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formulaLockjaw Powder Cuo Feng San
source"Direct Guide to Pediatric Formulas" Volume 1
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bubble_chart Composition

Half a roasted centipede, 7.5 grams of Uncaria, 3 grams each of cinnabar, baked silkworm, and scorpion tail, 0.25 grams of musk.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients into powder. Take 0.25 gm each time, mixed with bamboo sap.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Extinguishes wind, eliminates phlegm, relieves convulsions.

bubble_chart Indications

Newborns with heat in the heart and spleen, combined with exposure to wind pathogens, may develop lockjaw, characterized by a tightly pursed mouth resembling a pouch, inability to suckle, a stiff tongue, bluish lips, a bluish complexion, yellow eyes, convulsions in the hands and feet, and even unconsciousness. This condition is now associated with neonatal tetanus, opisthotonos, and convulsions in the hands and feet.

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