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Cinnabar Secret Elixir

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Cinnabar Secret Elixir,For deficiency of heart qi.

Formulas Name : Cinnabar Secret Elixir

Chinese Name : 辰砂秘真丹

Drug Formulation

Half a liang of cinnabar (finely ground, washed with water), 1 liang of Daizhashi (calcined, quenched in vinegar 7 times, ground separately), 1 liang of Silla ginseng (root base removed), 1 liang of Poria (wooden core removed), half a liang of red ochre (calcined, ground separately), and half a liang of lotus seed hearts.

Source

From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of a tung tree seed using glutinous rice wrappers.

Benefits

For deficiency of heart qi.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with decocted ginseng broth, on an empty stomach as a regular regimen.

Cinnabar Secret Elixir,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.,For deficiency of heart qi.

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