing 2 pills with wine or water. If the child does not sneeze, do not administer any more medicine.

Fanhun Pills,From *Shenghui*, Volume 85.,For acute convulsions in children.

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