Four Sages’ Elixir of Immortality

Four Sages’ Elixir of Immortality,

Formulas Name : Four Sages’ Elixir of Immortality

Chinese Name : 四圣不老丹

Drug Formulation

1 jin of transparent pine resin (place it in an earthenware pot with ash-free liquor; boil several times over mulberry-wood fire; stir with a bamboo branch until thick and sticky; remove from heat; pour into water in a porcelain vessel to form a lump; steam with liquor nine times; complete the boiling on the first day; repeat the same process the next day; over three days, perform a total of 27 cycles; stop when the resin becomes as lustrous as jade, neither bitter nor astringent).Grind into a fine powder; use 12 liang of the purified powder. When boiling, do not use too little wine, as this causes it to dry out easily; when two-thirds of the liquid has boiled away, pour it into water). Half a jin of white Poria (peeled and purified), yellow chrysanthemum flowers (the sweet-tasting variety from one’s own garden), and half a jin of cypress seeds (wrapped in paper and pounded to remove the oil).

Source

From *Formulas for Prolonging Life*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 72 pills per dose on an empty stomach, preferably washed down with wine.

Four Sages’ Elixir of Immortality,From *Formulas for Prolonging Life*.,

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