铅一斤，土硫磺十两，硝石一两，先将铅熔化成汁，下醋点之，滚沸，下硫黄一钱,
少顷下硝石少许。沸定再下醋，依前下硝、黄，待为末则成丹矣。水飞，炒用之。
辛，寒，无毒。内服坠痰除吐，消积杀虫，治惊疳痢疟，外敷解热拔毒，去瘀止血，定
痛生
须发而下气。
一切目疾，蜜半斤，铜器熬，起紫色，入水飞黄丹二两，水一碗，再炼至水气尽，以细
绢滤
净，瓶封埋地中三七日，取以点目用。（验方第一。）
目赤痛，同蜜敷太阳穴立效。（第二。）
赤目及翳，同白矾末点之。（第三。）
目生珠管，鲤胆合点。（第四。）
小儿口疮，黄丹一钱，蜜一两，蒸黑，鸡毛扫之甚效。（第五。）
泻痢赤白，枣肉捣烂，入黄丹、白矾各豆大，米饭和丸若弹大，铁线穿，灯上烧过，为
末，米汤下。（第六。）
赤白痢，同黄连丸服。（第七。）
妊娠痛痢，乌鸡子开孔去白，入黄丹五钱，搅匀，泥包煨干，为末，每米汤下二钱。一
服愈是男，二服
愈是女子。（第八。）
吐咯嗽血，新汲水下一钱。（第九。）
松香散 红枣（八钱，去核烧焦） 黄丹 松香 枯矾（各四钱）
为末，香油调敷。治黄水疮。（诸方第一。）
碧霞丹 黄丹（四两） 醋（半斤）
煎干，另用炭火就铫中 红为末，米饮丸豆大。每醋汤下七丸。治吐逆不止。（第二。）
烧针丸 黄丹 朱砂 白矾
枣肉丸豆大。每服四丸，针刺灯上烧过，凉米泔浸下。治婴孩或呕或泻，或泻呕并作。
外用
鸡子白合绿豆粉，呕敷足心，泻敷头心。（第三。）
One *jin* (approx. 500g) of Lead(II) Oxide (*Qian*, 铅), ten *liang* (approx. 375g) of native Sulfur (*Tuliuhuang*, 土硫磺), and one *liang* of Niter (*Xiaoshi*, 硝石). First, melt the lead into liquid, add vinegar to react, wait for it to boil vigorously, then add one *qian* (approx. 3.75g) of Sulfur (*Huang*, 硫黄). After a short while, add a small amount of Niter (*Xiao*, 硝石). Once the boiling subsides, add vinegar again, following the previous method to add Niter and Sulfur in turn. When it becomes a powder, the cinnabar is formed. Process by levigation (*Shuifei*, 水飞 - wet grinding and sedimentation to obtain fine powder), stir-fry before use. Pungent, cold, non-toxic. Internally taken to settle phlegm, stop vomiting, eliminate accumulation, kill parasites, treat convulsions, infantile malnutrition (*Jinggan*, 惊疳), dysentery, and malaria. Externally applied to clear heat, draw out toxins, remove blood stasis, stop bleeding, relieve pain, promote hair growth, and direct qi downward.
For all eye diseases: Boil half a *jin* of Honey (*Mi*, 蜜) in a copper vessel until it turns purple. Add two *liang* of Levigated Lead(II) Oxide (*Feihuangdan*, 飞黄丹), one bowl of water, and refine further until the water evaporates completely. Filter through fine silk, seal in a bottle, and bury in the ground for twenty-one days (three seven-day periods). Take out and apply to the eyes. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For red, painful eyes: Apply mixed with honey to the Taiyang acupoint (*Taiyangxue*, 太阳穴); immediate effect. (No. 2.)
For red eyes and corneal opacity (*Yi*, 翳): Apply mixed with powdered Alum (*Baifan*, 白矾). (No. 3.)
For pterygium or fleshy overgrowth on the eye (*Zhuguan*, 珠管): Apply mixed with carp bile. (No. 4.)
For oral ulcers in children: Mix one *qian* of Lead(II) Oxide (*Huangdan*, 黄丹) with one *liang* of Honey (*Mi*, 蜜), steam until black. Sweep the affected area with a chicken feather; very effective. (No. 5.)
For dysentery with red and white discharge: Mash jujube flesh, add pieces of Lead(II) Oxide (*Huangdan*, 黄丹) and Alum (*Baifan*, 白矾) each the size of a soybean. Mix with rice flour to form pills the size of a bullet thread. Pierce with an iron wire, burn over a lamp, grind into powder, and take with rice soup. (No. 6.)
For red and white dysentery: Take as pills combined with Coptis Rhizome (*Huanglian*, 黄连). (No. 7.)
For dysentery with abdominal pain during pregnancy: Make a hole in a black-bone chicken egg, remove the white, add five *qian* of Lead(II) Oxide (*Huangdan*, 黄丹), mix well, wrap in mud, and bake until dry. Grind into powder. Take two *qian* with rice soup per dose. If cured after one dose, it is a boy; if cured after two doses, it is a girl. (No. 8.)
For hematemesis, hemoptysis, and coughing up blood: Take one *qian* with fresh drawn water. (No. 9.)
**Songxiang San (Pine Resin Powder)**: Red dates eight *qian* (pitted and burnt to char), Lead(II) Oxide (*Huangdan*, 黄丹), Pine Resin (*Songxiang*, 松香), Calcined Alum (*Kufan*, 枯矾) (four *qian* each). Grind into powder, mix with sesame oil, and apply externally. Treats impetigo-like sores with yellow fluid discharge. (First of Various Formulas.)
**Bixia Dan (Green Cloud Cinnabar)**: Lead(II) Oxide (*Huangdan*, 黄丹) four *liang*, Vinegar (*Cu*, 醋) half a *jin*. Decoct until dry. Use charcoal fire to heat in a clay pot until red, then grind into powder. Form pills the size of beans using rice drink. Take seven pills per dose with vinegar soup. Treats persistent vomiting. (No. 2.)
**Shaozhen Wan (Burned Needle Pill)**: Lead(II) Oxide (*Huangdan*, 黄丹), Cinnabar (*Zhusha*, 朱砂), Alum (*Baifan*, 白矾). Form pills the size of beans using jujube flesh. Take four pills per dose. Pierce with a needle, burn over a lamp, soak in cool rice wash water, and swallow. Treats infants with vomiting or diarrhea, or both simultaneously. External use: Mix egg white with Mung Bean Starch (*Lvdoufen*, 绿豆粉). For vomiting, apply to the sole of the foot; for diarrhea, apply to the crown of the head. (No. 3.)