黄牛肉补中。益气健腰脚。 返本丸。黄犍牛肉去筋膜。切片洗数遍。仍浸一夜。次日
再洗三次。水清为度。用无灰好酒同入坛内。重泥封固。桑柴文武火煮一昼夜。取出。如黄
沙为佳。焦黑无用。焙干为末。山药莲肉(均盐炒)白茯苓小茴香(炒)各四两为末。每牛
肉半
斤。入药末一斤。蒸红枣去皮和捣丸梧子大。每空腹酒下五十丸。日三服。补诸虚百损。
牛脑饮。白芷川芎各三钱。研末。以黄牛脑搽末置瓷器内。加酒炖熟。乘热食。尽量一醉。
治偏正头风不论远近。诸药不效者。 牛黄生病牛胆中。状如鸡子黄。重叠可揭折。主治清
心。安神。泻热。利痰。惊痫寒热。 牛黄八宝丹。牛黄冰片青黛各二钱。雄黄玄参各五钱
。羌活(炒)川莲(土炒)羚羊角犀角贝母(炒)乳香没药各三钱。珍珠四分。朱砂五钱。
研末。
另用金银花紫花地丁甘菊各二两。甘草五钱。水五碗。砂锅内煎至半。取汁滓绞干。桑柴火
熬膏。入炼蜜盏许。再熬。粘筋和丸。每丸重三分。每服二丸。蜜汤下。治痧证发斑发狂。
浑身赤紫。痧复恶疮毒疡。 牛黄丸。牛黄(另研)麝香(另研)各五钱。虎睛一对。蜣螂
(去
头足翅)犀角屑安息香独活茯神远志炙草各一两。防风一两五钱。人参铁粉(另研)朱砂(另
研
)龙齿(另研)各二两。研末。蜜丸梧子大。每服三十丸。荆芥汤下。治风痫虚乏。痰在胸
膈
。呕吐。烦闷。 又方。西牛黄三分。川连大黄(锉炒)各二两。麦冬(焙)一两五钱。朱
砂五
钱。(水飞)麝香少许。山栀仁马牙硝川芎黄芩炙草各一两。研末。蜜丸弹子大。每服一丸。
食后竹叶汤化下。治心脾壅热。口干烦渴。 又方。牛黄辰砂各三钱。生川乌一枚。(重五
钱去皮脐)白花蛇(酒浸取肉)白附子全蝎天麻薄荷叶脑子(另研)各五钱。雄黄五两。麝
香一
钱。研末。另以麻黄一两。酒一升。煎至一盏。去麻黄。入蜜少许。熬药得所。勿至焦赤。
众手疾作丸。芡实大。金箔为衣。每服五分之一。金银花薄荷汤磨化。治惊风五痫天吊。 牛
黄定心丸。牛黄冰片全蝎僵蚕附子牛膝南星各五钱。朱砂半夏各二两。雄黄天麻甘草乌蛇肉
各一两。西珀七钱五分。麝香二钱五分。研末。蜜丸芡实大。每服一丸。人参薄荷汤下。治
心脏中风昏迷。 牛黄抱龙丸。牛黄琥珀各二钱五分。西黄五分。胆星一两。赤苓五钱。全
蝎辰砂各一钱五分。白僵蚕三钱。天竺黄三钱五分。麝香二分。研末。取胆星烊化为丸。每
丸潮重四分。金箔为衣。每服一二丸。钩藤汤下。治痰迷心窍。神昏谵语。手足拘挛。癫狂
疯乱。小儿急惊风。 牛黄清心丸。牛黄一两二钱。(另研)白术麦冬黄芩当归防风白芍各
一
两五钱。柴胡桔梗川芎白茯苓杏仁(炒)各一两二钱五分。神曲(炒)蒲黄(炒)吉林参各
二两五
钱。羚羊角麝香(另研)龙脑(另研)各一两。肉桂大豆黄卷(碎炒)阿胶(锉碎蛤粉炒
)各一两七
钱五分。白蔹干姜(炮)各七钱五分。犀角屑二两。雄黄(另研)八钱。干山药七两。甘草
(锉
炒)五两。金箔一千二百片。(内四百片为衣)大枣一百枚。(蒸熟去皮核研成膏)除枣杏仁
金
箔二角屑及二黄脑麝外。余研末。入余药和匀。以炼蜜及枣膏为丸。每两作十丸。金箔为衣。
每服一丸。食后温水化下。治诸风缓纵不随。言语謇涩。心悸痰涎。壅塞。及心神不足。喜
怒无常。或发狂癫。小儿惊风角弓反张。时发时醒。 又方。牛黄轻粉各三分。胆星一两。
雄黄黄连各二钱。茯神玄参天竺黄五倍子荆芥防风桔梗犀角屑当归各一钱。冰片麝香珍珠各
