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Dufan Pills,For dysentery.

Formulas Name : Dufan Pills

Chinese Name : 独凡丸

Drug Formulation

Add alum as desired.

Source

From *Yifang Yijian*, Volume 2.

Processing

Place the ingredients in an old clay pot with a tight-fitting lid, seal both ends securely with yellow clay, and smelt over moderate to high heat until dry. Form into pills using white rice water, each weighing 2–3 qian, and coat with cinnabar.

Benefits

For dysentery.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose. For bloody dysentery, take with licorice decoction; for white dysentery, take with ginger decoction; for a mixture of red and white, take with a combination of licorice and ginger decoctions.

Dufan Pills,From *Yifang Yijian*, Volume 2.,For dysentery.

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