Jade Maiden Powder，Formula by Xu Dexiu, cited in Volume 8 of *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Prescriptions*.，For all types of deficiency and debility in men and women, postpartum debility, deficiency-related fever and chills, and spontaneous or night sweats.
Jade Maiden Powder
Formulas Name : Jade Maiden Powder
Chinese Name : 玉女砂
Drug Formulation
Cinnabar 8 liang, 6 liang, or 10 liang (placed in a silk-lined bag; if the lumps are large, crush them slightly; only the red variety is considered superior; if cinnabar is added, other herbs should be adjusted accordingly), Golden-haired Dogspine (dehaired) 1 liang, Evodia 1 liang, Dodder Seed 1 liang, Eucommia 1 liang, Roof Moss (the green moss from old roof tiles, baked dry and cleaned of soil) 1 liang,Rehmannia glutinosa (cooked) 1 liang, Schisandra chinensis 1 liang, Ginseng 1 liang, Nutmeg (baked in bread) 1 liang, Mulberry Parasite 1 liang, Smilax glabra 1 liang, Paeonia lactiflora 1 liang, Morinda officinalis (core removed) 1 liang, Astragalus membranaceus 1 liang, Paeonia suffruticosa (core removed) 1 liang,Cistanche 1 liang, Angelica sinensis 1 liang, Poria cocos (wood removed) 1 liang, Fennel (washed) 1 liang, Polygala tenuifolia (core removed) 1 liang, Cornus officinalis (pits removed) 1 liang.
Source
Formula by Xu Dexiu, cited in Volume 8 of *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Prescriptions*.
Processing
Place the above herbs in a 1-dou jar and add 5–7 sheng of a young boy’s urine. Suspend a cinnabar-filled pouch inside the jar. Using the method for brewing wine, fill a pot with water and suspend the jar of herbs within it. Simmer over a fire fueled by mulberry wood or, alternately, pine wood for 5 days and nights. Maintain a gentle heat and continuously replenish the urine as it evaporates. Simmer until the mixture is completely dry. After the full 5 days, remove the jar and rinse the cinnabar pouch with warm water more than 10 times.Then soak the cinnabar in fresh warm water for half a day; discard the herbal residue. Wash the cinnabar 2–3 more times, then form it into glutinous rice balls or pills.
Benefits
For all types of deficiency and debility in men and women, postpartum debility, deficiency-related fever and chills, and spontaneous or night sweats.
Instructions for Use
Take 5–10 pills per dose, taken on an empty stomach with jujube tea.
Jade Maiden Powder,For all types of deficiency and debility in men and women, postpartum debility, deficiency-related fever and chills, and spontaneous or night sweats.