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A treatise on resolving various toxins, treating all kinds of sores, unblocking orifices and joints, and comprehensively treating hundreds of diseases. This medicine truly has the power to revive the dead; one should manufacture hundreds of thousands of pills to benefit people. Its miraculous effects cannot be fully described.

Shenxian Taiyi Zijin Dan (Immortal Great Unity Purple Gold Pill) (also known as Wanbing Jiedu Dan [Ten Thousand Disease Detoxifying Pill], Zijin Ding [Purple Gold Tablet], Yushu Dan [Jade Pivot Pill])

Colchici Cormis Rhizoma (Shancigu) (Available everywhere in the north and south, commonly known as Jin Denglong [Golden Lantern]. The leaves resemble chive flowers, the flower resembles a lantern, is white with apparent black spots, and the fruit has three edges. It blooms in February, fruits in March, and the seedlings wither in early April. If growing in open ground, delayed harvesting leads to rotting seedlings making them hard to find. It is extremely similar to toxic Allium sativum var. ophioscorodum (Old Crow Garlic), but garlic lacks hairs while Shancigu has them. Peel off the hairy covering, wash thoroughly, dry by baking. Dosage: 2 liang.) Chuan Wenli (Chuanwenli) (Also known as Wubeizi [Galla Chinensis], crush, scrape clean, dry by baking. Dosage: 2 liang.) Qianjinzi (Qianjinzi) (Also known as Xuisui Zi [Euphorbia lathyris], remove shell, select those with very white color, wrap in paper, change paper several times to remove all oil until the color turns white and grinds into powder without oil stains on paper. Dosage: 1 liang.) Moschus (Muxiang) (Select pure material free of blood, hair, and shells, grind finely and cleanly. Dosage: 3 qian.) Hongya Daji (Hongya Daji) (The purple Daji from Suzhou is superior, Jiangnan local Daji is secondary. Remove rhizome roots, wash thoroughly, dry by baking. Dosage: 1.5 liang. In this formula, Mian Daji that is white is too harsh and can harm people, especially causing hematemesis in weak individuals. Be extremely cautious.)

Preparation method: Choose auspicious days such as Dragon Boat Festival, Qixi Festival, or Double Ninth Festival for compounding. Based on the quantity of herbs, prepare several days in advance. Grind the first five herbs into extremely fine powders separately. Prepare washing basins; hands must be washed before entering and exiting. Store each in new, clean containers covered with paper. On the designated day, use several basins, combine ingredients according to dosage in each basin, stir hundreds of times until perfectly uniform, then sieve twice more. Mix with thick rice paste according to the prescription, pound in a wooden mortar thousands of times until extremely smooth and glossy. Each pill weighs 1 qian. Take one pill per dose. For severe conditions, take consecutively until bowel movements occur once or twice, which is harmless. Follow with warm congee to nourish the stomach. Ensure extreme cleanliness during preparation.

For all types of food, drug, insect, miasma, pathogenic bacteria, or accidental ingestion of dead cattle, horses, camels, etc., grind with cold water and administer. In southern regions affected by insect miasma, if one feels slight discomfort, immediately grind and take one pill. Recovery occurs through vomiting or diarrhea.

For carbuncles, back sores, neck sores, Tian She Tou (snake-head like swelling), Wu Ming Ding (nameless toxin swellings), yaws, and all malignant sores, as well as wind-induced urticaria, redness, and swelling, before ulceration, and for hemorrhoids, grind with light wine without ash and administer. Also apply mixture with cold water to the sore multiple times daily. Itching resolves immediately. For already ulcerated sores discharging pus and blood, it also reduces severity.

For Yin-Yang Er Du Shanghan (Yin-Yang Two Toxities Cold Damage), presenting with chest oppression, delirious speech, chest fullness, pre-eruption of evil toxins, epidemic febrile diseases, throat polyps, and stranglewind, grind with cold water and a small leaf of Mentha haplocalyx (Bohe) and swallow.

For Heart Qi pain and various Qi pains, grind with light wine or light ginger decoction and administer.

For bloody and non-bloody dysentery, diarrhea, acute abdominal pain, cholera-like syndrome, intestinal cramping, and various phlegm diseases, grind with Bohe decoction and administer.

For men and women suffering from sudden mania, shouting and running wildly, dream intercourse with ghosts, fetal possession, madness, loss of mind, epilepsy (Yang Er Feng, Zhu Dian Feng), stroke with facial paralysis, locked jaw, slurred speech, muscle spasms, joint swelling due to wind, generalized body pain in limbs and waist, difficulty walking, various wind syndromes, and epilepsy, administer with warm wine without ash.

For hanging, drowning death where the heart remains warm, shock death, or sudden fright death not yet overnight, grind with cold water and force-feed.

For snake venom, dog bites, and injuries from harmful insects, grind with cold water and apply to the wound. Additionally, grind with light wine and take orally.

For chronic malaria, at the time of onset, grind with decoction of peach and willow branches boiled in east-flowing water and administer.

For pediatric acute and chronic convulsions, five malnutrition syndromes, five dysenteries, spleen disease with jaundice and edema, urticaria, tumors, locked jaw, grind with honey water and Bohe leaves and administer externally and internally. Divide one pill into two or three doses based on child's age.

For toothache, grind with wine and apply, hold a small amount in mouth, then swallow after some time.