五分。研末。甘草熬膏和丸。龙眼大。朱砂为衣每服薄荷汤磨化一丸。治锁喉风。 牛黄搜
风丸。牛黄木香各三钱。大枫肉五两。陈皮当归身山栀何首乌黄芩白芍黄柏五灵脂熟地白附
子川芎皂角子青皮石菖蒲乌药地骨皮枳壳北细辛羌活萆 独活连翘前胡 本各一两。威灵仙
苦参白僵蚕人参白术防风血竭牛膝各三两。白芷草乌各五钱。香蛇(去骨酒浸炙)一条。研
末。
米饭和丸梧子大。每服七十丸。清茶下。治大麻风。若紫块血风。加桃仁苏木各二两。每服
五六日。发汗一次。忌牛羊猪鸡鸭等物。及果品。远酒色。戒忧怒慎寒暑。 牛黄膏。牛黄
二钱五分。朱砂郁金丹皮各三钱。冰片甘草各一钱。研末。蜜丸 子大。每服一丸。新汲
水化下。治热入血室发狂。 牛黄散。牛黄朱砂蜗牛肉全蝎白僵蚕天麻白附子乳香麝香各一
分。生龙脑一钱。螳螂翅五对。研末。每服一字。薄荷汤下。治小儿赤白丹毒流走四肢。初
生儿用乳调少许涂口中。胎疾永除。 又方。牛黄防己各七钱五分。犀角二钱五分。羚羊角
屑人参桂心牛蒡子(炒)生地炙草各五钱。研末。每服三钱。水煎连滓服。治舌本肿强。 黄
明胶(用牛皮熬成之胶)主治。滋阴。活血。肺破出血。吐血。衄血。肾虚失精。妇人妊娠
下
血。胎动。 黄明胶散。黄明胶(炙干)花桑叶(阴干)各二两。研末。每服三钱。生地汁
调下。
治吐血。
返本丸:取黄犍牛(阉割过的公牛)的牛肉,去除筋膜,切成片后清洗数遍,然后浸泡一夜。第二天再清洗三次,直到水变清澈为止。将处理好的牛肉与无灰的好酒一同放入坛中,用厚泥密封牢固。用桑木柴以文火和武火交替煮整整一昼夜。取出后,以呈黄沙色为佳,若焦黑则无用。将其焙干研成粉末。山药、莲子肉(均用盐炒)、白茯苓、小茴香(炒),各四两,研成粉末。每取牛肉半斤,加入药末一斤,与蒸熟的红枣(去皮)一起捣烂,制成梧桐子大小的丸剂。每次空腹时,用酒送服五十丸,每日服用三次。此方用于补益各种虚损和百种创伤。
牛脑饮:白芷、川芎各三钱,研成粉末。取黄牛脑,蘸取药末,置于瓷器内,加酒炖熟。趁热食用,尽量一次吃饱喝足。用于治疗偏头痛或正头痛,无论病程长短,其他药物无效者。
牛黄:生于病牛的胆囊中,形状像鸡蛋黄,层层重叠,可以揭下折断。主要功效为清心、安神、泻热、利痰。主治惊痫、寒热往来等症。
牛黄八宝丹:牛黄、冰片、青黛各二钱;雄黄、玄参各五钱;羌活(炒)、川莲(土炒)、羚羊角、犀角、贝母(炒)、乳香、没药各三钱;珍珠四分;朱砂五钱。以上药材研成粉末。另外取金银花、紫花地丁、甘菊各二两,甘草五钱,加水五碗,在砂锅内煎至一半水量,滤去药渣,绞取汁液。再用桑木火熬成膏状,加入约一盏量的炼蜜,继续熬制,直至具有粘性。和药粉制成丸剂,每丸重三分。每次服用两丸,用蜜汤送服。用于治疗痧证引起的发斑、发狂,全身皮肤赤紫,以及痧毒复发导致的恶疮毒疡。
牛黄丸:牛黄(另研细)、麝香(另研细)各五钱;虎睛一对;蜣螂(去掉头、足、翅膀);犀角屑、安息香、独活、茯神、远志、炙甘草各一两;防风一两五钱;人参、铁粉(另研细)、朱砂(另研细)、龙齿(另研细)各二两。以上药材研成粉末,用蜂蜜制成梧桐子大小的丸剂。每次服用三十丸,用荆芥汤送服。用于治疗风痫、身体虚乏、胸膈有痰、呕吐、烦闷。
