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Fei Ling Dan

Formulas Name : Fei Ling Dan

Chinese Name : 飞灵丹

Drug Formulation

1 liang of cinnabar (top-grade), 1 liang of water-ground realgar.

Source

From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 265.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Take a white porcelain box; first, smoke it with burnt peony bark until it is black, glossy, and thickly coated. Place the prepared medicine inside and press it down firmly. Cover the top with powdered white aconite, then fill the box to the brim with powdered plantain herb.seal the seam with cinnabar mixed with vinegar; coat the entire exterior with dry salt mud; form a mound using vinegar-mixed ash; calcine 5 jin of charcoal until it glows red-hot; allow it to cool thoroughly; remove the contents; grind them again into a fine powder; first blow away the herbal residue; and form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using glutinous rice paste.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose; if the ailment is in the lower part of the body, take it on an empty stomach; if in the upper part, take it shortly after a meal but while the stomach is still somewhat empty. In both cases, swallow with a decoction of Beijing jujubes.

Fei Ling Dan,From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 265.,

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