藕汁（五合） 白蜜（五合） 生地黄汁（一升）
上和，微火煎令如饧。空心含半匙，渐渐咽之。忌热及炙物。
苏粥 治老人五淋燥痛，小便不通。
上以青粱米四合煮作粥，临熟下土苏三两，空心服。
车前饮 治老人淋病，小便下血，身热。
车前子（五合，绵包煮汁） 青粱米（四合）
上汁煮米作饮，空心食，兼能明目去热毒。
羊肉索饼 治老人胸膈痞塞，饮食不下。
羊肉（四两，作 ） 白面（六两） 陈皮末（一分）
上以姜汁搜面，作如常法，入五味葱、椒、盐、姜、豉。日一食，极效。
黄鸡 治老人噎气病，食不下，胸满。
黄雌鸡（四两，切作 ） 茯苓末（二两）
上以茯苓同面搜作豉汁水煮，空腹食之。
地黄酒
生地黄（切，一升） 大豆（炒，一升） 生牛蒡根（切，一升）
上以绢袋盛，以酒一斗浸之五六日。空心温服任意多少，勿大醉，则无益。
雁脂酒 治老人风痪，偏枯不利。
上以雁脂五两熬化，每日空心温酒化半合服。
巨胜酒 治老人风痹虚弱，四肢乏力，骨节疼痛。
巨胜（一升） 薏苡仁（二升） 干地黄（切，半斤）
上以绢袋盛，无灰酒一斗渍之，勿令泄气，满七日，空心任意服。
苍耳茶 治老人风痹，筋脉缓急。
上以苍耳子炒为末，入茶同煎，每日常服。
槐茶 治老人热风下血，兼治齿疼，明目益气。
上以嫩槐苗采来，滚水炸之，晒干同茶叶对半煎汤当茶。食前食后皆可服，以病愈则止。
鼠粥 治水肿腹胀，身肿。
上用肥鼠一个去皮细切，入粳米四合煮粥，空心服，一二度瘥。
黄鸡炙 治脾胃气虚弱，肠滑下痢。
上以黄雌鸡一只治净，炭火炙，捶过，以盐、醋刷又炙令热，空腹食之。
雌鸡面 治赤白痢，不下食。
上用肥雌鸡一只细研作 ，煮汁作面或馄饨，空心食。
酥蜜煎 治老人气噎，吐逆不能食。
上以酥油二两，白蜜、姜汁各五合和，微火煮稠，室心服半匙。
桃仁粥 治老人冷气心痛不食。
上以桃仁二两去皮尖，研水解滤取汁，入青粱米四合煮粥，空心食之。
茱萸饮 治老人冷气心痛，腹胁胀满。
上用茱萸末二分，以水二升煎取一升，外将青粱米一合碾碎入作饮，日进三服。
椒面 治老人冷气心痛，呕吐不下食，烦闷。
上以椒末一两和白面五两搜水煮，入葱白三茎，切，下五味调和食之。
鲤鱼 治老人病痔下血。
上将鲤鱼肉十两切 如常，入蒜醋五味。每日空心食。忌 及甜食。
麻子饮 治老人中风顽痹。
上以麻子五合炒，碾细，水淘取汁入粳米四合，煮作饮，常服之。
大豆酒 治中风口噤，身体反张。
上用大豆二升炒令声绝，即以清酒二升投之，候一二沸去滓。频服，覆卧汗出即瘥。口噤
者抄开灌之。
又方兼治阴证急伤寒，服之极神效。
乌鸡 治老人冷气心痛，腹胀胸满，坐卧不安。
乌骨鸡（半斤，两切） 麻子汁（五合） 葱白（半握）
上煮作 ，次下麻子汁，五味姜椒，空心食之。
鸡肠酒 治小便数。
上以鸡肠一具，洗如常法，锉碎炒作 ，以酒着椒葱五味，食之。
粥 治十肿水气不瘥，垂死。
上用青头鸭一只，治如法，细切煮极熟，入粳米和五味作粥食。
酿蒸鸭 治水气胀满，浮肿，小便涩少。
上以白鸭一只去内外洗净，用 饭半斤，加姜、椒、葱酿肠中缝定，烂蒸熟食之。
野鸡馄饨 治脾胃气虚下痢，日夜不止。
上以野鸡一只，治如食法，细研，入椒、盐、葱、酱、橘皮末调和，以面作馄饨，
煮熟食之。
野鸡汤 治消渴，舌焦口燥，小便烦涩。
上以野鸡一只治如法，入五味，煮令极熟，取汁二升半，渴即饮，并其肉食之。
白鸽煎 治消渴，饮水不知足。
上以白鸽一只治如法，切作小块，以土苏煎，含而咽其汁。
桃仁粥 治传尸鬼气，咳嗽 癖，日渐羸瘦。
上以桃仁一两去皮尖槌碎，用水三升煮去滓，着粳米三合作粥食之。
杏仁粥 治上气喘促，乳肿，小便赤涩。
上以杏仁一两去皮尖，研，入水同粳米煮作粥，空心每食两合。
豆花羹 治寒热泄痢，兼治病酒头痛。
上以小豆花入豉汁煮，以五味和作羹食。
罂粟粥 治翻胃不纳饮食。
白罂栗米（二合） 人参（三钱） 生山芋（五寸，切）
上以水一升二合煮六合，生姜汁并盐少许和匀，作二次食之。
葱子粥 治甫暗补虚。
上以葱实为末，每用一匙，以水二升煮取一升半，滤去滓，入粳米煮食之。
