Formulas that open the sensory orifices
An gong niu huang wan
Calm the Palace Pill with Cattle Gallstone
- Chinese name
- 安宫牛黄丸
- Group
- Formulas that open the sensory orifices
- English name
- Bezoar Resurrection Pills
- Basic formula
- ✓
Cools 'heat toxin' and revives from unconsciousness.
Indications
The book describes use in high fever with coma, delirium and convulsions, as in encephalitis and meningitis, liver failure, stroke, dysentery and uraemia.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Ox gallstone (niu huang)animal | 30 g |
| Rhinoceros horn (xi jiao)animal | 30 g |
| Musk (she xiang)animal | 7,5 g |
| Huang lian (coptis) | 30 g |
| Huang qin (Baikal skullcap) | 30 g |
| Gardenia (zhi zi) | 30 g |
| Turmeric tuber (yu jin) | 30 g |
| Realgar (xiong huang)toxic | no amount |
| Borneol (bing pian) | 7,5 g |
| Cinnabar (zhu sha)toxic | no amount |
| Pearl (zhen zhu)animal | 15 g |
| Gold leaf (jin bo) | 3 velletjes |
Note
The book advises replacing rhinoceros horn with four times as much water buffalo horn. Traditionally made as a 3-gram honey pill.