方二十一首 论一首
服白石英方∶
白石英(上者无问多少)
上一味,先以绢袋盛,于七升米饭下甑中蒸四五遍,然后细捣,以密绢筛之,用玉槌
研令细,入肉者澄取清水飞取,更以白练袋盛,急缝面裹饭中蒸三遍,取猪脂一斤,水浸十
日,日两度易水,赤脉尽则休,剥去薄膜,微火炼出,以白石英末和之,搅令相入,和酒服
一匙,日二服。其飞石水,收取,用煮粳米粥,任性吃酒多少,每须觉有酒气为佳。
烧白石英方∶
白石英(一大两)
上以坩土锅子盛石盖头,炭火烧之。先取一瓷器贮二升无灰酒,烧石令赤,即投酒中,
待冷,任酒性多少饮之。好石可三两度乃弃之,安庭中。即云∶吃十两,令人年七十气力可
共三二十时无别。
白石英和金银人参煮服方∶
白石英(五大两) 金(十大两,上熟者,生者毒) 银(四大两) 人参(二大两,
全用)
上四味,取一铁釜,净洗,即下前药于釜中,先下水三大升,立一杖釜中令至底,水所
浸着处即刻记,至更下水二大斗七升,水通前计三大斗,煎之如鱼眼沸,渐减之杖所刻处,
即停火,急取湿土置釜底,取其汁,贮以不津器中,金银石等漉出,收取其人参,随药汁细
细吃之。其汁,每朝空腹服三大合,至暮服二大合,每服之后,随性饮多少酒,使药气行,
欲作食饵亦任。忌仓米停滞陈臭之食,自外百无所忌。
石英和磁石浸酒服方∶
白石英(五大两,泽州者) 磁石(五大两,无毛连针多者十两亦得)
上二味,各别捣令碎,各用两重帛练袋盛之,以好酒一斗置不津器中,挂药浸经六七日
以后,每日饮三两杯,常令体中微有酒气,欲加牛膝、丹参、杜仲、生地黄、吴茱萸、黄
等药者,各自量冷热及所患,并随所有者加之,仍随所加有忌者即禁之,余百无忌。中年以
后,则须发变黑,腰疼耳聋悉瘥。其酒三五日后即渐添一二升,常令瓶满。所加草药,疑力
尽者,任换之。经三四个月,疑石力稍微者,即更出捣碎,还以袋盛,经半年后即弃之。准
前更合。
煮石英服方∶
石英(五大两,泽州者)
上一味,打碎如小豆、荞麦许大,去细末,更于水中淘洗令净,重帛练袋盛之,以绳系
头,取五大升清水,于不津铁铛中煮之,煮时石袋不用着铛底,恐沙石煎坏。先以一杖横铛
口,挂石袋着杖上,去底二三分许,煮取一升,汁置碗中,经宿澄取清,平旦空腹顿服之。
若以此汁煮稀粥服之亦佳。每服后可行三五百步,并饮三两盏清酒。又依前煮经二十度者,
石即无力,可以布裹之,埋于南墙下深三尺,满百日又堪用,依前服之,然终不如新者。
服地黄石英酒作丸补益方(神秘)∶
生地黄(十大斤,十月采者,细切) 石英(五大两) 无灰清酒(二斗)
上以坩土锅盛石英,烧令极赤。纳着酒中,去石,以地黄纳酒中浸之,经三日出之曝干
,复纳酒中,以酒尽为度,唯留一升许汁,捣地黄为末,以一升残酒和末作丸,熟捣为佳,
日二服,任食,以意消息。极押热补益,百无禁忌,亦不发动,秘之心腑矣。地黄取肥大者
佳。
牛乳煮石英服方∶
石英(三大两,泽州者) 牛乳(一大升) 水(三大斗)
上先下牛乳于铛中,即以生密绢四重作袋,盛石英,系头下着乳中,即勿令袋着底,以
杖则之为记讫,然后下水,以炭火涓涓煎之,水尽乳在,还以前杖则之,至刻即休,出石袋,
以
大善!或以乳煮粥吃亦佳。如是经二十日,服即停。大补益身心,服者乃自知之。
Twenty-one prescriptions, one treatise.
Prescription for taking Bai Shiyin (Quartz):
Bai Shiyin (Quartz) (Select the finest quality, quantity unspecified).
Take the above single herb, first place it in a silk bag, steam it four or five times over seven sheng of rice in a steamer basket (Zeng), then crush it finely, sift it through a fine silk sieve, grind it with a jade pestle until fine. Allow it to settle, take the clear water from the top for flying (levigation), store it again in a white refined silk bag, sew it tightly, wrap it in rice, and steam it three times. Take one jin of lard, soak it in water for ten days, changing the water twice a day, until all red veins are removed. Peel off the thin membrane, refine it over a gentle fire, mix it with Bai Shiyin powder, stir until incorporated, and take one spoonful mixed with wine, twice daily. Collect the water used for levigating the stone, use it to cook Jingsmi (Japonica Rice) porridge, drink as much wine as desired, ideally feeling a slight warmth from alcohol each time.
Prescription for roasting Bai Shiyin (Quartz):
Bai Shiyin (Quartz) (One da liang).