煮小蒜 治心痛不可忍。
上以小蒜去须及青叶，煮，顿服取饱，勿用盐。久年不瘥者服，永不发。
生粟 治老人肾虚香港脚，无力困乏以行。
生栗（二斤，透风处悬，令干） 每日空心食十颗，极治香港脚有功。
葵菜羹 治老人小便秘涩，小便淋沥，烦躁痛楚，四肢寒栗。
葵菜（四两，切） 青粱米（三合，研） 葱白（一握）
上煮作羹，下五味椒酱，空心食之，极治小便不通。
苍耳羹 治老人中风，四肢不仁，筋骨乏力。
苍耳叶（极嫩苗，五两） 豉（二合，煎汁）
上和煮作羹，下米粉椒姜调和，空心食之尤佳。
七气汤 治忧气，喜气，寒气，热气，愁气，或因饮食为膈气，或劳气内伤，五脏不调，
气衰少力。
干姜 黄芩 浓朴（或用桂心） 半夏（制） 甘草 栝蒌根（或用陈皮） 芍药
干地黄 枳实（去穣。各二两） 人参（一两） 吴茱萸（五合） 川椒（三两，或用桔梗）
上咀，每服四钱，水一盏煎七分，不拘时温服，日三服。
麻豆散 治衰老脾弱不能食，代谷润燥神妙。
大豆黄（二升，即豆豉） 大麻子（三升，炒黄）
上为末，每服一合，日四五次任意多少，以芝麻代麻亦可。
五子散 治衰老，肠脏少津，及风毒燥涩，大便不通。
火麻仁 紫苏子 松子 杏仁（去皮尖双仁） 蔓菁子（如无，用芝麻代之可）
上等分捣烂，和作一处，如法烂研如泥，用密器贮。每以一弹子大，稠蜜水化下，
粥内食之尤佳。每日一二次即不秘，秘甚则频服三次，忌烧炙煎爆辛热等物。
消食断下圆 治寒冷，脏滑者并宜服。
细曲（一升） 吴茱萸（四两） 大麦 （一升）
上为末，炼蜜丸，如梧桐子，每服五十丸姜汤下。
干姜散 治胃寒不能食。
干姜曲 豉 川椒（去目） 大麦 （各两）
上为末，每服三钱。食后米汤调下，日三服，能食为度。
百效丸 治痼冷风眩，寒中，手足冷，胃寒脐冷，百病五劳七伤第一令人能食，二强盛，
三益气，四有子，神验无比。
生地黄（取汁） 乌头（一百五十枚） 大豆（三升半）
上将 咀乌头，以酒一斗半和地黄汁浸乌头至烂，绞去滓，内豆于二汁中。至除日曝之，
有余汁更浸至汁尽为度。初服二豆起，渐服二十豆，有病空腹服，无病食后服。四时合亦得，
二月制尤美。令人能食，益气强盛，有子，发白反黑，齿落更生。先病热人不可服。
家菊散 治诸般头风，大能明目。
家菊花（去蒂） 石膏（水飞） 牛蒡子
上等分为末，每服二钱，早晚食后茶酒任意调服。
丹参丸 治腰痛及四肢冷痹疼痛。
丹参 杜仲（炒） 牛膝（酒浸） 续断（各二两） 桂心 干姜（各二两）
上为末，炼蜜圆，梧桐子大。各服三十丸，紫苏汤下，日二夜一次。
又腰痛方
萆 杜仲 枸杞根（去木。各一升）
上咀，好酒三斗渍之，密封瓮口，于铜器中煮一日止，每日恣饮取醉，无节度。
不换金摩娑囊 治遍身风毒燥痒，爬不暇随，手热瘰 瘾疹，或藏头小疮，服一切药不能卒
效者。余入思多年，偶制此法，虽非起死之方，实救灾疾之窘，世间妙法。衰老，壮年风燥
皆可用。
乌头 附子 南星（各去皮脐）
上为末，用米饮渍丝瓜穣，里外俱透，就于药末中滚碾，令人更揉搦匀遍，曝干收用。凡
有燥痒，但以此穣随意轻重揩擦一过，应手即效。他日再痒仍前用之，神效无比。
赤茯苓丸 治小便赤浊。
人参 白术 白扁豆（去皮蒸。各十两） 赤茯苓（二两，切棋子大，白砂蜜浸透，
蒸过令干，秤两半） 防己 水猪苓（去皮。各三钱） 干葛（各三钱半）
上咀，每服三钱水一盏，磨沉香少许同煎。食前，临卧服。
白龙骨丸 治小便白浊。
白龙骨 牡蛎（大白者，火 赤）
等分为末，酒糊丸，如梧桐子大。每服十五、二十丸，赤茯苓汤下。不过三五服，立效。
琥珀丸 治老人小便不通。
琥珀（赤白好者）
上不拘多少细研，罗过炼蜜丸，如梧桐子大。每服二十丸，赤茯苓汤吞下。甚者倍加丸
数立通。如小便纯血，只以末三钱煎灯芯汤调下，三五服取瘥。
又方车前子，叶根皆可，扬自然汁半盏入蜜一匙和饮，立通。
又方 治淋沥疼痛。
赤茯苓 苦杖（各半两）
咀，每服四钱，水二碗煎一碗，作二次服，立通。更加赤芍药尤佳。
治丈夫妇人胞转八九日不得小便
