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Bu Lou Dan,For chronic, non-healing perforations in the chest and heart, as well as gastric abscesses, well-like ulcers, liver abscesses, and cardiac fistulas.

Formulas Name : Bu Lou Dan

Chinese Name : 补漏丹

Drug Formulation

Deer antler (dehaired, fried with butter), large aconite root (processed, with skin and pith removed), and table salt—each in equal parts.

Source

*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with boiled jujube pulp to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For chronic, non-healing perforations in the chest and heart, as well as gastric abscesses, well-like ulcers, liver abscesses, and cardiac fistulas.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with yellow wine.

Bu Lou Dan,*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.,For chronic, non-healing perforations in the chest and heart, as well as gastric abscesses, well-like ulcers, liver abscesses, and cardiac fistulas.

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