Modification to zǐ xuě dān

Zi Xue Dan
(Purple Snow Special Pill)

''Modification:'' For acute encephalitis or meningitis with high, fever, irritability and restlessness, and neck stiffness ~ take with

Bai Hu 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
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
羚羊角 Ling Yang Jiao antelope horn 150 grams
寒水石 Han Shui Shi calcitum 1500 grams
added 石膏 Shi Gao gypsum
added 知母 Zhi Mu anemarrhena rhizome
added 炙甘草 Zhi Gan Cao Honey Prepared Licorice
added 粳米 Geng Mi hulled or husked, uncooked non-glutinous rice