滑石 寒水石 葵子（各半升）
上为粗末，每服一两半，水一碗煎七分，温服，以效为度。
又方 治转胞不得小便。
葱白（四七茎） 阿胶（一两） 琥珀（三两） 车前子（四两）
上每服一两，水一碗煎八分，温服。
又方阿胶二两，水一碗煎七分服，豉五合煎亦得。
治血淋小便渗痛
鸡苏 滑石 通草（各两） 竹叶（一把） 生地黄（半斤） 小蓟根（四两）
上咀，每服一两，水一碗煎五分，去滓。温服，日三次。
又方 治前证。
石苇 当归 蒲黄 赤芍药（各等分）
上为末，酒服二钱。热壮者，水服三次。
又方白茅根，切一两，水煎服，日再进。
又方大豆叶一把，煮汁顿服。
治遗尿小便难涩
牡蛎 鹿茸（各二两） 阿胶（一两）
上咀，每服五钱，水一盏煎八分服。
治遗尿失禁出而不觉
上以豆酱汁和灶突墨，如豆大，内尿孔中。亦治转胞。
治遗尿失禁出不自知灸阴陵泉，随年壮。
实肠散 治虚寒滑泄，水谷直泻不止。
上用平胃散加肉豆蔻、诃子、砂仁、茯苓、姜、枣，煎如常法，频服。
又治虚寒滑泄不禁
上用大川乌炮去皮脐，赤石脂细研，胡椒末各半两，干姜炮末一两，同以糊丸，梧桐子
大。每服三十丸，空心米饮下，以效为度。
又治肾泄每到天明必须溏泻。
上用五味子二两炒，吴茱萸半两炒为细末，米饮调服极效。
治老人气虚淋证
人参 白术 山栀仁 木通
上等分为咀，水煎食前服。
治老人气喘方
真苏子 白芥子 萝卜子（各等分）
上洗净，纸上微炒，捣碎。每服三钱，用绢包之入汤内煎，当茶服。冬月加生姜二斤。
二神丸 治老人胃冷脾泻。
破故纸（四两，为末） 肉豆蔻（四两，曲裹煨，纸裹捶去油）
上用小红枣蒸熟烂捣为丸，米汤下。
治老人气秘大腑不通
紫苏子 麻子仁（各等分）
上研烂，水滤取汁，煮粥食之。
秘传六和丸益老扶羸，助脾活血，进饮食，第一平和之剂。
熟地黄 破故纸 菟丝子 白茯苓 山药（各十两） 胡桃（五十个）
上先将熟地黄、破故纸、菟丝子三味酒浸一宿，次早饭甑上蒸，日中曝干，九浸九
蒸九曝，候十分干，次和白茯苓、山药二味杵臼中舂令极细末，次用胡桃研烂，和五味令匀，
用酒煮曲糊为丸，如梧桐子大。
每服三十丸，空心温酒盐汤下。此方不犯铁器，所以佳妙。
神仙不老丸此方非特乌髭发，大能温养荣卫，补益五脏，和调六腑，滋充百脉，润泽
三焦，活血助气，添精实髓。须是节欲使药力相须，乃见功效之速。歌曰∶不老仙方功效殊，
驻颜全不费工夫。人参牛膝川巴戟，蜀地当归杜仲俱。一味地黄生熟用，菟丝柏子石菖蒲，更
添枸子皮兼子，细末蜜丸桐子如。早午临眠三次服，盐汤温酒任君须。忌食三白并诸血，能使须乌发亦乌。
人参（二两） 牛膝（去芦，酒洗净焙干，一两半） 川巴戟（酒浸，洗去心，焙炒，二两）
川当归（酒洗，二两） 杜仲（去皮，切，麦麸炒断丝净，一两半） 生熟地黄（各一两。酒浸一宿，
竹刀切，焙干为末） 菟丝子（洗去浮者，酒浸煮烂作饼，焙干为末，二两） 柏子仁（另研，
临时和入众药，一两） 石菖蒲（切，一两） 枸杞子（酒浸，焙干称，一两） 地骨皮（酒洗净去
浮皮，切，焙干，一两）
上十二味选之贵精，制之如法，不可晒，只用慢火焙。若大火燥则又失药气，只八分干，
即于风前略吹，令冷热相激，便十分燥。取净称分两，磨如细尘，炼白蜜以火日搜和，入木石臼
内捣数百杵，丸如梧桐子大。每日空心午间临卧三次服，每服七十丸，温酒盐汤任下。忌食葱白、
韭白、萝卜、豆粉及藕诸般血。藕能破血，诸血能解药力，三白令人须发返白耳。
Lotus Root Juice (5 he) White Honey (5 he) Fresh Rehmannia Root Juice (1 sheng)
Mix the above, simmer over low heat until thick like maltose syrup. Take half a spoonful on an empty stomach, swallowing slowly. Avoid hot foods and roasted items.