又一方:西牛黄三分;川黄连、大黄(锉碎炒)各二两;麦冬(焙干)一两五钱;朱砂五钱(水飞法处理);麝香少许;山栀仁、马牙硝、川芎、黄芩、炙甘草各一两。以上药材研成粉末,用蜂蜜制成弹子大小的丸剂。每次服用一丸,饭后用竹叶汤化开送服。用于治疗心脾积热、口干烦渴。
又一方:牛黄、辰砂各三钱;生川乌一枚(重五钱,去皮脐);白花蛇(酒浸取肉)、白附子、全蝎、天麻、薄荷叶、脑子(另研细)各五钱;雄黄五两;麝香一钱。以上药材研成粉末。另外取麻黄一两,酒一升,煎至一盏量,去掉麻黄,加入少许蜂蜜,熬制药膏得当,不要熬至焦赤。众人快速制作成丸剂,大小如芡实,外裹金箔。每次服用五分之一丸,用金银花、薄荷汤磨化送服。用于治疗惊风、五痫、天吊(小儿惊风的一种)。
牛黄定心丸:牛黄、冰片、全蝎、僵蚕、附子、牛膝、南星各五钱;朱砂、半夏各二两;雄黄、天麻、甘草、乌蛇肉各一两;西珀七钱五分;麝香二钱五分。以上药材研成粉末,用蜂蜜制成芡实大小的丸剂。每次服用一丸,用人参、薄荷汤送服。用于治疗心脏中风昏迷。
牛黄抱龙丸:牛黄、琥珀各二钱五分;西黄五分;胆星一两;赤茯苓五钱;全蝎、辰砂各一钱五分;白僵蚕三钱;天竺黄三钱五分;麝香二分。以上药材研成粉末,取胆星烊化后和药粉制成丸剂,每丸潮湿时重四分,外裹金箔。每次服用一至二丸,用钩藤汤送服。用于治疗痰迷心窍、神昏谵语、手足拘挛、癫狂疯乱、小儿急惊风。
牛黄清心丸:牛黄一两二钱(另研细);白术、麦冬、黄芩、当归、防风、白芍各一两五钱;柴胡、桔梗、川芎、白茯苓、杏仁(炒)各一两二钱五分;神曲(炒)、蒲黄(炒)、吉林参各二两五钱;羚羊角、麝香(另研细)、龙脑(另研细)各一两;肉桂、大豆黄卷(碎炒)、阿胶(锉碎后用蛤粉炒)各一两七钱五分;白蔹、干姜(炮制)各七钱五分;犀角屑二两;雄黄(另研细)八钱;干山药七两;甘草(锉碎炒)五两;金箔一千二百片(其中四百片用于包衣);大枣一百枚(蒸熟去皮核研成膏)。除大枣、杏仁、金箔、犀角屑及雄黄、牛黄、龙脑、麝香外,其余药材研成粉末,与其他药物混合均匀。用炼蜜和大枣膏制成丸剂,每两药粉制成十丸,外裹金箔。每次服用一丸,饭后用温水化开送服。用于治疗各种风邪导致的肢体弛缓无力、言语謇涩、心悸痰涎壅塞,以及心神不足、喜怒无常、或发狂癫、小儿惊风角弓反张、时发时醒。
又一方:牛黄、轻粉各三分;胆星一两;雄黄、黄连各二钱;茯神、玄参、天竺黄、五倍子、荆芥、防风、桔梗、犀角屑、当归各一钱;冰片、麝香、珍珠各五分。以上药材研成粉末,用甘草熬膏和药粉制成丸剂,大小如龙眼,外裹朱砂。每次服用一丸,用薄荷汤磨化送服。用于治疗锁喉风。
牛黄搜风丸:牛黄、木香各三钱;大枫肉五两;陈皮、当归身、山栀、何首乌、黄芩、白芍、黄柏、五灵脂、熟地、白附子、川芎、皂角子、青皮、石菖蒲、乌药、地骨皮、枳壳、北细辛、羌活、萆薢、独活、连翘、前胡、藁本各一两;威灵仙、苦参、白僵蚕、人参、白术、防风、血竭、牛膝各三两;白芷、草乌各五钱;香蛇(去骨,酒浸,炙烤)一条。以上药材研成粉末,用米饭和药粉制成梧桐子大小的丸剂。每次服用七十丸,用清茶送服。用于治疗大麻风。若有紫块血风症状,加桃仁、苏木各二两。每隔五六日服药一次,促使发汗。忌食牛羊猪鸡鸭等肉类及果品,远离酒色,戒除忧怒,注意寒暑调节。
牛黄膏:牛黄二钱五分;朱砂、郁金、丹皮各三钱;冰片、甘草各一钱。以上药材研成粉末,用蜂蜜制成丸剂(原文此处缺大小描述,依语境推测为常规大小),每次服用一丸,用新汲水化开送服。用于治疗热入血室导致的发狂。
