Cao Ling Dan

Cao Ling Dan,Chronic nasal discharge, redness of the nose, corneal opacities, headaches caused by wind, pain from wind, cold, summer heat, or heat; headaches with a sensation of distension and oppression; blocked nasal passages; and discomfort in the chest and diaphragm.

Formulas Name : Cao Ling Dan

Chinese Name : 草灵丹

Drug Formulation

Goose-Chick Weed (also known as Ground Pepper; harvest, air-dry in the shade, sun-dry, grind into powder, and store).

Source

*Collected Proven Effective Formulas*, Volume 1.

Benefits

Chronic nasal discharge, redness of the nose, corneal opacities, headaches caused by wind, pain from wind, cold, summer heat, or heat; headaches with a sensation of distension and oppression; blocked nasal passages; and discomfort in the chest and diaphragm.

Instructions for Use

To treat nasal discharge with a constant flow of yellow, turbid mucus from the nasal passages, plug the nose with fresh herb; to treat chronic nasal discharge that has not healed, accompanied by a trickle of foul-smelling, bloody fluid from the nose, dizziness, faintness, and pain, plug the nose with fresh herb several times and take Bu Zhong Yi Qi Decoction internally;For a red nose, take the tender tips of the herb, dry them in the shade, grind into a fine powder, mix with a thin paste to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed, coat them with an extremely fine powder of black gardenia, and insert them into the nose; for corneal opacities, take the powder and sniff it through the nose or insert it into the ears; for headaches caused by wind, use fresh herb to plug the nostrils;For headaches, distension, and oppression caused by exposure to wind, cold, summer heat, or summer heat, accompanied by blocked nasal passages and chest discomfort, snort the powder through the nose.

Cao Ling Dan,*Collected Proven Effective Formulas*, Volume 1.,Chronic nasal discharge, redness of the nose, corneal opacities, headaches caused by wind, pain from wind, cold, summer heat, or heat; headaches with a sensation of distension and oppression; blocked nasal passages; and discomfort in the chest and diaphragm.

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