Qingjin Dan，From *Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 27.，For asthma and cough that are triggered by rich, heavy foods.
Qingjin Dan
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Formulas Name : Qingjin Dan
Chinese Name : 清金丹
Drug Formulation
Radish seeds (washed, steamed until tender, sun-dried, and ground into powder) 1 liang; pig’s-tooth soapberry (burned over a fire, placed in a bowl on the ground, and ground into ash) 3 qian.
Source
From *Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 27.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix thoroughly, and use ginger juice to moisten steamed buns to form pills the size of radish seeds.
Benefits
For asthma and cough that are triggered by rich, heavy foods.
Instructions for Use
Take 30 pills per dose, swallowing them slowly. Another formula for severe wheezing: use ginger juice and refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed; take 70–80 pills per dose, letting them dissolve in the mouth before swallowing.
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Qingjin Dan,For asthma and cough that are triggered by rich, heavy foods.