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Bi Zhu Dan,For accumulated cold in the viscera, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, and all types of diarrhea and dysentery.

Formulas Name : Bi Zhu Dan

Chinese Name : 碧珠丹

Drug Formulation

Half a jin of green alum, 2 liang of sulfur.

Source

*Shenghui* (Volume 95).

Processing

Boil in a pot with 1 dou 2 sheng of vinegar until dry; remove and place in a porcelain jar, sealing the lid with Liu Yi Ni clay. Once dry, calcine over a fire of 5 jin for one fu time; when cold spring water emerges, the toxin has been removed. Grind finely, mix with wheat flour paste to form pills the size of a sesame seed.

Benefits

For accumulated cold in the viscera, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, and all types of diarrhea and dysentery.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose, taken daily on an empty stomach with a decoction of cypress seeds.

Bi Zhu Dan,*Shenghui* (Volume 95).,For accumulated cold in the viscera, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, and all types of diarrhea and dysentery.

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