Zhengqi Dan

Zhengqi Dan,Indicated for deficiency of the lower jiao with disordered yin and yang, cholera with vomiting, and inability to tolerate porridge.

Formulas Name : Zhengqi Dan

Chinese Name : 正气丹

Drug Formulation

Sulfur (melted in a bowl until liquid) 3 fen; Pinellia (ground into powder, formed into cakes with ginger juice, and sun-dried) 1 liang; Agastache leaves 1 liang; Mercury (added to the sulfur liquid until it forms granules) 1 fen; Aconite (roasted until cracked, with skin and pith removed) half a liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 38.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a paste made from wheat flour boiled in wine to form pills the size of a paulownia seed; coat with cinnabar.

Benefits

Indicated for deficiency of the lower jiao with disordered yin and yang, cholera with vomiting, and inability to tolerate porridge.

Instructions for Use

Take 20–30 pills per dose, washed down with rice water, at any time of day.

Zhengqi Dan,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 38.,Indicated for deficiency of the lower jiao with disordered yin and yang, cholera with vomiting, and inability to tolerate porridge.

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