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Indications: Promotes water metabolism, dissipates blood stasis, clears lung heat, calms the mind, brightens the eyes, removes nebula, stops bleeding, promotes tissue regeneration, stabilizes the five zang organs, benefits the small intestine. Treats gu poison (parasitic disease), madness and evil pathogens causing heart pain and mass formation; five types of strangury (dysuria) and hematochezia; postpartum blood stasis pain in women; traumatic blood stasis.

Hupo Renshen Wan (Amber and Ginseng Pill): Amber 5 qian, Ginseng and Trogopterus Dung (Wulingzhi) 1 liang each, Cinnamon Twig (Rougui) and Raw Aconite Root (Sheng Fuzi) 5 qian each, Szechwan Lovage Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Agarwood (Chenxiang), Pangolin Scale (Chuanshanjia) 3 qian each. Grind into fine powder, make pills the size of mulberry seeds using concentrated decoction of Bixa Orellana Seed (Sumu). Take 2 qian per dose, with warm wine, twice daily (morning and evening). Treats blood gu (blood parasitic disease).

Hupo Wan (Amber Pill): Amber, Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Costus Root (Muxiang), Szechwan Lovage Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng), Areca Seed (Binglang) 1 liang each; Sparganium Rhizome (Sanleng), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang) (both processed), Cassia Bark (Guixin) 1 liang 2 qian 5 fen each; Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Bupleurum Root (Chaihu), Ginseng 5 qian each; Tangerine Peel (Qingpi), Evodia Fruit (Wuyu) (stir-fried), Scorpion (Quanxie) (stir-fried), Aconite Root (Fuzi) (processed), Cardamom (Caodoukou), Red Peony Root (Chishao), Chinese Toosendan Leaf (Boye), Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi), Gastrodia Rhizome (Tianma) 7 qian 5 fen each; Peach Kernel (Taoren) (stir-fried), Turtle Shell (Biejia) (vinegar-processed) 1 liang 5 qian each. Grind into fine powder, make pills the size of mulberry seeds using honey. Take 20 pills per dose, on an empty stomach before noon and near evening, with warm wine. Treats blood wind deficiency consumption (Xu Lao), characterized by upper heat and lower cold, mental restlessness, poor appetite, irregular menstruation, sallow and emaciated muscles, borborygmus and abdominal pain, qi masses attacking and rushing, alternating chills and fever, dizziness and counterflow phlegm, numbness of hands and feet. If feeling warm inside, omit the evening dose. If mass accumulation causes attacking pain, double the dosage of Turtle Shell (Biejia), Peach Kernel (Taoren), Areca Seed (Binglang), and Sparganium Rhizome (Sanleng). Avoid raw/cold foods, green onions, amaranth, fish, and shrimp.

