Esoteric Meanings of the Grotto Heavens, Vol. 5

Volume 10

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Cinnabar-Dissolving Beverage

Transmitted by Master Qi Tian A legendary divine physician often associated with the "Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor" for the treatment of Red and Purple Fire Cinnabar original: 紅紫火丹 (Hóngzǐ huǒdān); likely referring to severe erysipelas or high-fever rashes with deep coloration

Scrophularia root three ounces Cimicifuga two drams Ophiopogon tuber one ounce Platycodon root two drams
Raw Licorice root one dram
Decoct in water and take one dose; the cinnabar-rash will be dissolved into nothingness. For children, reduce the medicine by half.

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Mulberry Bark Resolving Powder

Transmitted by Grand Master Bo Gao A legendary figure and minister to the Yellow Emperor, credited with early medical knowledge for the treatment of White Fire Cinnabar original: 白火丹 (Báihuǒ dān); a pale or whitish rash associated with excess "dampness" in the body's internal systems

Coix seed two ounces Alisma rhizome three drams Cimicifuga one dram Trichosanthes root three drams
Mulberry root bark three drams Medicated leaven three drams
Decoct in water and take. For children, reduce the medicine by half.

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Fire-Clearing Cinnabar-Dissolving Decoction

Transmitted by Master Qi Tian for the treatment of Red and White Wandering Wind Cinnabar original: 赤白遊風丹 (Chìbái yóufēng dān); a migratory skin condition characterized by shifting red and white patches, similar to hives

Raw Rehmannia root one ounce Moutan bark three drams Licorice root one dram Scrophularia root three drams