Jinsha Dan

Jinsha Dan,For stroke with excessive salivation, loss of voice and inability to speak, flushed face, a large, rapid, and forceful pulse, confusion and drowsiness, and deviation of the mouth and eyes—all of which are conditions caused by wind-heat—as well as hemiplegia; or for typhoid fever with severe spasms and convulsions, and postpartum opisthotonos in women.

Formulas Name : Jinsha Dan

Chinese Name : 金砂丹

Drug Formulation

White Flower Snake (soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, flesh retained) 1 liang, Black Snake (soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, flesh retained) 1 liang, Scorpion Tails (roasted) 1 liang, White Stiff Silkworm (roasted) 1 liang,Rhinoceros Horn Shavings 1 liang, Hawksbill Tortoise Shell Shavings 1 liang, Gastrodia 1 liang, Ginseng 1 liang, Poria Cocos (processed) 1 liang, Licorice (roasted) 1 liang,Borneol (ground) 1 fen, Musk (ground) 1 fen, Cinnabar (ground) 5 liang, Ox Bile (ground) 1 fen, Realgar (ground) 1 fen, Pearl (ground) 1 fen, Turmeric (ground) 1 fen, Gold leaf 230 pieces, Silver leaf 230 pieces, Iron powder (ground) 1 fen.

Source

From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with genuine camphor oil to form pills, making 10 pills per liang, and store them in a porcelain box.

Benefits

For stroke with excessive salivation, loss of voice and inability to speak, flushed face, a large, rapid, and forceful pulse, confusion and drowsiness, and deviation of the mouth and eyes—all of which are conditions caused by wind-heat—as well as hemiplegia; or for typhoid fever with severe spasms and convulsions, and postpartum opisthotonos in women.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose, dissolved in Ginseng Decoction; Bamboo Leaf Decoction or fresh well water may also be used.

Jinsha Dan,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.,For stroke with excessive salivation, loss of voice and inability to speak, flushed face, a large, rapid, and forceful pulse, confusion and drowsiness, and deviation of the mouth and eyes—all of which are conditions caused by wind-heat—as well as hemiplegia; or for typhoid fever with severe spasms and convulsions, and postpartum opisthotonos in women.

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