Paste for Restoring Vitality，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 8.，Effective for coughing with phlegm, excessive sexual desire, pain in the lower back and hips, soreness and burning in both legs, difficulty walking, loose stools, cold uterus and cold semen, frequent urination, seminal emission with white turbid discharge, hemoptysis, and epistaxis; in women, lower abdominal cold, red and white vaginal discharge, cold pain in the uterus, and prolonged infertility; as well as malignant boils, carbuncles, intractable sores, and all types of unexplained abscesses and swellings.
Paste for Restoring Vitality
Formulas Name : Paste for Restoring Vitality
Chinese Name : 造化争雄膏
Drug Formulation
Refined Rosin (Use a small bamboo steamer lined with a single layer of coarse hemp cloth; place pure, fatty rosin on top and steam over a pot of water. Once the rosin has melted, strain off the clear liquid. Initially, pour it into cold water; then boil it in fresh water for 2–3 rolling boils before pouring it back into water. Repeat this process several times. Finally, boil it with wine as described above until it is neither bitter nor astringent;It is especially effective to avoid using an iron pot during the second refining), Fly-Yellow Dan (use good wine; rinse in water to remove sand and stones from the bottom; set aside to dry; then roast it), 3 jin of pure sesame oil, 4 liang of licorice root powder (boil several times first, then add the herbs), Cinnamomum cassia (remove the coarse bark), Polygala tenuifolia (soak in oil overnight, remove the core, bake until dry, and grind into powder) 6 qian,Dodder Seed (rinsed to remove sand, boiled in wine until extremely soft, pounded into a cake, then ground into powder) 6 qian, Sichuan Achyranthes (stem removed, soaked in wine overnight, sun-dried, and ground into powder) 6 qian, Deer Antler (hair removed, fried in butter until golden) 6 qian, Tiger Bone (fried in butter until golden) 6 qian,Cnidium fruit (sorted, soaked in wine overnight, and dried in an oven) 6 qian, Cistanche (roasted with butter) 6 qian, Magnolia bark (peeled) 6 qian, Huai raw Rehmannia root (soaked in wine overnight and dried in an oven) 6 qian, Huai prepared Rehmannia root (soaked in wine overnight and dried in an oven) 6 qian,Scrophularia (root tips removed) 6 qian, Asparagus root (core removed) 6 qian, Ophiopogon tuber (core removed) 6 qian, Saposhnikovia root (root tips removed) 6 qian, Eupatorium (thoroughly cleaned) 6 qian, Red peony root (soaked in wine and washed) 6 qian, White and red peony roots (soaked in wine and washed) 6 qian, Angelica root (washed with wine) 6 qian,White Angelica (Bai Zhi) 6 qian, Northern Schisandra (Bei Wuweizi) 6 qian, Eupatorium (Gu Jing Cao) 6 qian, Eucommia (Du Zhong) (peeled, chopped, stir-fried with salt and wine to remove fibers) 6 qian,Piper longum 6 qian, Southern Frankincense 6 qian, Plantain Seed 6 qian, Purple-tipped Flower 6 qian, Sichuan Dipsacus 6 qian, Galangal 6 qian, Yellow Wasp and Pangolin Scale (chopped, stir-fried with stove ash, ground into powder) 2 qian, Earthworm (cleaned of soil, roasted) 4 qian,Dipsacus asper 2 qian, Castor seeds and Apricot kernels (with skin and tips removed) 4 qian, Large Aconite root 2 pieces (weighing 2 liang, wrapped in flour and slow-roasted over fire, with skin and pith removed), Gleditsia seeds (shells removed) 40 pieces (ground, wrapped in paper, and pressed to remove oil), Cistanche (red variety, soaked in wine, with scales removed, and baked) 7 qian,7 cun of tender mulberry branches, 7 cun of tender locust branches, 7 cun of tender peach branches, 7 cun of tender plum branches (one formula includes 10 red dragonflies).
Source
*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 8.
Processing
Prepare each of the above herbs according to established standards, chop them, and place them in oil. Simmer slowly in a copper pot over a mulberry-wood fire until they turn dry and black. Remove from heat, strain through raw silk to remove the residue,wipe the pot clean; the medicinal oil must be concentrated to the point where a drop forms a bead when held over water. For every 1 jin of medicinal oil, use 8 liang of sieved orpiment, adding it gradually while simmering over low heat. Stir continuously with mulberry, locust, and willow twigs to prevent settling at the bottom. When blue smoke rises, the ointment is ready; adjust the heat based on the desired consistency, then add half a jin of refined rosin and 6 liang of beeswax,(using 1 jin of medicinal oil as the standard). Stir until uniform and allow to cool. Once the ointment has solidified, cover the pot with soil for 3 days. Remove it, then bring water to a boil in a separate pot. Place the medicinal pot on top and melt the ointment over the hot water bath, stirring continuously with mulberry, locust, and willow twigs 300–500 times to remove the heat toxicity. Add the following ingredients: musk, toad venom,opium flakes (presumably opium), Yangqishi (the “cloud-head” variety), and Bai Zhan—each 6 qian; cloves, frankincense, Guangmuxiang, realgar, dragon bone, agarwood, late-season silkworm moths, Japanese sulfur, cinnabar, mulberry cuttlefish bone, dragon’s blood, and myrrh—each 4 qian; and astragalus (peeled, honey-fried, and ground into powder)—3 qian.The above ingredients must be genuine and authentic; after proper processing, grind them into an extremely fine powder. Begin by boiling the medicinal oil; gradually add the powdered herbs to the oil while stirring until thoroughly blended. Immediately pour the mixture into cold water and knead into cakes weighing 5 qian each.
Benefits
Effective for coughing with phlegm, excessive sexual desire, pain in the lower back and hips, soreness and burning in both legs, difficulty walking, loose stools, cold uterus and cold semen, frequent urination, seminal emission with white turbid discharge, hemoptysis, and epistaxis; in women, lower abdominal cold, red and white vaginal discharge, cold pain in the uterus, and prolonged infertility; as well as malignant boils, carbuncles, intractable sores, and all types of unexplained abscesses and swellings.
Instructions for Use
When ready to use, soak in hot water until softened. Tie the mixture onto a piece of red muslin the size of a palm, spread the medicine evenly on top, and apply without heating it over a fire. Apply the poultice.
Paste for Restoring Vitality,Effective for coughing with phlegm, excessive sexual desire, pain in the lower back and hips, soreness and burning in both legs, difficulty walking, loose stools, cold uterus and cold semen, frequent urination, seminal emission with white turbid discharge, hemoptysis, and epistaxis; in women, lower abdominal cold, red and white vaginal discharge, cold pain in the uterus, and prolonged infertility; as well as malignant boils, carbuncles, intractable sores, and all types of unexplained abscesses and swellings.