For scalds and burns, grind with flowing water and apply to the injured area.

For traumatic injuries from blows, take fried pine node with wine without ash.

For long-standing headaches and temporal pain, grind mint with wine into a paste, apply paper flower soaked in it to the temporal acupoint.

For various gu poison and distension/swelling, take with decoction of Hordeum vulgare sprout (Dayamai).

For amenorrhea in women, take with decoction of Carthamus tinctorius (Honghua). Contraindicated in pregnancy.

In a family suffering from Transmitted Corpse Tuberculosis (Chuanshi Lao), five brothers, three had died. Urgently administered this medicine; each took one pill. One expelled pus-like matter, another expelled moth-shaped dead worms. All survived. Thus, widely used for Transmitted Corpse Syndrome with consistent efficacy.

A woman suffering long-term tuberculosis consumed by corpse worms, took one ground pill. Within an hour, vomited and passed over ten small worms. Later took Suhexiang Wan (Styrax Pills), recovered fully within half a month. Although the formula does not claim tonification, it is effective for emaciated persons. Truly a treasure for protecting health. Cost per batch is less than 2 qian of silver, saving dozens of lives. Contains Shancigu and Qianjinzi, both of which can be propagated by seeds, allowing self-compounding to benefit others.

Poisoned cattle, horses, and livestock can also be saved with this medicine.

Modification: Add 3 qian of transparent Realgar (Xionghuang). Proven highly effective for treating various sores.

Wanying Jianjindan (Ten-Thousand-Response Scissors-Gold Pill)
Heavenly number is five, Earthly number is five. Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth. If humans suffer from Blood and Qi disorders, this can save worldly suffering.

Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride (Qingpi) (Remove albedo, 3 qian) Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian) (Remove skin, 3 qian) Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum (Banxia) (Soaked in boiling water seven times, approx. nine pieces) Prunus mume (Wumei) (Seven whole pieces) Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren) (25 pieces, keep skin and tips) Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi) (Remove albedo, 3 qian) Aucklandiae Radix (Muxiang) (1 liang) Arecae Semen (Binglang) (21 pieces) Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (Zhiqiao) (Remove albedo, 2 qian) Crotonis Fructus (Badou) (35 pieces, remove shell) Minium (Huandan) (Water-triturated, 1 liang) Boswelliae Resina (Ruxiang) (2 qian) Myrrha (Moyao) (2 qian) Papaveris Fructus (Yumi) (5 qian) Cera Flava (Huangla) (2 liang, pounded in water, remove residue, take 1.5 liang)

Grind all into powder. Melt Huangla, mix with herb powder evenly. If too hard, add少许 honey. Form pills size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 10 pills per dose. Decoctions for administration listed below:

Red dysentery: Licorice Root Decoction (Gancao Tang). White dysentery: Ginger Decoction (Ganjiang Tang). Bloody and non-bloody dysentery: Toona sinensis root bark decoction (Chungenbaipi Tang). Postpartum dysentery: Angelica Decoction (Danggui Tang). Dysentery with inability to eat: Lotus seed, Chinese Yam, Saposhnikovia, millet decoction. Dysentery with fish-brain pus discharge: Zhenren Yangzang Tang plus one slice of Aconite Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fuzi) decocted. Watery diarrhea: Wuling San decocted. Cholera with vomiting and diarrhea: Ginger decoction. Vomiting clear fluid: Terminalia chebula decoction. Headache and lower back pain, cold qi rushing to heart, deficiency of lower yuan: Wine. Cough: Platycodon and Apricot Seed decoction. Qi pain, undigested food: Ginger decoction. Heart pain: Wine. Abdominal pain: Scallion stalk decoction. Pain below umbilicus: Mustard greens decoction. Heart pain caused by roundworms or tapeworms: Areca Nut decoction. Seasonal pathogens: Well-water. Generalized high fever: Sugar water. Yang Toxicity Shanghan: Gardenia and Coptis decoction. Yin Toxicity Shanghan: Aconite and Date decoction. Deficiency heat: Bupleurum and Bamboo Shavings decoction. Alternating chills and fever: Mume decoction. Upper jiao deficiency heat: Rhubarb decoction. Spleen-Stomach deficiency cold: Wine. All wind-pain: Cimicifuga decoction. Constipation and urinary retention: Akebia decoction. All sore pain: Radish decoction. Five labors and seven injuries: Pig bile decoction. Traumatic injury: Wine. Pediatric Tian Diao convulsions: Podophyllum decoction.

Shixian Duoming Dan (Ten Immortals Snatching Life Pill)

Sparganii Rhizoma (Sanleng) Curcumae Rhizoma (Ezhu) Aucklandiae Radix (Muxiang) Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Chenxiang) Caryophylli Flos (Dingxiang) Myrrha (Moyao) Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong) Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina (Zaojiao) Lepidii Semen (Kutingli) Crotonis Fructus (Badou) (Remove shell, pound to remove oil, equal parts)

Grind into fine powder. Bind with date flesh into pills size of cherries. Take one pill on empty stomach with cool water.

Indications: Globus hystericus (Meiheqi), abdominal distension, accumulation and stagnation masses, abdominal masses, cold abdominal pain with hot diarrhea.

Cold heart pain, food stagnation, Qi stagnation, meridian obstruction, cold accumulation.