Modification to zǐ xuě dān

Zi Xue Dan
(Purple Snow Special Pill)

''Modification:'' For acute encephalitis or meningitis with pronounced muscle twitches and spasms of the extremities ~ this is adding

Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang - refer to:
Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet
, p420


    Herb Common Name   Qty.  
升麻 Sheng Ma bugbane rhizome, cimicifuga, black cohosh rhizome 500 grams
石膏 Shi Gao gypsum 1500 grams
犀角 Xi Jiao rhinoceros horn 150 grams
玄參 Xuan Shen ningpo figwort root, scrophularia 500 grams
芒硝 Mang Xiao mirabilite, glauber's salt 5000 grams
滑石 Hua Shi talcum 1500 grams
木香 Mu Xiang costus root, saussurea, auklandia 150 grams
沉香 Chen Xiang aloeswood, aquilaria wood, Chinese Eaglewood Wood 150 grams
丁香 Ding Xiang clove 30 grams
磁石 Ci Shi magnetite 1500 grams
朱砂 Zhu Sha Cinnabar 90 grams
麝香 She Xiang naval secretions of musk deer; musk 37.5 grams
炙甘草 Zhi Gan Cao Honey Prepared Licorice 240 grams
寒水石 Han Shui Shi calcitum 1500 grams
added 桑葉 Sang Ye white mulberry leaf
added 菊花 Ju Hua chrysanthemum flower
added 生地黃 Sheng Di Huang Chinese foxglove root, rehmannia (fresh),Rehmannia root
added 川貝母 Chuan Bei Mu Sichuan fritillaria bulb, tendrilled fritillaria bulb, fritillaria
added 竹茹 Zhu Ru bamboo shavings
added 甘草 Gan Cao licorice root
added 白芍 Bai Shao white peony root, peony
added 羚羊角 Ling Yang Jiao antelope horn
added 芶藤 Gou Teng stems of gambir vine; gambir, uncaria vine
added 茯神 Fu Shen