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Fang nameMagnetite and Cinnabar Pill
aliasMedicated Leaven Pill
sourceBeiji Qianjin Yaofang
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[Preparation method and dosage]

Medicated Leaven (Massa Medicata Fermentata) 120gm
Magnetite (Magnetitum) 60gm
Cinnabar (Radix et Rhizoma Salviae Miltiorrhizae) 30gm

make into small pills with honey, take 3 gm at a time, 3 times a day.

[Efficacy]

tranquilizing mind with heavy sedatives, benefiting yin and improving vision.

[Prescription]

The symptom of this prescription is non-interaction between heart and kidney, caused by the incompatibility of water and fire. The reason why the ears and eyes can hear and see depends on the upward nourishment of the five zang-organs, the essential qi of the six organs. The ear is an orifice outside the kidney, perfused by the twelve Jingmai, and connected internally to the brain. The kidney stores essence. Bones produce marrow, and the brain is the sea of ​​marrow. If kidney essence is abundant and the sea of ​​marrow is moistened, the vision and hearing will be normal. The Sutra says: "If the marrow sea is insufficient, the brain will become tinnitus." If the kidney water cannot flow up to the heart, then the heart fire will be excessive, disrupting mental activity, and the mind will not be at peace, resulting in palpitation insomnia. water failing to nourish wood, liver wind holding phlegm, phlegm with qi counterflow, seven orifices being blinded and suddenly fainting, spitting at the mouth, looking up, and convulsion of the limbs.

The prescription is to use Magnetite to enter the kidneys, mainly to nourish yin and subduing yang, soothe the mind; supplemented by Cinnabar to enter the heart, clearing the heart and tranquilizing the spirit The combination of the two medicines can calm down the floating yang, blend water and fire, make the heart-kidney interaction, essential qi can be carried forward, and the heart fire will not disturb, then deafness, blurred vision, palpitation insomnia, epilepsy and other diseases can be eliminated. It is also used with medicated leaven to harmonize the stomach and nourish the spleen to prevent the stone medicine from hindering digestion; rice soup can benefit the stomach and nourish the heart, which is conducive to the operation of the medicinal power.

[Documentation]

  1. Bencao Gangmu: "A man suffered from frequent eye disease and gradually felt dim and shady. Shizhen took Dongyuan Notopterygium Shengfeng Decoction with addition and subtraction. And take Magnetite and Cinnabar Pill as a supplement. After two months, it stays the same. Medicated Leaven, for digesting stagnant qi, uses both raw and cooked foods to warm and nourish the qi produced by the spleen and stomach. This is the Taoist principle of Huang Po’s matchmaking with Yingxiao. The person who makes the prescription should understand the mystery of nature. I>Medicated Leaven Pill, but the cloud is improving vision, and I can read the book carefully at a hundred years old, without giving out the subtle meaning of the medicine."

[Modern application]

Modern medicine believes that this prescription is sedative and anti-epileptic. Mainly used for: bipolar disorder, neurological tinnitus, schizophrenia, dementia, epilepsy, see palpitation insomnia, blurred vision, deafness tinnitus, stringy and thready pulse.

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