Tianma and Black Snake Pills，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 15.，For wind-induced epilepsy with palpitations, fever, convulsions, head shaking, clenched jaw, profuse drooling, and loss of consciousness.
Tianma and Black Snake Pills
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Formulas Name : Tianma and Black Snake Pills
Chinese Name : 天麻乌蛇丸
Drug Formulation
Tianma (soaked in wine overnight, sliced, and roasted) 1 liang; Black Snake (soaked in wine overnight, skinned and deboned, then roasted) 1 liang; Tiannansheng (soaked in whey overnight, sliced, and roasted) 2 liang; Banxia (boiled in whey, sliced, and roasted) half a liang; Agastache leaves 1 liang; Aconite (peeled and with the pith removed, used raw) 1 liang;White Aconite Root (raw) 1 liang, Talc (ground) 1 liang, Epimedium (leaves only) half a liang, Realgar (ground) 1 fen, Lead White (ground) 1 fen, Cloves 1 fen, Rhinoceros Horn (ground into powder) half a liang, Ginseng half a liang, Musk (ground) 1 qian,1 qian of borneol (ground), 1 fen of dried scorpion (whole, cleaned of soil, stir-fried), half a liang of cinnabar (ground), 1 fen of locust tree gum, 20 pieces of mulberry cuttlefish bone (roasted), and 1 fen of snake bile (burned, quenched in vinegar 7 times, ground).
Source
*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 15.
Processing
Pound the 15 ingredients listed above into a fine powder, mix thoroughly with the 6 ground ingredients, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed using refined honey.
Benefits
For wind-induced epilepsy with palpitations, fever, convulsions, head shaking, clenched jaw, profuse drooling, and loss of consciousness.
Instructions for Use
Take 10 pills each time, washed down with warm wine, after meals and before bedtime.
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Tianma and Black Snake Pills,For wind-induced epilepsy with palpitations, fever, convulsions, head shaking, clenched jaw, profuse drooling, and loss of consciousness.