Iron Bone Pill，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 3.，For various wind-induced paralysis, contractures, and hemiplegia.
Iron Bone Pill
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Formulas Name : Iron Bone Pill
Chinese Name : 铁骨丹
Drug Formulation
Chuanwutou and Caowutou, each half liang (roasted, with skin and tip removed); Chuanxiong, half liang; Danggui, half liang (soaked in wine, sun-dried); Laigui, half liang;half liang of Sichuan Dipsacus (washed and sun-dried), half liang of Huayin Asarum, half liang of Psoralea (roasted), 7 qian and a half of black snake (washed, soaked in wine, meat extracted, and sun-dried), half liang of straight silkworm pupae (roasted, silk removed),Half liang of Trichosanthes seed (shell removed, roasted), half liang of Gastrodia (soaked in wine, sun-dried), half liang of Morinda (soaked in wine, core removed, sun-dried), half liang of Saposhnikovia, half liang of Frankincense, half liang of Myrrh, half liang of Ephedra (knots removed),Qianghuo half liang, Duhuo half liang, Jianbai Nansheng (roasted until cooked) half liang, Bai Jili (roasted, pounded to remove thorns) half liang, Coix Seed half liang, Cangzhu (roasted) half liang, Biqi (boiled in salt water until dry) 1 liang, Du Zhong (coarse bark removed, chopped, treated with ginger juice, roasted until charred) 1 liang,Achyranthes root (soaked in wine, sun-dried) 1 liang, tiger shin bone 3 liang (washed, soaked in wine, roasted until charred), natural copper (heated until red-hot, quenched in vinegar 7 times) 3 liang, white aconite root (roasted) 4 qian, Sichuan wulingzhi 4 qian, Qin Jiao 2.5 qian, whole scorpion (detoxified, lightly roasted) 2.5 qian, musk 0.5 qian.
Source
*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 3.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Separately grind frankincense, myrrh, and musk, then gradually mix them in. Use medicinal wine to moisten a paste made from roasted wheat flour, and form into pills the size of a marble.
Benefits
For various wind-induced paralysis, contractures, and hemiplegia.
Instructions for Use
Take 1 pill per dose, ground with warm wine, or taken with a decoction of Xuanmuqua (wood apple) or with black beans steeped in wine; there is no specific time restriction for administration. Additionally, occasionally use 1 sheng of crushed Gaoliangjiang (galangal) to prepare a decoction for fumigation; bathing in this decoction is most effective.Before taking the medicine, take 21 blister beetles (with wings and legs removed) and one Jian-zhan of black beans; stir-fry them together over low heat until charred. Use only 7 of the beetles; combine them with the beans, 14 whole scorpions (lightly roasted), and 2.5 qian of Wulingzhi. Grind into a powder, form into pills with cake paste, each the size of a sesame seed. Take 21 pills per dose with aged wine to first eliminate the root of the wind.
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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 31, 2026 Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 31, 2026
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Iron Bone Pill,For various wind-induced paralysis, contractures, and hemiplegia.