Xuanjing Pill

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Xuanjing Pill,For deficiency of the liver and kidneys, depletion of essence and blood, and all cases of deficiency involving the true yin, water, and fire.

Formulas Name : Xuanjing Pill

Chinese Name : 玄精丹

Drug Formulation

Human hair (from one’s own head or from a father and son who share the same hair root, as well as from young men and women; remove any yellowish or whitish strands; wash 2–3 times with lye water; then crush 4 liang of large soapberries, boil in water, and rinse thoroughly—ensuring all oil and grease are removed; tear the hair into small pieces and sun-dry; for every 1 jin of clean hair, use 4 liang of Sichuan pepper;remove the stems and seeds; in a large pot, layer the hair and Sichuan pepper alternately, mixing well. Cover with a medium-sized pot lid, seal tightly with salt mud to prevent air leakage, and calcine over a slow fire fueled by mulberry wood for three sticks of incense. Remove from the fire, allow to cool, then take out and grind into a fine powder in a draft-free area) 4 liang; He Shou Wu (steamed nine times and sun-dried nine times with black beans; remove the beans and retain only the pure powder) 1 jin;black sesame seeds (steamed and sun-dried nine times each; take the pure powder) 8 liang, Polygonum multiflorum (roasted; take the pure powder) 4 liang, raw Rehmannia root (from Huaiqing, sinking in water; soaked in wine and pounded into a paste) 8 liang, prepared Rehmannia root (soaked in wine and pounded into a paste) 8 liang, mulberry fruit (extract the pure juice and boil into a paste) 4 liang,Nuzhen fruit 4 liang, Huanliancao (extract pure juice and boil into a paste) 4 liang, walnut meat (ground into a paste) 2 liang, date pulp (ground into a paste) 2 liang, Sophora japonica pods (stored in ox gallbladder for 100 days) 4 liang.

Source

*Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 8.

Processing

Mix the powdered herbs with the various pastes until uniform, add 1 jin of refined honey to form the mixture, and pound in a stone mortar for over a thousand strokes until the mixture forms pellets the size of a tung tree seed.

Benefits

For deficiency of the liver and kidneys, depletion of essence and blood, and all cases of deficiency involving the true yin, water, and fire.

Instructions for Use

Take 60 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with 2–3 cups of warm He Shou Wu-infused wine, three times daily.

Xuanjing Pill，*Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 8.，For deficiency of the liver and kidneys, depletion of essence and blood, and all cases of deficiency involving the true yin, water, and fire.

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