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Jin Su Huang Ya Dan (Golden Millet Yellow Sprout Pill)
Also known as Tai Yi Zi Xia Dan (Supreme One Purple Radiance Pill). This pill nourishes the Fire of the Life Gate (Mingmen, 命门) without counting years, possessing the power to revive the dead and restore life, and harboring the wonder of shedding one's mortal body and transforming into an immortal. In the past, the True Man Zhang Bozi refined this very pill. The pills are extremely small but have great efficacy; they address all kinds of deficiency and hundred types of damage, Five Labors (Wu Lao, 五劳) and Seven Injuries (Qi Shang, 七伤), Coldness caused by Eight Winds (Ba Feng, 八风) and Five Bi Syndromes (Wu Bi, 五痹), edema, Gu Distension (Gu Qi, 蛊气), chronic dysentery, chronic malaria, and all critical and desperate diseases affecting men, women, old, and young that cannot be treated by other medicines; it governs all such cases. Upon initial intake, there may be slight disturbance or a desire to vomit or have diarrhea; this is the medicine driving out various pathogens. If there is no disease, there will be no reaction, and upon subsequent doses, one will not feel anything. The Classics state: "Those who take cinnabar pills can abstain from the five pungent meats, do not eat chicken, fish, garlic, or stale and foul-smelling foods, and will become Earthly Immortals." If one cannot avoid these, taking up to one tael in dosage can extend lifespan, rescue exhaustion, support critical conditions, preserve health, and eliminate disease; nothing surpasses this pill. It should be taken at dawn (Ping Dan, 平旦). Take one pill in the palm, rub until warm, place in the mouth, up to ten pills. Alternatively, make pills with jujube flesh, face east, click teeth, and secretly recite the mantra: "Return to my normalcy, return to my homeland, after taking for a thousand days, I shall pay homage to the Void Emperor." Swallow well water or Ginseng and Jujube Decoction. Pregnant women must not take it.
This pill has no specific formula, only the "Dan Mother" (Dan Mu, 丹母), the source material for refining, unknown what herb it is. During refinement, one jin of large Cinnabar (Zhusha, 朱砂) is used to extract mercury, and the Dan Mother is placed in the tripod. (Details omitted). It is taken guided by Radish Soup, with another method existing.

Ju Bao Yang Qi Dan (Gathering Treasure Nourishing Qi Pill)
Treats various deficiencies and insufficiencies, timidity and weakness of Qi and Blood, dizziness and vertigo of head and eyes, fatigue of limbs and joints, confusion of mind and will, nocturnal emission during dreams, slippery discharge of urine, and Qi deficiency. Also treats paralysis caused by various Wind pathogens, hemiplegia, slurred speech, heavy pain in limbs and joints, and Bi Syndrome caused by Cold-Dampness. Or chronic cold and retained cold causing diarrhea, alternating chills and fever, dysentery with red and white discharge. As well as Intestinal Wind (Chang Feng, 肠风) and hemorrhoids, continuous bleeding. For women, long-standing coldness of the uterus, metrorrhagia (Beng Lou, 崩漏), leukorrhea of five colors, irregular menstruation, stabbing pain in the hypochondrium, blood masses (Xue Jia, 血瘕) and blood obstruction, emaciation and lack of strength; all are treated.
Dai Zhe Shi (Hematitum), Zi Shi Ying (Fluorite), Chi Shi Zhi (Halloysitum Rubrum), Yu Yu Liang (Kaolinite) (The above four herbs, two liang each, quenched in vinegar, washed with water, formed into ingots, dried completely); Lu Rong (Deer Antler without hair, soaked in wine, roasted); Yuan Zhi (Polygalae Radix); Chen Xiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum); Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix); Ru Xiang (Olibanum); Huang Qi (Astragali Radix, honey-roasted); Shan Yao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma); Cong Rong (Cynomorii Herba); Rou Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex); Ba Ji Tian (Morindae Officinalis Radix) (Each half liang); Xue Jie (Dragon's Blood); Hu Po (Amber); Zhu Sha (Cinnabaris); She Xiang (Moschus) (Each three qian).
Grind the above into powder, make pills with glutinous rice paste, size of Sophora seeds (Wu Tong Zi, 梧桐子). Reserve Zhu Sha and She Xiang for coating. Take thirty pills per dose, on an empty stomach, swallowed with Ginseng Decoction or Jujube Decoction.