Another Prescription: Amber and Cinnabar (both separately ground), Donkey-hide Gelatin (Ejiao) (crushed and stir-fried), Schisandra Berry (Wuweizi), Dendrobium Stem (Shihu), Aconite Root (Fuzi) (processed), Cinnamon Twig (Rougui), Agarwood (Chenxiang) (avoid fire), Szechwan Lovage Rhizome (Chuanxiong) 5 qian each; Achyranthes Root (Niuxi) (wine-soaked), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) (stir-fried), Cistanche Stem (Rongcong) (wine-soaked and stir-fried), Ginseng, Drynaria Rhizome (Xuduan), Myrrh (Moyao) (separately ground), Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudi), Costus Root (Muxiang) (avoid fire) 1 liang each. Grind into fine powder, make pills the size of a bullet using honey. Take one pill per dose, dissolve in warm wine on an empty stomach, and take another dose before afternoon meal. Treats diseases during pregnancy and postpartum, as well as thirty-six types of blood-cold syndromes, seven types of hernia (Qi Shi), eight types of mass (Ba Xia), eight types of wind (Ba Feng), twelve types of bi-syndrome (Shi Er Bi); stabbing pain in heart and abdomen, stroke paralysis, hemiplegia, soreness and pain in hands and feet, toxic accumulation in breast, restless fetus, retained dead fetus, retained placenta. For stabbing pain around the umbilicus like a knife cut, vomiting and counterflow qi striking the heart, and phlegm toxins, add a little ginger juice and dissolve in wine. For various dysenteries, red and white leukorrhea, blood-cold metrorrhagia, fetal leakage with bleeding, stir-fry fresh ginger and aged mugwort leaf, then decoct in wine to dissolve and take. For persistent diarrhea, dissolve in old rice water. For涩尿 (astringent urine) and various stranguries, dissolve in decoction of Tongcao and Jiedianxin. For blood syncope with unconsciousness, take with Angelica Sinensis Root decoction. For upper heat and lower cold, take with Ginseng decoction. For generalized edema due to water qi, take with Adzuki Bean decoction. For postpartum two toxins (cold damage) and stroke with opisthotonos, take with Mahuang Tang (Ephedra Decoction). For amenorrhea or mixed colored discharge, intermittent and unceasing, poor appetite, emaciation, red face and dry lips, limb pain after eating hot or cold food, mental irritability, black blood spots, red swelling with migrating pain, and blood wind consumption with weakness, take with child's urine and ginger juice.

Another Prescription: Amber and Sparganium Rhizome (Sanleng) 5 qian each, Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (stir-fried) and Cyperus Rhizome (Xiangfu) 2 liang each, Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) and Szechwan Lovage Rhizome (Chuanxiong) 1 liang each. Grind into fine powder, make pills the size of mulberry seeds using yellow millet drink. Take 20-30 pills per dose, with liquid on an empty stomach. Treats continuous menstruation in elderly women.

Hupo Liqing Xiezhuo Wan (Amber Clearing Turbidity Pill): Amber 1 liang, Rhubarb (Dahuang) 10 liang. Grind into fine powder, make pills the size of mulberry seeds using egg white, coat with Cinnabar (Zhusha). Take 3 qian per dose on an empty stomach. Treats heat strangury with urethral pain, and painful swelling/ulceration caused by excessive fire in chancre (Xiagan).

Hupo Niuhuang Wan (Amber and Calculus Bovis Pill): Amber 1 qian, Calculus Bovis (Niu Huang) 3 fen, Gleditsia Sinensis Thorn (Zaojiao), Costus Root (Muxiang) 1 qian each, Human Excrement Carbon (Ren Zhong Bai), Calomelas (Qingfen), Realgar (Xionghuang), Cinnabar (Zhusha), Frankincense (Ruxiang), Myrrh (Moyao), Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi) 3 qian each, Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) 2 qian, Sophora Flower (Huaihua) (stir-fried) 1 liang, Clove (Dingxiang) 1 qian 5 fen in spring/summer, 3 qian in autumn/winter. Grind into fine powder, make pills the size of radish seeds using wine paste. Take 5 pills per dose, increase to 7 pills after 5 days, then 9 pills after another 5 days, then back to 7 pills. Take with decoction of Smilax Glabra Rhizome (Tufuling) and Licorice Root (Gancao). Treats syphilitic ulcers and all chronic sores/abscesses that fail to heal with non-drying pus.

Hupo Dihuang Wan (Amber and Rehmannia Pill): Amber (separately ground) 2 liang, Dried Shengdi Huang 8 liang, Corydalis Rhizome (Yanhusuo) (rice-stir-fried), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) 1 liang each, Pollen Typhae (Puhuang) (half raw, half stir-fried) 4 liang, Fresh Ginger 1 jin. Soak Shengdi Huang in wine first. Slice fresh ginger and crush to extract juice. Stir-fry Shengdi Huang residue with ginger juice, and stir-fry ginger residue with Shengdi Huang juice. Dry separately and grind into powder. Avoid iron vessels. Grind into powder, make pills the size of bullets using wine. Take one pill per dose, dissolve in Angelica Sinensis Root decoction. Treats incomplete expulsion of lochia postpartum, chest/abdominal pain, and difficult urination.

