Black-and-White Divine Pill

Black-and-White Divine Pill,For yin deficiency and consumptive disorders.

Formulas Name : Black-and-White Divine Pill

Chinese Name : 黑白神丹

Drug Formulation

1 large eel, 1 old earthenware urinal (first soak in a decoction of licorice and black soybeans for 7 days, then change the liquid and repeat this process 7 times).

Source

*Medical Levels*, Volume 8.

Processing

If the eel weighs more than one jin, keep it in clean water for 5 days, then place it in the chamber pot. Seal the opening with bamboo strips, coat it thickly with yellow clay, and calcine it over a charcoal fire. After half a zhou of time, allow it to cool, then break it open to extract the eel alkali and charcoal. Grind them to a very fine powder, mix with boiled jujubes (peeled and pitted), and form into pills; this is the Black Divine Pill.Alternatively, after sealing the opening with bamboo leaves, simmer in a double boiler for two days and nights; remove and grind to a very fine powder. Mix with eel that has been pounded to a paste to form pills; this is known as the “White Divine Pill.”

Benefits

For yin deficiency and consumptive disorders.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 qian daily, washed down with hot water.

Black-and-White Divine Pill,*Medical Levels*, Volume 8.,For yin deficiency and consumptive disorders.

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