San Sheng Pills

San Sheng Pills,For internal phlegm and fluid retention causing dizziness, vertigo, and vomiting of sour fluid; for stroke with excessive phlegm, resulting in a crooked mouth and eyes and hemiplegia; and for phlegm-induced syncope with headache. For wind, phlegm, and fluid retention in the middle epigastrium, causing dizziness, blurred vision, vomiting of sour fluid, headache, and nausea; and for phlegm-induced syncope with headache.Stroke-induced coma with accumulation of phlegm and saliva, facial asymmetry, hemiplegia, and a deep pulse without signs of fever. Summer-heat wind in children, where summer-heat toxins invade the heart, phlegm obstructs the heart orifices, leading to coma and convulsions.

Formulas Name : San Sheng Pills

Chinese Name : 三生丸

Drug Formulation

Pinellia (banxia) 2 liang, Southern Star (nanxing) 1 liang, White Aconite (bai fuzi) 1 liang.

Source

*Ben Shi*, Volume 3.

Processing

Grind all the above ingredients into a fine powder; add a few drops of water to form pills the size of a paulownia seed; coat them with raw wheat flour; and dry in the shade.

Benefits

For internal phlegm and fluid retention causing dizziness, vertigo, and vomiting of sour fluid; for stroke with excessive phlegm, resulting in a crooked mouth and eyes and hemiplegia; and for phlegm-induced syncope with headache. For wind, phlegm, and fluid retention in the middle epigastrium, causing dizziness, blurred vision, vomiting of sour fluid, headache, and nausea; and for phlegm-induced syncope with headache.Stroke-induced coma with accumulation of phlegm and saliva, facial asymmetry, hemiplegia, and a deep pulse without signs of fever. Summer-heat wind in children, where summer-heat toxins invade the heart, phlegm obstructs the heart orifices, leading to coma and convulsions.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 to 20 pills per dose, washed down with ginger decoction.

San Sheng Pills,*Ben Shi*, Volume 3.,For internal phlegm and fluid retention causing dizziness, vertigo, and vomiting of sour fluid; for stroke with excessive phlegm, resulting in a crooked mouth and eyes and hemiplegia; and for phlegm-induced syncope with headache. For wind, phlegm, and fluid retention in the middle epigastrium, causing dizziness, blurred vision, vomiting of sour fluid, headache, and nausea; and for phlegm-induced syncope with headache.Stroke-induced coma with accumulation of phlegm and saliva, facial asymmetry, hemiplegia, and a deep pulse without signs of fever. Summer-heat wind in children, where summer-heat toxins invade the heart, phlegm obstructs the heart orifices, leading to coma and convulsions.

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