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Supreme Musk Pills,Effective for three types of onset: convulsions and tremors, with the mouth and eyes twitching, eyes rolling upward, the head and neck tilting back and forth, and foaming at the mouth;as well as after vomiting or diarrhea, when the stomach and intestines are empty, qi and blood are disrupted, the patient cannot sleep, becomes irritable and cries frequently, experiences startle episodes, has contracted limbs, a stiff back and waist, dulled mental faculties, profuse saliva and sweating, and gradually becomes dazed and unconscious; or in cases of deficiency-wind in the elderly, or deficiency-wind in men and women followed by pathogenic wind invading the heart and spleen, resulting in an inability to speak.

Formulas Name : Supreme Musk Pills

Chinese Name : 至圣麝香饼子

Drug Formulation

Half a liang of Gastrodia elata, half a liang of Scrophularia root, half a liang of Sanguisorba officinalis, 1 liang of Aconite root, 1 white flowered snakehead, half a liang of cinnabar, and half a liang of musk.

Source

From *Ji Feng*, Volume 23.

Processing

Place the above herbs in a silver vessel, add boiling water, and simmer over a double boiler until reduced to a paste. Form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed, coat with gold leaf, and press into cakes.

Benefits

Effective for three types of onset: convulsions and tremors, with the mouth and eyes twitching, eyes rolling upward, the head and neck tilting back and forth, and foaming at the mouth;as well as after vomiting or diarrhea, when the stomach and intestines are empty, qi and blood are disrupted, the patient cannot sleep, becomes irritable and cries frequently, experiences startle episodes, has contracted limbs, a stiff back and waist, dulled mental faculties, profuse saliva and sweating, and gradually becomes dazed and unconscious; or in cases of deficiency-wind in the elderly, or deficiency-wind in men and women followed by pathogenic wind invading the heart and spleen, resulting in an inability to speak.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 cakes per dose, decocted in ginseng broth, regardless of the time of day.

Supreme Musk Pills,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 23.,Effective for three types of onset: convulsions and tremors, with the mouth and eyes twitching, eyes rolling upward, the head and neck tilting back and forth, and foaming at the mouth;as well as after vomiting or diarrhea, when the stomach and intestines are empty, qi and blood are disrupted, the patient cannot sleep, becomes irritable and cries frequently, experiences startle episodes, has contracted limbs, a stiff back and waist, dulled mental faculties, profuse saliva and sweating, and gradually becomes dazed and unconscious; or in cases of deficiency-wind in the elderly, or deficiency-wind in men and women followed by pathogenic wind invading the heart and spleen, resulting in an inability to speak.

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