Jin Su Dan

Jin Su Dan,For children with a distended abdomen and wasting disease, who exhibit a tendency to eat dirt, and suffer from irregular diarrhea.

Formulas Name : Jin Su Dan

Chinese Name : 金粟丹

Drug Formulation

Clove buds 1 liang, Gentiana herb 1 liang, Magnolia bark (processed with ginger juice) 1 liang, high-quality cinnabar (finely ground and water-washed) 1 liang,Indigo Powder (ground) 1 liang, Dried Toad 5 pieces (coated with butter and roasted until golden brown), Night-Bright Sand (lightly roasted) half a liang, Chebulic Myrobalan Bark (lightly roasted) half a liang, Cicada Shells half a liang, Sichuan Coptis (2 liang in winter, 1 liang in summer; ground into a fine powder), Musk (ground) half a liang.

Source

Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 25 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.

Processing

Mix all the above ingredients thoroughly in a single container. Combine with equal parts refined honey and wheat flour paste to form pills the size of millet grains.

Benefits

For children with a distended abdomen and wasting disease, who exhibit a tendency to eat dirt, and suffer from irregular diarrhea.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with rice water, at any time of day.

Jin Su Dan,Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 25 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.,For children with a distended abdomen and wasting disease, who exhibit a tendency to eat dirt, and suffer from irregular diarrhea.

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