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The *Sutra on the Thousand-Hand Guanyin's Disease-Curing Compound Medicines* states: If a husband and wife are discordant, like water and fire, take the tail of a mandarin duck, recite mantras one thousand and eighty times before the image of the Thousand-Hand Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), carry it on the person, and they will enjoy lifelong joy and mutual respect.

The *Longshu Fang* (Dragon Tree Prescription) says: Take the heart of a mandarin duck, dry it in the shade for one hundred days, tie it to the arm, do not let others know, and the couple will love each other.

It also says: For those who love a woman but have no means to approach her, write her name fourteen times (two sevens). Use well water drawn at dawn, face east, look straight ahead, and ingest it at sunrise; it will surely be effective. This method is secret and not transmitted.

The *Ruyi Fang* (As-Wished Prescription) describes a technique to make people love each other:
Take soil from under shoes, form into three pills, place secretly under the mat; this is good.

Another prescription: On a Wuzi day, take soil from under magpie nests on houses, burn it to ash, mix with wine, and ingest to make husband and wife love each other.

Another prescription: Take twenty strands of women's hair, burn them, place under the sleeping mat, and husband and wife will love each other.

The *Lingqi Fang* (Spiritual Wonder Prescription) says: Take yellow earth, mix with wine, apply to an area one inch square inside the tent below the door; they will love each other until old age.

Another prescription: Take a piece of pig skin including the tail, sized one inch and three fen square, hide it in the collar; all people in the world will love you.

Another prescription: Take yellow earth from the stove, mix with glue juice, apply to the roof, retrieve after five days, and apply to the clothes of the desired person; they will love you.

Another prescription: On Geng or Xin days, take roots of the parasol tree growing towards the southeast, three cun long, carve into the shape of a man, wrap with five-colored silk, wear it on the body, so that close and distant relations will love each other.

The *Zhenzhong Fang* (Pillow Center Prescription) quotes Laozi: To make a woman love you, take twenty strands of women's hair, burn to ash, ingest with wine; she will greatly love you.

It also says: On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, take peach branches growing eastward, carve into three-cun wooden figures before sunrise, attach to the sash; worldly people will speak highly of you and naturally feel respect and love.

It also says: When husband and wife hate each other, bury hair in front of the stove, and they will love each other like mandarin ducks.

It also says: If a married woman is not loved by her husband, take dust from under the bed mat, put it in her husband's food without his knowledge, and they will mutually respect and love each other.

It also quotes Confucius: Drink wine made from well water drawn from three wells at dawn; this makes one endure old age and constantly receive respect and remembrance from noble people. It also wards off soldiers, tigers, and wild wolves.

It also says: For men finding it difficult to obtain a wife, take fourteen feathers (two sevens) from a rooster, burn to powder, mix with wine, and ingest; success is certain.

The *Longshu Fang* (Dragon Tree Prescription) says: Take the heart of a mandarin duck, dry in the shade for one hundred days, tie to the left arm, do not let others know, and they will love each other.

It also says: For those who love a woman but have no means to approach her, write her name fourteen times. Use well water drawn at dawn, face east, look straight ahead, and ingest at sunrise; it will surely be effective. This method is secret and not transmitted.

The *Yanling Jing* (Longevity Sutra) says: Take fourteen strands of hair from an unmarried girl, weave into a cord, and wear it; those who see it will have their hearts broken (overcome with emotion).

Another prescription: Take the claw of a rooster's left foot and the nail of an unmarried girl's right middle finger, burn to ash, and apply to the target person's clothes.

Another prescription: Take your own nails, burn to ash, add to the target person's food/drink; missing them for one day feels like three months.

Another prescription: Take one spider and fourteen woodlice, dry in the shade in a pottery vessel for one hundred days, apply to a woman's clothes; she will come to you at night.

The *Tao Qian Fang* says: Write the target's name on a Wuzi day and place underfoot; success is certain.

The *Ruyi Fang* (As-Wished Prescription) describes a technique to make people hate each other:
Place horse hair and dog hair in the couple's bed; they will hate each other.

It also describes a technique to make someone stop thinking about another:
When traveling far, carry stove soil in your bosom to stop thinking about your hometown.

The *Lingqi Fang* (Spiritual Wonder Prescription) says: Write the target's name on a three-cun peach branch and bury it in a crossroads; they will hate each other.

The *Ruyi Fang* (As-Wished Prescription) describes a technique to stop lust:
Burn the spurs of a two-year-old white rooster to powder, give to a woman to drink; lust will cease.

It also describes a formula to make a promiscuous woman faithful:
Have her swallow fruits of Vitex negundo (Chaste Tree); she will become single-minded.

It also mentions: "Yang Talisman (written in cinnabar, enters the Heart)" and "Yin Talisman (to sever lustful feelings, enters the Kidney, written in cinnabar, can be ingested)."
These two talismans: Paint the white interior of bamboo red with cinnabar, then write the talismans using azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2), ingest them, and lust will immediately cease.

It also describes a test for lust:
On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month or the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, catch a gecko (Gekko japonicus), open its mouth, feed it cinnabar, observe if its belly turns red, place it in a jar, dry in the shade for one hundred days, grind finely, apply to a woman's body. Wipe it off, but it remains. If sexual intercourse occurs, it will fall off. [Note: Gecko refers to the lizard; after new mating between male and female, three specimens are sufficient.]

Another prescription: Take soil from under the right foot of a white horse, place under the mat of the woman's bed without her knowledge; she will call out the name of her lover.

The *Yanling Jing* (Longevity Sutra) describes a formula to force a servant with illicit affairs to confess:
Grind Ejiao (Donkey-hide gelatin) and Rhei Radix et Rhizoma (Rhubarb), apply to the woman's clothes; the servant will confess.

The *Ruyi Fang* (As-Wished Prescription) describes a technique to stop jealousy:
Give fourteen grains (two sevens) of male Coicis Semen (Job's Tears) to swallow. [Male Coicis Semen refers to paired grains.]

Another prescription: Wrap a toad in cloth during that month, place in a jar, cover, and bury to the left of the toilet; she will no longer use her husband.

The *Lingqi Fang* (Spiritual Wonder Prescription) describes how to resolve anger: Bury the person's hair three chi deep in front of the stove to prevent anger.

The *Yanling Jing* (Longevity Sutra) describes a formula to treat a servant's evil jealousy:
Burn soil from under the husband's feet, mix with wine, and have the servant drink; even if he takes a hundred women, he will remain silent.