Hei Xi Dan (Black Tin Pill)
Treats men's Yuan Zang (Primordial Viscera) deficiency and coldness, insecurity of True Yang, disharmony of the Triple Burner (San Jiao, 三焦), heat above and cold below, empty ringing in ears, pain in waist and back, deficiency of Heart Qi, loss of taste, long-standing coldness of the Bladder, frequent urination at night. For women, delayed menstruation, long-standing coldness of the Sea of Blood (Xue Hai, 血海), continuous lochia, red and white leukorrhea. As well as Yin Toxic Typhoid (Yin Du Shang Han, 阴毒伤寒), cold extremities, unconsciousness. In emergencies, swallow one or two hundred pills with jujube decoction to immediately restore Yang. This medicine greatly regulates Ying and Wei (Nutritive and Defensive Qi), ascends and descends Yin and Yang, tonifies losses, fills deficiencies, restores Yang, and returns Yin.
Hei Xi (Black Tin, washed, melted, filtered, weighed); Liu Huang (Sulfur, transparent, two liang each); Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root, peeled and de-navelled); Po Gu Zhi (Kochiae Fructus, soaked in wine, stir-fried); Chen Xiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum); Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) (Appropriate amounts).
Refine Hei Xi and Liu Huang into sand using a new iron pot according to standard methods, remove fire toxicity on the ground from morning to evening, grind extremely fine. Grind remaining herbs into powder. Take on an empty stomach with warm wine. Effective for elderly patients with guest heat.

Ling Sha (Spiritual Cinnabar)
Nature is warm, non-toxic. Governs diseases of the five Zang organs and hundred ailments, benefits essence and nourishes spirit, tonifies Qi and brightens eyes, calms Hun and Po (Soul and Corporeal Soul), unblocks vessels, stops irritability and fullness, kills evil spirits. Good at treating disharmony between Ying and Wei, failure of Yin and Yang to ascend and descend, excess above and deficiency below, dizziness and shortness of breath, cold pain in heart and abdomen, regurgitation and vomiting, cholera with tendon contraction, slippery discharge of viscera, red and white dysentery. Long-term use brings spiritual clarity, lightens the body, prevents aging, and makes the mind agile. This pill follows the method of ingestion in immortal classics, harmonizing the five Elements, possessing a light and clear nature, not flying away with smoke or flame, suitable for men, women, old, and young.
Shui Yin (Mercury, one jin); Liu Huang (Sulfur, four liang).
Stir-fry the above two in a new iron pot until they form sand. If smoke appears, spray with vinegar. When ground fine, put into a water-fire tripod, seal with vinegar-mixed Halloysitum Rubrum, control temperature.
Ren Shen (Ginseng) (Appropriate amount).
Nourish the Fire of the Life Gate with Ling Sha for twelve months, then it is called Sui Dan (Year Pill). Used to tonify various deficiencies, its efficacy is tenfold.

San Jian Tang (Three Jian Decoction)
Treats insufficiency of True Qi, long-standing deficiency of Yuan Yang, attacking and rushing of Cold pathogens, painful joints, soreness and stiffness of waist and back, spontaneous sweating, cold extremities, slippery diarrhea, turbid urine. Also stroke with phlegm flooding, unconsciousness, Yin syndrome of Typhoid, cold extremities with faint pulse; all can take it.
Tian Xiong (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix); Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root); Da Chuan Wu (Aconiti Radix, prepared, peeled, de-navelled, net weight one liang each).
Cut into pieces. Take four qian per dose, two cups of water, ten slices of ginger, decoct, take anytime. If Qi is not smooth, add Mu Xiang and Chen Xiang; add Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos) and Hu Jiao (Piperis Fructus).

