Mass-Dissolving Life-Restoring Pill，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 1.，For conditions where dryness penetrates the lower jiao, accumulates in the blood, and forms masses. When the mass is undispersed, there is no pain; when it manifests, the pain is severe; blood-obstruction syndrome; the excess pattern of women’s dry-blood consumption syndrome; malaria with left-flank pain and alternating chills and fever; premenstrual pain in women (historically termed “dysmenorrhea”); alternating chills and fever in women just before menstruation; abdominal pain in women just before menstruation caused by accidental ingestion of raw or cold foods;amenorrhea in women; menstrual blood that is purplish-black or even clotted; low back pain caused by stagnant blood resulting from falls or blows; postpartum blood stasis with lower abdominal pain that resists pressure; falls or blows resulting in loss of consciousness and near-fatal injury; and wounds from weapons or blows accompanied by blood stasis.
Mass-Dissolving Life-Restoring Pill
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Formulas Name : Mass-Dissolving Life-Restoring Pill
Chinese Name : 化癥回生丹
Drug Formulation
6 liang of ginseng, 2 liang of Annam cinnamon, 2 liang of “two-ended” ginseng, 2 liang of musk, 2 liang of sliced turmeric, 3 liang of male cloves, 2 liang of charred Sichuan pepper, 2 liang of horseflies, 2 liang of Beijing-style sanleng, 1 liang of charred cattail pollen, 2 liang of saffron, 3 liang of sappan wood,Peach Kernels 3 liang, Perilla Seed Powder 2 liang, Wulingzhi 2 liang, Agarwood 2 liang, Dried Lacquer 2 liang, Angelica Root Tails 4 liang, Myrrh 2 liang, White Peony Root 4 liang, Apricot Kernels 3 liang, Cyperus Rhizome 2 liang, Evodia Fruit 2 liang, Corydalis Rhizome 2 liang, Leeches 2 liang, Asafoetida 2 liang, Charred Fennel Seeds 3 liang,Chuanxiong 2 liang, Frankincense 2 liang, Galangal 2 liang, Mugwort Charcoal 2 liang, Motherwort Paste 8 liang, Prepared Rehmannia Root 4 liang, Soft-shelled Turtle Carapace Gelatin 1 jin, Rhubarb 8 liang (ground into a fine powder; simmer with 1.5 jin of high-quality rice vinegar until concentrated, sun-dry and grind into powder; repeat this process three times, sun-drying after each, then grind into a fine powder).
Source
*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 1.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix thoroughly with the three gelatins derived from softshell turtle shell, motherwort, and rhubarb. Add refined honey to form pills weighing 1 qian 5 fen each, and seal them with wax paper.
Benefits
For conditions where dryness penetrates the lower jiao, accumulates in the blood, and forms masses. When the mass is undispersed, there is no pain; when it manifests, the pain is severe; blood-obstruction syndrome; the excess pattern of women’s dry-blood consumption syndrome; malaria with left-flank pain and alternating chills and fever; premenstrual pain in women (historically termed “dysmenorrhea”); alternating chills and fever in women just before menstruation; abdominal pain in women just before menstruation caused by accidental ingestion of raw or cold foods;amenorrhea in women; menstrual blood that is purplish-black or even clotted; low back pain caused by stagnant blood resulting from falls or blows; postpartum blood stasis with lower abdominal pain that resists pressure; falls or blows resulting in loss of consciousness and near-fatal injury; and wounds from weapons or blows accompanied by blood stasis.
Instructions for Use
Take with warm water on an empty stomach; for severe stasis, take with rice wine.
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Mass-Dissolving Life-Restoring Pill,For conditions where dryness penetrates the lower jiao, accumulates in the blood, and forms masses. When the mass is undispersed, there is no pain; when it manifests, the pain is severe; blood-obstruction syndrome; the excess pattern of women’s dry-blood consumption syndrome; malaria with left-flank pain and alternating chills and fever; premenstrual pain in women (historically termed “dysmenorrhea”); alternating chills and fever in women just before menstruation; abdominal pain in women just before menstruation caused by accidental ingestion of raw or cold foods;amenorrhea in women; menstrual blood that is purplish-black or even clotted; low back pain caused by stagnant blood resulting from falls or blows; postpartum blood stasis with lower abdominal pain that resists pressure; falls or blows resulting in loss of consciousness and near-fatal injury; and wounds from weapons or blows accompanied by blood stasis.