Su Porridge: Treats elderly patients with five types of strangury (strangury refers to painful, frequent, and scanty urination), dryness-pain, and urinary obstruction.
Take 4 sheng of green millet, cook into porridge. When nearly done, add 3 liang of Su (Perilla). Take on an empty stomach.
Cheqian Yin: Treats elderly patients with strangury disease, hematuria, and fever.
Plantago Seed (5 he, wrapped in silk and boiled for juice) Green Millet (4 sheng)
Boil the millet in the Plantago seed juice to make a drink. Consume on an empty stomach; it also brightens the eyes and clears heat-toxins.
Mutton Suobing (Noodle Soup): Treats elderly patients with chest and diaphragm stuffiness, inability to swallow food.
Mutton (4 liang, shredded) White Flour (6 liang) Powdered Tangerina Peel (1 fen)
Knead the flour with ginger juice, prepare as usual, adding five flavors: scallion, pepper, salt, ginger, and fermented soybean paste. Eat once daily; extremely effective.
Yellow Hen: Treats elderly patients with dysphagia (qi-choke disease), inability to eat, and chest fullness.
Yellow Female Chicken (4 liang, cut into pieces) Powdered Poria (2 liang)
Knead the Poria powder with flour, boil in fermented soybean paste water, and consume on an empty stomach.
Rehmannia Wine
Fresh Rehmannia Root (sliced, 1 sheng) Soybeans (roasted, 1 sheng) Fresh Arctium Root (sliced, 1 sheng)
Place in a silk bag, soak in 1 dou of wine for 5-6 days. Take warm on an empty stomach in any amount; do not become drunk, or it will be ineffective.
Goose Fat Wine: Treats elderly patients with wind-paralysis (hemiplegia due to stroke), unilateral paralysis, and motor impairment.
Melt 5 liang of Goose Fat. Dissolve half a he in warm wine on an empty stomach daily.
Jusheng Wine: Treats elderly patients with wind-bi weakness, limb fatigue, and joint pain.
Jusheng (Sesame, 1 sheng) Coix Seed (2 sheng) Dried Rehmannia Root (sliced, 0.5 jin)
Place in a silk bag, soak in 1 dou of non-ash wine. Prevent gas leakage. After 7 days, take on an empty stomach in any amount.
Cang'er Tea: Treats elderly patients with wind-bi, tendon and vessel spasticity or flaccidity.
Roast Cang'er Zi (Xanthium Fruit), grind into powder. Decoct with tea leaves. Take daily.
Huai Tea: Treats elderly patients with lower bleeding due to wind-heat, toothache, eye brightening, and qi tonification.
Harvest young Huai Miao (Sophora Twig), blanch with boiling water, sun-dry. Mix half with tea leaves, decoct as tea. Can be taken before or after meals. Stop when cured.
Shu Porridge: Treats edema, abdominal distension, and generalized swelling.
Take one fat rat, skin and finely chop. Cook with 4 sheng of japonica rice into porridge. Take on an empty stomach; cure within 1-2 doses.
Roasted Yellow Hen: Treats spleen-stomach qi deficiency, loose bowels, and dysentery.
Clean one yellow female chicken. Roast over charcoal, pound, brush with salt and vinegar, roast again until hot. Consume on an empty stomach.
Female Chicken Noodles: Treats bloody and purulent dysentery, inability to eat.
Grind one fat female chicken finely into paste. Boil juice to make noodles or wontons. Consume on an empty stomach.
Butter-Honey Decoction: Treats elderly patients with qi-choke, vomiting, and inability to eat.
Mix 2 liang of butter, 5 he of white honey, and 5 he of ginger juice. Simmer over low heat until thick. Take half a spoonful on an empty stomach.
Tao Ren Porridge: Treats elderly patients with cold-pain in the heart region and inability to eat.
Remove skins and tips from 2 liang of Tao Ren (Peach Kernel). Grind, add water, filter for juice. Cook with 4 sheng of green millet into porridge. Take on an empty stomach.
Zhuyu Yin: Treats elderly patients with cold-pain in the heart region, abdominal and hypochondriac distension.
Decoct 2 fen of Zhuyu (Cornus Fruit) powder in 2 sheng of water to obtain 1 sheng. Add 1 he of crushed green millet to make a drink. Take three times daily.
Jiao Mian: Treats elderly patients with cold-pain in the heart region, vomiting, inability to eat, and irritability.
Knead 1 liang of Jiao (Pepper) powder with 5 liang of white flour, boil in water. Add 3 stalks of sliced scallion white. Season with five flavors and eat.
Carp: Treats elderly patients with hemorrhoids and bleeding.
Cut 10 liang of carp meat as usual. Add garlic, vinegar, and five flavors. Eat on an empty stomach daily. Avoid wheat products and sweet foods.
Mazi Yin: Treats elderly patients with stubborn bi-syndrome due to wind-stroke.
