Description
Hu Po Bao Long Wan (Succinum Dragon-Embracing Pill), from Standards for Diagnosis and Treatment (Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng).
Actions: Suppress fright and calm the mind, calm the liver and extinguish wind, clear heat, and dissolve phlegm
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of infantile convulsion due to blazing of wind and fire and intense phlegm-heat, with panic, restlessness, tremor and convulsion of the four limbs, vexation and agitation, preference for embracing by mother’s arms, and crying at night after being terrified suddenly, even convulsive syncope, cloudiness of consciousness, phlegm panting, breath lessness, green stool, red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, rapid or slippery-rapid pulse, purple finger venules
Category: Formulas That Calm and Extinguish Internal Wind.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, p. 728.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hu Po
as printed: Succinum (hu po) 6 g
|
6g | 1.46% | — | |
|
Jiang Can
as printed: Bombyx Batryticatus (bai jiang can) 6 g
|
6g | 1.46% | — | |
|
Dan Nan Xing
as printed: Arisaema cum Bile (dan nan xing) 48 g
|
48g | 11.69% | — | |
|
Xiong Huang
as printed: Realgar (xiong huang) 9 g
|
9g | 2.19% | — | |
|
Zhu Sha
as printed: Cinnabaris (zhu sha) 9 g
|
9g | 2.19% | — | |
|
Ren Shen
as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng (ren shen) 9 g
|
9g | 2.19% | — | |
|
Fu Ling
as printed: Poria (fu ling) 9 g
|
9g | 2.19% | — | |
|
Tian Zhu Huang
as printed: Concretio Silicea Bambusae (tian zhu huang) 15 g
|
15g | 3.65% | — | |
|
Gou Teng
as printed: Ramulus Uncariae Cum Uncis (gou teng) 45 g
|
45g | 10.96% | — | |
|
Niu Huang
as printed: Calculus Bovis (niu huang) 1.5 g
|
1.5g | 0.37% | — | |
|
She Xiang
as printed: Moschus (she xiang) 3 g
|
3g | 0.73% | — | |
|
Gan Cao
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae (fen gan cao) 250 g
|
250g | 60.9% | — |
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 cool (-0.27)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 4%, cool 25%, neutral 66%, warm 5%.
Small but decisive: Tian Zhu Huang 15g (cold, 4% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste
- pungent 3%
- sweet 81%
- bitter 14%
- salty 1%
- bland 2%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Lung 78%
- Spleen 78%
- Heart 74%
- Stomach 65%
- Liver 33%
- Pericardium 11%
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 powder, make into pills, coat with sheet of gold, 1.5 g each pill, and take in 1 pill dose for 1-year-old infant and 0.5 pill dose for infant below 1-year-old, 1–2 pills consecutively
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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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