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[Xiao An Shen Wan] Treats deficiency and exhaustion of Kidney Qi, coldness and fatigue in the Lower Yuan (lower abdomen/origin), frequent nocturia, physical lassitude, gradual emaciation, heaviness in the waist and knees, drowsiness and confusion, tinnitus like cicada chirping, pallor of the face, diarrhea with borborygmus, dim vision, and dental caries pain. It treats all these conditions.
Xiangfu Zi (Cyperi Rhizoma), Chuan Wu (Aconiti Radix), Chuan Lian Zi (Toosendan Fructus) (each one jin, boiled together with four liang of salt and four sheng of water until dry, then chopped and dried); Shu Gan Di Huang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix).
The above six ingredients are ground into fine powder, mixed with wine paste to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20 to 30 pills per dose, taken while lying down on an empty stomach, with either salt water or salted wine as the vehicle. Regular use tonifies deficiency and benefits the Lower Yuan.

[Ling Sha] Strengthens the Primordial Yang and supplements True Qi. Treats damage from overwork and deficiency, exhaustion of the lower channels, insecurity of Kidney Qi, loss of essence and urine, spontaneous diarrhea of the zang-fu, or a pulse thread-like and thin, wasting of flesh and body, aversion to the smell of food, hoarseness and loss of voice.
Yang Qi Shi (Stibnite), Fu Zi (Prepared Aconiti Lateralis Radix, peeled and navel removed), Zhong Ru Fen (Halloysitum) (equal parts).
The above are ground into fine powder and mixed evenly. Form pills with glutinous rice paste, the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20 to 30 pills per dose, with rice drink, before meals. Avoid soybean paste juice and mutton blood.

[Hei Xi Dan] Treats deficiency and damage of the True Yuan, depletion of essence and marrow, insufficiency of Kidney Qi, black complexion and scorched ears, deficiency below and excess above, dizziness and vertigo, vomiting due to Heart/Stomach rebellion, night sweats from deficiency consumption, wheezing and fullness due to water retention, inability to eat. For women with long-standing coldness of Blood and Qi, metrorrhagia and metrorrhaxis, abdominal masses and accumulations. It achieves the work of creation, facilitates the mutual nourishment of Heart and Kidney, and greatly tonifies various deficiencies.
Liu Huang (Sulfur, four liang), Hei Xi (Black Tin), Shui Yin (Mercury), Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos, not exposed to fire), Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, each half liang).
First melt the Black Tin, then add Mercury to form cinnabar-like grains. Mix with Sulfur and grind again into a black-gray powder. Add the remaining herbs and grind evenly. Use fresh ginger juice to make a paste for forming pills, the size of Sophora seeds. Take 10 to 15 pills per dose, with strong decoction of ginger root, on an empty stomach before meals.

[Ling Sha Dan] Warm in nature, non-toxic. Mainly treats diseases of the five Zang organs and hundred ailments; benefits essence and nourishes spirit; tonifies Qi and brightens eyes; calms the Hun and Po; unblocks vessels and collaterals; stops irritability and fullness; eliminates evil pathogens. Treats 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 the heart and abdomen, regurgitation and vomiting, cholera with tendon retraction, slippery diarrhea, dysentery with red and white discharge. Long-term use opens the spirit, lightens the body, prevents aging, and makes the mind clear. This pill follows the method of ingestion from immortal scriptures, harmonizing the Five Elements. Its nature is light and pure, not flying away with smoke or flame; suitable for men, women, old, and young.
Shui Yin (Mercury, one jin), Liu Huang (Sulfur, four liang).
These two ingredients are stir-fried in a new iron pot until they form cinnabar-like grains. If smoke appears, sprinkle vinegar. Grind finely, place in a "Water and Fire Cauldron," seal with vinegar-mixed Red Halloysite, bind with iron wire, dry, and secure with salt mud. Roast with twenty jin of charcoal. If the cauldron cracks, frequently apply Red Halloysite with a brush. Continue until the fire is exhausted. Remove, grind into fine powder, and form pills with glutinous rice paste, the size of hemp seeds. Take 3 pills per dose on an empty stomach, with jujube tea, rice drink, well-water drawn at dawn, or human sweat water as chosen vehicle. Increase to 5-7 pills according to severity. Avoid pork, mutton blood, mung bean powder, and cold, slippery substances.