Da Dan

Da Dan,Consumptive disorders, fever, cough, hemoptysis, bone-consuming fever with night sweats, and palpitations and anxiety. All types of yin-type ulcers and chronic vaginal discharge; sunken smallpox lesions in children; edema and abdominal distension; jaundice (yellow or black); and severe illnesses resulting from debility.

Formulas Name : Da Dan

Chinese Name : 大丹

Drug Formulation

1 jin of cinnabar (must be of the “wall-type” variety).

Source

From *The Heart Book of Bian Que: Divine Formulas*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Place it in a Yangcheng jar; first mix with honey and spread the cinnabar evenly on the bottom. Next, mix 5 qian of Ephedra sinica powder, 5 qian of Aconitum carmichaeli powder, and 5 qian of Euphorbia pekinensis powder with 5 qian of egg white until well blended, then spread this mixture over the cinnabar. Cover with the jar lid, secure with iron wire, seal tightly with salt mud, and air-dry in the shade.Dig a pit in the ground, bury the jar so that 5 fen is buried and 5 fen remains exposed, and calcine it over a fierce fire for one day and one night. Remove it from the cold furnace, grind it into a fine powder, and form it into pills the size of a water caltrop using Pinellia tuber paste mixed with vinegar. Coat them with talc to enhance their luster, and store them in a silver container.

Benefits

Consumptive disorders, fever, cough, hemoptysis, bone-consuming fever with night sweats, and palpitations and anxiety. All types of yin-type ulcers and chronic vaginal discharge; sunken smallpox lesions in children; edema and abdominal distension; jaundice (yellow or black); and severe illnesses resulting from debility.

Instructions for Use

Take 5 or 3 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine on an empty stomach.

Da Dan,From *The Heart Book of Bian Que: Divine Formulas*.,Consumptive disorders, fever, cough, hemoptysis, bone-consuming fever with night sweats, and palpitations and anxiety. All types of yin-type ulcers and chronic vaginal discharge; sunken smallpox lesions in children; edema and abdominal distension; jaundice (yellow or black); and severe illnesses resulting from debility.

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