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Hymns on Dragon-Tiger Elixir Reversion

Hymns on Dragon-Tiger Elixir Reversion 龙虎还丹诀颂

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Hymns on Dragon-Tiger Elixir Reversion by Lin Taigu (early Song) presents 64 alchemical poems teaching that true elixir arises from lead (tiger) and mercury (dragon). Through ten months of fire...

Hymns on Dragon-Tiger Elixir Reversion 龙虎还丹诀颂

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Hymns on Dragon-Tiger Elixir Reversion by Lin Taigu (early Song) presents 64 alchemical poems teaching that true elixir arises from lead (tiger) and mercury (dragon). Through ten months of fire...

Dragon-Tiger Elixir Reversion

Dragon-Tiger Elixir Reversion 龙虎还丹诀

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Dragon-Tiger Elixir Reversion, attributed to Tang-era Jinling Zi, teaches that true elixir arises from authentic lead (White Tiger) and mercury (Azure Dragon). It details extraction from cinnabar and black lead,...

Dragon-Tiger Elixir Reversion 龙虎还丹诀

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Dragon-Tiger Elixir Reversion, attributed to Tang-era Jinling Zi, teaches that true elixir arises from authentic lead (White Tiger) and mercury (Azure Dragon). It details extraction from cinnabar and black lead,...

Essentials of the Great Elixir

Essentials of the Great Elixir 修炼大丹要旨

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Essentials of the Great Elixir compiles Tang-Song alchemical methods using lead, sulfur, and cinnabar to produce the "dragon-tiger elixir base." Through multi-stage refinement—including Fire Dragon Pearl and Ninefold Golden Elixir

Essentials of the Great Elixir 修炼大丹要旨

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Essentials of the Great Elixir compiles Tang-Song alchemical methods using lead, sulfur, and cinnabar to produce the "dragon-tiger elixir base." Through multi-stage refinement—including Fire Dragon Pearl and Ninefold Golden Elixir

Treatise on the Lead-Mercury Elixir

Treatise on the Lead-Mercury Elixir 大丹铅汞论

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Treatise on the Lead-Mercury Elixir by Tang alchemist Jin Zhupo teaches that true elixir arises from lead (White Tiger) and mercury (Azure Dragon). Their sealed fusion in the crucible—guided by...

Treatise on the Lead-Mercury Elixir 大丹铅汞论

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Treatise on the Lead-Mercury Elixir by Tang alchemist Jin Zhupo teaches that true elixir arises from lead (White Tiger) and mercury (Azure Dragon). Their sealed fusion in the crucible—guided by...

Treatise on the Great Elixir

Treatise on the Great Elixir 大丹记

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Treatise on the Great Elixir—likely a Tang-era pseudonymous work attributed to Wei Boyang—explains external alchemy through lead and mercury as cosmic opposites (dragon/tiger, Li/Kan). Their union in the “earth crucible”...

Treatise on the Great Elixir 大丹记

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Treatise on the Great Elixir—likely a Tang-era pseudonymous work attributed to Wei Boyang—explains external alchemy through lead and mercury as cosmic opposites (dragon/tiger, Li/Kan). Their union in the “earth crucible”...

The Alchemical Compendium

The Alchemical Compendium Daoist Classic 庚道集

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The Alchemical Compendium is a 9-volume Song-Yuan anthology of 20+ external alchemy recipes using lead, mercury, sulfur, and arsenic. It details precise dosages, apparatus, and refinement methods—many later adopted in...

The Alchemical Compendium Daoist Classic 庚道集

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The Alchemical Compendium is a 9-volume Song-Yuan anthology of 20+ external alchemy recipes using lead, mercury, sulfur, and arsenic. It details precise dosages, apparatus, and refinement methods—many later adopted in...