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Fragrant Alum Pill,For chronic diarrhea that has not healed.

Formulas Name : Fragrant Alum Pill

Chinese Name : 香矾丹

Drug Formulation

1 liang of Wood Fragrance, 1 liang of White Alum (roasted over low heat until powdered), half a liang of Terminalia chebula bark (lightly roasted), and half a liang of sour pomegranate peel (roasted until black).

Source

Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 28 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.

Processing

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

Benefits

For chronic diarrhea that has not healed.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with congee.

Fragrant Alum Pill,Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 28 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.,For chronic diarrhea that has not healed.

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