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Donkey-Hide Gelatin Pill,For children with diarrhea accompanied by fever, as well as sudden, profuse diarrhea.

Formulas Name : Donkey-Hide Gelatin Pill

Chinese Name : 阿胶丹

Drug Formulation

Authentic Ejiao (roasted) 1 liang, Dried Ginger 1 liang, White Peony Root half a liang, Chinese Angelica (washed and dried) half a liang, Sichuan Coptis half a liang, Cardamom half a liang.

Source

From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 28), citing a formula by Zhang Huan.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of millet seeds.

Benefits

For children with diarrhea accompanied by fever, as well as sudden, profuse diarrhea.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with millet-grain-sized sips of water.

Donkey-Hide Gelatin Pill,From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 28), citing a formula by Zhang Huan.,For children with diarrhea accompanied by fever, as well as sudden, profuse diarrhea.

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