Kung-Fu, or Tauist Medical Gymnastics: Medicinal Kung: No. 15.—The Maiden Chang Chên-nü fixing her Animal Spirits
No. 15.—The Maiden Chang Chên-nü (#) fixing her Animal Spirits.—To cure emptiness and great pain of the heart.
Sit upright, with the two hands press the knees, use the idea in it, look to the right and elevate the left, move the air in 12 mouthfuls, look to the left, raise the right, and move the air in 12 mouthfuls.
The Pain-removing Powder.
Prescription.—Take of wu-ling-chih (#), magpie's dung, p‘u-hwang (#) roasted, Typha sp., tang-kwei, of each 1 ounce; jou-kwei, Cinnamomum cassia, mu-hsiang, shih-ch‘ang-p‘u (#), Acorus gramineus, of each 8 mace. Powder, boil, dose 4 mace, to be boiled with a little salt and vinegar.
This corresponds with Amiot's No. 13, which is against the ills of the heart, with fulness, grief and languor.
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