外金丹
三十照枯鉛

三十照枯鉛

三十照枯鉛

丹書云枯鉛乾汞,又曰枯鉛汞自乾。只這兩句雙關二意之言,誤盡古今多少丹客。噫!書豈誤人,人自不□。不知汞申癸水,卽名鉛也,枯去癸水自乾,此謂之枯鉛乾汞。愚夫不達此理,却把黑鉛炒成囂塵,只望要夫乾汞。獨不聞:煉鉛不是煉枯鉛,鉛若枯時氣不全。注:枯鉛乾汞之說,其來尚矣。今之煉丹者,又將鉛炒成黃丹而煉枯鉛者,又將黑鉛煎煉刮面之皮者,又將黑鉛入鏆而煉金麩者,如此之輩,枯鉛乾汞,汞豈能乾?書不誤人,人自不悟耳。人人只知鉛中有癸水,不知汞中亦有癸水。二氣交結之後,若用火枯去癸水,其汞自乾,是名枯鉛乾汞。

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