Xiao Daogui

Xiao Daogui,For weakness, debility, and consumptive diseases.

Formulas Name : Xiao Daogui

Chinese Name : 小刀圭

Drug Formulation

1 yellow calf (use one whose yin-yang status is unknown; it should be plump and tender, with a pure yellow color. Prepare it in advance before preparing the medicinal ingredients; on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, or on a Wu or Ji day of that month, slaughter it, collect the blood, pluck the hair while retaining the hide, and chop it into small pieces, ensuring no part of the internal organs is omitted. Boil in a large pot under a steady stream of running water until half-cooked, then add the following ingredients.Using deer meat instead is even better), ginseng (2 liang per 10 jin of beef), poria (peeled; 3 liang per 10 jin of beef), cotton-like astragalus (scraped clean; 5 liang per 10 jin of beef),galangal (stems removed) 5 qian, cinnamon bark (coarse outer bark removed; calculated per 10 jin of beef) 5 qian, aged tangerine peel (white pith retained; calculated per 10 jin of beef) 1 liang 5 qian, licorice root (peeled; calculated per 10 jin of beef) 1 liang, Sichuan pepper (seeds removed; calculated per 10 jin of beef) 1 liang, white salt (added to taste when straining), and about 2 dou of strong liquor.

Source

From *Han’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 2.

Benefits

For weakness, debility, and consumptive diseases.

Instructions for Use

Simmer the above herbs with the beef over a combination of gentle and moderate heat, gradually adding boiled water to maintain a level of 8 parts. Continue until the beef is as soft as mud; then pound the bones to extract the marrow and simmer it until dissolved into the broth. Strain out the residue, retaining only the thick broth, which should resemble thin syrup. Allow it to cool, then transfer it to a sealed earthenware jar. Dig a pit of yellow soil, bury the jar so that the soil is level with the jar’s rim, and seal it securely.Regardless of what is eaten for breakfast, mix in a few spoonfuls of this preparation. After physical exertion, hard labor, or sexual activity, take it mixed with strong wine.

Xiao Daogui,From *Han’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 2.,For weakness, debility, and consumptive diseases.

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