Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan
Golden Lock Pill to Secure the Essence
Evidence grade 2 of 5, Thin. Read how the Atlas grades evidence.
The written rationale for this grade is still being prepared.
- FDA
- Not FDA approved; sold as a dietary supplement / patent medicine
Reference only. Not medical advice.
What can go wrong
Astringent formulas are contraindicated where there is heat, damp-heat or an unresolved exterior pattern in TCM terms. Long gu (fossilized bone) sourcing can raise contamination and authenticity questions. As with all imported patent medicines, batch variability, adulteration (including undeclared pharmaceuticals in 'sexual enhancement' products) and heavy-metal contamination are category risks. Using an astringent traditional formula for premature ejaculation can delay validated options (behavioral therapy, topical anesthetics, SSRIs/dapoxetine).
This is something to take to a clinician. The Atlas can tell you what is known about jin suo gu jing wan in general. It cannot tell you what is happening in your body, and the difference matters most for exactly the symptoms that bring people to this page.
Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan (Golden Lock Pill to Secure the Essence) is a Qing-dynasty astringent formula recorded in Wang Ang's Yi Fang Ji Jie (1682). It is the archetype of the TCM 'essence-securing' strategy for nocturnal emission (spermatorrhea) and premature ejaculation attributed to kidney-qi failing to hold. Its ingredients are astringent and consolidating: sha yuan zi (astragalus complanatus seed), qian shi (euryale), lian xu (lotus stamen), lian zi (lotus seed), plus the mineral astringents long gu (fossilized bone) and mu li (oyster shell). Traditionally cited for premature ejaculation and involuntary emission, it has essentially no rigorous human trial evidence for those endpoints.
The Qing-dynasty 'golden lock' for nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation.
What people take it for
These are the reasons people give for taking it. They are not effects it has been shown to have.
How it is supposed to work
In TCM the formula tonifies kidney-qi (via sha yuan zi) and applies strong astringent/consolidating action (long gu, mu li, lian xu) to restore the kidney's control over the release of essence. There is no established Western pharmacological mechanism, and mineral 'bone/shell' ingredients are essentially calcium-carbonate astringents in the classical logic.
What people get wrong
Often saidA cure for premature ejaculation
ActuallyThere is no rigorous human evidence that Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan treats premature ejaculation; validated options exist and are better supported.
Who profits, and who pushes back
Nobody is named here yet, because we have not done that work on this entry. Read that as unfinished. Somebody almost certainly sells this, and somebody almost certainly disputes it. Assume both until we have checked.
How we got here
Wang Ang codified the formula in his influential 1682 formulary. It became a standard prescription for spermatorrhea and, in later men's-health framing, for premature ejaculation; it is also associated with Daoist practices of ejaculatory control.
Legal status
Teapills via TCM dispensaries and online herb retailers as a dietary supplement.
Status current as of July 2026. Regulatory positions change, sometimes quickly.
At a glance
- Text
- Yi Fang Ji Jie (Wang Ang), 1682
- Strategy
- Astringe / secure essence
- Mineral astringents
- Long gu, mu li
- Framing
- Kidney-qi non-retention
What this entry does not yet cover
What follows is unfinished work on our side, not a finding about Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan. A short entry is not a safe entry.
- Timeline. We have not built the dated record of research and regulatory events.
- Cost and market. We have not documented what it sells for or who sells it.
- Supply chain. We have not mapped where it is made.
- Who uses it. We have not documented the user groups.
- What could change. No forward-looking summary yet.
- How it compares. We have not set it against the alternatives.
- Children and teenagers. We have not checked what is known about younger people.
Sources
No sources recorded for this entry yet. Nothing on this page can be checked against a citation until that changes, so treat it as a summary awaiting its evidence.