大红升 辰州大劈砂（五钱） 明雄黄（五钱） 水银（一两） 火硝（四两） 白矾（一两） 皂矾（六钱） 先
将二矾、
火硝研碎。入大铜杓内。加火酒一杯炖化。一干即起研细。另将汞、朱、雄研细至不见星为度。再入硝矾末研匀。先将
阳城罐用纸筋泥。搪指浓阴干。常轻轻扑之。不使生裂纹。搪泥罐子泥亦可用。如有裂纹。以罐子泥补之极干。再晒无
裂纹。方入前药在内。罐口以铁油盏盖定。加铁梁。盏上下用铁HT 铁丝扎紧。用绵纸捻条护密周遭塞罐口缝间。外用
熟石
羔细末。醋调封固盏上。加炭火二块。使盏热罐口封固易干也。用大钉三根。钉放地下。将罐下放钉上。罐底下置壑大
炭火一块。外砌百眼炉。升三炷香。第一炷香。惟用底火如火大则汞先飞上。二炷香用大半罐火。以笔蘸水擦尽。三炷
香火平罐口。用扇扇之。频用水擦尽。弗令干。干则汞先飞上。三炷香完去火。冷定开看。方气足盏上。约六七钱。刮
下研细。瓷罐盛用。再预以盐卤汁调罐子稀泥。用笔蘸泥水。埽罐口周遭勿令泄气。盖恐有绿烟起。汞走也。绿烟一走。
即无用矣。此丹治一切疮疡溃后。拔毒去腐。生肌长肉。疮口坚硬。肉黯紫黑。用丹少许。鸡翎埽上。立刻红活。疡医
若无红白二丹。决难立刻取效。
大白升 水银 枯皂矾 焰硝 食盐（各一两） 共研至水银不见星为度。入阳城罐内。口上一铁油盏盖之。铁丝
扎紧。
铁盏四围。用白绵丝条箝紧。外用盐五两。光粉和泥捣匀擦罐。入百眼炉内。初用文火一炷香。盏上常以微水润之。至
三炷香。用武火完为度。俟冷定打开。取升在盏上色白者。刮下研细盛用。此丹可服可敷。如疮口有黄水用此。无水用
红粉霜。
一方加硼砂、黄丹、朱砂、胆矾、雄黄。
附封罐口神胶方 破砂罐末 草鞋灰 黄泥 倾银药末 烧盐粽子各一两。共研细末。用盐卤调和胶丹。入乳钵擂
细。用抿子挑封罐口。
小红升 真水银（二两） 净明矾（二两） 提净火硝（二两） 上三味捣和研匀。安铁耳锅内。盖以高深宫碗。
居中平稳。用
煨石膏研细。揪满碗HT 。用围平锅口封好。放于风炉上。以先文后武之火。炼三炷香为度。过夜待冷。以刀刮去封口
石膏。轻轻HT 抹碗HT 。将碗揭起。用小刀刮下升丹。或绿或黄或红。各自贮开。瓷瓶盛之。听用。颜色虽殊。功
效则一。陈一年者。出尽火气。愈陈愈佳。此药治一切疮疡疔肿疖各毒。初起出脓时。用此掺疮口。自能呼脓拔毒。外
用膏药盖之。如脓腐去净者。另用生肌长肉粉霜。如男子肾囊。女子乳头。及眼珠上下两角。或生疮毒。切勿用此丹。恐
受水银之气。受患莫测。慎之。
六仙升丹 水银（三两） 火硝（三两） 明矾（五两） 东丹（四两） 轻粉（六钱） 皂矾（一两五钱）。如红
升法。
白降丹。（即夏冰对配丹。） 水银 净火硝 白矾 皂矾 炒白盐（各九钱） 上五味共研至不见水银星为度。盛
于新
大倾银罐内。以微火熔化。火急则水银上升走炉。须用 炭为妙。熬至罐上无白烟起。再以竹木枝拨之。无药屑拨起为
度。则药吸于罐底。谓之结胎。胎成用大木盆一个盛水。水内置净铁火盆一个。以水盆内水。及铁盆之半腰为度。然后
将前结就之胎。连罐覆于铁盆内之居中。以盐卤和黄土封固罐口。勿令出气。出气即走炉。再用净灰铺于铁盆内。灰及
罐腰。将灰按平。不可摇动药罐。恐伤封口。即要走炉。铺灰毕。取烧红栗炭。攒围罐底。用扇微扇。炼一炷香。谓之
文火。再略重扇。炼一炷香。谓之武火。炭随少随添。勿令间断。而见罐底。再炼一炷香即退火。待次日盆炭冷定。用
帚埽去盆灰。并将封口上去净。开罐铁盆内所有白霜。即谓之丹。将瓷瓶收贮待用。愈陈愈佳。其罐内原胎。研掺癣疮
神效。若恐胎结不老。罐覆盆内。一遇火炼。胎落铁盆。便无丹降。亦为走炉。一法用铁丝扎作三脚小架。顶炉内撑住
丹胎。最为稳妥。此丹如遇痈疽发背毒。一切恶毒。用一厘许。以津唾调点毒顶上。以膏药盖之。次日毒根尽拔于毒顶
上。顶上结成黑肉一块。三四日即脱落。再用升药敷此。即收功。此丹用蒸粉糕。以水少润。共和极匀为细条。晒干收
竹筒内。各为锭子。凡毒成管。即约量管之深浅。插入锭子。上盖膏药。次日挤脓。如此一二次。其管即化为脓。管尽
再上升药数次。即收功。此丹比升丹功速十倍。但性最烈。点毒甚痛。法用生半夏对搀。再加冰片少许。一方加辰砂（二
钱） 雄黄（二钱） 硼砂（五钱） 水银用（一两）。余四味。各用一两五钱。
大白降 水银（一两） 青盐（二两） 皂矾（二两） 火硝（二两五钱） 卤砂（三钱） 雄黄（三钱） 辰砂
（三钱） 白砒（五分） 明矾（二两）
上药共研匀。放阳城罐内。微火煨干后。如前法降三炷香。候冷取药不可被生人鸡犬冲破。此丹凡肿毒未成名件者。
用醋调点患处头上。看毒大小。如桐子大 起。毒即消。若已成不肯穿者。亦用此丸。将膏药贴头上。半日即穿。
