Shouyang Dan，From *The Treasure of Health* (Volume 15).，For cold-toxin typhoid fever characterized by cold hands and feet, blue fingernails, a cold body, and a deep, fine, and faint pulse.
Shouyang Dan
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Formulas Name : Shouyang Dan
Chinese Name : 手阳丹
Drug Formulation
5 stalks of wild leek (pounded into a paste), 4–5 old beehives (burned until only the charred residue remains, then ground into a powder).
Source
From *The Treasure of Health* (Volume 15).
Processing
Form the mixture into pills the size of a marble.
Benefits
For cold-toxin typhoid fever characterized by cold hands and feet, blue fingernails, a cold body, and a deep, fine, and faint pulse.
Instructions for Use
Clamp the pills firmly in the palm of the hand and wrap it tightly with a handkerchief. Sweating will begin shortly; cover the patient with a cotton quilt. If the palm becomes very hot, do not unwrap it. When administering the medicine, first take 5 qian of Shengma Decoction: use 3 green onions with roots intact, 5 slices of ginger, and 2 large bowls of water; boil until reduced to 1 bowl, strain, and drink while warm; cover with a quilt; sweating will follow, and the patient will recover.
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Shouyang Dan,For cold-toxin typhoid fever characterized by cold hands and feet, blue fingernails, a cold body, and a deep, fine, and faint pulse.