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Lingru Dan

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Lingru Dan

Formulas Name : Lingru Dan

Chinese Name : 灵乳丹

Drug Formulation

Cinnabar 1 liang (ground separately), Stalactite half a liang (ground separately), Agarwood half a liang (pounded into powder), Frankincense half a liang (roasted on bamboo leaves, then ground finely), Myrrh half a liang (ground).

Source

From *Dàn Liáo*, cited in *Pǔ Jì Fāng*, Volume 226.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; in a milk bowl, rub them together until no sound is heard. Then, grind Pinellia into a powder, boil it into a paste, and form it into pills the size of mung beans. Separately, finely grind high-quality cinnabar to use as a coating; the pills should gleam when placed in a Jian ware bowl.

Instructions for Use

Take with a decoction of ground agarwood.

Lingru Dan,From *Dàn Liáo*, cited in *Pǔ Jì Fāng*, Volume 226.,

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