Roast 5 he of Mazi (Hemp Seed), grind fine, wash with water to extract juice. Cook with 4 sheng of japonica rice into a drink. Take regularly.
Da Dou Wine: Treats wind-stroke with locked jaw (trismus) and opisthotonos.
Roast 2 sheng of soybeans until they stop popping. Immediately add 2 sheng of clear wine. Boil briefly, strain. Take frequently. Cover patient to induce sweating for cure. For trismus, pry open mouth and pour in.
Another Prescription: Also treats acute yin-type cold damage. Extremely effective.
Black-Bone Hen: Treats elderly patients with cold-pain in the heart region, abdominal and chest fullness, restlessness.
Black-Bone Hen (0.5 jin, cut into pieces) Mazi Juice (5 he) Scallion White (half handful)
Boil into soup, then add Mazi juice and five flavors (ginger, pepper, etc.). Consume on an empty stomach.
Chicken Intestine Wine: Treats pollakiuria (frequent urination).
Clean one set of chicken intestines, chop, and cook into a stew. Add wine, pepper, scallion, and five flavors. Eat.
Duck Porridge: Treats ten types of edema/water qi that have not healed, approaching death.
Process one green-headed duck as usual, chop finely, boil until very tender. Add japonica rice and five flavors to make porridge. Eat.
Stuffed Steamed Duck: Treats water qi distension, edema, and scanty/difficult urination.
Clean one white duck. Stuff intestine with 0.5 jin of glutinous rice mixed with ginger, pepper, and scallion. Sew up. Steam until soft and cooked. Eat.
Wild Pheasant Wontons: Treats dysentery due to spleen-stomach qi deficiency, day and night without cessation.
Process one wild pheasant as for eating, grind finely. Mix with pepper, salt, scallion, sauce, and powdered tangerina peel. Make wontons with flour. Boil and eat.
Wild Pheasant Soup: Treats xiaoke (wasting-thirst), scorched tongue, dry mouth, and vexatious/scanty urination.
Process one wild pheasant as usual. Add five flavors, boil until very tender. Extract 2.5 sheng of juice. Drink when thirsty, and eat the meat.
White Pigeon Decoction: Treats xiaoke, excessive thirst.
Process one white pigeon as usual, cut into small pieces. Decoct with Tu Su (Perilla). Hold in mouth and swallow juice.
Tao Ren Porridge: Treats transmittable corpse-gas (consumptive diseases like TB), cough, accumulations, and progressive emaciation.
Remove skins and tips from 1 liang of Tao Ren, crush. Boil in 3 sheng of water, strain. Add 3 he of japonica rice to make porridge. Eat.
Xing Ren Porridge: Treats upper jiao asthma/panting, breast swelling, and red/scanty urination.
Remove skins and tips from 1 liang of Xing Ren (Apricot Kernel), grind. Add water and japonica rice to make porridge. Take 2 he on an empty stomach per meal.
Douhua Geng: Treats chills/fever with dysentery, and alcohol-induced headache.
Cook Douhua (Bean Curd Flowers) in fermented soybean paste juice. Season with five flavors to make geng (thick soup). Eat.
Yangsusu Porridge: Treats fanwei (regurgitation/inability to retain food).
White Poppy Seeds (2 he) Ginseng (3 qian) Fresh Yam (5 cun, sliced)
Boil in 1.2 sheng of water to reduce to 6 he. Mix with ginger juice and a little salt. Divide into two doses.
Congzi Porridge: Treats sudden aphonia, tonifies deficiency.
Grind Cong Shi (Scallion Seeds) into powder. Use 1 spoonful, boil in 2 sheng of water to obtain 1.5 sheng. Strain, add japonica rice, and cook/eat.
Boiled Small Garlic: Treats unbearable heart pain.
Remove roots and green leaves of small garlic. Boil. Eat until full in one dose. Do not use salt. Effective for chronic cases lasting years; prevents recurrence.
Raw Chestnuts: Treats elderly patients with kidney deficiency and Hong Kong Foot (gouty arthritis/beriberi), weakness, and difficulty walking.
Raw Chestnuts (2 jin, hung in ventilated place to dry). Eat 10 on an empty stomach daily. Highly effective for foot conditions.
Kui Cai Geng: Treats elderly patients with constipated/scanty urination, dribbling strangury, irritability, pain, and cold/chills in limbs.
Kui Cai (Malva Vegetables, 4 liang, sliced) Green Millet (3 he, ground) Scallion White (one handful)
Boil into geng. Add five flavors, pepper, and sauce. Eat on an empty stomach. Highly effective for urinary obstruction.
Cang'er Geng: Treats elderly patients with wind-stroke, numbness in limbs, and bone/tendon weakness.
Cang'er Ye (Very young leaves, 5 liang) Fermented Soybean Paste (2 he, decocted for juice)
Boil together into geng. Add rice flour, pepper, and ginger to season. Best eaten on an empty stomach.
Qi Qi Tang: Treats emotions of worry, joy, cold, heat, and sorrow; phlegm-qi due to diet; internal injury from labor; disharmony of five zang organs; qi deficiency and lack of strength.