小白降 水银 火硝 生矾（各五分） 食盐（二分） 上共研末。入倾银罐内。放炭火上。文火煎滚。滚至边上
起焦黄色。
候至满面俱焦黄米色为度。将罐离火候冷。再用圆正擂盆一个。裹面须拣光细者。将银罐连药轻轻倒合在擂盆内。罐口
与擂盆缝间。须用绵纸条墨水润湿。加盐泥封固。然后将擂盆坐于大水盆中。罐底先盖文火。用扇扇之。先文后武。
至五寸线香为度。退去炭火候冷。先埽去罐口外盐泥。然后开罐取降于擂盆底内之药。药色以洁白如霜者为上。若青黄
黑色。不可用。或以银簪脚。与磨亮刀头。略沾微唾。蘸药在上。即刻起锈者为佳。用时用新绵花蘸药。敲些许于膏药
上。比升药更要少些。贴后两杯热茶时。即发痛。半日即止。毒重者。每日一换膏。毒轻者。贴两三日亦不妨。若贴大
肿毒上膏。先放些麝香、阿魏。然后上此药少许贴之。若要做咬头膏药代针丸。将面糊以竹片拌和做成细条。切作芝麻
粒大小。放膏心中对肿头贴之。此药不可沾在指头上。沾则要疼痛发 退皮。此药陈久者。少痛。性和缓。却要多用些。
如第一次降完。药色不白。可将罐内之药刮净。此药无所用处。只将降于擂盆底内之药刮出。另将水银、火硝、生矾各
五分。食盐二分。并将擂盆内降不透之药。与四味一并研和。从新再入银罐。照根据前法降之。此药若一次降不如法。不
妨两次三次连降。即降至十数次方能降好。计算已有水银五钱在内矣。每次只将银罐刷净。或另换新罐。每次只要用水
银、火硝、生矾各五分。食盐二分。直降到好方止。初起煎时。须要火候得法。若火候不及。则罐中结胎尚嫩。水银尚
活。倒合转来。非连胎坠入擂盆底内。即活水银先流入擂盆底中。若火候太过。结胎太老。非水银先已飞去。即有降不
下之病。总以结胎不嫩不老为度。用 炭火最得法。凡疮毒已穿破。用水炼降药法。新炼出白降丹研细。用元色缎五寸。
将降药筛匀缎上。卷紧以麻线捆扎极紧放瓦铫内。清水煮约一伏时内。换水三次。将缎先取起挂风处阴干。然后打开以
鸡翎埽下。收贮瓷瓶用之。并不痛楚。
一降 水银（六钱） 朱砂（二钱） 雄黄（二钱） 硼砂（二钱） 甘草水煮硝（一两） 绿豆煮白砒（一钱）
青盐（三钱） 制明矾（一两） 食盐（一两） 共研末。用阳城罐装药在内。用火熔化结硬。再将新茶杯合在罐口上。
四围泥固。用铜杓一个。边上画后天
八卦图。内放水六七分。将茶杯放在水内。阳城罐底朝上。四面以瓦合好。上放梗炭。文武火炼三炷香为度。去火候冷
开看。茶杯内药。有七八钱重。刮下研末。同二降再炼。
二降 水银（一钱） 朱砂（一钱） 雄黄（一钱五分） 硼砂（二钱五分） 火硝（一两二钱） 明矾（二两） 皂
矾（二两） 食盐（一两二钱） 同前炼过药。共和为末。同前炼法。炼完再同后炼。
三降 硼砂（二钱） 青黛（四钱） 白砒（一钱五分） 水银（六钱） 明矾（六钱） 同前炼过丹药共研极细。
同前丹炼三降。灵丹俱已炼成。其色雪白。勿见铁器研细。加冰片（五厘） 蟾酥（五厘） 共研极细。瓷罐收贮。勿
令出气。凡遇痔漏 块。将成
药线插在毒内。治一切肿毒。及发背痈疽 块痔漏等毒。以去腐生新。立刻见效。
五色灵药 食盐（五钱） 黑铅（六钱） 枯皂矾 枯白矾 水银 火硝（各二两） 先将盐、铅二味熔化。入水
银结成砂子。
再入二矾、火硝同炒干研细。入铅、汞再研。以不见星为度。入罐内盐泥固济封口。打三炷香。不可太过。又及一宿。
取出视之。其白如雪。约有二两。为火候得中之灵药。如要色紫者。加硫黄（五钱） 要黄者。加明雄黄（五钱） 要
红者。用黑铅（九钱） 水银（一两） 枯白矾（二两） 火硝（三两） 辰砂（四钱） 明雄黄（三钱） 升炼火候。
俱如前法。凡升打灵药。硝要炒燥。
矾要 枯。一方用烧酒煮干炒燥。方研入罐。一法凡打出灵药。倍加石膏和匀。复入新罐内。打一炷香。用之不痛。此
五色灵药。治痈疽诸疮已溃。余腐不尽。新肉不生。撒之最妙。
升打灵药固罐法 用阳城罐。将罐 热。捣大蒜于罐外遍擦之。再 再擦。如是三四次。再以姜醋入罐内荡之煮之。
以干为度。次用黄土二分、煤炭二分。以马毛与盐水。合之固罐。一指浓阴干。裂缝再固。必要完固听用。
升打灵药封口法 入药毕。盖铁盏。用铁丝HT 毕。用石膏、无名异等分。食盐减半。俱 过为极细末。醋调成膏。
次加炭火二三块于盏内。外热以笔蘸药。周遭搽之。随干随搽。以口平为率。一用石膏、生白矾、食盐等分为末。水调
搽之。如前。
金蟾化管丸 水银（三钱） 明雄黄（一两） 以二斤火酒渐煮添。酒尽为度。共乳细。用纸包好。取大虾蟆将药
包入于肚
内。去肠只留肝肺。以线缝好。再用银硝（一两） 白矾（一两） 研匀。入阳城罐内。加水半茶钟。放火上熬令枯干。
罐底取
放地上。再纳虾蟆于内。铁盏盖好。将盐泥固济。升文火二炷香。中火一炷香。武火一炷香。冷定开看盏上灵药。刮下
