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Treats deficiency and exhaustion of true Qi, depletion of the lower Jiao (Lower Burner), stiffness and tension in the umbilical and abdominal regions, pain in the waist and legs, blood loss and night sweats, seminal emission with white turbidity, spontaneous diarrhea, and frequent, slippery urination; or treats the three Xiao (Three Wasting-Thirst) diseases characterized by excessive food intake, emaciation, impotence, and sallow complexion. Long-term administration tonifies the five Zang organs, promotes the circulation of Ying (Nutritive) and Wei (Defensive) Qi, benefits essence and marrow, and improves appetite.

Prepared Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), Prepared Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex), Tusizi (Cuscutae Semen, soaked in wine and ground separately), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, peeled, stir-fried, processed with ginger juice), Bajitian (Morindae Officinalis Radix, heart removed), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, heart removed, soaked in ginger juice and stir-fried), Poguozhi (Psoraleae Fructus, stir-fried), Chishizhi (Halloysit Rubra, each 1 liang), Chuanjiao (Sichuan Pepper, stir-fried until sweat appears, seeds and closed pods removed, 2 liang).

Grind the above into powder, mix with wine paste to make pills the size of a wutong seed. Take with warm wine or salted water as desired.

Treats insufficiency of Heart and Kidney Qi, palpitations, forgetfulness, restless sleep with dreams, seminal emission, pallor, and soreness and pain in the shins.

Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, heart removed and stir-fried), Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, stir-fried), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Tianmendong (Asparagi Radix, heart removed), Longchi (Draconis Os, water-ground, each 6 liang), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus), Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen, stir-fried), Baifuling (Poria, peeled), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood, wood removed), Digupi (Lycii Cortex), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex, each 5 liang).

Grind the above into powder, mix with honey to make pills the size of a wutong seed. Take 30 to 50 pills each time, warm on an empty stomach, with wine or rice soup as desired.

Treats excess in sexual activity or overthinking, leading to spontaneous seminal emission, soreness and weakness of the waist and back, inability to bend and stretch, failure of food to nourish muscles, pain in both feet, and inability to walk.

Caowutou (Aconiti Radix, or Chuanchuanwu), Muli Fen (Ostreae Concha Powder, stir-fry the Aconite root until cracked, take 1 liang, remove skin and navel, do not use Oyster Shell), Wubeizi (Galla Chinensis, 0.5 liang).

Grind the above into powder, mix with glutinous rice paste to make pills the size of a wutong seed. Take 30 to 50 pills on an empty stomach with salted water.

Treats extreme deficiency and exhaustion of true Qi, bitter taste in the mouth and dry tongue, constant mental distress, strange dreams at night, lack of spirit during the day, or dreams of intercourse with ghosts, seminal emission with white turbidity, dribbling after urination, impotence, dim vision and tinnitus, and dark complexion.

Xinlianrou (Nelumbinis Plumula, 4 liang, remove heart and skin), Bailonggu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi, 1 liang, boiled in vinegar), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 fen).

Grind the above into powder, mix with juice of Qiancaicao (Plantaginis Herba) and a little flour to make dough for pills the size of a mung bean. Take 30 to 50 pills each time, with salted water or wine as desired.

The formula and indications for Jiujiu Zi Wan are found in the chapter on Enuresis.