Dried Ginger Huang Qin (Scutellaria Root) Hou Po (Magnolia Bark) (or Gui Xin) Ban Xia (Processed) Gan Cao (Licorice) Gua Lou Gen (Trichosanthes Root) (or Chen Pi) Shao Yao (Peony Root) Sheng Di Huang (Fresh Rehmannia) Zhi Shi (Immature Bitter Orange) (remove pith. 2 liang each) Ren Shen (Ginseng) (1 liang) Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia Fruit) (5 he) Chuan Jiao (Sichuan Pepper) (3 liang, or Jie Geng)
Chop ingredients. Take 4 qian per dose. Decoct in 1 cup of water to 70%. Warm take anytime. Three times daily.
Ma Dou San: Treats elderly frailty, spleen weakness, inability to eat. Miraculous for replacing grains and moistening dryness.
Da Dou Huang (Fermented Soybean/Douchi, 2 sheng) Da Ma Zi (Hemp Seed, 3 sheng, roasted yellow)
Grind into powder. Take 1 he per dose. Four to five times daily, amount arbitrary. Sesame can replace hemp seeds.
Wu Zi San: Treats aging, intestinal fluid deficiency, wind-toxin dryness, and constipation.
Huo Ma Ren (Hemp Seed) Zi Su Zi (Perilla Seed) Song Zi (Pine Nut) Xing Ren (Apricot Kernel) (skinless, tipless, double-kernel) Man Jing Zi (Turnip Seed) (if unavailable, sesame is acceptable)
Equal parts, crush well, mix. Grind into paste. Store in sealed container. Take size of a bullet, dissolve in thick honey water. Best eaten with porridge. Once or twice daily prevents constipation; if severe, take frequently up to three times. Avoid roasted, fried, spicy, and hot foods.
Xiao Shi Duan Xia Yuan: Treats coldness and organ laxity/diarrhea. Suitable for all.
Xi Qu (Medicated Leaven, 1 sheng) Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia Fruit) (4 liang) Da Mai (Barley) (1 sheng)
Grind into powder. Honey-pill, size of Sophora seed. Take 50 pills per dose with ginger soup.
Gan Jiang San: Treats stomach cold and inability to eat.
Gan Jiang Qu (Dried Ginger Leaven) Chi (Fermented Soybean) Chuan Jiao (Sichuan Pepper) (remove eyes) Da Mai (Barley) (1 liang each)
Grind into powder. Take 3 qian per dose. Mix with rice soup after meals. Three times daily. Stop when appetite returns.
Bai Xiao Wan: Treats persistent cold wind dizziness, cold invasion, cold hands/feet, stomach/navel cold. First remedy for hundred diseases, five labors, seven injuries to promote appetite, strengthen body, tonify qi, and aid fertility. Miraculous.
Fresh Rehmannia Root (extract juice) Wu Tou (Aconite Root) (150 pieces) Soybeans (3.5 sheng)
Chop Wu Tou. Soak in 1.5 dou of wine mixed with Rehmannia juice until soft. Squeeze out residue. Add beans to the two juices. Sun-dry until New Year's Day. If excess juice remains, continue soaking until juice is exhausted. Start with 2 beans, gradually increase to 20 beans. Take on empty stomach if ill; after meals if healthy. Can be prepared in any season, best in February. Promotes appetite, strengthens qi, aids fertility, turns white hair black, regrows lost teeth. Not for those with prior heat conditions.
Jia Ju San: Treats various head winds, greatly brightens eyes.
Jia Ju Hua (Chrysanthemum Flower) (remove calyx) Shi Gao (Gypsum) (water-ground) Niu Bang Zi (Arctium Fruit)
Equal parts, grind into powder. Take 2 qian per dose. Mix with tea or wine after morning and evening meals.
Dan Shen Wan: Treats lower back pain and cold-bi pain in four limbs.
Dan Shen (Salvia Root) Du Zhong (Eucommia Bark) (stir-fried) Niu Xi (Achyranthes Root) (soaked in wine) Xu Duan (Dipsacus Root) (2 liang each) Gui Xin (Cinnamon Heart) Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger) (2 liang each)
Grind into powder. Honey-pill, size of Sophora seed. Take 30 pills per dose with Zi Su Tang (Perilla Decoction). Twice daily, once at night.
Another Prescription for Lower Back Pain
Bi Xie (Dioscorea Hypoglauca Rhizome) Du Zhong (Eucommia Bark) Gou Qi Gen (Goji Root) (remove woody core. 1 sheng each)
Chop ingredients. Soak in 3 dou of good wine. Seal jar tightly. Boil in copper vessel for one day. Drink freely to intoxication daily without limit.
Bu Huan Jin Mo Suo Nang: Treats generalized wind-toxin dryness/itching, uncontrollable scratching, hand heat, scrofula, hives, or hidden small sores unresponsive to other medicines. I pondered this for years; though not a resurrection formula, it relieves urgent distress. A wonderful method for elderly and young adults with wind-dryness.
Wu Tou (Aconite Root) Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Child) Nan Xing (Pinellia Tuber) (remove skin and navel)
Grind into powder. Soak loofah sponge in rice drink until saturated. Roll in powder, knead evenly, sun-dry. For dryness/itching, rub gently with sponge once; effect is immediate. Reapply if itching recurs; extremely effective.
