Great Calf Bile Pills，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 19), citing *The Zhang Family’s Inherited Formulas*.，For children with wind-induced stagnation and phlegm accumulation, presenting with headache, tightness in the eyes, palpitations, nausea, mental confusion, slurred speech, stiffness in the neck and shoulders, and numbness in the hands and feet; or with excessive wind-heat rising upward, causing restless sleep, red cheeks, excessive salivation, and a risk of developing convulsions or epilepsy.
Great Calf Bile Pills
Formulas Name : Great Calf Bile Pills
Chinese Name : 大牛黄丸
Drug Formulation
Half a liang of ox bile, half a liang of raw borneol, 1.5 liang of cinnabar (ground), 1 liang of Tiannanxing (soaked in whey, thoroughly boiled, sliced, and roasted), 1 liang of black snake (soaked in wine, meat extracted),1 liang of white silkworm pupae (roasted), 1 liang of Gastrodia elata, 1 liang of ginseng, 3 fen of dried whole scorpions (roasted), 3 fen of white aconite root (roasted), 3 fen of water-ground realgar, 3 fen of raw rhinoceros horn (chipped), and 1 fen of musk.
Source
From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 19), citing *The Zhang Family’s Inherited Formulas*.
Processing
Grind all ingredients except those specified for pounding into a fine powder. Then combine them with the pounded ingredients, mix thoroughly, and form into pills the size of a chicken’s head using refined honey.
Benefits
For children with wind-induced stagnation and phlegm accumulation, presenting with headache, tightness in the eyes, palpitations, nausea, mental confusion, slurred speech, stiffness in the neck and shoulders, and numbness in the hands and feet; or with excessive wind-heat rising upward, causing restless sleep, red cheeks, excessive salivation, and a risk of developing convulsions or epilepsy.
Instructions for Use
Take 1 to 2 pills per dose, chewing them thoroughly, and swallow them with ginseng and mint tea after meals or before bedtime; dissolving them is also acceptable.
Note
For those with wind-induced drooling, regular administration after meals is most appropriate.
Great Calf Bile Pills,For children with wind-induced stagnation and phlegm accumulation, presenting with headache, tightness in the eyes, palpitations, nausea, mental confusion, slurred speech, stiffness in the neck and shoulders, and numbness in the hands and feet; or with excessive wind-heat rising upward, causing restless sleep, red cheeks, excessive salivation, and a risk of developing convulsions or epilepsy.