Li Sheng Dan

Li Sheng Dan,Suffering from summer heat, cholera, shā syndrome, malaria, dysentery, diarrhea, heart pain, stomach pain, abdominal pain, regurgitation of sour fluid, and all conditions caused by yin cold; chest constriction; cold spasms in children; scorpion and bee stings; retained dead fetus.

Formulas Name : Li Sheng Dan

Chinese Name : 立生丹

Drug Formulation

1 liang 2 qian of mother clove, 4 qian of agarwood, 1 liang 2 qian of Mao Cang Zhu, and 1 liang 2 qian of refined realgar.

Source

From *Treatise on Warm Diseases*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 8 qian of toad venom; add 1 small cup of fire wine to a copper pot and melt the venom. Mix in the powdered medicine and form into pills the size of mung beans.

Benefits

Suffering from summer heat, cholera, shā syndrome, malaria, dysentery, diarrhea, heart pain, stomach pain, abdominal pain, regurgitation of sour fluid, and all conditions caused by yin cold; chest constriction; cold spasms in children; scorpion and bee stings; retained dead fetus.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 pills per dose; 1 pill for children. Swallow with warm water. For scorpion or bee stings, apply the mixture topically.

Note

Contraindicated for pregnant women.

Li Sheng Dan,From *Treatise on Warm Diseases*, Volume 2.,Suffering from summer heat, cholera, shā syndrome, malaria, dysentery, diarrhea, heart pain, stomach pain, abdominal pain, regurgitation of sour fluid, and all conditions caused by yin cold; chest constriction; cold spasms in children; scorpion and bee stings; retained dead fetus.

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