Chi Fu Ling Wan: Treats red turbid urine.
Ren Shen (Ginseng) Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) Bai Bian Dou (White Hyacinth Bean) (skin removed, steamed. 10 liang each) Chi Fu Ling (Red Poria) (2 liang, cut into chess-piece sizes, soaked in white sand honey, steamed, dried, weighed half portion) Fang Ji (Stephania Root) Shui Zhu Ling (Polyporus) (skin removed. 3 qian each) Gan Ge (Pueraria Root) (3.5 qian each)
Chop ingredients. Take 3 qian per dose. Decoct in 1 cup of water with a little ground Agarwood. Take before meals and before bed.
Bai Long Gu Wan: Treats white turbid urine.
Bai Long Gu (Fossilized Bone/Oyster Shell) Mu Li (Oyster Shell) (large white ones, calcined red)
Equal parts, grind into powder. Paste pill with wine. Size of Sophora seed. Take 15-20 pills per dose with Chi Fu Ling Tang. Cure within 3-5 doses.
Hu Po Wan: Treats elderly patients with urinary retention.
Hu Po (Amber) (good quality red/white)
Grind fine, sieve. Honey-pill, size of Sophora seed. Take 20 pills per dose with Chi Fu Ling Tang. Severe cases: double dosage for immediate relief. For pure blood in urine: take 3 qian powder, decoct with Deng Xin Cao (Rush Pith) soup. Cure within 3-5 doses.
Another Prescription: Che Qian Zi (Plantago Seed), leaves/roots usable. Extract natural juice, half cup, mix with 1 spoonful honey, drink. Immediate relief.
Another Prescription: Treats dribbling strangury pain.
Chi Fu Ling (Red Poria) Ku Zhi (Polygala Root) (0.5 liang each)
Chop. Take 4 qian per dose. Decoct in 2 bowls of water to 1 bowl. Divide into two doses. Immediate relief. Adding Chi Shao Yao (Red Peony Root) is better.
Treating Men and Women with Bao Zhuan (Bladder Displacement) unable to urinate for 8-9 days
Hua Shi (Talcum) Han Shui Shi (Halloysite) Kui Zi (Malva Seed) (0.5 sheng each)
Coarse powder. Take 1.5 liang per dose. Decoct in 1 bowl of water to 70%. Warm take. Stop when effective.
Another Prescription: Treating Bao Zhuan unable to urinate.
Cong Bai (Scallion White) (28 stalks) E Jiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin) (1 liang) Hu Po (Amber) (3 liang) Che Qian Zi (Plantago Seed) (4 liang)
Take 1 liang per dose. Decoct in 1 bowl of water to 80%. Warm take.
Another Prescription: E Jiao 2 liang, decoct in 1 bowl water to 70% and take. Or decoct 5 he of Chi Xiao Dou (Fermented Soybean).
Treating Blood Strangury with dripping pain
Ji Su (Elsholtzia) Hua Shi (Talcum) Tong Cao (Tetrapanax Pith) (1 liang each) Zhu Ye (Bamboo Leaf) (1 bunch) Sheng Di Huang (Fresh Rehmannia) (0.5 jin) Xiao Ji Gen (Cirsium Root) (4 liang)
Chop. Take 1 liang per dose. Decoct in 1 bowl of water to 50%. Strain. Warm take, three times daily.
Another Prescription: Treating previous condition.
Shi Wei (Pyrrosia Leaf) Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis Root) Pu Huang (Typha Pollen) Chi Shao Yao (Red Peony Root) (equal parts)
Grind into powder. Take 2 qian with wine. For high heat: take 3 doses with water.
Another Prescription: Bai Mao Gen (Imperata Rhizome), slice 1 liang, decoct in water, take twice daily.
Another Prescription: Da Dou Ye (Soybean Leaf) 1 bunch, boil juice, take in one dose.
Treating Enuresis and Difficult/Scanty Urination
Mu Li (Oyster Shell) Lu Rong (Deer Antler Velvet) (2 liang each) E Jiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin) (1 liang)
Chop. Take 5 qian per dose. Decoct in 1 cup of water to 80%. Take.
Treating Enuresis Incontinence without Awareness
Mix Dou Jiang Zhi (Soy Sauce Residue) with Zao Tu Mo (Chimney Soot) to size of bean. Insert into urethra. Also treats Bao Zhuan.
Treating Enuresis Involuntary Leakage: Moxibustion on Yinlingquan (SP9), moxa cones according to age.
Shi Chang San: Treats deficiency-cold with slippery diarrhea, undigested food passing straight through.
Use Ping Wei San plus Rou Dou Kou (Nutmeg), He Zi (Chebula Fruit), Sha Ren (Amomum Fruit), Fu Ling (Poria), Ginger, Jujube. Decoct as usual. Take frequently.
Another Treatment for Deficiency-Cold Uncontrollable Slippery Diarrhea
Da Chuan Wu (Large Sichuan Aconite) (processed, skin/navel removed) Chi Shi Zhi (Red Halloysite) (fine powder) Hu Jiao (Black Pepper) powder (0.5 liang each) Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger) powder (processed, 1 liang)
Paste pill with starch, size of Sophora seed. Take 30 pills on empty stomach with rice drink. Stop when effective.
