Bao Long Wan
Star抱龙丸 (Dragon-Embracing Pill)
Source: Xiao Er Yao Zheng Zhi Jue (1119)
Last updated October 1, 2026
Description
Bao Long Wan (Dragon-Embracing Pill), from Key to Diagnosis and Treatment of Children’s Diseases (Xiao Er Yao Zheng Zhi Jue).
Actions: Clear heat and dissolve phlegm, open the orifices (resuscitate), and calm the mind
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of acute infantile convulsion with a pattern of phlegm-heat blocking the orifices, accompanied by general fever, lethargy, and rough breathing due to phlegmatic abundance, convulsion, and tic
Category: Formulas that Open the Orifices (Resuscitate) with Cool Medicinals.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, p. 653.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tian Zhu Huang
as printed: Concretio Silicea Bambusae (tian zhu huang) 30 g
|
30g | 16.39% | — | |
|
Xiong Huang
as printed: Realgar (xiong huang) 3 g
|
3g | 1.64% | — | |
|
Zhu Sha
as printed: Cinnabaris (zhu sha) 15 g
|
15g | 8.2% | — | |
|
She Xiang
as printed: Moschus (she xiang) 15 g
|
15g | 8.2% | — | |
|
Tian Nan Xing
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Rhizoma Arisaematis (tian nan xing) 120 g
|
120g | 65.57% | — |
Energetics dose-weighted
The formula's overall nature, taste balance and channel reach, weighted by each herb's dose. Classical formulas often pair warm and cool herbs on purpose, so a net figure summarises the mix — it doesn't describe every herb in it.
Nature
Net slightly warm (+0.34)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 16%, cool 8%, warm 75%.
Taste
- pungent 42%
- sweet 25%
- bitter 34%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Liver 92%
- Spleen 74%
- Lung 66%
- Heart 33%
- Gallbladder 16%
- Large intestine 2%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Dose-weighted from each herb's recorded nature, taste and channels (missing values are left out, never counted as neutral). It describes the composition — it is not a recommendation.
Preparation
Grind the ingredients into fine powder, mix with decoction of Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae ( gan cao ), make into pills as size of Chinese honeylocust seed, and take 0.3–1.0 g each time orally after dissolving with warm boiled water
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