What is the dosage of antelope horn powder for children?

Antelope horn powder actually has a relatively high pharmacological effect. It can help us act on the central nervous system, and can also have antipyretic and blood pressure lowering effects. It also has varying degrees of inhibitory effects on popular viruses such as Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or Group B Streptococcus. However, you should also pay attention to its usage and dosage. The following is an introduction to different prescriptions.

1. Treat typhoid fever, cold and heat, latent heat, residual heat after sweating, vomiting and defecation, or palpitations, restlessness, or delirium, confusion, pulse is still rapid, and the disease persists: grind half a cup of antelope horn juice, add 5 grams of licorice and wick each, decoct into a soup and drink. (The Authentic Prescriptions)

2. To treat hand tremors and slurred speech caused by stroke : 50g of antelope horn (pounded), 1.5g of rhinoceros horn (pounded), 75g each of Notopterygium wilfordii (without the reed head) and Saposhnikovia divaricata (without the fork), 100g each of Coix seeds (fried) and Gentiana macrophylla (washed). Grind them into fine powder, and make into pills with honey, as big as sycamore seeds. Take 20 pills each time with bamboo leaf decoction, and gradually increase to 30 pills. (Antelope Horn Pills from Shengji Zonglu)[1]

3. To treat hemiplegia, paralysis of hands and feet, and stubborn numbness of limbs : 50 grams of antelope horn (pounded), 100 grams of Angelica dahurica (without the reed head), 1.5 grams of Aconitum (sprayed, peeled and with the navel removed), 0.5 grams of Saposhnikovia divaricata (without the fork). File like a bean. Take 25 grams each time, add two cups of water, boil it into one cup, remove the residue, divide it into two warm doses, one on an empty stomach and one at night. (Antelope Horn Soup from Shengji Zonglu)

4. To treat yang deficiency, qi reversal and excessive anger : 150g each of antelope horn and ginseng, 100g of red tuckahoe (peeled), 25g each of polygala (core removed) and rhubarb (fried), and 0.5g of licorice (roasted). The top is the last. Take 15 grams each time, add one and a half cups of water, boil until 80% done, remove the residue and drink it warm at any time. (Antelope Horn Soup from Xuanming Lunfang)