Jin Ye Dan (Golden Liquid Pill)
Consolidates True Qi, warms the Dantian, strengthens bones and tendons, boosts sexual function, eliminates chronic cold and stubborn coldness, tonifies labor injury and deficiency. Men's long-standing coldness of waist and kidneys, accumulation in heart and abdomen, cold masses in hypochondrium, worms in abdomen, loss of essence and urinary incontinence, emaciation and weakness, pain and weakness of feet and knees, stubborn Bi syndrome from cold wind, upward rush of Qi, epistaxis, chills and fever, cholera with tendon contraction, slippery diarrhea due to deficiency. Also treats hemorrhoids, wet sores, continuous bleeding. Women's blood stagnation with chills and fever, yin disorders.
Liu Huang (Sulfur, pure, free of sand and stones, ten liang, ground fine and washed with water, stored in a clay jar, sealed with water-mixed Halloysitum Rubrum and salt mud, dried. Bury a small jar filled with water in the ground, place the clay jar on top, seal with mud, nurture slowly over seven days and nights, when complete, add top fire of one jin, cool and take out, grind fine).
Take one liang of the above powder, soak one liang of steamed cake in water, squeeze out moisture, make pills size of Sophora seeds. Take thirty pills per dose, up to one hundred, with warm rice drink.

Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan (Aconite Regulate Middle Pill)
Treats cold weakness of Spleen and Stomach, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, cholera with tendon contraction, cold body with slight sweat, cold hands and feet. Fullness and counterflow in the epigastrium, borborygmus in intestines, incessant retching, inability to eat, and all deep-seated cold and stubborn coldness; all are treated.
Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root, peeled, de-navelled); Ren Shen (Ginseng); Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger, prepared); Gan Cao (Licorice Root); Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (Each three liang).
Grind into powder, make pills with refined honey, ten pills per liang. Take one pill per dose, dissolve in one cup of water, decoct to七分 (70%), take on an empty stomach, slightly warm.

Zhen Ling Dan (Vibrating Spirit Pill)
This pill does not contain metallic minerals with volatile properties, is not excessive or drying, captures the harmonizing power of creation. Greatly treats men's true origin exhaustion, Five Injuries, cold pain in umbilicus and abdomen, limb pain, excess above and deficiency below, dizziness of head and eyes, mental trance, decline of Qi and Blood. Stroke with flaccidity, inability to move, tendon and bone spasm, heaviness of waist and knees, withered appearance and emaciated muscles, dim vision and deafness, bitter taste and dry tongue, loss of taste, deficiency of Heart and Kidney, nocturnal emission, hernia descent of Bladder, dribbling of Small Intestine, night sweats, chronic diarrhea and dysentery, vomiting and inability to eat, Eight Winds and Five Bi syndromes, all deep-seated cold and stubborn coldness; takes effect like magic. Also treats women's Qi and Blood deficiency, metrorrhagia and deficiency, long-standing cold leukorrhea, barren uterus; no case fails to heal.
Yu Yu Liang (Kaolinite, calcined, quenched in vinegar, repeated until crumbly by hand); Ding Tou Dai Zhe Shi (Hematitum with nail-like head, processed same as Yu Yu Liang); Zi Shi Ying (Fluorite); Chi Shi Zhi (Halloysitum Rubrum) (Buried underground to remove toxicity, each two liang).
Grind into powder. Make pills with glutinous rice paste, size of small chicken heads, dry in sun to remove moisture. Take one pill on an empty stomach with warm wine, cold water is also acceptable. Long-term use avoids pig blood.

