Methods of the Thirty-six Aqueous Solutions

Methods of the Thirty-six Aqueous Solutions Sanshiliu shuifa)... 

As remarked in the note by the editor of the Nine Elixirs, the methods for liquefying realgar and cinnabar are found in the Sanshiliu shuifa (Methods of the Thirty-six Aqueous Solutions CT 930, ib-2a and 2b trans. Ts ao, Ho, and Needham, An Early Mediaeval Chinese Alchemical Text on Aqueous Solutions, 125-26). Both are quoted in the Jiudan jingjue, S.qa-b. The Secret Instructions, 20.7b 9a, gives the method... 

The passage translated above is also found in Sanshiliu shuifa (Methods of the Thirty-six Aqueous Solutions CT 930), iia. On a similar practice performed before compounding the Elixir Flower of Langgan see above,... 

The received version of the Methods of the Thirty-six Aqueous Solutions (CT 930) includes fifty-nine recipes for the solution of forty-two minerals, but states that the methods for the last seven substances were added to an old version guben S ) containing the methods for the first thirty-six substances (thirty-five in the present text)d The commentary to the Nine Elixirs quotes thirteen methods concerning the solution of eight minerals, namely alum (three methods), realgar (two methods), cinnabar (two methods), saltpeter, sulphur, salt, orpiment (two methods), and magnetiteT The commentary also provides evidence on the date of the received version of this text when it states that the Scripture of the Thirty-six Aqueous Solutions contains a method for the solution of common salt (yan S) and a method for the solution of Tur estan salt (rongyan These two methods... 

This chapter describes procedures for making aqueous solutions, most of which are quoted from the Methods of the Thirty-six Aqueous Solutions (Sanshiliu shuifa In particular, this chapter explains... 

Methods of the Thirty-six Aqueous Solutions Sanshiliu shuifa) Passages concerning the ceremony of transmission, the Medicine for Expelling the Demons quegui yao the preparation of the crucible, the Mysteri-... 

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