一恶神昏愦，心烦舌燥干，疮色多紫黑，言语见呢喃。二恶身筋强，目睛正视难，疮头流血水，惊悸是伤肝。三恶
形消瘦，疮形陷又坚，脓清多臭秽，脾败食不甘。四恶皮肤槁，痰多韵不圆，喘生鼻频扇，肺绝定归泉。五恶时引饮，
咽喉若燎烟，肾亡容惨黑，囊缩死之原。六恶身浮肿，肠鸣呕呃繁，大肠多滑泄，脏腑败之端。七恶疮倒陷，如剥 一
般，时时流污水，四肢厥逆寒。
初起如粟痒微生，未老头白痛渐增，一日寒热发战起，三四发泡硬如疔，昼夜昏沉痒不止，四红五紫六日青，人若
犯此无脓症，十人之中九不生。
十三方中最神秘而令人难索解者，厥为首方中之“中九丸”，十人十样，使人莫名所以，尤以三打灵药为特甚，银翠
次之，金丹、石青，则所差尚属无多。今特先将四味异药之制法详述于前，以中九丸配合法殿之于后，然后再及其他之
十二灵方，以成其全。
（即三打灵药）
（处方） 水银（一两） 白矾（一两微 去水分） 火硝（一两焙去水分） 食盐（一两，焙干） 朱砂（五钱）
皂矾（一两）
（制法）（1）先将白矾、火硝、食盐、皂矾朱砂共研极细，再加水银又研，直研至不见水银星珠时为止，分作三份
备用。
（2）以一份堆于小铁锅内，上以大碗覆之，随以醋调熟石膏粉，将碗同锅连接处涂封严密，勿使泄气。
（3）以炒干黄土（即黄土之炒去湿气者，用赤石脂更好）或极细河砂，将碗掩住，但须露出碗底，并以铁圈重物套
压碗底，不使移动，碗底置浸湿棉花一团，外以大铁钉三只（或用火盆上炖食物的铁三脚架，更妙），插于地面土中，将
锅安置钉上，约离地高七指许。
（4）以微火烤胎，焚香计之，俟一炷香尽，再以文火升炼，俟第二炷香尽时，又以武火（即烈火，以焰离锅底约二
指
许为度）升炼，俟三炷香尽时，察看碗底棉花是否由湿而干，更由干而成黄黑色，如已成黄黑色，即离火待冷。
（5）将已冷丹锅，轻轻除去黄土、石膏，揭开丹碗，灵药即升碗上，色白者嫩，色紫者老，色红者恰到好处是上品
（如碗上有水银星珠，是武火用早，水银首先飞上，不可使用），此为一转，又名一打。
（6）取第二份药末同一转扫下丹药调匀，合为一处，如前升炼三炷香，冷定取药，是为二转灵药。
（7）取第三份药末同二转灵药调匀，合为一处，如前升炼三炷香，冷定取药，是为三转，三转已毕，所得之药即为
三打灵药，亦名“锅烈”。药经三打，则水银之本性死绝，服食遂无流弊。丹底可搽诸疮，功能止痒定痛，长肉生肌，不
可弃去。
一恶：神志昏乱，心烦口渴舌燥，疮色多呈紫黑色，言语呢喃不清。二恶：身体筋脉强直，眼球转动困难，疮头流出血水，惊悸不安是肝脏受损的表现。三恶：形体消瘦，疮形凹陷且坚硬，脓液清稀且多有臭秽气味，脾气败坏导致饮食无味。四恶：皮肤干枯，痰多呼吸急促（韵不圆指呼吸不畅），气喘鼻翼扇动，肺气衰竭注定死亡。五恶：时常引饮，咽喉如火烧烟熏，肾气亡失面容惨黑，阴囊收缩是死亡的根源。六恶：身体浮肿，肠鸣音多，呕吐呃逆频繁，大肠滑脱泄泻，这是脏腑败坏的开端。七恶：疮口倒陷，如同剥皮一般，时时流出污水，四肢厥冷寒战。
初起时如粟米大小微痒，未化脓前白头疼痛逐渐增加，第一天出现寒热战栗，第三四天发泡变硬如同疔疮，昼夜昏沉瘙痒不止，第四天发红第五天发紫第六天发青，人若患此症无脓生成，十个人中有九个不能存活。
十三方中最神秘而令人难以理解的是首方中的“中九丸”，千人千样，使人莫名其妙，尤其是“三打灵药”最为特殊，银翠次之，金丹、石青则差别尚属不大。现在特别先将这四味异药的制法详细叙述在前面，以中九丸的配合法殿后，然后再及其他十二种灵方，以成其全貌。
（即三打灵药）
（处方） 水银（一两） 白矾（一两，微火去水分） 火硝（一两，焙去水分） 食盐（一两，焙干） 朱砂（五钱） 皂矾（一两）
（制法）（1）先将白矾、火硝、食盐、皂矾、朱砂共同研磨至极细，再加入水银继续研磨，直到看不见水银星珠为止，分成三份备用。
