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Peaceful Palace Bovine Bezoar Pill

安宫牛黄丸 〔安宮牛黃丸〕ān gōng niú huáng wán

Source: Wēn Bìng Tiáo Biàn 温病条辨

Ingredients:

Action: Clears the heart and opens the orifices; drains fire and resolves toxin.

Indication: (a) Warm heat disease with high fever, clouded spirit and, in severe cases, tetanic reversal; (b) acute child fright wind; (c) wind stroke loss of consciousness due to phlegm-heat clouding the orifices of the heart.

Category: Orifice-opening formulas / Cool opening formulas

Method: Form into 3g pills.

Dosage: 1 pill 3 times a day.

Rationale: Niú huáng clears the heart and resolves toxin, quiets the spirit and stabilizes fright; it can also transform phlegm and open the orifices. It therefore serves three purposes. Xī jiǎo clears the heart and quiets the spirit, as well as draining fire and resolving toxin. Shè xiāng opens the orifices and revives the brain. These three agents all act very quickly; hence, they are the sovereign agents. Huáng lián, Huáng qín, and Zhī zǐ clear heat and resolve toxin; they also help Xī jiǎo to drain pericardial fire. Bīng piàn and Yù jīn are aromatic orifice openers that help the Shè xiāng to open the orifices. Xióng huáng repels foulness and resolves toxin. Zhēn zhū, Zhū shā, and Jīn bó quiet the spirit, and enhance the action of Niú huáng.

Notes: The palace in the formula name refers to the heart and pericardium.

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