蚱蝉散

Source

The book Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang

Ingredients

• Zha Chan 15 g
• Fu Shen 15 g
• Long Chi 23 g
• Mai Dong 15 g
• Ren Shen 23 g
• Gou Teng 15~23 g
• Niu Huang 6 g
• She Tui 17cm (stir-bake it into charcoal and then pound into powder)
• Xing Ren 15 g

Explanation

Zha Chan: Clear heat and relieve convulsion.

Mai Dong and Fu Shen: Calm heart and induce tranquilization.

Niu Huang: Clear heart-fire and remove toxicity, expel wind and relieve convulsion.

Gou Teng: Extinguish wind and stop spasm, clear liver heat and pacify liver.

She Tui: Dispel wind and induce tranquilization.

Long Chi: Clear heat, relieve restlessness, relieve convulsion and induce tranquilization.

Ren Shen: Powerfully reinforce qi and induce-tranquilization mind.

Xing Ren: Relieve convulsion.

Indications

Infantile convulsion caused by wind-heat.

Administration

All the drugs except Long Chi and Niu Huang are pounded into powder. Add Long Chi and Niu Huang into the powder and pounded into fine powder. 1.5 g of the powder is taken each time with Jing Hua Shui.