Hupo Duomei Wan (Amber Sleepiness Pill): Amber, Codonopsis Root (Dangshen), Poria (Fuling), Polygala Root (Yuanzhi), Cistanche Stem (Roucongrong), Antelope Horn (Lingyangjiao), Licorice Root (Gancao) 1 liang each. Grind into fine powder, make pills the size of mulberry seeds using honey. Take 3 qian per dose, with Jiedianxin (Juncus effusus) decoction. Treats imbalance between heart and kidney, palpitations, and insomnia.

Hupo Baolong Wan (Amber Holding Dragon Pill): Amber, Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix (Tianzhuhuang), Sandalwood (Tanxiang), Ginseng, White Poria (Baifuling) 1 liang 5 qian each, Raw Licorice Root (Sheng Cao) 3 liang, Aurantium Fructus (Zhiqiao) and Immature Aurantium Fructus (Zhishi) (both bran-stir-fried) 1 liang each, Cinnabar (Zhusha) 5 liang, Yam (Shanyao) 1 jin (slow-fire roasted until thoroughly cooked), Arisaema Cum Bile (Tiannanxing) 1 liang (chopped, fermented overnight in gallbladder of male yellow ox from the twelfth lunar month), Gold Leaf (Jinbo) 100 pieces. Process gold leaf and sandalwood without overheating; grind other ingredients into powder. For every 1 liang of Cinnabar and Gold Leaf, mix with 1 liang of fresh drawn water in a mortar until uniform. Form pills the size of Euryale Seed (Qianshi), dry in shade. Store in a clay jar with Musk (Shexiang). Take 1-2 pills per dose, with scallion white or Mint (Bohe) decoction. Treats pediatric seasonal colds, wind-cold, warm epidemics, pathogenic heat, phlegm cough with rapid breathing, and convulsions during eruption of rashes. Regular use dispels wind, resolves phlegm, calms the heart, clears heat, harmonizes spleen and stomach, and nourishes spirit.

Another Prescription: Amber 2 qian 5 fen (wrapped in lean pork, baked, extracted, and ground to yield 2 qian), Ox Gall Arisaema (Niudan Nanxing) (preferably prepared with ox gall from twelfth lunar month) 1 liang 6 qian, Bombyx Batryticatus (Jiangcan) (stir-fried) 2 qian, Realgar (Xionghuang), Cinnabar (Zhusha), Ginseng, White Poria (Baifuling) 3 qian each, Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix (Tianzhuhuang) 5 qian, Uncaria Rhynchophylla (Gouteng) 1 liang 5 qian, Calculus Bovis (Niuhuang) 5 fen, Musk (Shexiang) 1 qian. Grind into fine powder, mix with licorice root (Gancao) 8 liang boiled down to paste. Make pills. Each batch yields 200 pills, each weighing 5 fen, coated with gold leaf, sealed in yellow wax. Take one pill per dose. Treats acute and chronic infantile convulsions, fever, cough, convulsions, phlegm wheezing, palpitations. Avoid fishy/smelly and raw/cold foods; nursing mothers should also avoid these.

Hupo Fuling Wan (Amber and Poria Pill): Amber (separately ground), Red Poria (Chifuling), Talcum (Huashi) (separately ground), Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhimu), Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai), Clam Shell Powder (Haige Fen) (separately ground), Akebia Stem (Mutong), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Alisma Rhizome (Zexie) 2 liang each, Ginseng, Red Peony Root (Chishao), Gardenia Fruit (Zhizi Ren), Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian), Rhubarb (Dahuang) (steamed), Scutellaria Root (Huangqin), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Dianthus Superbus Herb (Qumai), Polygonum Aviculare (Bianxu), Polyporus (Zhu Ling) 1 liang each, Costus Root (Muxiang) 5 qian. Grind into fine powder, make pills the size of mulberry seeds using water. Take 40 pills per dose. Treats bladder heat accumulation, urinary retention, dribbling strangury.