研细。用蟾酥乳化为丸。如芥子大。阴干。凡一切诸漏有管者。虽弯曲之处。用一丸放膏药上。对管口自入到底方回。
嫩管自化。老管自退。七日见效。如未全退。再用一丸。无不除根。
Da Hong Sheng (Great Red Ascendant): Chenzhou Da Pi Sha Cinnabar (Wu Qian, 5 qian), Ming Xiong Huang Realgar (Wu Qian, 5 qian), Shuiyin Mercury (Yi Liang, 1 liang), Huoxiao Saltpeter (Si Liang, 4 liang), Bai Fan White Alum (Yi Liang, 1 liang), Zao Fan Green Vitriol (Liu Qian, 6 qian). First, crush the two alums and saltpeter. Place them in a large copper spoon, add one cup of fire wine (high-proof alcohol) and stew until dissolved. Once dry, remove and grind finely. Separately, grind mercury, cinnabar, and realgar until no silver specks are visible. Then mix these powders with the saltpeter and alum powder and grind evenly. Prepare a Yangcheng clay jar by coating it with mud mixed with grass fibers to the thickness of a finger, and dry it in the shade. Gently pat it occasionally to prevent cracks. Mud from enamel jars can also be used. If cracks appear, patch them with jar mud until extremely dry, then sun-dry until crack-free before adding the prepared medicines. Cover the jar mouth with an iron oil lamp lid, secure with an iron beam, and tie tightly above and below the lid with iron wire. Seal the gaps around the jar mouth densely with cotton paper twists. Externally, seal the lid with fine熟 (calcined) gypsum powder mixed with vinegar. Add two pieces of charcoal to heat the lid, aiding the drying of the seal. Place three large nails on the ground and set the jar on them. Place a large piece of charcoal under the jar bottom, and build a "Hundred-Eye Furnace" around it. Burn for three incense sticks' duration. During the first incense stick, use only bottom fire; if the fire is too strong, mercury will ascend prematurely. For the second incense stick, use enough fire to fill half the jar, wiping clean with a water-dipped brush. For the third incense stick, keep the fire level with the jar mouth, fan it, and frequently wipe with water to prevent drying, which