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Clearing Heart and Lung Heat, Tonifying Spleen and Kidney, Calming the Spirit, Eliminating Phlegm, and Removing Heat.

It is suitable for officials who exert their minds due to diligent governance, or those who study hard under lamp and window. It has shown miraculous effects with repeated use.

Ingredients: Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix) [1 liang 5 qian], Bai Fu Ling (Poria) [peeled], Bai Fu Shen (Poria with Hostwood) [core removed], Yuan Zhi (Polygalae Radix) [core removed], Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) [stir-fried], Shi Chang Pu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma) [hairs removed, avoid iron], Suan Zao Ren (Ziziphi Spinosae Semen) [shell removed, stir-fried], Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogonis Radix) [core removed, each 1 liang], Niu Huang (Calculus Bovis) [1 qian, separately ground], Chen Sha (Cinnabaris) [2 qian 5 fen, processed by washing with water after being soaked in herbs, separately ground fine for coating].

The above ingredients are ground into powder. Take 4 liang of Long Yan Rou (Longan Aril), boil into a paste, mix with 3-4 liang of refined honey, and form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Coat with Zhu Sha (Cinnabaris). Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with clear rice soup, at any time, three times daily.

Balancing Qi and Blood, Nourishing the Five Zang Organs.

Ingredients: He Shou Wu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix) [red and white varieties, 1 jin each; scrape off coarse skin with a bamboo knife; soak overnight in rice wash water; use 2 dou of black soybeans, soaking 3 sheng 2 he each time until swollen; layer beans at the bottom and He Shou Wu on top repeatedly; steam in a clay pot with a willow wood steamer until beans are cooked; remove beans, dry, and steam again; repeat nine times; finally dry the He Shou Wu and grind into powder for use], Chi Fu Ling (Poria) [scrape off coarse skin with a bamboo knife, crush with wooden mallet into powder, put in basin, add water, discard floating membrane impurities, keep settled powder; repeat three times, form into wet clumps, then cook slowly in 5 bowls of black cow's milk in a clay pot until milk is absorbed; dry and grind into fine powder], Bai Fu Ling (Poria) [process as above, cook in human milk until absorbed, dry and grind into fine powder, net weight 1 jin], Huai Qing Shan Yao (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma) [stir-fry with ginger juice, grind into powder, net weight 4 liang], Chuan Niu Xi (Cyathulae Radix) [remove rhizome, soak in wine overnight; when He Shou Wu is steamed for the seventh time, layer Niu Xi with beans and steam twice more; grind into fine powder, net weight 8 liang], Chuan Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) [soak in wine overnight, dry and grind into powder, net weight 8 liang], Po Gu Zhi (Psoraleae Fructus) [stir-fry with equal amount of black sesame until sesame is cooked, remove sesame, grind Psoraleae into powder, net weight 4 liang], Gan Zhou Gou Qi Zi (Lycii Fructus) [remove stems, dry and grind into powder, net weight 8 liang], Tu Si Zi (Cuscutae Semen) [remove sand and soil, select clean, soak in wine until sprouting, pound into cakes, dry and grind into powder, net weight 8 liang]. Another formula includes Du Zhong (Eucommiae Cortex) [remove coarse skin, stir-fry with ginger juice until fibers break, grind into powder, net weight 8 liang].

None of the above drugs should touch iron. Grind each into powder separately, weigh accurately, mix uniformly, and bind with refined honey to make pills. First, make pills the size of bullet shots, 150 pills total. Take 3 pills daily: one swallowed after soaking in wine on an empty stomach in the morning, one swallowed after soaking in ginger tea before noon, and one swallowed after soaking in salt water in the evening. The remaining pills are made the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 70-80 pills per dose, swallowed with salt water or wine on an empty stomach. This medicine darkens hair, prolongs life, and specifically treats infertility caused by Yin deficiency and Yang weakness. Taking it for half a year leads to conception with miraculous effect. Avoid eating yellow radish, white radish, and beef.