Lai Fu Dan (Restoring Pulse Pill)
This medicine combines Yin and Yang, balances Yin and Yang, captures the harmonizing Qi of Heaven and Earth, is a formula of Water and Fire having achieved balance, can be cold or hot, slow or urgent. Good at treating disharmony between Ying and Wei, failure of Heart and Kidney to ascend and descend, excess above and deficiency below, Qi closure and Phlegm syncope, cold pain in heart and abdomen, slippery deficiency of viscera. Regardless of gender, age, or critical condition, as long as Stomach Qi exists, peace is achieved. Tonifies loss, supports deficiency, rescues Yin, assists Yang, with remarkable efficacy.
Xiao Shi (Niter, one liang, mixed with Sulfur into powder, placed in a scale pan, warmed over slight fire, stirred constantly with willow stick until Yin and Yang Qi merge into sand); Wu Ling Zhi (Trogopteri Dung); Qing Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride); Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, transparent without oil, appropriate amounts).
Grind Wu Ling Zhi, Qing Pi, Chen Pi into powder, mix with Xuan Jing Shi (Mirabilite) powder and previous Niter/Sulfur powder, make pills with good wine and vinegar paste, size of pea. For infantile convulsions, long-term use harmonizes Yin/Yang, benefits spirit, disperses damp-cold in waist/kidneys, stops cold pain in abdomen/hypochondrium, immediate divine effect. Suitable for all diseases where Yin/Yang syndrome is unclear. Spiritual effects cannot be fully recorded.

Yang Zheng Dan (Nourish Righteousness Pill)
Expels evil, assists righteousness, aids Yang, connects to True Origin. Treats deficiency of Yuan Qi, interaction of Yin-Evil, deviation of Righteous Qi, excess above and deficiency below, failure of Qi to ascend/descend, deficiency of Heart/Kidney, dizziness and shortness of breath, timidity of Heart-Mind, dream-disturbed palpitations, generalized night sweats, abdominal and waist pain. Or empty irritability and wild speech, dry mouth and upward panting, vomiting food, cholera with tendon contraction, irregular coughing. Also stroke with phlegm flooding, unconsciousness, impending collapse of Yang Qi, cold extremities. If summerheat is severe, spontaneous sweating, blue lips, deep pulse, most suitable to take. Postpartum women with Qi/Blood heat, irregular menstruation, leukorrhea and abdominal pain; all treatable. Long-term use balances Heart Fire, strengthens Kidney Water, promotes appetite.
Shui Yin (Mercury); Hei Xi (Black Tin, cleaned, weighed, combined with Mercury to form sand); Liu Huang (Sulfur, ground fine); Zhu Sha (Cinnabar, ground fine, each one liang).
Use a black bowl, melt Black Lead (Hei Qian, 黑铅) over fire, add Mercury, stir evenly with willow branch, add Cinnabar, stir until no stars visible, cool. Make pills with glutinous rice flour. For Heart deficiency, take with Ginseng Decoction.

Yu Hua Bai Dan (Jade Flower White Pill)
Clears upper, solidifies lower, aids root origin, supports decay, rescues crisis, tonifies viscera. Treats Five Labors and Seven Injuries, night sweats, Lung萎 (Fei Wei, 肺痿) and deficiency, chronic cough and upward panting, cholera with tendon contraction, deep-hidden six pulses, blue-black lips and mouth, stabbing pain in abdomen/hypochondrium, insecure Large Intestine, frequent slippery urination, nocturnal emission, complexion luster loss, deficiency injuries, Intestinal Wind bleeding.
Bai Shi Zhi (Halloysitum Albidum, cleaned, calcined red, ground fine and washed with water, half liang); Zhong Ru Fen (Galactolite Powder, refined, one liang); Yang Qi Shi (Actinolite, washed...).
Grind all finely, mix evenly, grind for one to two days, make pills with glutinous rice paste size of chicken heads, bury in ground pit to remove fire toxicity overnight.