would cause premature mercury ascent. After three incense sticks, extinguish the fire. Once cooled, open and check: the medicinal gas should be sufficient, yielding about 6-7 qian of substance on the lid. Scrape this down, grind finely, and store in a porcelain jar. Pre-mix salt brine with thin jar mud, brush this mixture around the jar mouth to prevent gas leakage, as green smoke indicates mercury loss, rendering the preparation useless. This pill treats all post-ulceration sores, extracting toxins, removing necrotic tissue, and promoting flesh regeneration. If the sore opening is hard with dark purple-black flesh, apply a small amount of this pill with a chicken feather brush; it will immediately become red and vibrant. Without Red or White pills, ulcer doctors find it difficult to achieve immediate results.
Da Bai Sheng (Great White Ascendant): Shuiyin Mercury, Ku Zao Fan Calcined Green Vitriol, Yan Xiao Flame Saltpeter, Shiyan Salt (each Yi Liang, 1 liang). Grind together until no mercury specks remain. Place in a Yangcheng jar, cover the mouth with an iron oil lamp lid, and secure tightly with iron wire. Clamp the surroundings of the iron lid with white cotton silk strips. Externally, rub the jar with a paste made of five liang of salt and Guangfen (light powder) mixed with mud. Place in a Hundred-Eye Furnace. Initially use gentle fire (Wen Huo) for one incense stick, keeping the lid moist with slight water application using a brush. By the third incense stick, switch to intense fire (Wu Huo) to complete the process. Wait for cooling, then open and scrape off the white-colored substance that has ascended onto the lid. Grind finely and store. This pill can be taken internally or applied externally. Use this if the sore exudes yellow fluid; use Hong Fen Shuang (Red Powder Frost) if there is no fluid. One formula adds Pengsha Borax, Huang Dan Yellow Lead Oxide, Zhusha Cinnabar, Danfan Blue Vitriol, and Xionghuang Realgar.
