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Shengjin Dan,For children with phlegm-obstruction and convulsions.

Formulas Name : Shengjin Dan

Chinese Name : 圣金丹

Drug Formulation

1 liang of white silkworm pupae, 1 liang of Pinellia (washed 7 times in boiling water, then dried in an oven), 1 black snake head (roasted with butter until golden; grind the above ingredients into a fine powder and sift; mix in separately), 1 fen of indigo powder, 3 pieces of toad venom (each the size of a willow leaf, dried on an iron surface).

Source

From *Selected Marvelous Medical Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 374.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with wine paste to form pills the size of millet grains.

Benefits

For children with phlegm-obstruction and convulsions.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with a small amount of Borneol Decoction.

Shengjin Dan,From *Selected Marvelous Medical Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 374.,For children with phlegm-obstruction and convulsions.

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