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The symptoms are the same as mentioned above.

*Polygoni Multiflori Radix Praeparata* (Soak in water to remove the coarse skin, slice with a bamboo knife; three *jin* of red and white varieties each, stir-fried with black beans, steamed and sun-dried nine times, then ground into powder; purified yield two *jin*). *Curculiginis Rhizoma* (Remove the rhizome head with a bamboo knife, scrape off the hairs, soak in rice bran water to remove the skin, stir-fried with black beans, steamed and sun-dried nine times, then ground into powder; purified yield two *jin*). *Poria* (Remove the skin, grind into powder, use the water-flotation method to remove fibrous roots, take the sediment, dry in the sun; place on a bed of rice grains, steam three times, then grind into fine powder, one *jin*). *Atractylodis Rhizoma* from Maoshan (Soak in rice bran water to remove the coarse skin, slice, stir-fried with old rice, steamed and sun-dried nine times). *Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix* (Remove the rhizome head, soak in wine overnight, steam together with *Polygoni Multiflori Radix Praeparata* three times, grind into powder, one *jin* each).

Grind all the above herbs into fine powder and mix evenly. Form pills using refined honey, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 100 pills per dose, administered orally with boiling plain water on an empty stomach. Avoid beef, radish, green onion, and garlic. This prescription is also known as *Xianmao Wan* (Cinnamon Twig Pill? Note: Context implies Xianmao Pill). It is said that adding one *jin* of mulberry juice mixed with *Atractylodis Rhizoma* powder is particularly effective; it yields excellent results when taken by those past middle age.

In the past, Tongzhenzi memorialized and presented this formula to treat men suffering from five exhaustions and seven injuries, withered appearance, emaciated form, impotence, low spirit, premature graying of hair and beard before age fifty, hemiplegia (left or right), and difficulty walking. For women, it treats deficiency-cold of the lower origin (chronic infertility), having been verified repeatedly with miraculous efficacy.

*Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma* (Remove rhizome head, one *liang*). *Asparagi Radix* (Remove heart, one *liang*). *Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma* (Stir-fry with ginger juice, two *liang*). *Angelicae Sinensis Radix* (Wash with wine, one *liang*). *Alismatis Rhizoma* (Remove hairs, one *liang*). *Rehmanniae Radix Recens* (two *liang*). *Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata* (two *liang*). *Morindae Officinalis Radix* (Remove heart, two *liang*). *Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix* (Remove rhizome head, soak in wine, dry in sun, two *liang*). *Corni Fructus* (Remove pits, one *liang*). *Cynomorii Herba* (Wash with wine, remove heart membrane, dry in sun, three *liang*). *Cuscutae Semen* (Wash with wine to remove dirt, steam with wine, pound into cake, dry in sun, four *liang*). *Polygalae Radix* (Remove rhizome head, soak in licorice decoction, remove heart, three *liang*). *Halloysit Rubra* (Separately ground, one *liang*). *Poria* (Remove skin, one *liang*). *Eucommiae Cortex* (Remove coarse skin, stir-fry with ginger juice until fibers break, two *liang*). *Lycii Fructus* from Ganzhou (Remove stems, three *liang*). *Lycii Cortex Radicis* (Remove wood, wash clean of dirt, two *liang*). *Plantaginis Semen* (Remove dirt, one *liang*). *Nelumbinis Plumula* (Remove eye, stem, closed-mouth ones, stir-fry until oil appears, purified, two *liang*). *Rubae Fructus* (Remove stems, one *liang*). *Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus* (Remove stems, one *liang*).

These twenty-five herbs correspond to the number "five times five." Grind them all into fine powder. Form pills using refined honey, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, administered orally with warm wine on an empty stomach, once in the morning and once in the afternoon.

Take three doses daily. After ten days of medication, turbid urine will be discharged, indicating the expulsion of old diseases. Ten days later, nasal sourness, robust speech, chest pain, coughing up pus, yet without deterioration of complexion or vitality, indicates the expulsion of lung diseases. After one month, qi stagnation caused by the seven emotions in the abdomen, spleen-stomach fatigue, deep-seated cold, stubborn cold, and various accumulations will recede. After one hundred days, the complexion will remain youthful, hair and beard will turn black, fallen teeth will regrow, the elderly and weak will regain health, vision will extend to ten *li*, strength will increase a hundredfold, walking will be tireless, lifespan will be extended, diseases will be cured, and offspring will multiply. This formula was transmitted and administered by Zhenren Shao. Dozens of people in our Huizhou commandery took it and all achieved the effects of longevity and numerous children. These cases are not recorded in full here.