Appendix: Shen Jiao Formula for Sealing Jar Mouth: Broken clay jar powder, straw shoe ash, yellow mud, Qingyin medicine powder, Shao Yan Zongzi (burned salt粽子) (each Yi Liang, 1 liang). Grind into fine powder, mix with salt brine to form a glue for the pill, pound finely in a mortar, and use a spatula to seal the jar mouth.
Xiao Hong Sheng (Small Red Ascendant): Zhen Shuiyin True Mercury (Liang, 2 liang), Jing Mingfan Pure White Alum (Liang, 2 liang), Ti Jing Huoxiao Refined Saltpeter (Liang, 2 liang). Crush and grind the three ingredients evenly. Place in an iron pot with ears, cover with a deep palace bowl, ensuring it is centered and stable. Fill the gap between the bowl and pot rim with finely ground Wei Shigao Calcined Gypsum, sealing the pot rim flatly. Place on a wind furnace. Refine using gentle fire initially, then intense fire, for three incense sticks. Leave overnight to cool. Scrape off the sealing gypsum with a knife, gently wipe the bowl walls, lift the bowl, and scrape off the ascended pill with a small knife. The color may be green, yellow, or red; store separately in porcelain bottles. Although colors differ, efficacy is identical. Aged for one year, it loses its fiery nature and becomes better with age. This medicine treats all sores, carbuncles, boils, and various toxic swellings. When pus begins to form at the onset, sprinkle this pill into the sore to promote pus discharge and toxin extraction. Cover with a plaster externally. If pus and necrotic tissue are completely removed, use a separate flesh-regenerating powder. Do not use this pill on the male scrotum, female nipples, or the upper and lower corners of the eyes if sores/toxins arise there, due to the risk of mercury toxicity with unpredictable consequences. Exercise caution.
Liu Xian Sheng Dan (Six Immortals Ascendant Pill): Shuiyin Mercury (San Liang, 3 liang), Huoxiao Saltpeter (San Liang, 3 liang), Mingfan White Alum (Wu Liang, 5 liang), Dongdan Eastern Lead Oxide (Si Liang, 4 liang), Qingfen Calomel (Liu Qian, 6 qian), Zaofan Green Vitriol (Yi Wu Qian, 1.5 liang). Prepare according to the method for Red Ascendant.
Bai Jiang Dan (White Descendant Pill, also known as Xia Bing Dui Pei Dan): Shuiyin Mercury, Jing Huoxiao Pure Saltpeter, Baifan White Alum, Zaofan Green Vitriol, Chao Baiyan Stir-fried White Salt (each Jiu Qian, 9 qian). Grind the five ingredients together until no mercury specks remain. Place in a new large Qingyin (silver-plated) jar. Melt over gentle fire; if the fire is too urgent, mercury will ascend and escape the furnace. Charcoal fire is best. Boil until no white smoke rises from the jar. Stir with a bamboo/wood branch until no medicinal residue lifts, indicating the medicine has adhered to the jar bottom, termed "Jie Tai" (forming the embryo). Once formed, place a large wooden basin filled with water, inside which sit a clean iron fire basin up to its mid-section. Invert the jar containing the formed embryo into the center of the iron basin. Seal the jar mouth with salt brine and yellow earth to prevent gas leakage (leakage causes furnace escape). Spread clean ash in the iron basin up to the jar's waist, leveling it without shaking the jar to avoid damaging the seal. Surround the jar bottom with red-hot chestnut charcoal. Fan gently to refine for one incense stick (Wen Huo/Gentle Fire). Fan slightly harder for another incense stick (Wu Huo/Intense Fire). Add charcoal as needed without interruption until the jar bottom is visible. Refine for one more incense stick, then extinguish. Wait until the next day for the basin charcoal to cool. Sweep away the ash, remove the seal, and open the jar. The white frost collected in the iron basin is the