Pyrite … Classic Formulas
Zi Ran Tong · Pyritum
Primary Actions
- Invigorates blood and relieves pain ... raw Zi Ran Tong sits in the same traumatology family as the processed form, but the clinically meaningful action belongs mainly to properly calcined material.
- Supports bone and sinew repair in traditional traumatology ... the medicinal reputation of Zi Ran Tong comes from fracture care and bruised-sinew recovery.
- Serves as the source mineral for Duan Zi Ran Tong ... this raw record should be read as the unprocessed precursor, not as the usual finished dispensary form.
Classic Formulas
- Bone-setting combinations with Gu Sui Bu and Xu Duan belong to the Zi Ran Tong tradition, but in practice they nearly always use the processed mineral.
- Trauma formulas with Ru Xiang and Mo Yao likewise refer to the blood-moving bone-repair use of Zi Ran Tong after calcining and quenching.
- Traditional orthopedic powders and wines attach to processed pyrite, not to casual crude fool's-gold ore.
Classical Text References
- Traditional teaching connects Zi Ran Tong with fractures, stasis pain, and sinew injury but also insists on processing before use.
- Modern materia medica therefore distinguishes crude pyrite as the source mineral from the clinically accepted Duan Zi Ran Tong preparation.