HERB FORMULAS

ZHI BAO DAN - 至寶丹 - GREATEST TREASURE SPECIAL PILL

English: Greatest Treasure Special Pill
Also Known As: Ju Fang Zhi Bao San
Bolus of Precious Drugs
Rhinoceros and Amber Formula
Rhinoceros and Succinum Formula
The Most Precious Pellets
Treasured Bolus

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Cornu Bubali Shui Niu Jiao 300g Clears Heat from the Ying and Xue stages, relieves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood, arrests tremors and stops bleeding.
(Cornu Rhinoceri) (Xi Jiao) (30g) (Cools the Blood, clears Ying Heat, clears the Heart, Clears Heat, extinguishes Liver Wind and calms the Shen. - No longer used.)
Calculus Bovis Niu Huang 0.3-7.5g Clears Heart Heat, relieves toxicity, clears Phlegm, opens the Orifices, clears the Liver, extinguishes Wind and stops tremors.
With She Xiang and Shui Niu Jiao, for convulsions and coma due to severe Heat and blocked Orifices.
With She Xiang and Bing Pian, for unconsciousness, delirious speech, a high fever and convulsions.
Carapax Eretmochelydis Dai Mao 30g Sedates the Heart, calms the Liver, clears Heat, relieves toxicity, cools the Liver, extinguishes Wind, calms the Shen and stops convulsions.
With Shui Niu Jiao and Niu Huang, for fever, irritability, restlessness and impaired consciousness to the point of coma from pathogenic Heat.
With Shui Niu Jiao, for an enhanced ability to clear Heat, cool the Blood, resolve toxicity and sedate convulsions, to treat Warm pathogen diseases entering the Ying and Xue levels with mania and convulsions.
Borneolum Bing Pian 0.3-7.5g Aromatically opens orifices, revives the Spirit, unblocks closed disorders, clears Heat, drains Fire and resolves toxicity,
With She Xiang, for convulsions, loss of consciousness and coma due to extreme Heat or Phlegm blocking the Orifices.
With She Xiang and An Xi Xiang, aromatically breaks up turbid Phlegm and opens the Orifices.
Moschus She Xiang 0.1-7.5g Strongly opens Orifices and Luo vessels, revives the Shen, unblocks closed disorders and activates Blood.
With Niu Huang, for coma due to Heat.
With Xi Jiao and Niu Huang, for sudden loss of consciousness and coma due to extreme Heat or Wind-Stroke.
With Niu Huang and Bing Pian, for closed disorders from Phlegm-Heat or Heat Sinking into the Pericardium.
With Niu Huang, Bing Pian and Zhu Sha, for impaired consciousness due to Heat and Phlegm, stroke, convulsions and/or Heat stroke.
Benzoinum An Xi Xiang 0.1-45g Opens the Orifices, resolves Phlegm and awakens the Spirit.
With She Xiang, Bing Pian and Hu Po, for Summerheat-Stroke or Wind-Stroke from Phlegm-Heat.
Cinnabaris Zhu Sha 0.2-30g Sedates the Heart, calms the Shen, clears Heat, relieves toxicity, expels Phlegm and stops convulsions.
With Hu Po, Jin Bo and Yin Bo, sedates the Heart, calms the Shen and resolves irritability and impairment of speech and consciousness.
With Xi Jiao and Niu Huang, for high fever, coma and convulsions associated with Internal Wind.
Succinum Hu Po 30g Stops tremors, stops palpitations and calms the Shen.
With Zhu Sha, for childhood convulsions and insomnia.
Realgar Xiong Huang 30g Dries Dampness, expels Phlegm, relieves toxicity and strengthens the actions of Niu Huang.
With Zhu Sha, for seizures, epilepsy and convulsions.
Gold Foil Jin Bo 50 leaves Calms the Shen, sedates the Heart, clears Heat and removes toxins. (No longer used.)
Silver Foil Yin Bo 50 leaves (No longer used.)

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Opens the sensory orifices
  • Transforms turbidity
  • Resolves toxicity

SYNDROMES

  • Closed-type Phlegm-Heat
  • Summerheat Stroke
  • Wind-Stroke
  • Wen Bing - Ying Stage Heat Attacks the Pericardium
  • Children with Phlegm-Heat causing fright collapse
  • Infantile epilepsy and seizures due to Phlegm-Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Fever
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Delirious speech
  • Impaired consciousness to the point of coma
  • Hoarse voice with profuse sputum
  • Spasms of the limbs
  • Lockjaw
  • Sudden loss of consciousness
  • Flushed face
  • Shortness of breath
  • Discomfort
  • Insomnia
  • Copious sputum with labored and raspy breathing
  • Convulsions
  • Foul-smelling breath
  • A closed mouth
  • Anuria
  • Dizziness
  • Cessation of bowel movement
  • Forceful breathing
  • T: Red or Deep red
  • C: Foul, greasy and yellow
  • P: Slippery and rapid or Wiry, slippery and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
  • Contraindicated for those with Yin Deficiency.
  • Contraindicated for those with Yang Excess.
  • Contraindicated for those with coma due to Liver Yang Rising.
  • Pregnancy.
  • Not for long term use.
  • Do not heat.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Ju Fang Zhi Bao San is a powder rather than a pill.

MODIFICATIONS

For serious cases with Deficiency of normal Qi: For intense Phlegm:
+ Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen + Infantis Urina Tong Bian
For a stronger effect:
+ Rz. Zingiberis Succus Jiang Zhi
+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu    
+ Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua