Miraculous and Universal “Jianjin Dan”，From *Pocket Guide*, Volume 3.，Effective for all types of dysentery, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, all wind-related disorders, chest pain, pain in the head and body, cough, the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” undigested food, watery diarrhea, epidemic typhoid, injuries from falling from a horse, infantile convulsions, roundworms and pinworms, cold pain in the spleen and stomach, infantile convulsions, obstruction of urination and defecation, febrile diseases, and all types of painful sores.
Miraculous and Universal “Jianjin Dan”
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Formulas Name : Miraculous and Universal “Jianjin Dan”
Chinese Name : 神效万应剪金丹
Drug Formulation
35 Old Yang Seeds (Jiangzi) (with skin and oil intact), 3 qian Old Yin Seeds (apricot kernels, with skin and oil intact), 3 qian aged tangerine peel (white pith removed), 3 qian green tangerine peel (pith removed), 9 pieces of Pinellia (blanched in water 7 times), 7 black plums (used whole), 2 liang Danhuo (washed in water 7 times, impurities removed) reduced to 1 liang,Yellow Beeswax (raw, 2 liang; melted, then washed with water to remove impurities) 1.5 liang, Zhi Ke (sieve to remove pith) 3 qian, Huang Lian (sieve to remove stalks) 3 qian, Frankincense 2 qian, Myrrh (roasted) 2 qian, Wood Fragrance (steamed) 2 liang, Areca Nuts 21, Millet 5 qian.
Source
From *Pocket Guide*, Volume 3.
Processing
First, melt the beeswax, then add all the other ingredients and mix thoroughly. Pound the mixture 1,000 to 1,000 times to form a single mass. Divide half of the powder into portions, wrap each in oiled paper, and roll into pills the size of a paulownia seed as needed.
Benefits
Effective for all types of dysentery, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, all wind-related disorders, chest pain, pain in the head and body, cough, the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” undigested food, watery diarrhea, epidemic typhoid, injuries from falling from a horse, infantile convulsions, roundworms and pinworms, cold pain in the spleen and stomach, infantile convulsions, obstruction of urination and defecation, febrile diseases, and all types of painful sores.
Instructions for Use
Take 10 pills per dose. For bloody dysentery, take with licorice decoction; for white dysentery, take with dried ginger decoction; for red-and-white dysentery, take with licorice and ginger decoction; for scarlet dysentery, take with toon root bark decoction; for dysentery with locked jaw, take with lotus seed, Chinese yam, Fangfeng, and millet decoction; for injuries from falling from a horse, fractures, or blood stasis, take with wine; for cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, take with dried ginger decoction;watery diarrhea: take with Wuling Powder; all wind-related disorders: take with Shengma Decoction; cough: take with Platycodon and Apricot Kernel Decoction; dysentery with pus resembling fish brains: take with Zang Decoction plus one slice of Aconite; tapeworm: take with Areca Nut Decoction;Chest pain: take with wine; headaches, lower back pain, injuries, cold qi rising to the heart, and deficiency of the lower jiao: all take with wine; epidemic diseases: take with well water; obstruction of urination or defecation: take with Akebia tea; pain below the navel: take with mustard greens decoction; the Five Labors and Seven Injuries: take with pig gallbladder decoction; all types of painful sores: take with radish decoction; qi-related pain and undigested food: take with ginger decoction;Postpartum dysentery: take with Angelica sinensis decoction; infantile convulsions: take with Hanfangji decoction; blood-wind exhaustion: take with Shijunzi decoction; vomiting clear fluid: take with Chebulic myrobalan decoction; intestinal pain: take with scallion white decoction; roundworm biting the heart: take with areca nut decoction;Yang-toxin typhoid fever: take with Gardenia and Coptis Decoction; Yin-toxin typhoid fever: take with Aconite and Jujube Decoction; high fever throughout the body: take with sugar water; deficiency heat: take with Bupleurum and Bamboo Shavings Decoction; alternating chills and fever: take with Black Plum Decoction; upper-burner deficiency heat: take with Rhubarb Decoction; cold pain in the spleen and stomach: take with hot wine.
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Miraculous and Universal “Jianjin Dan”,Effective for all types of dysentery, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, all wind-related disorders, chest pain, pain in the head and body, cough, the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” undigested food, watery diarrhea, epidemic typhoid, injuries from falling from a horse, infantile convulsions, roundworms and pinworms, cold pain in the spleen and stomach, infantile convulsions, obstruction of urination and defecation, febrile diseases, and all types of painful sores.