| formula name | Black Tin Pill |
Grind the medicine in a black cup or a new iron pot, following the usual method to form black tin and sulfur sand. Remove the fire toxin from the ground, and grind it until extremely fine. Grind the remaining medicines into fine powder, mix them all together, and continue grinding from morning till evening until a black glossy color is achieved. Form into pills the size of phoenix tree seeds using wine paste. Dry in the shade, place in a cloth bag, and polish until shiny. Take 30 to 40 pills each time, on an empty stomach, with ginger-salt soup or jujube soup; for women, take with mugwort vinegar soup.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Warming the interior to rescue from collapse, improving qi reception to relieve dyspnea, and calming panting.
Insufficient true yang, failure of the kidney to receive qi, turbid yin rising upwards, upper excess and lower deficiency, phlegm congesting the chest, abnormal rising of qi causing panting, reversal cold of the limbs, continuous cold sweating, pale tongue with white coating, deep and faint pulse; running-piglet syndrome, qi rushing from the lower abdomen to the chest, distension and fullness in the chest, hypochondrium, and abdomen with pain, or hernia with abdominal pain, borborygmus with efflux diarrhea, or in men, impotence with cold sperm, in women, cold deficiency of the Blood Sea, menstrual irregularities, clear and thin leukorrhea, infertility.
bubble_chart Modern Application
Modern medicine believes that this formula strengthens the heart, promotes blood circulation, enhances gonadal secretion function, and relieves asthma. It is mainly used for: bronchial asthma, lung qi swelling, pulmonary heart disease, presenting with abnormal rising of qi panting, reversal cold of limbs, continuous cold sweating, or male sexual dysfunction, or leukorrhea, with deep and faint pulse.