Jin Suo Zheng Yuan Dan (Golden Lock Correct Origin Pill)
Treats insufficiency of True Qi, weakness of Yuan Zang, fatigue of limbs, pain in joints, dizziness and headache, dim vision and tinnitus, sallow complexion, hair loss, itchy swollen scalp, mental confusion, cold hands/feet, chest stuffiness, cutting pain around umbilicus, soreness/pain of knees/shins, inability to sit long, weak dull pain, difficulty walking, stiffness of waist/back, inability to bend/extend, abdominal pain with Qi stabbing, empty distension of hypochondrium, indigestion, loose stool, hiccups/nausea, reduced appetite, forgetfulness, shortness of breath/fatigue, strange dreams, palpitations/night sweats, frequent slippery urination, seminal emission/slippery discharge. All Yuan Zang deficiency and coldness are treated.
Wu Bei Zi (Galla Chinensis, four liang); Ba Ji Tian (Morindae Officinalis Radix, de-heart, thirteen liang); Fu Ling (Poria, four liang); Hu Lu Ba (Trigonellae Semen, stir-fried, half jin); Bu Gu Zhi (Kochiae Fructus, wine-stir-fried, five liang).
Grind into powder, mix with ground herbs, make pills with wine paste, size of Sophora seeds. Take fifteen to twenty pills on empty stomach before meals, swallow with warm wine, salt water also acceptable.

Si Zhu San (Four Pillars Powder)
Treats men's Yuan Zang Qi deficiency, dispersion of True Yang, constant ear ringing, cold pain in umbilicus/abdomen, dizziness/vertigo, limb fatigue, slippery urination, intractable diarrhea. All viscus Qi weaknesses are suitable to take.
Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix, wrapped in wet paper, baked); Fu Ling (Poria); Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root, peeled, de-navelled); Ren Shen (Ginseng) (Each one liang).
Cut into pieces. Two slices of fresh ginger, one jujube, a little salt, decoct. Take on empty stomach before meals.

Jiang Fu Tang (Ginger-Aconite Decoction)
Treats same as above. (Formula seen in Cold Damage category.)

Lian Yang Dan (Constrain Yang Pill)
Treats various deficiencies, Heart-Kidney insecurity, weak Qi and dizziness, spontaneous sweating and fatigue, unconstrained Yang. Calms spirit, benefits will, regulates Qi, harmonizes Ying.
Ling Sha (Spiritual Cinnabar); Zhong Ru (Galactolite) (Each ground, take two liang powder); Jin Ling Zi (Meliae Semen, steamed, peeled, pitted); Chen Xiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, sliced); Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix); Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root, de-navelled); Rou Dou Kou (Myristicae Semen); Ba Ji Tian (Morindae Officinalis Radix, de-heart, each one liang).
Grind into powder, mix evenly, make pills with wine-steamed glutinous rice paste, size of Sophora seeds, dry in sun. Take thirty pills on empty stomach with jujube decoction, salt water or wine.

Chen Fu Tang (Aquilaria-Aconite Decoction)
Treats excess above and deficiency below, failure of Qi to ascend/descend, Yin-Yang disharmony, chest/diaphragm fullness, inability to eat, limb/joint pain and fatigue.
Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root, peeled, de-navelled, one liang); Chen Xiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, cut, half liang).
Cut into pieces, divide into three doses. Two cups of water, ten slices of ginger, decoct to 80%, take warm before meals.

Qi Fu Tang (Astragalus-Aconite Decoction)
Treats Qi deficiency and Yang weakness, incessant virtual sweating, limb fatigue.
Huang Qi (Astragali Radix, de-rhizome, honey-roasted); Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root, peeled, de-navelled).
Equal parts, cut into pieces. Take four qian per dose, two cups of water, ten slices of ginger, decoct, take anytime.

Shen Fu Tang (Ginseng-Aconite Decoction)
Treats insufficiency of True Yang, rapid upward panting, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, shortness of breath, dizziness; all syndromes of Yang deficiency and Qi weakness are suitable to take.
Ren Shen (Ginseng, half liang); Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root, peeled, de-navelled, one liang).
Cut into pieces, divide into three doses. Two cups of water, ten slices of ginger, decoct, take warm before meals.

Rong Fu Tang (Deer Antler-Aconite Decoction)
Treats joint deficiency of Essence and Blood, depletion of Ying and Wei, tidal fever and spontaneous sweating, palpitations and fright, limb fatigue. All deficiency syndromes are suitable to take.
Lu Rong (Deer Antler without hair, wine-steamed, one liang); Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root, peeled, de-navelled, one liang).
Cut into pieces, divide into four doses. Two cups of water, ten slices of fresh ginger, decoct to 80%, filter, take warm before meals.

