Ma Pills，From *Formulas for Treating Injuries and Fractures*.，For fractures and injuries where the skin is torn and bone is exposed; for shattered or severed limbs; for decayed and putrid flesh; for extreme pain accompanied by constant crying out day and night; for conditions that remain unhealed despite numerous treatments; for long-standing damage to the hands and feet resulting in misalignment of tendons and bones and inability to move; for wind-dampness contracted after an injury, causing contracture of the joints and leading to one-sided paralysis; and for overwork-induced damage to tendons and bones, resulting in pain in the shoulders and back, weakness in the limbs, and lack of strength in movement.
Ma Pills
Formulas Name : Ma Pills
Chinese Name : 麻丸子
Drug Formulation
Chuan Danggui (stems removed, washed) half liang, Jiegeng (also known as “radish root”) half liang, Niuxi half liang (not soaked in wine), Gusui Bu 2 liang (hairs removed), Chuan Wu (not heated, sliced, and boiled in vinegar), Chuan Xiong 1 jin,1 jin of Bai Cao Shuang, 1 jin of Cao Wu (soaked in a lye solution made from mountain alum), half a jin of Mu Bie Zi (with the oily shell removed), half a jin of Red Peony Root, 1 dou of black beans (soaked in wine, boiled, and dried in an oven), and Jin Mao Gou Ji (with the tail removed).
Source
From *Formulas for Treating Injuries and Fractures*.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a paste made from flour boiled in wine to form pills the size of a tung tree seed.
Benefits
For fractures and injuries where the skin is torn and bone is exposed; for shattered or severed limbs; for decayed and putrid flesh; for extreme pain accompanied by constant crying out day and night; for conditions that remain unhealed despite numerous treatments; for long-standing damage to the hands and feet resulting in misalignment of tendons and bones and inability to move; for wind-dampness contracted after an injury, causing contracture of the joints and leading to one-sided paralysis; and for overwork-induced damage to tendons and bones, resulting in pain in the shoulders and back, weakness in the limbs, and lack of strength in movement.
Instructions for Use
Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine; for women, take with mugwort vinegar soup.
Note
Pregnant women should not take this formula.
Ma Pills,For fractures and injuries where the skin is torn and bone is exposed; for shattered or severed limbs; for decayed and putrid flesh; for extreme pain accompanied by constant crying out day and night; for conditions that remain unhealed despite numerous treatments; for long-standing damage to the hands and feet resulting in misalignment of tendons and bones and inability to move; for wind-dampness contracted after an injury, causing contracture of the joints and leading to one-sided paralysis; and for overwork-induced damage to tendons and bones, resulting in pain in the shoulders and back, weakness in the limbs, and lack of strength in movement.