Houchang Dan

Houchang Dan,Bloody dysentery with intestinal weakness. Rectal prolapse.

Formulas Name : Houchang Dan

Chinese Name : 厚肠丹

Drug Formulation

Huanglian (with stalks removed) 1 liang, Chuanlianzi 1 liang, Muxiang 1 liang, Ejiao (roasted) 1 liang, Wu Zhu Yu (lightly roasted) 1 liang, Danggui (washed and dried) 1 liang.

Source

Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 29 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of millet grains using millet rice.

Benefits

Bloody dysentery with intestinal weakness. Rectal prolapse.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with rice water before breastfeeding or feeding.

Houchang Dan,Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 29 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.,Bloody dysentery with intestinal weakness. Rectal prolapse.

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