Description
Da Hong Wan (Great Red Pill), from Secret Formulary Bestowed by Immortals for Treating Injuries and Mending Fractures (Xian Shou Li Shang Xu Duan Mi Fang).
Actions: Strengthen the sinews and consolidate the bone, nourish the blood, and engender strength
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of broken sinews and bone fracture with a pattern of static blood stagnation and retention, accompanied with injury from falling down, broken bones and sinews, pain, cold limbs, light dusky tongue with thin and white coating, thready and choppy pulse
Category: Formulas That Invigorate Blood and Dispel Stasis.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 692–700.
Preparation
Boil with vinegar, mix with flour and water, and make into paste pills as size of phoenix tree seed, coat with Cinnabaris ( zhu sha ), and take in 30 g doses with warm wine or vinegar
Traditional formula information is for educational purposes only. Herbal formulas should be prescribed by a qualified practitioner — dosages and combinations are individualized and can interact with medications.
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