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Treats fractures and bone fragmentation caused by falls and blows, as well as pain from severed tendons; this medicine is miraculous in healing broken bones. Take broken tiles from places where passersby have urinated or defecated on roads or at the foot of walls over a long period. Wash them clean, quench them in vinegar five to seven times until they turn yellow. Scrape them into fine powder with a knife. Take three qian (approx. 11.25 grams) each time, mixed with good wine for ingestion. Do not disregard it because the material is humble.

Formula for Blackening Hair and Beard.
Guan Fen (Lead Carbonate), Zhen Ge Fen (Clam Shell Powder), Huang Dan (Red Lead), Mi Tuo Seng (Litharge), Duan Shi (Calamine). Each one qian three fen (approx. 5.4 grams). Grind into fine powder, mix with water, and apply topically. If it dries, wash off the medicine with water and moisturize with Walnut Oil (Juglandis Semen Oil).

Take one pair of male and female crabs (total weight eight liang, approx. 300 grams; best collected after Frost Descent, tied together with their bellies facing each other), Hao Jing Mo (High-quality Beijing Ink Stick, one qian, ground to powder), She Xiang (Musk, three fen, approx. 1.1 grams), Sheng Qi (Raw Lacquer, one jin, approx. 500 grams, filtered to remove dregs). First, place the Beijing ink powder and musk into a porcelain bottle. Then, put the crabs inside. Next, pour the raw lacquer into the bottle and seal it tightly. Bury it deep in the soil of a place frequented by people, about one chi (approx. 33 cm) deep. After forty-nine days (seven sevens), dig it up. Filter out the dregs using hemp cloth and store in a porcelain bottle. When applying with a brush, cover your fingers with fish bladders to prevent staining your fingers white.

Another Formula:
Wu Bei Zi (Galla Chinensis, roasted until black, wrapped in green cotton cloth, trodden into cakes by the heel, three qian), Hong Tong Mo (Red Copper Powder, calcined to ash in a silver pot, six fen, approx. 2.2 grams), Bai Fan (Alumen, dried), He Zi Pi (Pericarpium Terminaliae Chebulae), Sha (Borax), Xi Xin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma). Each three fen (approx. 1.1 grams). Grind each into fine powder and mix thoroughly. Then, take one Pomegranate Peel (Shi Liu Pi), three Dark Plums (Wu Mei), and a pinch of Fine Tea (Xi Cha). Add two zhan (approx. 400 ml) of water, decoct until reduced to seventy percent volume, filter out the dregs, and keep in a porcelain cup. Place the previously prepared powders into this liquid, heat over a double boiler until the surface wrinkles, then remove. In the evening, use a soft brush to apply the mixture. Wash face with warm water the next morning; hair and beard will become black as lacquer.

This medicine tonifies the Heart and Kidney, preserves youthfulness, and is a sacred remedy for blackening facial hair and scalp hair.
He Shou Wu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix Praeparata, specifically the sweet melon-seed shaped variety, steamed nine times and sun-dried nine times, four liang, approx. 150 grams), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix, radicle removed), Shu Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, washed with wine), Bai Fu Ling (Poria, peel removed, used in spring and summer), Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix, washed with wine), Xiao Hui Xiang (Foeniculi Fructus, stir-fried until yellow, used in autumn and winter), Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed), Tian Men Dong (Asparagi Radix, heart removed). Each of the above ingredients is one liang (approx. 37.5 grams). Grind into fine powder, make pills with honey the size of bullet seeds. Take one pill each time, chew thoroughly, and swallow with good yellow wine; salted water soup is also acceptable. Alternatively, make pills the size of paulownia seeds, take fifty pills each time, swallowed with wine on an empty stomach. Avoid the "Three Whites" (Onion, Garlic, Radish) and sexual intercourse. When engaging in sexual activity, do not come into contact with iron objects. The "Three Whites" refer to Onion (Cong), Garlic (Suan), and Radish (Luo Bo).