pill. Store in a porcelain bottle; aging improves it. The original embryo remaining in the jar, when ground and sprinkled, is effective for tinea (ringworm). To prevent incomplete embryo formation, if the inverted jar is heated, the embryo may fall into the iron basin, resulting in no descending pill (furnace escape). Alternatively, use an iron wire tripod to support the embryo in the furnace, which is safer. For carbuncles, back sores, and other severe toxins, apply approximately 1 li (0.03g) mixed with saliva to the top of the toxin, cover with a plaster. The next day, the toxin root is extracted, leaving a black fleshy mass on top, which falls off after 3-4 days. Apply ascending pills thereafter to complete healing. This pill can be made into strips using steamed flour cake moistened with water, dried, and stored in bamboo tubes as suppositories. For sinus tracts, insert the strip according to depth, cover with plaster, and squeeze out pus the next day. Repeat once or twice until the tract converts to pus. After the tract is gone, apply ascending pills several times to heal. This pill is ten times faster than ascending pills but is extremely potent and painful. Mix with raw Banxia Pinellia and a little Bingpian Borneol. One formula adds Chen Sha Cinnabar (2 qian), Xionghuang Realgar (2 qian), Pengsha Borax (5 qian); use Shuiyin Mercury (1 liang) and 1.5 liang each of the other four ingredients.
Da Bai Jiang (Great White Descendant): Shuiyin Mercury (Yi Liang, 1 liang), Qingyan Green Salt (Er Liang, 2 liang), Zaofan Green Vitriol (Er Liang, 2 liang), Huoxiao Saltpeter (Er Wu Qian, 2.5 liang), Lusha Halite Sand (San Qian, 3 qian), Xionghuang Realgar (San Qian, 3 qian), Chen Sha Cinnabar (San Qian, 3 qian), Bai Pi White Arsenic (Wu Fen, 0.5 fen), Mingfan White Alum (Er Liang, 2 liang). Grind uniformly, place in a Yangcheng jar, and dry over gentle fire. Descend for three incense sticks as previously described. Cool and retrieve the medicine, avoiding disturbance by strangers, chickens, or dogs. For swelling/toxins not yet formed into abscesses, mix with vinegar and apply to the head of the lesion. If it swells like a tung seed, the toxin dissipates. For formed lesions that refuse to rupture, apply this pill under a plaster on the head; it will rupture in half a day.
Xiao Bai Jiang (Small White Descendant): Shuiyin Mercury, Huoxiao Saltpeter, Shengfan Raw Alum (each Wu Fen, 0.5 fen), Shiyan Salt (Er Fen, 0.2 fen). Grind into powder, place in a Qingyin jar, and boil over charcoal fire with gentle heat. Boil until edges turn scorched yellow, continuing until the entire surface is scorched yellow-beige. Remove from fire and cool. Place a round, smooth grinding basin upside down. Invert the silver jar containing the medicine onto the basin. Wet the seam between the jar mouth and basin with cotton strips dipped in ink, and seal with salt mud. Sit the basin in a large water basin. Apply gentle fire to the jar bottom, fanning gently, transitioning from gentle to intense fire, lasting for five-inch incense sticks. Remove charcoal and cool. Sweep off external salt mud, open the jar, and collect the descended medicine from the basin bottom. The best quality is white and frost-like. Green, yellow, or black colors are unusable. Test with a silver hairpin or polished knife tip dipped in saliva; immediate rusting indicates good quality. Use fresh cotton to dip the medicine, tapping a small amount onto a plaster (less than ascending pills). Pain starts after drinking two cups of hot tea and subsides in half a day. For severe toxins, change the plaster daily; for mild ones, leave for 2-3 days. For large swollen toxins, apply Musk and Asafetida first, then this