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Four-Ingredient Jade Powder Pill for Subdued Fire

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Four-Ingredient Jade Powder Pill for Subdued Fire,For all cold-related ailments, various forms of malaria, and dysentery.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Jade Powder Pill for Subdued Fire

Chinese Name : 伏火四种玉粉丹

Drug Formulation

2 liang of Snow-Grasping Ore, 2 liang of Cold Water Stone, 2 liang of Yangqi Stone, and 1 fen of arsenic trioxide.

Source

*Shenghui* (Volume 95).

Processing

Grind each of the above herbs into a fine powder.

Benefits

For all cold-related ailments, various forms of malaria, and dysentery.

Instructions for Use

First, take a glazed oil bottle and seal it with Liu-yi clay to a thickness of 3 fen or more; let it dry.Then first place alum stone to fill the bottom, followed by arsenic trioxide, then Yangqi Stone, and cover the top with cold water stone. Grind a brick to fit the mouth of the bottle and use it as a lid, sealing the seam with Liu Yi clay. Place a brick in an ash pit, set the medicine bottle upon it, and initially apply a gentle flame; gradually increase the heat until the flame turns red. Stop the fire, let it cool, then remove the contents and grind them to a very fine powder.Spread a piece of cooked silk on moist ground, spread the medicine on top to a thickness of half a cun, secure it with a basin, and surround the basin with damp cloth to prevent air from entering. Remove it after one fu period; wait a short while for the Yin energy to dissipate, then grind it finely. Mix with wheat flour paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Take 5 pills each time on an empty stomach, washed down with salted water; if suffering from malaria or dysentery, wash them down with freshly drawn well water.

Four-Ingredient Jade Powder Pill for Subdued Fire,*Shenghui* (Volume 95).,For all cold-related ailments, various forms of malaria, and dysentery.

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