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Indian Yellow Dan,For children with convulsive wasting accompanied by fever, who experience palpitations and fright while sleeping at night.

Formulas Name : Indian Yellow Dan

Chinese Name : 天竺黄丹

Drug Formulation

1 fen of Indian Yellow (ground), half liang of evening silkworm moths (roasted), half liang of white stiff silkworm, half liang of Sichuan rhubarb, 1.5 fen of cinnabar, 1.5 fen of indigo powder, and 1.5 fen of musk (ground).

Source

From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 382.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, then mix with glutinous rice decoction to form pills the size of millet seeds.

Benefits

For children with convulsive wasting accompanied by fever, who experience palpitations and fright while sleeping at night.

Instructions for Use

Take 7 to 10 pills per dose, washed down with decocted ginseng soup.

Indian Yellow Dan,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 382.,For children with convulsive wasting accompanied by fever, who experience palpitations and fright while sleeping at night.

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