Yin-Breaking Pill，*Ben Shi*, Volume 8.，For typhoid fever and epidemic diseases characterized by latent yang within yin. Although the body feels extremely cold, the patient does not wish to wear clothes; there is chest fullness and nausea, headache, and back pain; the fingertips are cold but there is internal heat and restlessness; the tongue coating is crimson with a floating white layer at the base, or even pale red, swollen, and large.
Yin-Breaking Pill
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Formulas Name : Yin-Breaking Pill
Chinese Name : 破阴丹
Drug Formulation
Sulfur (imported) 1 liang, mercury 1 liang, aged tangerine peel (white pith removed) half a liang, green tangerine peel (white pith removed) half a liang (ground into a powder).
Source
*Ben Shi*, Volume 8.
Processing
First, melt the sulfur in a crucible; then add the mercury. Stir thoroughly with an iron rod until no specks remain. Pour the mixture into a black tea cup and grind it into a fine powder. Add the other two ingredients and grind them together until uniform. Form into pills the size of a paulownia seed using a thick wheat-flour paste.
Benefits
For typhoid fever and epidemic diseases characterized by latent yang within yin. Although the body feels extremely cold, the patient does not wish to wear clothes; there is chest fullness and nausea, headache, and back pain; the fingertips are cold but there is internal heat and restlessness; the tongue coating is crimson with a floating white layer at the base, or even pale red, swollen, and large.
Instructions for Use
Take 30 pills per dose. If restlessness is present, take with cold salted water; if the syndrome is yin in nature, take with cold mugwort decoction.
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Yin-Breaking Pill,For typhoid fever and epidemic diseases characterized by latent yang within yin. Although the body feels extremely cold, the patient does not wish to wear clothes; there is chest fullness and nausea, headache, and back pain; the fingertips are cold but there is internal heat and restlessness; the tongue coating is crimson with a floating white layer at the base, or even pale red, swollen, and large.