Alum and Cinnabar

Alum and Cinnabar,Effective for various skin diseases and epilepsy, regardless of whether the condition is yin or yang, cold or hot in nature.

Formulas Name : Alum and Cinnabar

Chinese Name : 矾丹

Drug Formulation

1 liang of Guo Dan, 1 liang of Jin Fan.

Source

From *San Yin*, Volume 9.

Processing

Chisel a hollow in a brick large enough to hold about 2 liang. First place the cinnabar at the bottom, then the alum on top. Add 5 jin of white charcoal and calcine until the charcoal is completely consumed. Remove the mixture and grind it into a fine powder. Form it into pills the size of mung beans using blood from a pig’s heart that has not been exposed to water.

Benefits

Effective for various skin diseases and epilepsy, regardless of whether the condition is yin or yang, cold or hot in nature.

Instructions for Use

Take 10–20 pills per dose, washed down with tangerine peel decoction.

Alum and Cinnabar,From *San Yin*, Volume 9.,Effective for various skin diseases and epilepsy, regardless of whether the condition is yin or yang, cold or hot in nature.

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