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Great Gold Foil Pills,For all types of wind-related disorders and epilepsy. For adults and children with epilepsy that occurs unpredictably, accompanied by foaming at the mouth, stiffness in the neck and back, and confusion.

Formulas Name : Great Gold Foil Pills

Chinese Name : 大金箔丸

Drug Formulation

100 sheets of gold leaf, 100 sheets of silver leaf, 1 liang of cinnabar, 1 qian of ox bile, 1 qian of raw rhinoceros horn, 1 qian of cloves, 1 qian of agarwood, 1 qian of pearl, 1 qian of wood fragrant, 1 qian of musk brain, 1 qian of amber, 1 qian of borax, 1 qian of black snake meat (roasted with wine),Tianma (wine-roasted) 1 qian, realgar 1 qian, scorpion tail 1 qian, white silkworm pupae 1 qian, aconite root (roasted) 1 qian, Tiannanxing (roasted) 1 qian, Fangfeng 1 qian, white aconite root 1 qian, licorice (roasted) 1 qian, fragrant ink half liang.

Source

From *Lingyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 11 of *Youyou Xinshu*.

Processing

Grind gold and silver foil together with 3 fen of mercury into a paste; grind the remaining herbs into a fine powder, then mix them together with the paste. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of mung beans.

Benefits

For all types of wind-related disorders and epilepsy. For adults and children with epilepsy that occurs unpredictably, accompanied by foaming at the mouth, stiffness in the neck and back, and confusion.

Instructions for Use

For adults, take 5 pills each dose, washed down with peppermint wine; for children, take 3 pills, washed down with peppermint soup.

Great Gold Foil Pills,From *Lingyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 11 of *Youyou Xinshu*.,For all types of wind-related disorders and epilepsy. For adults and children with epilepsy that occurs unpredictably, accompanied by foaming at the mouth, stiffness in the neck and back, and confusion.

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