Dān fāng jiàn yuán 丹方鑑源

Mirror of the Sources of Elixir Recipes

by 獨孤滔 (Dúgū Tāo) — mid-Táng Daoist alchemist

A mid-Táng alchemical-pharmacological lexicon cataloguing the sources and synonyms of ingredients used in dān fāng 丹方 (elixir recipes). A companion-work to Méi Biāo’s KR5c0299 Shí yào ěr yǎ (806) in the line of Táng alchemical reference works. Dated 836. Preserved as DZ 925 / CT 925 (Dòngshén bù, Zhòng shù lèi 洞神部眾術類).