Angong Niuhuang Pills

Angong Niuhuang Pills

　　    Beijing Specialty—Angong Niuhuang Pills from Beijing Tongrentang are derived from Wu Jutong’s Treatise on Warm Diseases. Composed of 12 traditional Chinese medicinal ingredients, their primary functions are to clear heat, open orifices, resolve phlegm, and detoxify. These pills are used to treat conditions such as heat entering the pericardium in febrile diseases, stroke-induced coma, and pediatric convulsions, with symptoms including loss of consciousness, delirium, restlessness, and more. The main ingredients of Angong Niuhuang Pills include bezoar, rhinoceros horn, coptis root, scutellaria root, gardenia fruit, cinnabar, pearl, musk, borneol, borax, and curcuma. Angong Niuhuang Pills should be used with caution; attention must be paid to dosage and timing of administration, and overdosing should be avoided. Particular caution is advised for individuals with impaired liver or kidney function to prevent adverse reactions or even life-threatening consequences due to improper use. Belonging to the class of orifice-opening formulas in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Angong Niuhuang Pills are also a premium proprietary Chinese medicine produced by Beijing Tongrentang.

　　     Specialty Culture: The formula originates from Treatise on Warm Diseases. The heart is considered the sovereign organ, and the pericardium is likened to the palace that protects the heart and takes the brunt of pathogenic attacks. This formula is particularly effective at clearing pathogenic heat that invades the pericardium, helping the heart remain secure within its “palace.” With bezoar as the principal ingredient, it is thus named accordingly.

　　     Specialty Efficacy: Bezoar, rhinoceros horn, and pearl powder have heat-clearing, detoxifying, blood-cooling, calming, and phlegm-resolving effects; musk and borneol promote blood circulation, reduce swelling, relieve pain; coptis root and scutellaria root stop bleeding, dry dampness, and clear heat and fire; gardenia fruit and cinnabar promote diuresis, detoxify, calm the heart, and soothe convulsions; borax and curcuma dispel wind, kill bacteria, regulate qi, resolve depression, cool blood, and break up blood stasis. Modern research shows that cinnabar can inhibit excitation of the central nervous system, exerting sedative and hypnotic effects. When used externally, it can suppress and kill skin bacteria and parasites. When ground as a coating for pills, it has preservative properties. Borax contains arsenic trisulfide, which can inhibit the thiol enzyme system, affecting cellular metabolism and thereby suppressing the growth of rapidly proliferating tumor cells. Borneol contains dextro-rotatory borneol, which inhibits Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Musk contains various alcohols, which stimulate the central nervous system, strengthen the heart, promote diuresis, and stimulate glandular secretion. Pearl powder contains calcium carbonate and multiple amino acids, and when combined with bezoar (as in Zhuhuang Powder), it has antifungal infection benefits. Coptis root contains various alkaloids, primarily berberine, which is used to treat damp-heat conditions, vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice, and high fever with delirium. Scutellaria root contains flavonoid compounds that can significantly inhibit lymphocyte proliferation. Therefore, Angong Niuhuang Pills are a compound proprietary Chinese medicine with multiple effects, including anti-inflammatory, anticancer, inhibition of cellular metabolism, cardiotonic and diuretic actions, and antifungal properties.