Tongling Yufen，From *Shenghui*, Volume 98.，Effective for pain in the lower back and knees; deficiency of vital fire; sudden depletion of yang energy; and conditions such as deficiency-cold edema and cold-induced disorders.
Tongling Yufen
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Formulas Name : Tongling Yufen
Chinese Name : 通灵玉粉
Drug Formulation
Half a jin of sulfur.
Source
From *Shenghui*, Volume 98.
Processing
First, take 5 dou of mulberry and firewood ash, leach out the juice, and boil it three times. Stir frequently with an iron spoon, testing it over the fire; stop when the fire subsides. Allow it to dry, then calcine it over a fire. If it has not yet subsided, boil it again until the fire subsides. Once it has subsided, grind it into a fine powder;Also, dig a pit in the ground 1 chi 2 cun deep, pour water into it, and wait until the water becomes clear; use this to mix with the sulfur powder. Keep the water flowing continuously. Simmer the mixture in a porcelain pot; when it begins to dry, take an iron griddle, place it upside down, fill it with fine sand, lay paper over the sand, and place it over a low flame until the griddle is hot. Then, using a ladle from the porcelain pot, scoop up the sulfur mixture and drip it onto the paper. It will naturally take on a jade-like color, its luster dazzling to the eye;Grind it into a fine powder and form it into pills with rice, each about the size of a button.
Benefits
Effective for pain in the lower back and knees; deficiency of vital fire; sudden depletion of yang energy; and conditions such as deficiency-cold edema and cold-induced disorders.
Instructions for Use
Take 10 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with salted water.
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Tongling Yufen,Effective for pain in the lower back and knees; deficiency of vital fire; sudden depletion of yang energy; and conditions such as deficiency-cold edema and cold-induced disorders.