Laisu Dan

Laisu Dan,Chronic cough.

Formulas Name : Laisu Dan

Chinese Name : 来苏丹

Drug Formulation

Equal parts of realgar, orpiment, and arsenic trioxide.

Source

*Ben Shi*, Volume 9.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a coarse powder and place them in a porcelain jar, leaving some space at the top.cover the top with a new porcelain cup, seal the seam with a paste of cinnabar and water, and wait until it is completely dry. Place the jar over a charcoal fire; fill the cup halfway with clean water, replenishing it as it evaporates. Maintain the fire from morning until after sunset, then extinguish it. After it has sat overnight, remove the jar; the medicine will have solidified at the bottom of the cup. Grind the medicine into a fine powder, mix it with date pulp or steamed buns to form pills the size of a sesame seed.

Benefits

Chronic cough.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 pills per dose, increasing to 5 pills if necessary, and swallow them with warm water at any time of day.

Note

Avoid hot foods for a short time.

Laisu Dan,*Ben Shi*, Volume 9.,Chronic cough.

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