Ci Zhu Wan 磁朱丸
Magnetite and Cinnabar Pill
Tradition:
TCM
Source / Author:
Thousand Ducat Formulas (Qian Jin Yao Fang)
Herb Name | Latin | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Magnetitum | 60 grams | |
Mercuric sulphide | 30 grams | |
Massa Fermenta | 120 grams |
Preparation:
Powder and form small pills with Honey.
Function:
Sedates the Spirit, weighs down the Yang, improves the Senses
Use:
1. Palptations
2. Insomnia
3. Tinnitus
4. Seizures
5. Epilepsy
6. Loss of Hearing
7. Loss of Vision
8. Neurasthenia
9. Schizophrenia
Dose:
6 grams twice daily.
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. Seizures with excess Phlegm, add Arisaema prepared with Bile Dan Nan Xing, Hematite (Dai Zhe Shi)
2. With Yin Deficiency, take with Liu Wei Di Huang Wan.
3. Schizophrenia, add Coptis Huang Lian, Gardenia Zhi Zi, Arisaema prepared with Bile Dan Nan Xing
4. Severe Palpitations, add Oyster shell (Mu Li), Fossil teeth (Long Chi)
5. Vision disorders, take with Ming Mu Di Huang Wan.
“Dimmed vision of the eyes With an internal screen. The “Pills with Magnetite and Cinnabar”. They serve to cure massive, gradual dispersion of the “divine water” from inside the eyes. The vision of the eyes is dimmed as if one were walking in dense fog. Gradually flowers appear in the void, and one single item creates two bodies. After a long time no light will be received, and an inner screen [has developed. The “divine water” inside the eyes will be of a weak green or weak white color. Grind two liang of genuine magnetite, calcined over fire and dipped into vinegar seven times, one liang of cinnabar and three liang of fresh medicated leaven to a powder. Also, boil one liang of medicated leaven to obtain a paste, and add honey to the leaven and the powder to form pills the size of wu seeds. Each time ingest 2o pills, on an empty stomach, to be sent down with a rice decoction. When after ingesting the patient looks down and sees nothing, but looks up and faintly sees the stars and the moon then this is an effect of this treatment.” (Yuan Ji Qi Wei Ji)
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