According to the prescription formulation, it should be used. It has slight toxicity, treats malignant sores and white tinea capitis (tinea capitis with whitish scales and hair loss), and expels dead fetus.
It has slight toxicity, treats scabies and tinea corporis, kills parasites, relieves itching, and kills lice.
Acidic, neutral, slightly toxic, treats malignant sores and gan sores (chronic ulcers often associated with malnutrition or parasitic infection), kills parasites, induces vomiting of wind-phlegm.
Kills scabies mites.
Acidic, cold, non-toxic, eliminates phlegm caused by wind-stroke, stops convulsions, vomiting, and counterflow qi.
Non-toxic, removes toxic roots from ulcerating pores, treats infantile convulsion, spasm, malignant sores, and leprosy-like tinea.
Cinnabar (Zhusha) is boiled thoroughly with equal parts of Moutan Cortex (Danpi). The Cinnabar is then taken, ground, and purified by water flotation (shui fei). It unblocks the nine orifices, benefits the six fu-organs, generates body fluids, separates water pathways, moves stagnation, drives out coagulated blood, descends Heart fire, and resolves summerheat.
Its nature is warm; it stops cough, treats throat disorders and corneal opacity (yi), various oral and dental sores, stiff neck, and back stiffness. Applied with milk to the eyes, it heals immediately.
Salty, warm, non-toxic, treats infantile convulsion and stiff tongue.
Cold in nature, calcined for use, treats tidal fever, heatstroke, and toothache.
It is Zao Xin Tu (Furnace Hearth Earth / Fu Long Gan). Re-fired until red, ground, purified by water flotation, dried, and mixed with milk to treat burns and ulcerating wounds immediately.
When used, stir-fry until purple, sift into ointments. It promotes tissue regeneration, treats damp sores, and kills scabies mites.
(It is Yan Jiao / Gallnut). Scrape off the membranes from various skins used in leather processing, stir-fry in a pot until charred, grind into powder. It promotes tissue regeneration, treats damp-wind, pustular sores, and weeping ulcers.
Pungent, hot, toxic. Grind into powder; ensure all oil is removed before use. It draws out toxins. Contraindicated in pregnancy.
Bitter, cold, non-toxic, treats heat-jue headache, hernia, and burns/scalds.
Select clean pieces, tonifies essence and benefits the Kidneys.
Stir-fried, promotes digestion, invigorates blood, strengthens Spleen and Stomach, treats dysentery. Taken with wine, it eliminates postpartum lochia retention.
Resolves arsenic poisoning, eliminates phlegm-cough. Combined with raw realgar to make pills, treats cold asthma.
Regulates Qi, opens depression and stagnation. Stir-fried and ground to calm the fetus. Treats postpartum lochia retention and lower abdominal pain. Raw, ground to 6 qian, taken with boiling water, covered, and consumed warm for immediate relief.
Opens visual obstruction, tonifies essence and blood, strengthens Spleen and Stomach.
Pointed shape, enters the Heart meridian, clears Heart fire, resolves fish and turtle toxin, generates fluids, stops thirst. Eaten with alum, tastes good, resolves phlegm.
Combined with Licorice Root (Gancao) to treat malaria, stomach and Spleen heat, and internal accumulations in zang-fu organs.
Resolves toxicity of Aconite (Wutou), Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi), and Realgar (Xionghuang). Harmonizes Yin and Yang, regulates Ying and Wei, generates body fluids.
Sweet, cold. Juice extracted, can treat diseases in infants caused by excessive clothing leading to heat accumulation.