牛黄散:牛黄、朱砂、蜗牛肉、全蝎、白僵蚕、天麻、白附子、乳香、麝香各一分;生龙脑一钱;螳螂翅五对。以上药材研成粉末。每次服用一字量,用薄荷汤送服。用于治疗小儿赤白丹毒流走四肢。初生婴儿可用乳汁调少量涂于口中,可永除胎疾。
又一方:牛黄、防己各七钱五分;犀角二钱五分;羚羊角屑、人参、桂心、牛蒡子(炒)、生地、炙甘草各五钱。以上药材研成粉末。每次服用三钱,加水煎煮,连同药渣一起服用。用于治疗舌根肿胀僵硬。
Yellow beef nourishes the Middle Jiao (Middle Burner), benefits Qi, and strengthens the waist and legs.
Fanben Wan (Return to Origin Pill): Take yellow ox meat, remove fascia, slice, and wash several times. Soak overnight. Wash three more times the next day until the water runs clear. Place in a jar with high-quality wine free of ash impurities. Seal tightly with thick mud. Boil over mulberry wood fire (alternating between mild and strong heat) for one full day and night. Remove; the desired color is like yellow sand; charred black ones are useless. Dry by roasting and grind into powder. Prepare powder from Chinese Yam (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Lotus Seed Flesh (Nelumbinis Semen), White Poria (Poria), and Fennel Fruit (Foeniculi Fructus) [stir-fried], each 4 liang. For every half jin (approx. 500g) of beef powder, add 1 jin of herbal powder. Steam red dates, remove skins, and mash together with the powders to form pills the size of common buckthorn seeds. Take 50 pills on an empty stomach with wine, three times daily. This formula tonifies various deficiencies and hundred injuries.
