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One formula adds Cinnabar (Chensha).
Huang [Note: Likely missing character, context implies a root herb like Huangjing or similar, but text says "Huang" only] (honey-fried, baked) 4 liang, Fushen (Poria with Hostwood) 4 liang, Renshen (Ginseng Root) 4 liang, Sheng Gan Dihuang (Raw Prepared Rehmannia Root) 4 liang, Yuanzhi (Polygala Root) (remove heart) 4 liang, Baiziren (Biota Seed) 4 liang, Suanzaoren (Ziziphus Seed) (soaked seven times, shell removed) 4 liang. Grind these herbs into fine powder, make pills with honey, size of paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, wash down with rice drink or warm wine, as preferred.

Dihuang Yinzi (Rehmannia Decoction)
Treats kidney qi deficiency, resulting in slurred speech and flaccidity/coldness of the feet and knees.
See Chapter on Stroke (Zhongfeng Men).

Huanshao Dan (Return to Youth Pill)
See Chapter on Impotence (Yangwei Men).

Tonifies waist and knees, strengthens essence and bones, fortifies kidney yin, darkens beard and hair.
Dongqingzi (Wintergreen Berry, i.e., Nvzhenzi/Ligustrum Lucidum Fruit) (harvested on Winter Solstice, quantity unrestricted, dried in shade, mixed with honey and wine, steamed, left overnight, rubbed in coarse bag to remove skin, sun-dried, ground into powder, stored in earthenware jar; or first prepare Hanliancao paste for subsequent mixing) Hanliancao (Eclipta Herba) (harvested on Summer Solstice, quantity unrestricted, crushed for juice, boiled into paste, mixed with previous herbs to form pills). Another formula adds Sangshengan (Mulberry Fruit Dry) to form pills, or boils mulberry fruit into paste and mixes it in. Take before sleep with wine.
This belongs to the Foot Shaoyin Kidney channel herbs. Nvzhenzi is sweet and neutral, essence of Shaoyin, does not wither in deep winter, color green-black, benefits liver and tonifies kidney; Hanliancao is sweet and cold, black juice, enters kidney to tonify essence, thus can benefit lower and nourish upper, strengthen yin and darken hair. Li Shizhen said: Nvzhenzi is a superior miraculous drug, why is it rarely used in ancient formulas?

Expels wind-dampness, restores emaciation, preserves complexion, darkens beard and hair, prevents disease, prolongs life.
Young Sangye (Mulberry Leaf) remove pedicel, wash clean, sun-dry 1 jin, grind into powder; Jushengzi, i.e., Heima (Sesamum Indicum Seed), wash 4 liang, white honey 1 jin. Crush sesame, boil thick juice, mix with honey, refine until drops form pearls, add Sangye powder to form pills. Another formula: Sangye powder, steam and crush sesame, equal parts, honey pills. Morning take with salt water, evening take with wine.
This belongs to Foot Shaoyin and Hand-Foot Yangming channel herbs. Sang tree is essence of Ji Star, its wood benefits joints, nourishes fluids, so all decoctions use Sangchai (Mulberry Branch), its leaves are sweet and cold, enter Hand-Foot Yangming channels, cool blood, dry dampness, expel wind. Jushengzi is sweet and neutral, black color, benefits kidney and liver, moistens viscera, fills essence and marrow, among eight grains only this is excellent. When wind-dampness is expelled, sinews and bones become strong; when essence and marrow are filled, complexion becomes lustrous; preventing disease and darkening hair/beard is appropriate. Song says: Fusang tree reaches high into clouds, east sea sunrise misty vapor, blue sea turns to fields for billions of years, this tree's remnant roots still exist today, fruits red as cinnabar then black as lacquer, green leaves lush emerald touchable, true person steals heaven and earth qi, leaves for red clouds to swallow, grinding into tripod becomes spiritual medicine, Lingzhi and Baizhu cannot group together, those who eat pine nuts have gone immortal, I now morning and evening accompany this lord, oh leaf, oh leaf wish you jade-like, inside green shade there is Tao Lv.