Gujing Dan,Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 31 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.,For various conditions involving the expulsion of worms—whether thread-like, hair-like, or horse-tail-like—which, in severe cases, may lead to premature death.
Gujing Dan
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Formulas Name : Gujing Dan
Chinese Name : 谷精丹
Drug Formulation
3 liang of Eupatorium (place in a jar, seal with salt and mud, and roast until red), half a liang of melon seed pod, half a liang of Coptis chinensis, half a liang of clove buds, 3 cun of soapberry (burned), 3 dried toads (collected on the Dragon Boat Festival, fried in butter), 1 fen of aloe, 1 fen of borax, and 1 fen of musk.
Source
Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 31 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of millet grains using pig bile.
Benefits
For various conditions involving the expulsion of worms—whether thread-like, hair-like, or horse-tail-like—which, in severe cases, may lead to premature death.
Instructions for Use
Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with warm rice water.
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Gujing Dan,For various conditions involving the expulsion of worms—whether thread-like, hair-like, or horse-tail-like—which, in severe cases, may lead to premature death.