Tonic Pill

Patient's question:

Recently, I found out that one of my friends often experiences those convulsions, which is quite terrifying. It makes me very worried. For now, I can't go to the hospital. My friend said that Zhenjing Wan is effective for this. So, I wanted to ask what Zhenjing Wan is.

Doctor's answer:

Hello, Usage and Dosage of Amber Calming Pills
This product is a honey-coated pill, with each pill weighing 2.6 grams. For infants, one pill should be taken twice a day. For infants within 100 days, one pill should be taken three times a day, with one pill per day. For water pills, each pill weighs 0.21 grams. Infants should take three pills at a time, and 100-day-old infants should take two pills, twice a day, morning and evening. Contraindicated for those with weakened vital energy and slow convulsions.
Pharmacological Effects
Pharmacological studies have shown that this product has the following effects:
1. Anticonvulsant Effect: Taro, cinnabar, silkworm pupa, gastrodia, licorice, and amber all have varying degrees of anticonvulsant effects. In rabbits, intravenous injection of vanillin alcohol from gastrodia can increase the threshold for electric shock convulsions, inhibit the development of epileptic-like discharges in the brain, and effectively stop seizures.
2. Sedative Effect: Amber, taro, cinnabar, poria, silkworm pupa, etc., all have sedative effects. The active component succinic acid in amber can significantly reduce spontaneous activity in mice and prolong the sleeping time induced by sodium pentobarbital. After intraperitoneal injection of taro decoction in rabbits and rats, there is a decrease in activity, calmness, delayed righting reflex, and a significant prolongation of sodium pentobarbital-induced sleep time in mice. Cinnabar can reduce the excitability of the central nervous system.
3. Analgesic Effect: Borneol, taro, gastrodia, and licorice all have a certain degree of analgesic effect. Additionally, amber can lower body temperature, cinnabar and borneol can inhibit bacterial growth, poria can have a strengthening effect, and taro can expel phlegm.
Indications
Clearing heat, calming convulsions, resolving phlegm, and subduing wind. Used for children's convulsions, straight eyes, unconsciousness, limb convulsions, abdominal pain, diarrhea, colds with fever, cough with excessive phlegm, etc. Primarily used to treat high fever convulsions, epilepsy, acute upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, pneumonia, and whooping cough.
1. High fever convulsions, high fever with convulsions, and quick recovery of consciousness after convulsions;
2. Epilepsy: transient loss of consciousness, foaming at the mouth, and generalized convulsions;
3. Acute upper respiratory tract infection: fever, headache, chills, fatigue, poor spirits, restlessness, poor appetite, runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing, tearing, sore throat;
4. Bronchitis and pneumonia: fever, cough, restlessness, rapid breathing, purple lips, chest tightness, and chest pain;
5. Twenty-three cases of whooping cough were treated with this formula, with 20 cases completely cured.
Adverse Reactions
Preparations: Amber, taro,, gastrodia, licorice, poria,, bupleurum, earthworm, silkworm pupa,, sandalwood,,, borneol,, mint, cinnabar, yam, and poria.