Xuanqing Pills，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 10.，For severe, frequent, and painful diarrhea, or diarrhea that persists for a long time and cannot be stopped, where purgation is necessary to eliminate damp-heat, fullness, oppression, and stagnation, thereby promoting the free flow of qi and body fluids. Indicated for accumulated heat, food and alcohol stagnation, jaundice with emaciation and abdominal distension, edema, and abdominal distension. Also indicated for childhood convulsions and wasting disease, accumulated heat, and breast lumps.
Xuanqing Pills
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Formulas Name : Xuanqing Pills
Chinese Name : 玄青丸
Drug Formulation
Coptis rhizome (Huanglian) half liang, Phellodendron bark (Huangbai) half liang, Rhubarb (Dahuang) half liang, Euphorbia (Gansui) half liang, Datura flower (Yuanhua; stir-fried with vinegar) half liang, Euphorbia (Daji) half liang, Pharbitis root (Qianniu; 4 liang, ground into powder) 2 liang (all the above ground into a fine powder), Mercury oxide (Qingfen) 2 qian, Indigo powder (Qingdai) 1 liang.
Source
*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 10.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, then mix with water to form pills the size of small beans.
Benefits
For severe, frequent, and painful diarrhea, or diarrhea that persists for a long time and cannot be stopped, where purgation is necessary to eliminate damp-heat, fullness, oppression, and stagnation, thereby promoting the free flow of qi and body fluids. Indicated for accumulated heat, food and alcohol stagnation, jaundice with emaciation and abdominal distension, edema, and abdominal distension. Also indicated for childhood convulsions and wasting disease, accumulated heat, and breast lumps.
Instructions for Use
Initial dose: 10 pills; increase by 10 pills with each subsequent dose. Take three times daily: on an empty stomach, at noon, and before bedtime. Continue until bowel movements become free and complete. Thereafter, take 15–20 pills daily; after a few days, the patient may resume eating. For chronic conditions that have not yet resolved, increase the dose again to induce bowel movements; after bowel movements occur, resume the regular dosage, adjusting as needed until the illness is resolved; discontinue treatment once the symptoms subside.For children, the pills should be about the size of a millet seed or a hemp seed. To treat convulsions and heat accumulation that has not been expelled, a regular dose of 10 pills is required.
Note
Do not administer to patients with diarrhea.
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Xuanqing Pills,For severe, frequent, and painful diarrhea, or diarrhea that persists for a long time and cannot be stopped, where purgation is necessary to eliminate damp-heat, fullness, oppression, and stagnation, thereby promoting the free flow of qi and body fluids. Indicated for accumulated heat, food and alcohol stagnation, jaundice with emaciation and abdominal distension, edema, and abdominal distension. Also indicated for childhood convulsions and wasting disease, accumulated heat, and breast lumps.