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Complete Record of Sacred Cures

Release date:

2023-06-19

Shengji Zonglu, Volume 90: Loss of Appetite; for Calming the Spirit and Preserving Essence—Prescription for Zi Zhi Wan.
Purple Ganoderma (1.5 liang), Chinese yam, Aconite root (calcined and split, with peel and umbilicus removed), Platycladus seeds (stir-fried until fragrant, then ground separately), Citrus aurantium fruit (core removed, stir-fried with wheat bran until golden), Morinda root (core removed), White Poria (with black outer skin removed; each 1.5 fen), Ginseng, Raw Rehmannia root (washed and dried), Oatmeal Lily bulb (core removed, dried); Schisandra berries (stem and leaves removed, stir-fried); Pinellia tuber (washed in boiling water to remove stickiness, then stir-fried); Peony bark; Aconite root (calcined and split, with peel and umbilicus removed; each 3 fen); Polygonum seed; Polygala root (core removed; each 1 fen); Alisma; Melon seed (each 0.5 liang, stir-fried until fragrant).
The preceding eighteen ingredients are ground into a fine powder, mixed with refined honey to form pills the size of tung‑tree seeds. Take fifteen pills each time, washed down with warm wine; take one dose on an empty stomach in the morning, one at noon, and one before bedtime, gradually increasing the dosage to thirty pills.
The Complete Record of Sacred Healing, Volume 143
For the treatment of hemorrhoids, when bleeding has persisted for a long time and other remedies have failed, the following is the formula for Leiwan pills:
Leiwan (3 liang), Zhi Zi, Bai Zhi, Zi Wan (2 liang each), Guan Zhong (5 liang), Qin Jiao (with roots and soil removed), Nong Pu (with coarse bark removed, 1/2 liang each), Zhu Xuan.
Grind the preceding twelve ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined sheep fat to form pills the size of tung‑tree seeds, and take twenty pills each time, on an empty stomach, washed down with rice‑water decoction; repeat in the evening.
To foretell auspiciousness and misfortune, discern the immortals above and detect spirits below, and peruse the sacred elixir formulas.
Purple Ganoderma, Acorus tatarinowii (chopped and dried), Fructus Lycii (peeled), Poria (wood removed), Haliotis shell, Cassia seeds (stir-fried), Buddleja flowers (each two liang), and fourteen crow’s eyes (dried in the shade).
Grind the eight ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of tung‑tree seeds, and take twenty pills on an empty stomach with plain water.