Mi Tuo Seng Powder (Lithargyrum) — Traditional Mineral Herb Powder, 500g

Mi Tuo Seng Powder (密陀僧, Mì Tuó Sēng), also known in classical materia medica as Jin Lu Di (金炉底), is a finely milled traditional mineral-based herbal material used in Chinese herbal practice. Its nature is traditionally described as salty, pungent, and neutral, with entry into the Liver and Spleen channels, where it has long been valued as a settling, astringing, and exterior-application herb in TCM external formulas.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional mineral herb known as Mi Tuo Seng
• Also called Jin Lu Di in classical texts
• Finely milled, clean powder with no visible impurities
• 500g bulk pack for external herbal preparations
• Sourced from Fujian, processed in Bozhou, Anhui

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is milled into a fine, uniform powder with a pale yellowish to light amber tone and a smooth, dry, free-flowing texture. It carries a faint mineral aroma with no musty or smoky notes, and the powder disperses evenly when blended into external herbal pastes and ointment bases.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• External herbal paste and ointment preparation
• Traditional topical herbal formulas
• Blending into external poultice bases
• Classical mineral-herb formulation study
• Bulk supply for herbal workshops

Traditional Uses

In classical Chinese herbal practice, Mi Tuo Seng is traditionally used in external preparations rather than internal decoctions. Old formulas combine it with other mineral and botanical powders to make pastes and ointments applied to the skin, and folk practitioners have long kept it in the herbal cabinet as a settling, astringing mineral ingredient for topical use. It is not traditionally taken as a daily tea or soup herb.

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