pill. To make "Bitou" (biting head) plasters replacing needles, mix flour paste with bamboo strips into thin lines, cut into sesame-sized pieces, place in the center of the plaster against the swelling. Avoid contact with fingers as it causes pain and peeling. Older pills are less painful and milder but require larger doses. If the first descent yields non-white medicine, scrape out the jar contents (useless) and collect only the basin residue. Re-grind with fresh Mercury (0.5 fen), Saltpeter (0.5 fen), Raw Alum (0.5 fen), and Salt (0.2 fen), plus any un-descended residue from the basin. Re-enter the silver jar and descend again. Repeat 2-3 times or even ten times until satisfactory. Total mercury used is 5 qian. Clean or replace the jar each time, using only 0.5 fen each of Mercury, Saltpeter, Raw Alum, and 0.2 fen Salt per cycle, until successful. Proper heat control is crucial. Insufficient heat leaves the embryo tender and mercury active, causing it to fall into the basin upon inversion. Excessive heat makes the embryo too old, causing mercury to fly away or fail to descend. The ideal state is an embryo neither too tender nor too old. Charcoal fire is optimal. For perforated sores, use water-refined descending method: Grind newly refined Bai Jiang Dan finely, sieve onto 5 cun of plain silk, roll tightly, bind with hemp thread, and boil in a clay pot with clear water for one shichen (2 hours), changing water three times. Hang the silk to dry in the wind, then brush off the medicine into a porcelain bottle. It causes no pain.
Yi Jiang (First Descent): Shuiyin Mercury (Liu Qian, 6 qian), Zhusha Cinnabar (Er Qian, 2 qian), Xionghuang Realgar (Er Qian, 2 qian), Pengsha Borax (Er Qian, 2 qian), Gancao Shuixiao Nitre (Licorice-boiled Saltpeter) (Yi Liang, 1 liang), Lv Dou Zhu Bai Pi (Mung Bean-boiled White Arsenic) (Yi Qian, 1 qian), Qingyan Green Salt (San Qian, 3 qian), Zhi Mingfan Prepared White Alum (Yi Liang, 1 liang), Shiyan Salt (Yi Liang, 1 liang). Grind into powder, place in a Yangcheng jar, melt and solidify with fire. Cover the jar mouth with a new teacup, seal四周 with mud. Place a copper ladle with Later Heaven Bagua diagram drawn on its edge, filled with 6-7 fen of water. Place the teacup in the water, with the Yangcheng jar upside down on top. Seal sides with tiles, place stem charcoal on top, and refine with alternating gentle/intense fire for three incense sticks. Cool, open, and scrape the 7-8 qian of medicine from the teacup. Grind and mix with Er Jiang for further refining.
Er Jiang (Second Descent): Shuiyin Mercury (Yi Qian, 1 qian), Zhusha Cinnabar (Yi Qian, 1 qian), Xionghuang Realgar (Yi Wu Qian, 1.5 qian), Pengsha Borax (Er Wu Qian, 2.5 qian), Huoxiao Saltpeter (Yi Er Qian, 1.2 liang), Mingfan White Alum (Er Liang, 2 liang), Zaofan Green Vitriol (Er Liang, 2 liang), Shiyan Salt (Yi Er Qian, 1.2 liang). Mix with previously refined powder, grind together, and refine as before. Mix the result with San Jiang for further refining.
San Jiang (Third Descent): Pengsha Borax (Er Qian, 2 qian), Qingdai Indigo Naturalis (Si Qian, 4 qian), Bai Pi White Arsenic (Yi Wu Qian, 1.5 qian), Shuiyin Mercury (Liu Qian, 6 qian), Mingfan White Alum (Liu Qian, 6 qian). Grind finely with previously refined pills. Refine for three descents. The Ling Dan (Spirit Pill) is complete, snow-white. Do not grind with iron tools. Add Bingpian Borneol (Wu Li, 0.05 qian) and Chansu Toad Venom (Wu Li, 0.05 qian), grind finely, and store in a porcelain jar, sealed. For fistulas and lumps, insert the prepared medicine thread into the toxin. Treats all swellings, back carbuncles, and fistulas, removing necrosis and promoting new growth with immediate effect.
