Prescriptions for Inducing Resuscitation with Drugs Warm in Nature
Tong Guan San (通关散): Classic TCM Formula
Name
Powder for Restoring Consciousness
The Prescription of 通关散
Source
The book Dan Xi Xin Fa Fu Yu
Ingredients
Zhu Ya Zao (Fructus Gleditsiae Abnormalis),Xi Xin (Herba Asari).The 2 ingredients are in the same amount.
Explanation
Zhu Ya Zao: Being pungent in flavor and warm in nature, removing phlegm for resuscitation.
Xi Xin: Being pungent in flavor and warm in nature, inducing resuscitation through dispersing.
The Effect of 通关散
Effect
Restoring consciousness and inducing resuscitation.
Indications
Excess syndrome of stroke due to convulsive seizure resulting from attack by pestilent factors or due to convulsion caused by phlegm retention, marked by trismus, obstruction of breath, coma, lock-jaw, and profuse sputum and saliva; including such diseases with the above symptoms as epilepsy, cerebrovascular accident and craniocerebral trauma.
Administrations
The 2 ingredients are ground into fine powder and mixed evenly. Small amount of it is blown into the nose to induce sneezing.
This prescription is used externally for first aid. After the patient comes to, his disease should be differentiated and treated with other prescriptions.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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