（2）取一份堆放在小铁锅内，上面用大碗覆盖，随即用醋调制的熟石膏粉，将碗与锅的连接处涂抹密封严密，不要使气体泄漏。
（3）用炒干的黄土（即炒去湿气的黄土，使用赤石脂更好）或极细的河砂，将碗掩住，但必须露出碗底，并用铁圈重物套压碗底，使其不移动，碗底放置一团浸湿的棉花，外面用三只大铁钉（或用火盆上炖食物的铁三脚架，更妙），插入地面土中，将锅安置在钉上，约离地高七指左右。
（4）用微火烘烤胎体，焚香计时，等到一炷香燃尽，再用文火升炼，等到第二炷香燃尽时，再用武火（即烈火，火焰距离锅底约两指宽为度）升炼，等到三炷香燃尽时，察看碗底棉花是否由湿变干，再由干变成黄黑色，如果已成黄黑色，就离开火源待冷却。
（5）将已冷却的丹锅，轻轻除去黄土、石膏，揭开丹碗，灵药即升华至碗上，颜色白的嫩，颜色紫的老，颜色红的恰到好处是上品（如果碗上有水银星珠，是武火用得过早，水银首先飞上，不可使用），这是一转，又名一打。
（6）取第二份药末与一转扫下的丹药调匀，合为一处，像前面一样升炼三炷香的时间，冷却后取药，这是二转灵药。
（7）取第三份药末与二转灵药调匀，合为一处，像前面一样升炼三炷香的时间，冷却后取药，这是三转，三转完成后，所得之药即为三打灵药，也叫“锅烈”。药物经过三打，则水银的本性死绝，服用便没有流弊。丹底可以搽涂各种疮疡，功能是止痒定痛，长肉生肌，不可丢弃。
First Evil: Mental confusion, irritability, dry tongue and thirst, sores mostly purple-black, muttering speech. Second Evil: Stiffness of body tendons, difficulty in moving the eyes, blood and water flowing from the sore head, palpitations and fright indicate Liver injury. Third Evil: Emaciation, sunken and hard sore shape, thin pus with foul odor, Spleen failure causing loss of appetite. Fourth Evil: Dry skin, excessive phlegm and shortness of breath (indicated by "yun bu yuan"), panting with flaring nostrils, Lung exhaustion leads to certain death. Fifth Evil: Frequent drinking, throat feeling like burning smoke, Kidney depletion with a ghastly black complexion, retraction of the scrotum is the origin of death. Sixth Evil: Generalized edema, frequent borborygmus, vomiting and hiccups, slippery diarrhea of the Large Intestine, this is the beginning of Zang-Fu organ failure. Seventh Evil: Inverted and sunken sores, resembling peeled skin, constantly oozing turbid fluid, cold extremities and aversion to cold.
