Er Sheng Dan，From *Zheng’s Family-Transmitted Gynecological Prescriptions Worth Ten Thousand Gold*, Volume 1.，For women with blocked menstruation, internal heat, and consumptive disorders caused by stagnant blood.
Er Sheng Dan
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Formulas Name : Er Sheng Dan
Chinese Name : 二生丹
Drug Formulation
3 qian of Da Huai Shu Di, 3 qian of Jinwen Da Huang.
Source
From *Zheng’s Family-Transmitted Gynecological Prescriptions Worth Ten Thousand Gold*, Volume 1.
Processing
Place the two ingredients on a new tile and roast until golden brown; grind into a fine powder; mix with aged cooked wine to form pills.
Benefits
For women with blocked menstruation, internal heat, and consumptive disorders caused by stagnant blood.
Instructions for Use
Take 6 qian per dose; reduce by half for those who are weak. At the fifth watch (at cockcrow), slowly swallow the pills with warm aged wine. Shortly thereafter, a slight abdominal pain will be felt, indicating the expulsion of pathogenic accumulations, and menstruation will resume immediately. After menstruation resumes, consume only rice porridge with well-cooked Chinese chives for 4–5 consecutive days, then take one dose of Modified Four Substances Decoction or Six Flavors Pills.
Note
Do not use this formula for patients with chronic diarrhea.
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Er Sheng Dan,For women with blocked menstruation, internal heat, and consumptive disorders caused by stagnant blood.