Place the stone in a clay crucible pot, cover it, and roast it with charcoal fire. First, prepare two sheng of ash-free wine in a porcelain vessel. When the stone is red hot, immediately throw it into the wine. Wait for it to cool, then drink according to the nature of the wine. Good stones can be reused three to five times before discarding; place them in the courtyard. It is said: Taking ten da liang allows a person at seventy years old to retain the strength equivalent to that of a thirty-year-old.
Prescription for boiling Bai Shiyin (Quartz) with Gold, Silver, and Renshen (Ginseng):
Bai Shiyin (Quartz) (Five da liang) Gold (Ten da liang, select refined gold; raw gold is toxic) Silver (Four da liang) Renshen (Ginseng) (Two da liang, use the whole root).
Take the above four herbs, find an iron cauldron, wash it clean, and put the aforementioned herbs into the cauldron. First add three da sheng of water. Place a stick vertically in the cauldron reaching the bottom, mark the water level. Add another two da dou and seven sheng of water, totaling three da dou. Boil until bubbles resemble fish eyes, gradually reducing the heat until the water level reaches the mark on the stick, then stop heating. Quickly place wet earth at the bottom of the cauldron to filter, collect the juice, and store it in a non-porous container. Filter out the gold, silver, and stones, retrieve the Renshen (Ginseng), and consume it slowly with the medicinal juice. Take three da he on an empty stomach every morning, and two da he in the evening. After each dose, drink an appropriate amount of wine to promote the circulation of medicinal qi. It can also be made into food pastes if desired. Avoid storing rice, stagnant, or rancid foods; there are no other dietary restrictions.
Prescription for soaking Shiying (Quartz) and Cishi (Magnetite) in wine:
Shiying (Quartz) (Five da liang, from Zezhou) Cishi (Magnetite) (Five da liang, without hair/spicules; if spicules are abundant, ten da liang is acceptable).
Crush the above two herbs separately. Place each in a double-layered refined silk bag. Hang them in one dou of good wine stored in a non-porous container. Soak for six to seven days. Drink three to four cups daily, maintaining a slight sensation of alcohol in the body. If desired, additional herbs such as Niuxi (Achyranthes Root), Danshen (Salvia Miltiorrhiza), Duzhong (Eucommia Bark), Sheng Dihuang (Rehmannia Root), Wuzhuyu (Evodia Fruit), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) etc., may be added based on the patient's constitution (hot/cold) and condition, provided they do not conflict with existing contraindications. There are no other restrictions. After middle age, gray hair and beard will turn black, and lower back pain and deafness will be cured. Add one or two sheng of wine every three to five days to keep the bottle full. Replace herbal ingredients when their efficacy is suspected to be exhausted. After three to four months, if the stone's efficacy is suspected to weaken, remove, crush, and repackage. Discard after half a year and prepare anew.
Prescription for boiling Shiying (Quartz):
Shiying (Quartz) (Five da liang, from Zezhou).
Crush the above single herb to the size of small beans or buckwheat, remove fine dust, wash thoroughly in water, and place in a double-layered refined silk bag tied with a rope. Take five da sheng of clear water, boil in a non-porous iron pan. Ensure the stone bag does not touch the bottom to prevent sand/gravel damage. Place a stick across the rim of the pan, hang the stone bag on it, keeping it two or three fen away from the bottom. Boil until one sheng of liquid remains. Pour the liquid into a bowl, let it settle overnight, take the clear supernatant, and consume it all at once on an empty stomach in the morning. Cooking thin porridge with this liquid is also beneficial. After each dose, walk three to five hundred steps and drink three to four cups of clear wine. Stones boiled twenty times lose efficacy. Wrap them in cloth, bury them three chi deep under the south wall for one hundred days, after which they can be reused, though fresh stones are superior.
Prescription for making pills from Dihuang (Rehmannia) and Shiying (Quartz) soaked in wine for tonification (Secret Formula):
Sheng Dihuang (Fresh Rehmannia Root) (Ten da jin, harvested in October, finely cut) Shiying (Quartz) (Five da liang) Ash-free clear wine (Two dou).
Place Shiying (Quartz) in a clay crucible, roast until extremely red. Immerse it in the wine, remove the stone, and soak the Dihuang (Rehmannia) in the wine. Remove after three days, dry in the sun, and return to the wine. Repeat until the wine is consumed, leaving only about one sheng of liquid. Crush the Dihuang (Rehmannia) into powder, mix with the remaining one sheng of wine to form pills. Thoroughly pounding is best. Take twice daily, alongside meals, adjusting as needed. This formula strongly suppresses heat and tonifies the body, has no contraindications, and does not trigger latent pathogens. It is a secret formula kept in the heart. Select large and plump Dihuang (Rehmannia).
Prescription for boiling Shiying (Quartz) with Cow's Milk:
Shiying (Quartz) (Three da liang, from Zezhou) Cow's Milk (One da sheng) Water (Three da dou).
First place the cow's milk in the pan. Make a bag from four layers of raw fine silk, fill it with Shiying (Quartz), tie the top, and submerge it in the milk without letting it touch the bottom. Mark the level with a stick. Then add water. Simmer gently over charcoal fire until the water evaporates and only milk remains. Use the previous stick to check the level. Stop when it reaches the mark. Remove the stone bag. Cooking porridge with the milk is also excellent. Continue this process for twenty days, then stop taking it. It greatly tonifies the body and mind, and the user will know its effects personally.