Niu Nao Yin (Ox Brain Drink): Angelica Dahurica Root (Bai Zhi) and Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuan Xiong), each 3 qian, ground into powder. Apply powder to yellow ox brain, place in a porcelain vessel, add wine, and stew until cooked. Consume while hot, drinking/eating to satiety. Treats lateral or frontal headaches of any duration where other medicines have failed.
Niu Huang (Calculus Bovis) forms in the gallbladder of diseased cattle, resembling chicken egg yolk, layered and peelable. Its main actions are clearing the Heart, calming the Spirit, purging heat, and resolving phlegm. It treats epilepsy, cold-heat alternating symptoms.
Niu Huang Babao Dan (Eight-Treasure Calculus Bovis Pill): Calculus Bovis, Borneol, Indigo Naturalis, each 2 qian; Realgar, Scrophularia Root, each 5 qian; Notopterygium Root, Coptis Rhizome [earth-fried], Antelope Horn, Rhinoceros Horn, Fritillaria Bulb [stir-fried], Frankincense, Myrrh, each 3 qian; Pearl, 4 fen; Cinnabar, 5 qian. Grind all into powder. Separately, decoct Silverweed Root, Violet Herb, and Chrysanthemum Flower (each 2 liang) with Licorice Root (5 qian) in 5 bowls of water in a clay pot until reduced by half. Strain and press dregs dry. Concentrate the liquid over mulberry fire into an extract. Add about 1 cup of refined honey and boil again until sticky and stringy. Mix with powder to form pills. Each pill weighs 3 fen. Take 2 pills per dose with honeyed water. Treats sha syndrome presenting with macules, mania, whole-body purple-red discoloration, and toxic sores/ulcers following sha resolution.
Niu Huang Wan (Calculus Bovis Pill): Calculus Bovis [separately ground], Musk, each 5 qian; Tiger Eye, 1 pair; Dung Beetle [remove head, feet, wings]; Rhinoceros Horn shavings, Benzoin Resin, Angelica Pubescens Root, Poria, Polygala Root, Honey-fried Licorice Root, each 1 liang; Saposhnikovia Root, 1.5 liang; Ginseng, Iron Powder [separately ground], Cinnabar [separately ground], Dragon Teeth [separately ground], each 2 liang. Grind into powder. Form pills with honey, size of buckthorn seeds. Take 30 pills per dose with Schizonepeta Decoction. Treats wind-epilepsy, physical deficiency, phlegm in chest/diaphragm, vomiting, restlessness.
Another prescription: Western Calculus Bovis, 3 fen; Coptis Rhizome, Rhubarb Root [cut and stir-fried], each 2 liang; Ophiopogon Tuber [roasted], 1.5 liang; Cinnabar [water-suspended], 5 qian; Musk, a small amount; Gardenia Seed, Mirabilite, Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome, Scutellaria Root, Honey-fried Licorice Root, each 1 liang. Grind into powder. Form pills the size of a bullet with honey. Take 1 pill per dose after meals, dissolved in Bamboo Leaf Decoction. Treats heat accumulation in Heart and Spleen, dry mouth, irritability, and thirst.
Another prescription: Calculus Bovis, Cinnabar, each 3 qian; Raw Aconite Root, 1 piece (weighing 5 qian, remove skin and navel); White Snake [soaked in wine, take flesh], White Head Aconite Root, Full-scorpion, Gastrodia Tuber, Mint Leaf, Brain [separately ground], each 5 qian; Realgar, 5 liang; Musk, 1 qian. Grind into powder. Separately, decoct Ephedra Stem (1 liang) in 1 sheng of wine until reduced to 1 zhen. Remove Ephedra, add a little honey, and concentrate the medicine properly without burning. Quickly form pills by hand, size of Euryale Seed. Coat with Gold Foil. Take 1/5 of a pill per dose, ground and dissolved in Silverweed and Mint Decoction. Treats convulsive disorders, five types of epilepsy, Tian Diao (a type of pediatric convulsion).
