Nine-light dan - Kyuukotan

Japanese: 九光丹 - きゅうこうたん
Nine-light dan - Kyuukotan

...The nine elixirs, Danhua, Shenfu, Shentan, Huantan, Ebitan, Rentan, Routan, Futan, and Hantan, are also described, and it is said that if one takes one spoonful of Hantan for 100 days, one will become an immortal, be served by a young fairy, and be able to fly lightly in the sky without using wings. The ingredients for the Nine Lights Elixir, for example, are cinnabar, rhubarb, white yao, zengqing, and zi stone, and when making the elixirs, one must go to a famous mountain far from civilization, fast, bathe, and purify oneself. Many methods for making elixirs are described, such as the Wuchengzi elixirs method....

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kukotan" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また丹華,神符,神丹,還丹,餌丹,錬丹,柔丹,伏丹,寒丹の九丹が説かれ,寒丹を1匙ずつ100日服用すれば仙人になり,仙童仙女がそば仕えをし,翼を用いずに軽やかに空を飛行できるとする。丹の材料は,たとえば,九光丹では,丹砂,雄黄,白礜(はくよ),曾青,茲石等であり,丹を作る際には人里離れた名山に行き,斎戒沐浴して身辺を清潔にせねばならないとされる。丹を作る方法としては,務成子丹法等,多くの方法が説かれる。…

※「九光丹」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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