Qingjin Dingming Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 173.，Children with a pre-existing condition of “gan” (malnutrition) who also suffer from diarrhea due to intestinal weakness, compounded by cold and dampness, may experience parasitic activity that invades and damages the internal organs, resulting in sores in the mouth or teeth, or ulceration around the anus. This condition is known as “gan” (hidden parasites).
Qingjin Dingming Pills
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Formulas Name : Qingjin Dingming Pills
Chinese Name : 青金定命丸
Drug Formulation
1 liang of Coptis chinensis powder, 3 fen of aloe vera (ground), 3 fen of indigo powder (ground), 1 white areca nut (ground into powder), 1 nutmeg (shell removed, ground into powder),5 tamarind fruits (pitted and ground into powder), half liang of frankincense (ground into powder), half liang of musk (ground), half liang of cinnabar (ground), half liang of alum (pounded and ground), half liang of cloves (ground into powder), 1 fen of red snow (ground), and 1 fen of crane lice (ground into powder).
Source
*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 173.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Use wine to decoct a paste made from a wild boar’s gallbladder, then form it into pills the size of mung beans.
Benefits
Children with a pre-existing condition of “gan” (malnutrition) who also suffer from diarrhea due to intestinal weakness, compounded by cold and dampness, may experience parasitic activity that invades and damages the internal organs, resulting in sores in the mouth or teeth, or ulceration around the anus. This condition is known as “gan” (hidden parasites).
Instructions for Use
Take 5–7 pills per dose. For “milk-induced kan,” take with aged tea; for “qi-induced kan,” take with clove decoction; for “brain-induced kan,” take with Coptis decoction; for “lung-induced kan,” take with tangerine peel decoction; for “acute kan,” take with dried bamboo shoot decoction; for “food-induced kan,” take with ginger decoction; for “spleen-induced kan,” take with jujube decoction; for “liver-induced kan,” take with salted water.
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Qingjin Dingming Pills,Children with a pre-existing condition of “gan” (malnutrition) who also suffer from diarrhea due to intestinal weakness, compounded by cold and dampness, may experience parasitic activity that invades and damages the internal organs, resulting in sores in the mouth or teeth, or ulceration around the anus. This condition is known as “gan” (hidden parasites).