Another Treatment for Kidney Diarrhea (Morning Loose Stool)
Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Berry) (2 liang, stir-fried) Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia Fruit) (0.5 liang, stir-fried) Grind fine. Mix with rice drink. Extremely effective.
Treating Elderly Qi-Deficiency Strangury
Ren Shen (Ginseng) Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) Shan Zhi Ren (Gardenia Seed) Mu Tong (Akebia Stem)
Equal parts, chop. Decoct in water. Take before meals.
Treating Elderly Asthma Prescription
Zhen Su Zi (True Perilla Seed) Bai Jie Zi (White Mustard Seed) Luo Bo Zi (Radish Seed) (equal parts)
Wash clean, lightly stir-fry on paper, crush. Take 3 qian per dose. Wrap in silk, decoct in water, drink as tea. In winter, add 2 jin of fresh ginger.
Er Shen Wan: Treats elderly cold stomach and spleen diarrhea.
Po Gu Zhi (Psoralea Fruit) (4 liang, powder) Rou Dou Kou (Nutmeg) (4 liang, wrapped in leaven, baked, wrapped in paper, pounded to remove oil)
Steam small red jujubes until soft/mashed. Form pills. Take with rice soup.
Treating Elderly Qi-Stagnation Constipation (Large Bowel Obstruction)
Zi Su Zi (Perilla Seed) Ma Zi Ren (Hemp Seed) (equal parts)
Crush well, filter juice with water. Cook into porridge and eat.
Secret Six Harmony Pill (Liu He Wan): Benefits elderly, supports the weak, assists spleen, invigorates blood, promotes appetite. The most balanced formula.
Shu Di Huang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) Po Gu Zhi (Psoralea Fruit) Tu Si Zi (Cuscuta Seed) Bai Fu Ling (White Poria) Shan Yao (Chinese Yam) (10 liang each) Hu Tao (Walnut) (50 nuts)
First, soak Shu Di Huang, Po Gu Zhi, and Tu Si Zi in wine overnight. Then steam over rice cooker during breakfast, sun-dry at noon. Repeat "nine soakings, nine steamings, nine dryings" until thoroughly dry. Next, pound Bai Fu Ling and Shan Yao in mortar to fine powder. Grind walnuts finely. Mix all five flavors evenly. Use wine-fermented dough to form pills, size of Sophora seed.
Take 30 pills on empty stomach with warm wine and salted soup. This formula avoids iron vessels, which is why it is excellent.
Shen Xian Bu Lao Wan: This formula not only darkens beard/hair but greatly warms/nourishes Ying and Wei, tonifies five zang, harmonizes six fu, nourishes hundred vessels, moistens three jiao, invigorates blood, assists qi, adds essence, and solidifies marrow. Must practice sexual restraint to enhance efficacy. Verse: *The immortal anti-aging formula works wonders, preserving youth without effort. Ginseng, Achyranthes, Morinda, Angelica, and Eucommia are included. Raw and Prepared Rehmannia used together, Dodder, Biota Seed, Acorus added. Goji fruit and bark included. Ground fine, honey-pills, Sophora-sized. Taken thrice daily: morning, noon, bedtime. Salt soup or warm wine as desired. Avoid 'Three Whites' and all blood meats; keeps beard and hair black.*
Ren Shen (Ginseng) (2 liang) Niu Xi (Achyranthes Root) (remove rhizome, wash with wine, dry-roast, 1.5 liang) Chuan Ba Ji (Morinda Root) (wine-soak, wash remove heart, dry-roast, 2 liang) Chuan Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis Root) (wine-wash, 2 liang) Du Zhong (Eucommia Bark) (remove skin, slice, stir-fry with bran until fibers break, 1.5 liang) Sheng/Shu Di Huang (Fresh/Prepared Rehmannia) (1 liang each. Soak in wine overnight, cut with bamboo knife, dry-roast, powder) Tu Si Zi (Cuscuta Seed) (wash off floating ones, wine-soak, boil soft, make cake, dry-roast, powder, 2 liang) Bai Zi Ren (Biota Seed) (separately ground, mix in later, 1 liang) Shi Chang Pu (Acorus Rhizome) (slice, 1 liang) Gou Qi Zi (Goji Berry) (wine-soak, dry-roast, weigh, 1 liang) Di Gu Pi (Lycium Bark) (wine-wash, remove floating skin, slice, dry-roast, 1 liang)
Select twelve ingredients carefully. Process correctly. Do not sun-dry; use slow fire roasting. High heat destroys medicinal properties. Dry to 80%, then blow in wind to cool/heat shock for complete dryness. Weigh accurately, grind to fine dust. Refine white honey, mix over fire/sunlight. Pound in wooden/stone mortar hundreds of times. Form pills, size of Sophora seed. Take 70 pills per dose, three times daily (empty stomach, noon, bedtime) with warm wine and salted soup. Avoid Scallion White, Leek White, Radish, Bean Flour, and Lotus Root (blood meats). Lotus root breaks blood; blood meats neutralize drug power. 'Three Whites' cause beard/hair to turn white.