Zilong Pills，*Effective and Simple Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For pulling and stabbing pains in the neck, chest, flanks, back, and waist, with the pain shifting unpredictably; cold, numb hands and feet; blocked qi and meridians; and phlegm accumulating above the diaphragm.A sensation of a lump in the throat resembling a plum pit, appearing and disappearing intermittently; a sudden sensation of suffocation in the throat; or, throughout the body, the emergence of hard lumps resembling pounded grains or chestnuts, with no change in skin color, causing neither pain nor soreness but only a sensation of soreness and numbness; or, these lumps may spontaneously ulcerate and fester, oozing fluid like phlegm, persisting for years without healing, resembling a persistent discharge; it also treats scrofula, fish-mouth sores, anal abscesses, bone-adhering sores, and all types of yin-type ulcers.
Zilong Pills
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Formulas Name : Zilong Pills
Chinese Name : 子龙丸
Drug Formulation
3 liang of white cardamom seeds, 4 liang of Sichuan magnolia bark, 2 liang of processed Euphorbia, 2 liang of red-bud Euphorbia, and 4 liang of white mustard seeds.
Source
*Effective and Simple Prescriptions*, Volume 2.
Processing
Grind each of the above herbs into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
For pulling and stabbing pains in the neck, chest, flanks, back, and waist, with the pain shifting unpredictably; cold, numb hands and feet; blocked qi and meridians; and phlegm accumulating above the diaphragm.A sensation of a lump in the throat resembling a plum pit, appearing and disappearing intermittently; a sudden sensation of suffocation in the throat; or, throughout the body, the emergence of hard lumps resembling pounded grains or chestnuts, with no change in skin color, causing neither pain nor soreness but only a sensation of soreness and numbness; or, these lumps may spontaneously ulcerate and fester, oozing fluid like phlegm, persisting for years without healing, resembling a persistent discharge; it also treats scrofula, fish-mouth sores, anal abscesses, bone-adhering sores, and all types of yin-type ulcers.
Instructions for Use
Take 3 fen per dose, washed down with light ginger tea.
Note
Avoid taking licorice on the same day, as the pill contains Gan Sui.
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Zilong Pills,For pulling and stabbing pains in the neck, chest, flanks, back, and waist, with the pain shifting unpredictably; cold, numb hands and feet; blocked qi and meridians; and phlegm accumulating above the diaphragm.A sensation of a lump in the throat resembling a plum pit, appearing and disappearing intermittently; a sudden sensation of suffocation in the throat; or, throughout the body, the emergence of hard lumps resembling pounded grains or chestnuts, with no change in skin color, causing neither pain nor soreness but only a sensation of soreness and numbness; or, these lumps may spontaneously ulcerate and fester, oozing fluid like phlegm, persisting for years without healing, resembling a persistent discharge; it also treats scrofula, fish-mouth sores, anal abscesses, bone-adhering sores, and all types of yin-type ulcers.