【八味丸】补肾气不足。
牡丹皮 白茯苓 泽泻(各三两) 熟地黄(八两)
山茱萸 山药(各四两) 附子 官桂(各二两)
上为末。炼蜜丸如桐子大。每服三十丸。温酒下。空心食前。日二服。
【还少丹】大补心肾脾胃。治一切虚损。神志俱耗。筋力顿衰。腰脚沉重。肢体倦怠。血
气羸乏。小便混浊。
山药 牛膝(酒浸) 远志(去心) 巴戟(去心)
山茱萸(去核) 白茯苓(去皮) 楮实 五味子
肉苁蓉(酒浸一宿) 杜仲(去皮。姜汁酒浸。炒去丝) 石菖蒲
舶上茴香(各一两) 枸杞 熟地黄(各二两)
上为末。炼蜜同枣肉为丸。如桐子大。温酒、盐汤任送下三十丸。日进三服。食前。五日后有
力。十日精神爽。半月气力颇壮。二十日目明。一月夜思饮食。冬月手足常暖。久服身体轻健。筋
骨壮盛。悦泽虽老。更看体候加减。身热。加山栀子一两。心气不宁。加麦门冬一两。少精神加五味
子一两。阳弱加续断一两。常服牢牙。永无瘴疟。妇人服之。姿容悦泽。暖子宫。去一切病。
【天真丹】治下焦阳虚。
沉香 穿心巴戟(酒浸) 茴香(炒) 萆 (酒浸。炒)
胡芦巴(炒香) 破故纸(炒香) 杜仲(麸炒。去丝) 琥珀
黑牵牛(盐炒。去盐。各一两) 官桂(半两)
上十味为末。用酒浸打糊为丸。如桐子大。每服五十丸。空心温酒送下。盐汤亦得。
[Ba Wei Wan (Eight-Ingredient Pill)] Tonifies deficiency of Kidney Qi.
Mu Dan Pi (Moutan Cortex), Bai Fu Ling (Poria with Hostwood), Ze Xie (Alisma Rhizome) (each 3 liang); Shu Di Huang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) (8 liang); Shan Zhu Yu (Cornus Fruit), Shan Yao (Dioscorea Rhizome) (each 4 liang); Fu Zi (Aconite Lateral Root Preparata), Guan Gui (Cinnamon Bark) (each 2 liang).
Grind the above ingredients into powder. Form pills using refined honey, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, administered with warm wine. Take on an empty stomach before meals, twice daily.
[Huan Shao Dan (Return to Youth Pill)] Greatly tonifies the Heart, Kidney, Spleen, and Stomach. Treats all types of deficiency and wasting conditions. Indicated for exhaustion of spirit and vitality, sudden decline in muscular strength, heaviness in the waist and legs, limb fatigue, emaciation and insufficiency of Blood and Qi, and turbid urination.
Shan Yao (Dioscorea Rhizome), Niu Xi (Achyranthes Root) (soaked in wine), Yuan Zhi (Polygala Root) (remove heart), Ba Ji Tian (Morinda Officinalis Root) (remove heart); Shan Zhu Yu (Cornus Fruit) (remove pits), Bai Fu Ling (Poria with Hostwood) (remove skin), Chu Shi (Broussonetia Fruit), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Fruit); Rou Cong Rong (Cistanche Stem), Du Zhong (Eucommia Bark) (remove skin, soak in ginger juice and wine, stir-fry to remove fibers), Shi Chang Pu (Acorus Rhizome); Bo Shang Hui Xiang (Fennel Fruit from overseas) (each 1 liang); Gou Qi Zi (Lycium Fruit), Shu Di Huang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) (each 2 liang).
Grind the above ingredients into powder. Form pills using refined honey and jujube pulp, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, administered with either warm wine or salted water broth. Take three times daily before meals. After five days, strength returns; after ten days, spirit becomes clear; after half a month, Qi and strength are notably robust; after twenty days, vision clarifies; after one month, appetite returns at night, and hands and feet remain warm in winter. Long-term use makes the body light and vigorous, bones and sinews strong and abundant, complexion lustrous even in old age. Dosage may be adjusted according to individual constitution. If there is body heat, add Shan Zhi Zi (Gardenia Fruit) 1 liang; if Heart Qi is unsettled, add Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon Tuber) 1 liang; if spirit is lacking, add Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Fruit) 1 liang; if Yang is weak, add Xu Duan (Dipsacus Root) 1 liang. Long-term use strengthens teeth and prevents malaria permanently. Women taking this pill will have a lustrous appearance, warmed uterus, and elimination of various diseases.
[Tian Zhen Dan (Innocent Child Pill)] Treats Yang deficiency of the Lower Jiao.
Chen Xiang (Aquilaria Wood), Chuan Xin Ba Ji Tian (Morinda Officinalis Root) (soaked in wine), Hui Xiang (Fennel Fruit) (stir-fried), Bi Xie (Dioscorea Hypoglauca Rhizome) (soaked in wine, stir-fried); Hu Lu Ba (Trigonella Foenum-graecum Seed) (stir-fried until fragrant), Po Gu Zhi (Psoralea Fruit) (stir-fried until fragrant), Du Zhong (Eucommia Bark) (stir-fried with bran, remove fibers), Hu Po (Amber); Hei Qian Niu (Black Morning Glory Seed) (salt-stir-fried, remove salt, each 1 liang); Guan Gui (Cinnamon Bark) (0.5 liang).
Grind the above ten ingredients into powder. Use wine to make a paste for forming pills, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, administered on an empty stomach with warm wine. Salted water broth is also acceptable.