Niu Huang Dingxin Wan (Calculus Bovis Stabilizing Heart Pill): Calculus Bovis, Borneol, Full-scorpion, Silkworm, Prepared Aconite Root, Achyranthes Root, Arisaema Rhizome, each 5 qian; Cinnabar, Pinellia Tuber, each 2 liang; Realgar, Gastrodia Tuber, Licorice Root, Black Snake Meat, each 1 liang; Western Amber, 7.5 qian; Musk, 2.5 qian. Grind into powder. Form pills the size of Euryale Seed with honey. Take 1 pill per dose with Ginseng and Mint Decoction. Treats coma due to Wind-stroke of the Heart.
Niu Huang Baolong Wan (Calculus Bovis Embracing Dragon Pill): Calculus Bovis, Amber, each 2.5 qian; Western Yellow (likely Musk or similar precious substance), 5 fen; Calculus Bovis Gallstone (Dan Xing), 1 liang; Red Poria, 5 qian; Full-scorpion, Cinnabar, each 1.5 qian; White Silkworm, 3 qian; Indian Hemp Seed, 3.5 qian; Musk, 2 fen. Grind into powder. Melt Dan Xing and mix with powder to form pills. Each damp pill weighs 4 fen. Coat with Gold Foil. Take 1-2 pills per dose with Uncaria Decoction. Treats phlegm confusing the Heart orifice, stupor, delirious speech, limb spasms, mania, madness, pediatric acute wind-stroke.
Niu Huang Qingxin Wan (Calculus Bovis Clearing Heart Pill): Calculus Bovis, 1 liang 2 qian [separately ground]; Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome, Ophiopogon Tuber, Scutellaria Root, Angelica Sinensis Root, Saposhnikovia Root, White Peony Root, each 1 liang 5 qian; Bupleurum Root, Platycodon Root, Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome, White Poria, Apricot Seed [stir-fried], each 1 liang 2.5 qian; Medicated Leaven [stir-fried], Cinnamon Twig, Jilin Ginseng, each 2 liang 5 qian; Antelope Horn, Musk [separately ground], Borneol [separately ground], each 1 liang; Cinnamon Bark, Soybean Sprout [crushed and stir-fried], Donkey-hide Gelatin [cut and stir-fried with clam powder], each 1 liang 7.5 qian; Ampelopsis Radix, Dried Ginger [processed], each 7.5 qian; Rhinoceros Horn shavings, 2 liang; Realgar [separately ground], 8 qian; Dry Chinese Yam, 7 liang; Licorice Root [cut and stir-fried], 5 liang; Gold Foil, 1200 pieces (400 pieces for coating); Red Dates, 100 pieces (steamed, skin removed, pits removed, mashed into paste). Except for dates, apricot seeds, gold foil, rhinoceros horn shavings, and the four precious substances (Calculus Bovis, Realgar, Borneol, Musk), grind the rest into powder. Mix evenly. Form pills using refined honey and date paste. Each liang of powder makes 10 pills. Coat with Gold Foil. Take 1 pill per dose after meals, dissolved in warm water. Treats various winds causing flaccidity and paralysis, slurred speech, palpitations, phlegm-saliva obstruction, Heart-Spirit deficiency, mood swings, mania/epilepsy, pediatric wind-stroke with opisthotonos, intermittent consciousness.
Another prescription: Calculus Bovis, Calomelas, each 3 fen; Calculus Bovis Gallstone (Dan Xing), 1 liang; Realgar, Coptis Rhizome, each 2 qian;茯神 (Poria with Wood), Scrophularia Root, Indian Hemp Seed, Chinese Five-flavor Fruit, Schizonepeta Spike, Saposhnikovia Root, Platycodon Root, Rhinoceros Horn shavings, Angelica Sinensis Root, each 1 qian; Borneol, Musk, Pearl, each 5 fen. Grind into powder. Use Licorice Root extract to form pills, size of longan fruit. Coat with Cinnabar. Take 1 pill per dose, ground and dissolved in Mint Decoction. Treats Suo Hou Feng (Lock-Throat Wind).
