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Tou Hong Dan,For dysentery with red and white stools, and all types of diarrhea.

Formulas Name : Tou Hong Dan

Chinese Name : 透红丹

Drug Formulation

49 Jiang seeds (shelled and oil removed), 49 apricot kernels, 1 liang of yellow orpiment, 1.5 qian of sulfur, and 1 liang of beeswax.

Source

From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 211.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; melt the beeswax and roll into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For dysentery with red and white stools, and all types of diarrhea.

Instructions for Use

Take 5 pills per dose: for red diarrhea, take with licorice decoction; for white diarrhea, take with dried ginger decoction; for red-and-white dysentery, take with licorice and dried ginger decoction; for multicolored dysentery, take with a decoction of paper mulberry leaves, mugwort leaves, and cloves.

Tou Hong Dan,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 211.,For dysentery with red and white stools, and all types of diarrhea.

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