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Shiquan Dan,For infants with irregular breastfeeding who have damaged their spleen and stomach, leading to a condition of “dingxi” and failure to gain weight.

Formulas Name : Shiquan Dan

Chinese Name : 十全丹

Drug Formulation

Zhike (white pith removed, fried with wheat bran) 1 fen, Areca nut (raw) 1 fen, Qingpi 1 fen, Chenpi (white pith removed) 1 fen, MuXiang 1 fen, E Zhu (fried) half liang, San Leng (fried) half liang, Suo Sha Ren half liang, Cloves 1 liang, Xiang Fu Zi (fried) 1 liang.

Source

From Volume 10 of *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, citing a formula by Tang.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of millet grains using shenqu paste.

Benefits

For infants with irregular breastfeeding who have damaged their spleen and stomach, leading to a condition of “dingxi” and failure to gain weight.

Instructions for Use

Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with rice water on an empty stomach.

Shiquan Dan,From Volume 10 of *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, citing a formula by Tang.,For infants with irregular breastfeeding who have damaged their spleen and stomach, leading to a condition of “dingxi” and failure to gain weight.

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