Silver-Cinnabar Pill，From *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 981, citing *A Selection of Excellent Medical Formulas*.，For pregnancy-induced epilepsy characterized by drowsiness, lethargy, and profuse drooling; for acute and chronic convulsions in children, with uncontrollable spasms and blocked saliva flow.
Silver-Cinnabar Pill
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Formulas Name : Silver-Cinnabar Pill
Chinese Name : 银朱丹
Drug Formulation
Dried scorpion 1 fen (ground), Tianjiangzi 1 fen (lightly roasted), dew-soaked bee hive 1 fen (lightly roasted; grind the above three ingredients together and sift into a fine powder), cinnabar half liang (finely ground, water-washed), mercury 1 fen (combined to form cinnabar-like granules, then finely ground), ox bile 1 qian (finely ground), musk 1 qian (finely ground).
Source
From *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 981, citing *A Selection of Excellent Medical Formulas*.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of millet grains using a wheat flour paste.
Benefits
For pregnancy-induced epilepsy characterized by drowsiness, lethargy, and profuse drooling; for acute and chronic convulsions in children, with uncontrollable spasms and blocked saliva flow.
Instructions for Use
Take 5 pills per dose, washed down with a decoction of gold, silver, and mint prepared after breastfeeding.
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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 31, 2026 Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 31, 2026
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Silver-Cinnabar Pill,For pregnancy-induced epilepsy characterized by drowsiness, lethargy, and profuse drooling; for acute and chronic convulsions in children, with uncontrollable spasms and blocked saliva flow.