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Formula texts are quoted from classical Chinese sources and are not translated.

Source	Northern Song ● (about 907 years ago) 《小儿药证直诀》
Traditional knowledge – formula	蛇黄（真者）三个（火煅，醋淬）郁金七分（一处为末）麝香一字惊痫。
TKRC	Z01A/D268005009(莪术) / Z01A/D268005006(广西莪术) / Z01A/D268005007(姜黄) /
IPC	A61K36/906(姜科) / A61K36/9066(姜黄属，例如姜黄、东印度竹芋或芒果姜) /

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郁金：姜科植物温郁金Curcuma wenyujin Y．H．Chen et C．Ling、姜黄Curcuma longa L．、广西莪术Curcuma kwangsiensis S．G-Lee et C．F．Liang或蓬莪术Curcuma phaeocaulis Val.的干燥块根。前两者分别习称“温郁金” 和“黄丝郁金”，其余按性状不同习称“桂郁金”或“绿丝郁金”。冬季茎叶枯萎后采挖，除去泥沙和细根，蒸或煮至透　　心，干燥。
麝香：鹿科动物林麝Moschus berezovskii Flerov、马麝Moschus sifanicus Przewalski或原麝Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus成熟雄体香囊中的干燥分泌物。野麝多在冬季至次春猎取，猎获后，割取香囊，阴干，习称“毛壳麝香”；剖开香囊，除去囊壳，习称“麝香仁”。家麝直接从其香囊中取出麝香仁，阴干或用干燥器密闭干燥。

Indications: 惊痫。

Usage and dosage: 上为末，饭为丸，如梧桐子大。每服一二
丸，煎金银磨刀水化下。

Similar formulas (legacy coded-feature distance)

蛇黄丸	紫金散	麝香散	蛇黄散	镇心丹	接骨散
牢牙石燕子散	郁金散	代赭丸

Formulas with similar composition (Jaccard)

Jaccard coefficient on ingredients (shared ingredients ÷ union of ingredients); larger values mean more similar. The number of shared ingredients is given in brackets.

天柱丸 0.67 (2)	蛇黄丸 0.60 (3)	郁金散 0.50 (2)	归命丹 0.40 (2)	铁粉丸 0.40 (2)
延寿丹 0.40 (2)	夺命丹 0.40 (2)	小惺惺丸 0.40 (2)	抑阴散 0.40 (2)	镇心丹 0.33 (2)
雄黄解毒丸 0.33 (2)	红锦散 0.33 (2)	戌骨丹 0.33 (1)	无价散 0.33 (1)	天真膏 0.33 (1)
麝香散 0.33 (1)	麝香丸 0.33 (1)	藜香散 0.33 (1)	化痰丸 0.33 (1)	蜜栗子丸 0.33 (1)

Citation

When using this traditional knowledge, please cite:
蛇黄丸,《小儿药证直诀》,北宋.https://ethnobotany.cn/Cntk/Details/0A859C2862C546A0BF41FCAD118A3B41

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