Gui Fu Tang (Cinnamon-Aconite Decoction)
Treats incessant virtual sweating and blood loss due to body deficiency, highly effective.
Jiao Zhi Gui (Cinnamon from Cochinchina, one liang, remove coarse bark); Mian Fu Zi (Cotton-wrapped Aconite Root, one piece, prepared, peeled, de-navelled).
Cut into pieces. Take three qian per dose, two cups of water, three slices of ginger, two jujubes, decoct, take warm before meals.

Yuan Yang Qiu Shi Dan (Primordial Yang Autumn Stone Pill)
Treats emaciation and chronic cough ineffective to acupuncture, dizziness and abdominal distension, panting/fullness, chronic edema. Young people with excessive sexual desire, premature dim vision, knee pain, seminal emission and turbid urine, intermittent waist/back pain. Taking it is the true treasure for returning to origin and preserving health. (Like repairing a broken bamboo vessel with bamboo, or gold vessel with gold.)
Yin Refining Method:
Three to five shi of urine, even if spoiled in summer, is usable. Divide into large basins, mix with more than half new water, rotate and stir one hundred times, let settle clear, discard clear liquid, keep only turbid sediment. Stir again with new water, more water is better, settle clear again, discard clear. Until no foul odor remains, mix with male breast milk like paste, dry in strong sun, repeat nine times. Must wait for good sunlight to mix, borrowing solar Qi. On the ninth time, make pills size of Sophora seeds, dry in sun. Take thirty pills with warm wine.
Yang Refining Method:
Urine quantity unlimited, roughly two buckets make one dan (unit). First wash well with clear water and strong soap pod juice, filter pulp with cloth. For every bucket of urine, add one zhan of soap pod juice, stir vigorously over one hundred times with bamboo paddle until urine clears and white turbidity settles. Slowly discard clear water, keep turbid sediment, combine into one bucket. Stir again over one hundred times, wait for clarity, discard clear. For ten-plus dan, obtain only one or two dou of thick sediment. Urine must first be filtered with cloth to remove impurities, obtain thick juice, boil dry in clean pot, scrape down, crush. Add clear soup to dissolve, pour through double-layered筋纸 (fiber paper) in sieve, collect filtrate, boil dry again. Dissolve with soup, filter again. If color not white enough, filter again until color like frost/snow. Put into sealed sand box, stop vent, calcine to liquid, pour out, if medicine forms vortex, calcine one or two more times until jade-white. Grind fine, put in sand box, seal, top-fire four liang, nurture seven days/nights, longer nurturing is better. Grind again, take two qian per dose on empty stomach with warm water. Or make pills with wine/jujube flesh size of Sophora seeds, take thirty pills on empty stomach. Yang and Yin refining, one dose each at noon. Also called Huan Yuan Dan (Return to Origin Pill). Chronic cough and emaciation ineffective to acupuncture, take this for immediate cure. Chronic epilepsy, dizziness, abdominal drumming, gradually worsening panting/fullness, year-long distress, taking this has verified effect. All are fire-refined, but Yin refining method is also transmitted. Both methods combined allow medicine to penetrate bones deeply, not just for curing disease, but for daily use, effective and non-toxic. Fire-refined Autumn Stone is common, requiring large furnaces, days of boiling, stench reaching neighbors, extremely laborious. Only a small pot needed here, texture like metal/stone, never damp, power unmatched by common methods. Long-term patients need only a few doses, extremely divine, truly able to regenerate life.

Moxibustion Methods:
Kidney and Bladder both deficient, moxa Kidney Shu (BL23) one hundred moxa cones. Acupoint is on both sides of umbilicus, backward along spine, one inch five fen apart. Also treats turbid urine and loss of essence, five Zang organ deficiency consumption, stubborn cold, tense acute lower abdomen. Nocturnal emission, moxa San Yin Jiao (SP6) fourteen cones, stops dreams, divine. Acupoint is on inner ankle, large pulse and four fingers width.
All extreme deficiencies, moxa Gao Huang Shu (BL43) and Qi Hai (CV6), more moxa cones is better.