Life-Saving Ling Sha Pill，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 17.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, characterized by fever, profuse salivation, eyes rolling upward, clenched jaws, frequent convulsions, or vomiting and diarrhea accompanied by convulsions, tremors in the hands and feet, choking, and loss of consciousness.
Life-Saving Ling Sha Pill
Formulas Name : Life-Saving Ling Sha Pill
Chinese Name : 灵砂救命丹
Drug Formulation
1 liang of Wulingzhi (soaked in rice vinegar until dissolved, strained to remove grit, then simmered over low heat into a paste), half a liang of Qianghuo (with the root tip removed), 4 Datura flowers, 2 qian of Tianma (soaked in wine, then dried in an oven),Black Snake Tail (soaked in wine, meat extracted and dried in an oven) 2 qian, Talc (ground separately) 2 qian, Uncaria 2 qian, White Aconite Root (roasted) 2 qian, Fangfeng (root tip removed) 2 qian, Linglingxiang 2 qian,Tiannanxing (roasted) 2 qian, white silkworm pupae (roasted, with silk mouthparts removed) 10 pieces, whole scorpions (de-toxified) 10 pieces, Gangzi (shell removed, insect extracted) 10 pieces, cicada slough 10 pieces, musk 1 qian (ground separately), cinnabar (ground separately) half a qian, dragon’s blood (ground separately) half a qian, frankincense (ground separately) half a qian.
Source
*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 17.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; then mix in the separately ground ingredients until uniform. Use the Wulingzhi paste prepared earlier to form pills, making 40 pills per 1 liang.
Benefits
For acute and chronic convulsions in children, characterized by fever, profuse salivation, eyes rolling upward, clenched jaws, frequent convulsions, or vomiting and diarrhea accompanied by convulsions, tremors in the hands and feet, choking, and loss of consciousness.
Instructions for Use
Administer 1 pill per dose. For acute convulsions, add a small amount of borneol and dissolve the pill in a decoction of mint; for chronic convulsions, add a small amount of musk and dissolve the pill in a decoction of Chinese mint, then mix with 2–3 drops of wine and administer. Take at any time.
Life-Saving Ling Sha Pill,For acute and chronic convulsions in children, characterized by fever, profuse salivation, eyes rolling upward, clenched jaws, frequent convulsions, or vomiting and diarrhea accompanied by convulsions, tremors in the hands and feet, choking, and loss of consciousness.