食治老人补虚益气。牛乳方∶
牛乳（五升） 荜茇末（一两）
上件药入银器内。以水三升，和乳合煎取三升，后入瓷合中。每于食前暖一小盏服之。
食治老人养老，以药水饮牛，取乳服食方∶
钟乳（一斤，上好者，细研） 人参（三两，去芦头） 甘草（五两，炙微赤，锉） 干地黄（三两）
黄（二两，锉） 杜仲（三两，去皱皮用） 肉苁蓉（六两） 白茯苓（五两） 麦门冬（四两，去心） 薯蓣
（六两） 石斛（二两，去根，锉）
上药为末。以水三斗，先煮粟米七升为粥，放盆内，（用药一两）搅，令匀。少和冷水，
与渴牛饮之，令足。不足，更饮之一日。饮时，患渴，不饮清水，平旦取牛乳服之。生、熟
任意。牛，须三岁以上、七岁以下，纯黄色者，为上，余色，为下。其乳常令犊子饮之。若
犊子不饮者，其乳动气，不堪服也。慎蒜猪鱼、生冷、陈臭。其乳牛清洁养之，洗刷、饮饲
须如法，用心看之。
《千金翼方》耆婆汤∶主大虚冷风，羸弱，无颜色方。一云酥蜜汤。
酥（一斤，炼） 生姜（一合，切） 薤白（三握，炙令黄） 酒（二升） 白蜜（一斤，炼） 油（一升） 椒（一
合，汗） 胡麻仁（一升） 橙叶（一握，炙令黄） 豉（一升） 糖（一升）
上一十一味，先以酒渍豉一宿，去滓，纳糖蜜油酥于铜器中，煮令匀沸。次纳薤姜，煮令熟。次下椒、橙叶、胡麻，
煮沸。下二升豉汁，又煮一沸，出内瓷器中密封。空腹吞一合，如人行十里，更一服。冷者加椒。
邹氏三妙汤∶实气养血，久服弥益人。
地黄 枸杞实（各取汁一升） 蜜（半升）
银器中同煎如稀饧。每服一大匕，汤调酒调皆可。
邹氏山芋粥∶薯蓣生于山者名山药，一名山芋。山芋生山者佳，圃种者无味。取去皮，细石上磨如糊。每 粥用山
芋一合，以酥二合，蜜一协议炒令凝，以匙揉碎。粥欲熟，投搅令匀乃出。
岳美中氏参 粥∶食治老人元气不足，脾胃虚弱，气短自汗，语音低怯，面色 白，食少便溏，神疲懒动，四肢无
力，易患感冒，舌淡胖苔净，脉缓弱者。
党参（三十克） 黄 （三十克） 白术（十五克） 茯苓（十五克） 炙甘草（十五克）
上五味，加水八百毫升，煎至六百毫升，去滓。下粳米二两，煮粥四百毫升，清晨顿服之。每日一次，常服有益气
力、
补虚弱、健脾胃之效。
[Food Therapy for the Elderly to Tonify Deficiency and Benefit Qi. Cow's Milk Formula:]
Using cow's milk to tonify deficiency and benefit vital energy (Qi). Cow's Milk Formula:
Cow's milk (5 sheng) Powder of long pepper fruit (1 liang)
Place the above ingredients in a silver vessel. Add 3 sheng of water, mix with the milk, and decoct until 3 sheng remains. Then pour into a porcelain container for storage. Warm one small cup and take before meals.
[Food Therapy for Elderly Care: Drinking Medicinal Water by Cows to Obtain Milk for Consumption.]
