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Great Sage Flower Snake and Calamus Pills,For drooping and slackness, deviation of the mouth and eyes, excessive salivation and slurred speech, weakness in the tendons and bones, difficulty walking, and pain throughout the body.

Formulas Name : Great Sage Flower Snake and Calamus Pills

Chinese Name : 大圣花蛇牛黄丸

Drug Formulation

White Flower Snake (soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, roasted) 4 liang, Black Snake (soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, roasted) 4 liang, Magnetite (calcined, quenched in vinegar) 4 liang,Red Arrow 4 liang, Pinellia (soaked in ginger juice overnight, sliced, and dried) 4 liang, Wilfordia (with stems and soil removed) 4 liang, Fangfeng (with branches removed) 4 liang, Natural Copper (calcined and quenched in vinegar 7 times) 4 liang, Notopterygium (with root tips removed) 3 liang, Gardenia Bark (chopped) 3 liang, Dried Scorpion (with soil removed, stir-fried) 3 liang,White Silkworm Pupae (roasted) 3 liang, White Fresh Bark 3 liang, Vitex Fruit 3 liang, Angelica Root (sliced, roasted) 3 liang, Ligusticum Root 3 liang, Green Tangerine Peel (soaked in hot water to remove pith, roasted) 3 liang, Tribulus Seed (roasted) 3 liang, Schisandra Berry 1.5 liang, Polygala Root (core removed) 1.5 liang,Smilax glabra 1.5 liang, Cinnamon (coarse bark removed) 1.5 liang, Wood Fragrance 1.5 liang, Fenugreek 1 liang, Chinese Toon Fruit 1 liang, White Cardamom (husk removed) 1 liang, Peony Root 1 liang, Alisma 1 liang, Pharbitis Seed (half raw, half stir-fried) 1 liang, Schizonepeta Spike 1 liang, White Headwort 1 liang,Cistanche (soaked in wine, sliced, and roasted) 1 liang, Agarwood 1 liang, Dried Ginger (roasted) half a liang, Musk (ground separately) half a liang, Bovine Bile (ground separately) half a liang, Ephedra (with roots and nodes removed) 3 liang, Cinnabar (ground separately) 1.5 liang, Mercury 1 liang (mixed with 1 liang of black sulfur to form granules), Borneol (ground) 2 fen.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 7.

Processing

Grind all the above herbs, except those to be ground separately, into a fine powder; then mix them evenly with the separately ground ingredients. Combine with refined honey to form pills the size of a marble.

Benefits

For drooping and slackness, deviation of the mouth and eyes, excessive salivation and slurred speech, weakness in the tendons and bones, difficulty walking, and pain throughout the body.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill at a time, chew it thoroughly, and swallow it with warm wine infused with soy sauce and peppermint; there is no specific time restriction for taking this.

Note

*Formulas for Universal Relief*: If sweating is desired, add one bowl of a concentrated decoction of Salt Drum Decoction to the pills. Avoid drafts when sitting or lying down.

Great Sage Flower Snake and Calamus Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 7.,For drooping and slackness, deviation of the mouth and eyes, excessive salivation and slurred speech, weakness in the tendons and bones, difficulty walking, and pain throughout the body.

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