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Nine-Return Golden Elixir Pill

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Nine-Return Golden Elixir Pill,For men and women with excessive phlegm and shortness of breath; stroke-induced aphasia; facial asymmetry; left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness; and locked jaw; as well as for children with acute convulsions, hand and foot spasms, loss of consciousness, and excessive phlegm with shortness of breath.

Formulas Name : Nine-Return Golden Elixir Pill

Chinese Name : 九还金液丹

Drug Formulation

Dànxīng (nine-processed) 2 liang, cinnabar (fine powder) 1 liang, raw ox bile 5 qián, dried silkworm 5 qián (roasted), soapberry (peel and string removed, roasted until charred) 3 qián, borneol 5 fēn, musk 5 fēn.

Source

From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 62.

Processing

Roast wheat flour until cooked, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a water caltrop, coat with gold leaf, and store in a container lined with beeswax.

Benefits

For men and women with excessive phlegm and shortness of breath; stroke-induced aphasia; facial asymmetry; left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness; and locked jaw; as well as for children with acute convulsions, hand and foot spasms, loss of consciousness, and excessive phlegm with shortness of breath.

Instructions for Use

For adults with locked jaws, first use Tongguan San to open the orifices, then dissolve 1–2 pills in light ginger decoction; for children, dissolve 1 pill in peppermint decoction.

Nine-Return Golden Elixir Pill,From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 62.,For men and women with excessive phlegm and shortness of breath; stroke-induced aphasia; facial asymmetry; left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness; and locked jaw; as well as for children with acute convulsions, hand and foot spasms, loss of consciousness, and excessive phlegm with shortness of breath.

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