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Tonifying Qi and Blood, reconnecting the True Yuan (Original Energy), subduing Yin Fire, and generating Kidney Water; this is a miraculous medicine that uses truth to supplement truth.

Qiu Shi (Half jin [approx. 250g], refining method seen previously, collected with Ru Fen [Milk Powder] under autumn dew for several nights, then sun-dried for use); Ru Fen [Milk Powder] (Sun-dried clean, four liang [approx. 125g]; drying method: take a certain amount of human milk, boil it in a copper pot until it becomes a paste, place it in a large porcelain basin, and expose it to the scorching sun. Place water beneath the basin—this is the subtle application of the hexagram Wei Ji [Before Completion]; otherwise, it will never dry completely); Bai Fu Ling [Poria] (One jin [approx. 500g], remove skin, grind into powder, wash with water to remove fibrous membranes, let settle, sun-dry the sediment, and use half a jin [approx. 250g]); Tian Men Dong [Asparagi Radix] (Remove heart, four liang [approx. 125g]); Mai Men Dong [Ophiopogonis Radix] (Remove heart, four liang [approx. 125g]); Ren Shen [Ginseng Radix] (Remove rhizome, four liang [approx. 125g]); Huai Sheng Di Huang [Rehmanniae Radix Recens] and Huai Shu Di Huang [Rehmanniae Radix Preparata] (Four liang [approx. 125g] each, washed with wine and dried, avoid contact with iron); Gan Zhou Gou Qi Zi [Lycii Fructus] (Remove stems, four liang [approx. 125g]).

Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, mix with refined honey to make pills the size of wutong seeds. Take thirty pills per dose, administered on an empty stomach with boiling white water; good wine may also be used. According to this prescription, men and women suffering from consumptive disease due to blood deficiency will find it effective.

Treating men and women with weak Qi and Blood, rising Phlegm-Fire, exhaustion from deficiency, and poor appetite; also treating left-sided paralysis, right-sided paralysis, stroke with aphasia, pain in hands, feet, waist, knees, and body, and difficulty in movement, with extreme efficacy.

Use two wine cups of human milk (sweet-smelling and white is best) and one wine cup of juice pressed from good pears. Pour them into a rotating pot or copper pot, place inside a soup pot, and bring to a boil until yellow foam rises and cracks appear on the surface. Take one dose daily on an empty stomach; it can eliminate phlegm, tonify deficiency, and generate blood. This is "using humans to supplement humans," and its efficacy cannot be surpassed. Several patients with stroke-induced aphasia and hemiplegia have been cured using this prescription.

Treating various deficiencies, hundred injuries, five labors, seven damages, weakness in limbs, numbness in hands and feet, depletion of Qi and Blood, sallow complexion, emaciation, impotence, nausea, and reduced appetite. This formula can tonify all deficiencies, enrich essence and marrow, moisten the skin, strengthen spirit and qi, make the body light and vigorous, stimulate appetite, reverse aging, turn white hair black, regenerate lost teeth, restore youthful appearance, and has great miraculous effects.

Bai Fu Ling [Poria] (Remove skin); Tian Men Dong [Asparagi Radix] (Remove heart); Shan Yao [Dioscoreae Rhizoma] (Stir-fry with ginger juice); Huai Shu Di Huang [Rehmanniae Radix Preparata]; He Shou Wu [Polygoni Multiflori Radix] (Avoid iron, steam and sun-dry nine times as before); Gou Qi Zi [Lycii Fructus] (From Ganzhou, remove stems, each net weight four liang [approx. 125g]); Gan Jiang [Zingiberis Rhizoma] (Roast in ashes, two liang [approx. 62.5g]); Xiao Hui Xiang [Foeniculi Fructus] (Stir-fry, one liang [approx. 31.25g]); Qing Yan [Natrii Chloridum] (A small amount); Lian Rou [Nelumbinis Semen] (Remove skin and heart, half jin [approx. 250g]); Mai Men Dong [Ophiopogonis Radix] (Remove heart, four liang [approx. 125g]); Lu Jiao Jiao [Colla Cornus Cervi] (Four liang [approx. 125g]); Lu Jiao Shuang [Cornus Cervi Cornu Degelatinatum] (Four liang [approx. 125g]); Po Gu Zhi [Psoraleae Fructus] (Four liang [approx. 125g], stir-fry with one liang [approx. 31.25g] of sesame oil); Da Tao He [Juglandis Semen] (Remove shell and skin, half jin [approx. 250g]); Mo Shi Zi [Myrobalani Fructus] (Ten pieces); Han Lian Cao [Ecliptae Herba] (Sun-dry clean, grind to powder, one jin [approx. 500g]); Xin Su Mi [Setaria Italica] (One sheng [approx. 500ml], grind to powder, mix with two jin [approx. 1000g] of cow milk, two jin [approx. 1000g] of wine, and two jin [approx. 1000g] of water to cook rice flour into a paste for pill-making).

Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, use the aforementioned rice paste as a binder to make pills the size of bullet shots. Each wet pill weighs five qian [approx. 18.75g], each dry pill weighs about three qian [approx. 11.25g]. Take one pill per dose, dissolve in boiling white water, administer twice daily. Regardless of being at home or traveling, young people take one dose, elderly people take two doses; applicable to both men and women. According to this formula, tonifying deficiency and nourishing the stomach allows one to go without food for three to five days without feeling hungry or thirsty.