Jianzhong Dan

Jianzhong Dan,For children with unrelenting diarrhea and abdominal pain accompanied by frequent crying.

Formulas Name : Jianzhong Dan

Chinese Name : 建中丹

Drug Formulation

Black pepper, Curcuma zedoaria, half liang of nutmeg, 1 fen of whole scorpion.

Source

From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 28, citing a formula by Zhang Huan.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with wheat flour paste to form pills the size of millet grains.

Benefits

For children with unrelenting diarrhea and abdominal pain accompanied by frequent crying.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with rice water.

Jianzhong Dan,From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 28, citing a formula by Zhang Huan.,For children with unrelenting diarrhea and abdominal pain accompanied by frequent crying.

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