Wu Se Ling Yao (Five-Colored Spirit Medicine): Shiyan Salt (Wu Qian, 5 qian), Heiqian Black Lead (Liu Qian, 6 qian), Ku Zao Fan Calcined Green Vitriol, Ku Baifan Calcined White Alum, Shuiyin Mercury, Huoxiao Saltpeter (each Er Liang, 2 liang). Melt salt and lead, add mercury to form sand-like grains. Add the two alums and saltpeter, stir-fry until dry, grind finely. Add lead and mercury, grind again until no specks remain. Place in a jar, seal with salt mud, refine for three incense sticks (not too long), and let stand overnight. The result is snow-white, approx. 2 liang, representing perfect heat control. For purple color, add Liuhuang Sulfur (Wu Qian, 5 qian). For yellow, add Ming Xionghuang Realgar (Wu Qian, 5 qian). For red, use Heiqian Black Lead (Jiu Qian, 9 qian), Shuiyin Mercury (Yi Liang, 1 liang), Ku Baifan Calcined White Alum (Er Liang, 2 liang), Huoxiao Saltpeter (San Liang, 3 liang), Chen Sha Cinnabar (Si Qian, 4 qian), Ming Xionghuang Realgar (San Qian, 3 qian). Refining heat follows previous methods. For spirit pills, saltpeter must be dry-roasted, and alum calcined. One method uses liquor to boil dry and roast before grinding. Another method doubles the gypsum content, mixes well, re-enters a new jar, refines for one incense stick, and results in a non-painful preparation. This Five-Colored Spirit Medicine is excellent for ulcers/carbuncles that have ruptured but retain residual necrosis and lack new flesh growth; sprinkling it is best.
Sheng Da Ling Yao Gu Guan Fa (Method for Securing Jars for Ascending/Beating Spirit Pills): Heat a Yangcheng jar. Rub crushed garlic all over the exterior multiple times (3-4 times). Rinse and boil with ginger-vinegar inside until dry. Secure the jar using a mixture of 2 parts yellow earth, 2 parts coal dust, horsehair, and salt water. Dry to finger-thickness in the shade. Patch cracks and ensure absolute integrity.
Sheng Da Ling Yao Feng Kou Fa (Method for Sealing Mouths for Ascending/Beating Spirit Pills): After loading medicine, cover with an iron lid and secure with wire. Mix equal parts Shigao Gypsum and Wumingyi Hematite, with half amount of Shiyan Salt. Roast all to fine powder, mix with vinegar to form a paste. Add 2-3 pieces of charcoal inside the lid to heat it externally. Brush the paste around the mouth, reapplying as it dries, until level with the rim. Alternatively, use equal parts Shigao Gypsum, Shengbaifan Raw White Alum, and Shiyan Salt, mixed with water and applied similarly.
Jin Chan Hua Guan Wan (Golden Toad Tube-Dissolving Pill): Shuiyin Mercury (San Qian, 3 qian), Ming Xionghuang Realgar (Yi Liang, 1 liang). Slowly add and boil with two jin of fire wine until wine is exhausted. Grind finely, wrap in paper. Take a large toad, insert the medicine packet into its stomach, remove intestines leaving liver/lungs, and sew shut. Grind Yinxiao Silver Nitre (Yi Liang, 1 liang) and Baifan White Alum (Yi Liang, 1 liang) evenly. Place in a Yangcheng jar with half a teacup of water. Boil on fire until dry. Place the jar bottom on the ground. Insert the toad inside. Cover with an iron lid and seal with salt mud. Ascend with gentle fire for two incense sticks, medium fire for one, and intense fire for one. Cool, open, and scrape the spirit pill from the lid. Grind finely. Mix with Chansu Toad Venom to form pills the size of mustard seeds. Dry in shade. For all types of fistulas with tracts, even curved ones, place one pill on a plaster against the tract opening; it will enter to the bottom and return. Young tracts dissolve, old tracts recede. Visible results in seven days. If not fully resolved, apply another pill to eradicate the root.