Hupo Xijiao Gao (Amber and Rhinoceros Horn Paste): Amber, Raw Rhinoceros Horn (Xijiao) shavings 1 qian each, Ginseng, Cinnabar (Zhusha), Sour Jujube Seed (Suanzaoren), Poria with Wood (Fushen) 2 qian each, Borneol (Bingpian) (separately ground) 1 zi. Grind into fine powder, mix with honey to form paste. Take one bullet-sized amount per dose, with Ophiopogon Decoction (Maidong), five times daily. Treats mouth and throat ulcers.

Hupo Tiaojing Wan (Amber Menstruation Regulation Pill): Amber 1 liang, Cyperus Rhizome (Xiangfu) 1 slice, soaked separately in child's urine and vinegar for nine days, then removed. Stir-fry aged Mugwort Leaf (Aiye) 4 liang with 5 bowls of vinegar in a clay pot until dry. Add Szechwan Lovage Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudi), Raw Rehmannia Root (Shengdi), White Peony Root (Baishao), Myrrh (Moyao) 2 qian each. Grind into powder, mix with vinegar to make pills the size of mulberry seeds. Take 100 pills per dose, with mugwort-vinegar soup on an empty stomach. Treats uterine cold infertility in women.

Hupo Lafan Wan (Amber Wax Alum Pill): Amber (separately ground) 1 qian, Yellow Beeswax (Huangla) 1 liang, Alum (Bai Fan) 1 liang 2 qian, Realgar (Xionghuang), Cinnabar (Zhusha) 2 qian 2 fen each, Honey 2 qian. Grind into powder. Melt beeswax and honey in a copper spoon, remove from fire briefly, wait until edges slightly solidify, add powder and mix well. Quickly form pills the size of mung beans, coat with Cinnabar. Take 20-30 pills per dose after meals. For severe toxicity, take morning and evening. Treats carbuncles and back abscesses formed but not ulcerated; disperses blood, detoxifies, protects heart and membranes.

Huyo Yangxin Dan (Amber Nourishing Heart Pill): Amber (separately ground) 2 qian, Dragon Teeth (Longchi) (separately ground) 1 liang, Polygala Root (Yuanzhi) (boiled with black soybean and licorice, bone removed), Acorus Rhizome (Shichangpu), Poria with Wood (Fushen), Ginseng, Sour Jujube Seed (Suanzaoren) (stir-fried) 5 qian each, Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Raw Rehmannia Root (Shengdi) 7 qian each, Biota Seed (Baiziren) 5 qian, Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian), Cinnabar (Zhusha) (separately ground) 3 qian each, Calculus Bovis (Niuhuang) (separately ground) 1 qian. Grind into powder, mix with pig heart blood to make pills the size of millet grains, coat with gold leaf. Take 50 pills per dose, with Jiedianxin (Juncus effusus) decoction. Treats blood deficiency palpitations, restless sleep at night, or frequent heartbeat.

Hupo San (Amber Powder): Amber (finely ground), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Peach Kernel (Taoren) (bran-stir-fried), Red Peony Root (Chishao) 7 qian 5 fen each, Bupleurum Root (Chaihu), Turtle Shell (Biejia) (vinegar-processed) 1 liang each, Corydalis Rhizome (Yanhusuo), Safflower (Honghua Zi), Moutan Cortex (Danpi), Cassia Twig (Guixin) 5 qian each. Prepare as powder. Take 4 qian per dose with fresh ginger, decoct in water. Treats female blood wind consumption qi syndrome, umbilical/abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, progressive emaciation.

