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Purple Snow Special Pill (AVOID)
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Pin Yin: Zi Xue Dan
Category: Clear Heat and open Orifices
Additional Categories:
Purge Heat Accumulation
Actions:
Relieves spasms and convulsions and subdues Interior Wind, opens Orifices, clears Heat Toxins, drains bowels, and calms the Spirit;
---used for Pericardium-stage Heat with Liver Wind Moving Internally (spasms and convulsions) with severe constipation (YangMing-stage Organ transforming into Pericardium stage).
(See
Pericardium-stage Heat;
Liver Wind Moving Internally;
YangMing-stage Organ
.)
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| Medicinals |
Dosages (Qian) |
| Gypsum [shi gao] |
0.057-0.228 (500) |
| Calcitum [han shui shi] |
0.057-0.228 (500) |
| Talcum [hua shi] |
0.057-0.228 (500) |
| Rhinoceri, Cornu [xi jiao] |
0.0057-0.0228 (50) |
| Antelopis, Cornu [ling yang
jiao] |
0.0057-0.0228 (50) |
| Moschus, Secretio [she xiang] |
0.0014-0.0057 (12.5) |
| Scrophulariae, Rx [xuan shen] |
0.02-0.08 (170) |
| Magnetitum [ci shi] |
0.057-0.228 (500) |
| Cimicifugae, Rz [sheng ma] |
0.02-0.08 (170) |
| Glycyrrhizae, Rx [gan cao] |
0.009-0.036 (80) |
| Aristolochiae seu Cocculi, Rx [guang fang ji] |
0.0057-0.0228 (50) |
| Aquilariae, Lignum [chen xiang] |
0.0057-0.0228 (50) |
| Caryophylli, Fl [ding xiang] |
0.0011-0.0044 (10) |
| Cinnabaris [zhu sha] |
0.0034-0.0136 (30) |
| Mirabilitum (= Magnesia Sulfaricum;
Natrum Sulfaricum) [mang xiao] |
0.2-0.8 (1700) |
| Niter [xiaoshi] |
0.0036-0.0144 (32) |
Cautions:
Contraindicated during pregnancy.
Associated Modern Diseases: encephalitis, meningitis, measles, scarlet heat effusion (fever), diphtheria, acute tonsillitis, stomatitis, folliculitis, furuncles, seizures.
Formulas with similar or subset of ingredients:
White Tiger Decoction [Bai Hu Tang];
Six-to-One Powder [Liu YiSan].
Formulas with related functions:
Calm the Palace Pill with Cattle Gallstone [AnGongNiu Huang Wan];
Greatest Treasure Special Pill [Zhi Bao Dan].
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