Life-Saving Chopstick-Tip Powder，From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 3 of *Xiu Zhen*.，For acute laryngeal obstruction, with swelling, pain, and blockage of the throat preventing the passage of breath, threatening death.
Life-Saving Chopstick-Tip Powder
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Formulas Name : Life-Saving Chopstick-Tip Powder
Chinese Name : 夺命箸头散
Drug Formulation
Ingredients: 4 qian of Bile Alum, 4 qian of Aconite, 6 qian of Green Alum, Realgar (in one formula, add 2 qian of White Alum).
Source
From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 3 of *Xiu Zhen*.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder.
Benefits
For acute laryngeal obstruction, with swelling, pain, and blockage of the throat preventing the passage of breath, threatening death.
Instructions for Use
Apply one chopstick tip to the throat; the patient will immediately vomit phlegm and foam, with an instant response. Next, take equal parts of rhubarb and licorice, coarsely ground; take three doses at a time. Boil one and a half bowls of water down to one bowl, strain out the residue, dissolve one grain of frankincense in the liquid, and drink while warm to flush out the heat toxins and prevent recurrence.
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Life-Saving Chopstick-Tip Powder,For acute laryngeal obstruction, with swelling, pain, and blockage of the throat preventing the passage of breath, threatening death.