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Dian She Wan 点舌丸
Pointed Tongue Pill

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Tradition:
TCM

Source / Author:

Herb Name
Zhen Zhu (Pearl)
Niu Huang (Bezoar) *

She Xiang (Musk) *
Chan Su
(Toad Venom)
Zhu Sha
(Cinnabar)
Xiong Dan
(Bear Bile) **
Xiong Huang
(Realgar)
Peng Sha (Borax)

Ting Li Zi (Lepidium)
Ru Xiang
(Frankincense) ***
Mo Yao
(Myrrh) ***
Xue Jie
(Dragons Blood)
Chen Xiang
(Aloeswood)
Bing Pian
(Borneo Camphor)

Latin
Margarita
Bezoar

Moschus moschiferus
Bufonis venenum
Cinnabaris
Ursi Fel
Arsenic sulphide
Sodium tetraborate

Lepidium apetalum
Boswellia carterii
Commiphora myrrha
Daemonorops draco
Aquilaria agallocha
Dryobalanops aromatica

Amount
90 grams



60 grams ea.








30 grams ea.


* Man made Bezoar and synthetic Musk is used today
** Bear Bile is replaced with Cow Bile
*** Myrrh and Frankincense are prepared by stir-frying with vinegar.

Preparation:
Made into pills to be coated with Cinnabar, each weighing 100mg

Function:
Clears Heat and Toxin, reduces Swelling and Pain

Use:
1. Boils
2. Carbuncles
3. beginning sore throat
4. Pharyngitis
5. Tonsillitis
6. Periodontitis

7. Mouth sores
8. Sore gums
9. Mastitis
10. Swelling of unknown origin
11. Has been used in Cancer


Dose:
3 pills (300mg), 1–2 times daily; It can be mixed with vinegar for topical application.

Cautions:
1. Avoid overdose.
2. Not used in Pregnancy or in children.

Long-term toxicity tests, equivalent to 165 times the clinical usual dose for adults orally administered for 4 weeks in rats, weight gain, blood, liver and kidney function, blood biochemistry and major organs showed no toxicity.

Modifications:
1. Cow Bile replaces Bear Bile in modern times.
2. Synthetic Musk and Bezoar are usually used.


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2. The growth of transplanted tumors in mice with di
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