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The methods for treating Wei syndrome (flaccidity syndrome) should focus on nourishing the Yangming Meridian and the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel). The Yangming Meridian governs the Stomach, which is the sea of the five zang and six fu organs, primarily moistening the Zong Jin (major sinews/genital region), binding the bones to facilitate joint movement.

The Chong Mai is the sea of all meridians, primarily permeating and irrigating the muscle valleys and combining with the Yangming to jointly nourish the Zong Jin; it converges at the Qijie (gas street) area, belongs to the Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel), and connects with the Du Mai (Governor Vessel). Therefore, if the Yangming is deficient, the Zong Jin will become lax, and the Dai Mai will lose its traction, resulting in lower limb flaccidity and inability to use them. Treatment involves tonifying the Ying acupoints (Shu-stream points associated with blood) and unblocking the Shu acupoints (Shu-stream points associated with body weight and joint pain) of each meridian, regulating deficiency and excess, and harmonizing the reverse and smooth flow of Qi and Blood. When the sinews, vessels, bones, and flesh reach their peak vitality, the disease will subside.

For cases of Liver and Kidney deficiency with internal heat flourishing, leading to weak sinews and bones that cannot support the body: (symptoms include) needing assistance for daily activities, feet unable to bear weight, trembling due to fright, tidal fever occurring intermittently, loss of taste in food, lack of vital energy and strength, and various signs of deficiency.
Ingredients: Cong Rong (Cibotii Rhizoma, soaked in wine), Niu Xi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, soaked in wine), Tian Ma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma), Mugua Gany (Chaenomelis Fructus dried), Lu Rong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, scorched to remove hair, sliced, roasted with butter), Shu Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Tu Si Zi (Cuscutae Semen, soaked in wine until soft, separately ground fine), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus, soaked in wine, equal parts of each).
Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with honey to make pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, administered before meals with warm wine or rice gruel. Another method excludes Wu Wei Zi and uses Du Zhong instead.

For the five types of Wei syndrome presenting with loose skin and brittle hair, withered blood vessels, emaciated muscles adhering to bones, weak sinews and bones, poor nutritional absorption from diet, lethargy, weakness in the four limbs, brittle nails, hair loss, blurred vision, dry lips, and extreme fatigue preventing support:
Ingredients: Mi Jiao (Cervi Elaphi Cornu, shaved, one jin, soaked in wine overnight), Shu Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, four liang), Da Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata raw, peeled and navel removed, one and a half liang).
Take two sheng of barley grains; place half at the bottom and half on top of the pot. Cover with two cloth towels to separate. Steam for one day. Remove the medicine and barley, dry them separately by roasting, and grind into powder. Use the wine used to soak the medicine, add clear wine, and boil the barley flour into a paste. Mix this paste with the medicinal powder, knead thoroughly, and pound three thousand times. Make pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, before meals, with warm wine or rice gruel as desired.

Wang Qixuan transmitted three formulas of Xunmiao Dan (Weeding Seedling Pill) from Master Xuanzhu. The preface states: Zhang Changsha (Zhang Zhongjing) warned against recklessly using drying and hot-natured medicines, stating that biased drug potency aids pathogenic factors, suppresses healthy Qi, causes pathological changes, and generates true disease, similar to pulling seedlings to help them grow out of pity that they are not growing faster. If one's innate Qi and Blood are weak, and one fails to take this prescribed medicine while ignoring it, that is equivalent to failing to weed and cultivate the seedlings.