At the initial stage, it feels like millet grains with slight itching; before suppuration, white heads appear and pain gradually increases. On the first day, chills and fever with shivering occur; on the third or fourth day, blisters form and become hard like Ding sores (carbuncles). Day and night drowsiness and unceasing itching persist. On the fourth day redness appears, fifth day purpleness, sixth day blueness. If one contracts this condition without pus formation, nine out of ten will not survive.
Among the Thirteen Formulas, the most mysterious and difficult to comprehend is "Zhongjiu Wan" (Middle Nine Pills) in the first formula. It varies from person to person, leaving people bewildered. This is especially true for "Sandaling Lingyao" (Three-Beaten Spiritual Medicine), followed by Yincui (Silver Emerald), while Jindan (Golden Pill) and Shiqing (Stone Blue) differ relatively little. Now, I will specifically detail the preparation methods of these four unique medicines first, followed by the compounding method of Zhongjiu Wan, and then proceed to the other twelve spiritual formulas to complete the whole.
(That is, Sandaling Lingyao / Three-Beaten Spiritual Medicine)
(Prescription) Mercury (Shuiyin, 1 liang) Alum (Baifan, 1 liang, slightly heated to remove moisture) Saltpeter (Huoxiao, 1 liang, baked to remove moisture) Salt (Yanshi, 1 liang, baked dry) Cinnabar (Zhusha, 5 qian) Green Vitriol (Zaofan, 1 liang)
(Preparation Method) (1) First, grind Baifan (Alum), Huoxiao (Saltpeter), Yanshi (Salt), Zaofan (Green Vitriol), and Zhusha (Cinnabar) together until extremely fine. Then add Shuiyin (Mercury) and continue grinding until no mercury globules are visible. Divide into three portions for later use.
(2) Place one portion in a small iron pot, cover it with a large bowl. Seal the connection between the bowl and the pot tightly using gypsum powder mixed with vinegar, ensuring no gas escapes.
(3) Cover the bowl with roasted yellow earth (yellow earth roasted to remove moisture; Chishizhi (Red Halloysite) is better) or very fine river sand, but leave the bottom of the bowl exposed. Press down on the bowl bottom with an iron ring and heavy weights to prevent movement. Place a ball of wet cotton under the bowl bottom. Outside, insert three large iron nails (or a tripod used for stewing food over a fire, which is even better) into the ground soil. Place the pot on the nails, approximately seven finger-widths above the ground.
(4) Use mild heat to bake the vessel. Measure time by incense sticks. When one stick burns out, switch to gentle heat for sublimation. When the second stick burns out, switch to fierce heat (Wu Huo, i.e., strong fire, where the flame is about two finger-widths away from the pot bottom) for sublimation. When the third stick burns out, check if the cotton at the bottom of the bowl has changed from wet to dry, and then from dry to yellow-black. If it has turned yellow-black, remove from fire and let cool.
(5) Gently remove the yellow earth and gypsum from the cooled pill pot. Uncover the pill bowl. The spiritual medicine will have sublimated onto the bowl. White color indicates tender quality, purple indicates old quality, and red indicates perfect quality (Superior grade). If there are mercury globules on the bowl, it means Wu Huo (fierce heat) was applied too early, causing mercury to fly up first; do not use this. This constitutes one round, also known as one beating.
(6) Take the second portion of medicinal powder and mix it uniformly with the sublimated medicine scraped down from the first round. Combine them and sublime again for three incense sticks' duration as before. After cooling, retrieve the medicine. This is the second-round spiritual medicine.
(7) Take the third portion of medicinal powder and mix it uniformly with the second-round spiritual medicine. Combine them and sublime again for three incense sticks' duration as before. After cooling, retrieve the medicine. This is the third round. Upon completion of the three rounds, the obtained medicine is called Sandaling Lingyao (Three-Beaten Spiritual Medicine), also named "Guolie". After three beatings, the nature of Mercury (Shuiyin) is completely neutralized, making ingestion safe without adverse effects. The residue at the bottom of the pill pot can be applied to various sores; its functions include relieving itching and pain, promoting flesh growth, and generating tissue. Do not discard it.