TRAUMA PILL
Die Da Wan

 

 â€˜Trauma pill’
Source: Standards for Shanghai Medication (Shang Hai Shi Yao Ping Biao Zhun)

Keywords
traumatic injury, lumbar sprain.

Ingredients
Panax notoginseng (San Qi, pseudo ginseng)
Solidago virdaurea (Liu Ji Nu, ragwort)
Eupolyphagae seu opisthop Latia (Di Bie Chong, ground beetle)
Angelica sinensis (Dang Gui, Chinese angelica)
Sanguis draconis (Xue Jie)
Pyritum (Zi Ran Tong)
Rhizoma Drynariae(Gu Sui Bu)
Citrus aurantium (Zhi Ke, aurantium)
Ledebouriella divaricata (Fang Feng, siler)
Akebia trifolata (Mu Tong, akebia)
Prunus persica (Tao Ren, peach seed)
Paeonia suffruticosa (Dan Pi, moutan)
Platycodon grandiflorum (Jie Geng, platycodon)
Cucumis melo (tian gua zi, muskemlon Seed)
Sparganii stoloniferum (San Leng, burreed tuber)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gan Cao, liquorice)
Carthamus tinctorius (Hong Hua, carthamus)
Paeonia alba (Bai Shao, white peony)
Paeonia rubra (Chi Shao, red peony)
Lignum Sappan (Su Mu, sappan wood)
boswellia carterii (Zhi Ru Xiang, mastic)
commiphora myrrha (Zhi Mo Yao, myrrh)
Curcuma longa (Jiang Huang, turmeric)
Dipsacus asper (Xu Duan, dipsacus)

Major therapeutic action
Activates Blood, dissolves stagnated Blood, treats swelling and alleviates pain.

Biomedical action
Analgesic.

Indications
*  With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat biomedical conditions such as traumatic injury, lumbar sprain, etc.

Key symptoms for use
*  traumatic injury
*  bruises, redness, swelling and pain of affected areas
*  lumbar sprain

Cautions and contraindications
None noted.
None noted.
Dosage
The typical dose is three grams twice daily, before meals. In severe cases or the early stages of treatment (the first two weeks), a 50-100% increase in dose may be used, then reduced as the treatment takes effect.