Shengsheng Dan

Shengsheng Dan,For watery diarrhea, dysentery, and malaria.

Formulas Name : Shengsheng Dan

Chinese Name : 生生丹

Drug Formulation

1 liang of raw white alum and 1 liang of calcined white alum.

Source

From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Boil mugwort leaves to make a decoction; mix 2 liang of flour paste to form pills, coat them with realgar, and make them the size of black beans.

Benefits

For watery diarrhea, dysentery, and malaria.

Instructions for Use

Adults: 5 pills; children: 3 pills. For bloody dysentery, take with licorice decoction; for white dysentery, take with ginger decoction; for diarrhea, take with rice water; for malaria, take with peach twig decoction.

Shengsheng Dan,From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.,For watery diarrhea, dysentery, and malaria.

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