Another Prescription: Amber, Myrrh (Moyao), Costus Root (Muxiang), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Peony Root (Shaoyao), Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi), Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo), Dried Rehmannia Root (Di Huang), Corydalis Rhizome (Yanhusuo), Szechwan Lovage Rhizome (Chuanxiong) 5 qian each, Trichosanthes Root (Tugua Gen), Moutan Cortex (Danpi), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Cassia Twig (Guixin) 1 liang each. Grind into powder. Take 1 qian per dose with water and a little wine, decoct. Treats female blood wind palpitations.

Hupo Heilong Dan (Amber Black Dragon Pill): Trogopterus Dung (Wulingzhi) (studied in wine, clarified, sand removed), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Szechwan Lovage Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Dried Rehmannia Root (Di Huang), Galangal (Gaoliangjiang) 3 liang each. Place in Yangcheng jar, seal with salt mud, roast over charcoal until red hot, cool after removing fire, grind finely. Then add Amber, Grass Ash (Baicaoshuang), Sulfur (Liusu) 3 qian 5 fen each, Flower Stone (Huaruishi), Frankincense (Ruxiang) 3 qian each. Mix powders, make pills the size of bullets using vinegar paste. Take one pill per dose, drop into ginger juice heated by red-hot charcoal, dissolve. Add non-intoxicating wine and a little musk, take frequent small sips. Treats retained dead fetus/placenta, rebellious blood rushing upward.

Another Prescription: Amber 1 liang, Arisaema (Nanxing) (mixed with ginger juice and stir-fried), Jingmo, Trogopterus Dung (Wulingzhi) (stir-fried), Kelp (Haidai), Sargassum (Haizao) 5 qian each, Dragon's Blood (Xuejie) 2 liang, Costus Root (Muxiang) 3 qian, Musk (Shexiang) 1 qian. Grind each separately, mix, make pills weighing 1 qian each using honey, coat with gold leaf. Take one pill per dose, dissolve in hot wine. Administer according to disease location (upper/lower) and timing (before/after meals). Treats five goiters and six tumors, regardless of new or old, provided they are not ulcerated.

Hupo Zelan Jian (Amber and Lycopodium Decoction/Pill): Amber, Lycopodium Herb (Zelan Ye), Moutan Cortex (Danpi), Purple Morinda Root (Zibaji) (heart removed, stir-fried with glutinous rice), Star Anise (Dahuixiang), Schisandra Berry (Wuweizi), Eucommia Bark (Wujiapi), Mirabilite-free Mirabilite (Liujinu), Szechwan Lovage Rhizome (Chuanxiong), White Peony Root (Baishao), Raw Rehmannia Root (Shengdi), Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudi), Ginseng, Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Aconite Root (Fuzi), Qiai Mugwort Leaf (Qiai Ye) (vinegar-stir-fried) 1 liang each. Grind into powder, make pills the size of bullets using honey. Take one pill per dose before meals, dissolved in warm wine. Treats female thirty-six types of blood qi disorders, eight winds, five bi-syndromes, seven masses, eight xia; stabbing pain in heart/abdomen, stroke paralysis, limb soreness/pain, breast blood stasis, restless fetus in pregnancy, retained dead fetus, retained placenta, rebellious blood gathering at heart, dizziness/blurred vision, blood pouring into limbs, generalized edema, long-term deficiency of Chong and Ren meridians, infertility, irregular menstruation, red/white leukorrhea, nausea/vomiting, emaciation/fatigue. For alternating chills/fever and limb pain, take with Qinghao Decoction. For amenorrhea, take with Honghua Decoction. For blood syncope/unconsciousness, take with warm child's urine. For inducing labor, take with egg white and wine. For blood/qi masses stabbing heart/abdomen, take with liquor from quenched hot iron scale weight. For wind-cold and stroke with locked jaw, take with Mahuang Tang. For palpitations/headache, take with Bohe Decoction. For cough, take with Sangbaipi Decoction. For blood/qi invasion causing whole-body itching and head/face numbness, take with wine-infused stir-fried black soybeans. Regular use during pregnancy/postpartum prevents diseases. In the eighth month of pregnancy, take once daily to facilitate smooth delivery.