Indigo Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 93.，For children with chronic malnutrition-related dysentery that has not healed for a long time, resulting in progressive wasting and emaciation.
Indigo Powder
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Formulas Name : Indigo Powder
Chinese Name : 青黛散
Drug Formulation
Indigo Powder 1 liang (finely ground), Musk half a liang (finely ground), Realgar half a liang (finely ground), Cinnabar half a liang (finely ground), Python gallbladder half a liang, Phellodendron bark half a liang (coated with honey and lightly roasted, then chopped), Sophora root half a liang (chopped), Cinnamon bark half a liang,half liang of apricot kernels (soaked in hot water, with skin, tip, and double kernels removed, then stir-fried with wheat bran until slightly yellow), 1 fen of dried ginger (cracked by roasting, then coarsely chopped), half liang of white alum (burned until all liquid evaporates), 1 fen of Asarum,Coptis rhizome half liang (lightly stir-fried, stalks removed), Lepidium root 1 fen (root tip removed), Aconite root half liang (cracked by roasting, skin and pith removed), Datura seeds half liang (rinsed in water to remove floating seeds, boiled until sprouts emerge, dried, then stir-fried until yellowish-black).
Source
*Shenghui*, Volume 93.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder.
Benefits
For children with chronic malnutrition-related dysentery that has not healed for a long time, resulting in progressive wasting and emaciation.
Instructions for Use
Take half a qian per dose, mixed with well water, three times a day; a one-year-old child takes one zi, and a three-year-old child takes half a qian. If there are sores in the mouth or an itchy nose, mix with butter to form a ball the size of a mung bean and place it in the nostril; if there are malnutrition-related sores on the head or red, festering sores in the lower body, apply the powder as a poultice.
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Indigo Powder,For children with chronic malnutrition-related dysentery that has not healed for a long time, resulting in progressive wasting and emaciation.