Niu Huang Soufeng Wan (Calculus Bovis Searching Wind Pill): Calculus Bovis, Costus Root, each 3 qian; Large Maple Seed, 5 liang; Tangerine Peel, Angelica Sinensis Root Body, Gardenia Seed, Polygonum Multiflorum Root, Scutellaria Root, White Peony Root, Phellodendron Bark, Trogopterus Dung, Prepared Rehmannia Root, White Head Aconite Root, Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome, Soapberry Fruit Seed, Green Tangerine Peel, Acorus Tuber, Lindera Root, Groundcherry Root, Aurantium Fruit, Northern Asarum, Notopterygium Root, Dioscorea Hypoglauca Rhizome, Angelica Pubescens Root, Forsythia Fruit, Peucedanum Root, Ligusticum Wallichii Root, each 1 liang; Sparaxis Root, Sophora Root, White Silkworm, Ginseng, Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome, Saposhnikovia Root, Dragon's Blood, Achyranthes Root, each 3 liang; Angelica Dahurica Root, Grass Aconite Root, each 5 qian; Fragrant Snake [bone removed, wine-soaked, roasted], 1 piece. Grind into powder. Mix with rice flour to form pills the size of buckthorn seeds. Take 70 pills per dose with clear tea. Treats Leprosy (Da Ma Feng). If accompanied by purple blood-wind patches, add Peach Kernel and Sappan Wood, each 2 liang. Induce sweating once every 5-6 days. Avoid beef, mutton, pork, chicken, duck, fruits, alcohol, sexual indulgence. Guard against sorrow and anger; be cautious with cold and heat.
Niu Huang Gao (Calculus Bovis Paste): Calculus Bovis, 2.5 qian; Cinnabar, Curcuma Longa Rhizome, Moutan Cortex, each 3 qian; Borneol, Licorice Root, each 1 qian. Grind into powder. Form pills the size of buckthorn seeds with honey. Take 1 pill per dose, dissolved in fresh well water. Treats mania due to Heat entering the Blood Chamber.
Niu Huang San (Calculus Bovis Powder): Calculus Bovis, Cinnabar, Snail Meat, Full-scorpion, White Silkworm, Gastrodia Tuber, White Head Aconite Root, Frankincense, Musk, each 1 fen; Raw Borneol, 1 qian; Mantis Egg-case Wings, 5 pairs. Grind into powder. Take 1 zi (approx. 1-2 grams) per dose with Mint Decoction. Treats pediatric erysipelas (Chi Bai Dan Du) spreading to limbs. For newborns, mix a small amount with milk and apply to the mouth to permanently eliminate congenital diseases.
Another prescription: Calculus Bovis, Podophyllum Root, each 7.5 qian; Rhinoceros Horn, 2.5 qian; Antelope Horn shavings, Ginseng, Cinnamon Heart, Burdock Fruit [stir-fried], Rehmannia Root, Honey-fried Licorice Root, each 5 qian. Grind into powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct in water and consume with dregs. Treats swelling and stiffness of the tongue base.
Huang Ming Jiao (Yellow Bright Gelatin - gelatin made from cow hide): Main actions: Nourishes Yin, invigorates Blood. Treats lung rupture with bleeding, hematemesis, epistaxis, Kidney deficiency with seminal emission, pregnant women with vaginal bleeding, fetal restlessness.
Huang Ming Jiao San (Yellow Bright Gelatin Powder): Yellow Bright Gelatin [roasted dry], Mulberry Leaf, each 2 liang. Grind into powder. Take 3 qian per dose, mixed with Rehmannia Juice. Treats hematemesis.