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The *Zhubing Yuanhou Lun* (Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Symptoms of All Diseases) states: The blood of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian nourishes the hair externally. When Qi and Blood are abundant, the beard and hair are beautiful and long. If they are deficient and insufficient to nourish and moisten [the hair], it leads to loss.

The *Ge Shi Fang* (Prescriptions by Ge) for treating yellowing beard:
Burn paulownia wood to ash, mix with milk, and apply to the skin and beard; it will turn black.

The *Ruyi Fang* (Prescriptions Satisfying One's Wishes) method for treating yellowing beard and hair:
Take Bai Fen (Cerussa, Lead Carbonate) and Bai Hui (White Ash) in equal parts, mix with water, and apply to the beard.
Another prescription: Mix with Jiang Shui (Fermented Rice Water), apply at night, wash off the next morning, and it will turn black.

The *Lu Yan Fang* (Verified Records Prescriptions) divine and effective prescription for dyeing beard and hair, as effective as cloth dyeing:
Bai Fen (Lead Carbonate) (3 liang) Duan Shi (Calcined Alumen) (3 sheng)
Mix the powder and ash with Mi Tan (Rice Wash Water), boil together for one or two boils. When warm, rub and wash the hair thoroughly, then immediately rinse with warm water. After one night until dawn, it returns to black; re-apply warm rice wash water for cleansing.
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The *Zhubing Yuanhou Lun* states: Abundant blood nourishes the hair, thus the beard and hair are beautiful; if Qi and Blood are weak and cannot nourish and moisten, the sideburns and hair fall out.

The *Jing Xin Fang* (Prescriptions from Jingxin) for treating hair loss due to Wind-Stroke where hair does not regrow:
Scrape Tie Sheng Yi (Iron Rust) from iron objects, sieve it, mix with Zhu Zhi (Pig Fat) from the twelfth lunar month, decoct for three boils, apply topically, three times a day; this is excellent. It also treats eyebrow loss.

The *Ge Shi Fang* for treating loss of sideburn hair that does not grow back:
Ma Zi (Cannabis Seed) (3 sheng) Qin Jiao (Sichuan Pepper/Pepper Fruit) (2 sheng)
Grind together, place in Shen Zhi (a specific fermented liquid or medicinal juice) overnight, remove dregs, wash hair once daily; within one month, hair can grow two chi.
Another prescription: Take 1 dou of fresh Bai Ye (Cupressus Leaf), 4 Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root), grind into powder, mix with 3 jin of Zhu Fang (Lard) to make thirty pills. Wrap one pill in cloth, soak in washing water, use every other day.

The *Yi Men Fang* (Prescriptions from the Medical Gate) for treating hair loss:
Grind Tie Yi (Iron Rust) with oil, apply topically; hair will grow immediately.
Another prescription: Sang Gen Bai Pi (Morus Alba Root Bark) (2 sheng) Da Ma Zi (Hemp Seed) (2 sheng) Bai Tong Ye (Folium Cinnamomi Cathayensis, chopped) (1.5 sheng)
Take the above ingredients, immerse in 9 sheng of Mi Tang (Rice Decoction) or Mi Tan overnight, decoct for five or six boils, remove dregs, and use to bathe the hair.

The *Qian Jin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) for treating falling sideburn hair:
Ma Zi (Cannabis Seed) (3 sheng, crushed) Bai Tong Ye (Folium Cinnamomi Cathayensis, chopped, one handful)
Take these two ingredients, decoct in 2 sheng of Mi Gan Zhi (Rice Wash Water) for five or six boils, remove dregs, and use to wash; the head and sideburn hair will not fall out, with visible results in twenty days. (Same as *Ge Shi Fang*)

The *Ruyi Fang* method for treating baldness of sideburns:
Mulberry tree bark, scrape off the yellow-black outer layer to obtain the white inner bark, chop 2-3 sheng, cover with water, decoct for five boils, remove dregs, and use to wash the sideburns; frequent use prevents loss.
Another prescription: Gan Cao (Licorice Root) 2 liang, cut into pieces, steep in 1 sheng of hot water, use to wash the head; within no more than two or three times, hair will not fall out.