Used for food therapy in elderly care, this method involves feeding medicinal water to cows and then consuming their milk. Formula composition:
Stalactite powder (1 jin, select high quality, finely ground) Ginseng root (3 liang, remove rhizome) Licorice root (5 liang, honey-fried until slightly red, chopped) Dried Rehmannia root (3 liang)
Astragalus root (2 liang, chopped) Eucommia bark (3 liang, remove wrinkled outer bark) Cistanche stem (6 liang) Poria sclerotium (5 liang) Ophiopogon tuber (4 liang, remove heart) Yam (Dioscorea opposita) (6 liang) Dendrobium stem (2 liang, remove roots, chopped)
Grind the above herbs into powder. Use 3 dou of water, first cook 7 sheng of millet into porridge, place in a basin. (Take 1 liang of herb powder), stir to make uniform. Add a little cold water, and drink it with thirsty cows, ensuring they drink enough. If insufficient, feed again the next day. When administering, if the cow is thirsty, do not give clear water; instead, collect cow's milk at dawn for consumption. It can be taken raw or cooked. Select cows aged between three and seven years old with pure yellow hair as superior grade; other colors are inferior grade. The milk should usually be consumed by the calves. If the calves do not drink it, the milk may disturb Qi and is unsuitable for human consumption. Avoid garlic, pork, fish, raw/cold foods, and stale/rancid foods. Keep the milking cows clean; washing, brushing, drinking, and feeding must follow proper procedures, requiring careful attention.
*Qianjin Yifang* Qipo Decoction: Mainly treats severe deficiency-cold wind syndrome, emaciation, and lack of luster in complexion. Also known as Su Mi Tang (Butter and Honey Decoction).
Ghee (1 jin, refined) Fresh ginger (1 he, sliced) Macrostemon bulb (3 handfuls, roasted until yellow) Wine (2 sheng) White honey (1 jin, refined) Oil/Fat (1 sheng) Sichuan peppercorn (1 he, processed to reduce pungency) Sesame seeds (1 sheng) Orange leaves (1 handful, roasted until yellow) Fermented soybean (1 sheng) Sugar (1 sheng)
Take the above eleven ingredients. First, soak the fermented soybeans in wine overnight, filter out the dregs. Put sugar, honey, oil, and ghee into a copper vessel, boil until uniform and bubbling. Next, add Macrostemon bulb and ginger, boil until cooked. Then add Sichuan peppercorn, orange leaves, and sesame, boil. Pour in the previously prepared 2 sheng of fermented soybean juice, boil once more, remove, and place in a porcelain container, sealing tightly. Take one he on an empty stomach. After walking about ten *li*, take another dose. For those with cold constitution, increase the amount of Sichuan peppercorn.
Zou's Sanmiao Decoction: Fills Qi and nourishes blood; long-term use is increasingly beneficial.
Rehmannia root Goji berry (Extract juice from each, 1 sheng) Honey (0.5 sheng)
Simmer together in a silver vessel until thick like thin syrup. Take one large spoon per dose, mixed with decoction or wine.
Zou's Yam Porridge: Yam grown in mountains is called Shan Yao (Mountain Medicine), also known as Shan Yu (Mountain Tuber). Wild mountain tubers are superior; garden-grown ones lack flavor. Peel the tuber and grind it on a fine stone into a paste. For each bowl of porridge, use one he of yam, stir-fry with two he of ghee and one yi of honey until solidified, then crush with a spoon. When the porridge is nearly cooked, add the mixture, stir well, and serve.
Yue Meishan's Shen Zhu Porridge: Used for food therapy for elderly people with insufficient Yuan Qi (Primordial Qi), weak Spleen and Stomach, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, low voice, pale complexion, poor appetite, loose stools, mental fatigue, reluctance to move, limb weakness, susceptibility to common colds, pale and swollen tongue with clean coating, and slow/weak pulse.
Codonopsis root (30 g) Astragalus root (30 g) Atractylodes macrocephala rhizome (15 g) Poria sclerotium (15 g) Honey-fried Licorice root (15 g)
Add 800 ml of water to the above five herbs, decoct until 600 ml remains, filter out dregs. Add 2 liang of japonica rice, cook into 400 ml of porridge. Take all at once in the early morning. Once daily, regular consumption benefits Qi strength, tonifies deficiency, and strengthens the Spleen and Stomach.