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Wuzi Yanzong Wan (Five-Seed Progeny-Proliferating Pill): When men take this medicine, it can increase semen and nourish the marrow, unblock and facilitate Kidney Qi. Regardless of whether the Lower Jiao presents with deficiency or excess, cold or heat syndromes, taking it will naturally balance and secure Yin and Yang. This formula is uniquely praised as the number one prescription in ancient and modern times; there are even sayings that families who have taken this medicine for generations have seen their descendants proliferate so much that they formed villages, hence the name "Yan Zong" (Proliferating Lineage).

Ingredients and Preparation: Gansu Goji Berry (Gouqi) 8 liang, Dodder Seed (Tusizi) 8 liang (boiled in wine, pounded into cakes, and baked dry), North Schisandra Fruit (Beiwuweizi) 2 liang, Plantago Seed (Cheqianzi) 2 liang (lightly stir-fried and ground), Raspberry (Fupenzi) 4 liang (washed clean with wine). The above ingredients are processed into fine powder, mixed with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed. Take 90 pills on an empty stomach and 50 pills before bed, swallowed with boiling water. Regarding preparation timing: In spring, select Bing/Ding/Si/Wu days; in summer, select Wu/Ji/Chen/Xu/Chou/Wei days; in autumn, select Ren/Gui/Hai/Zi days; in winter, select Jia/Yi/Yin/Mao days.

Xusi Jiangsheng Dan (Continuing Offspring Descending Birth Pill) (also known as Shouxian Fang): For women whose innate constitution is weak, with a deficient and cold uterus, taking this medicine enables conception.

Ingredients and Preparation: Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) (washed with wine), Cinnamon Twig Heart (Guixin) (each 1 liang), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng) (5 qian), Tiantai Cyperus Rhizome (Tiantai Wuyao), Gentian Root (Qinjiao), Eucommia Bark (Duzhong) (washed with wine and stir-fried until fibers break), Dragon Bone (Longgu), Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu), Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit (Yizhiren), Spirit of Poria (Fushen) (each 1 liang), Acorus Tatarinowii Rhizome (Shichangpu) (cleaned of hairs), Asarum Root (Xixin) (stir-fried with soil), Platycodon Root (Jiegeng), Pinellia Tuber (Banxia) (processed), Cyathula Root (Chuanniuxi) (soaked in wine), White Peony Root (Baishaoyao) (each 5 qian), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang) (1 liang, half raw and half roasted), Sichuan Pepper (Chuanjiao) (1 liang, eyes removed), Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi) (one piece, weighing 8 qian, hole dug in the navel center the size of a soapberry, containing 1 qian of Cinnabar, wrapped in wet paper and roasted), Oyster Shell (Muli) (large pieces from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, soaked in urine of young boys for 49 days, changed every five days, taken out, coated thoroughly with powder of 1 liang of Sulfur soaked in wine, then wrapped in skin paper, soaked warm in rice vinegar, sealed thickly with salt mud, dried, and calcined with 5 jin of charcoal. Only 2 liang are used per batch, the rest are stored for later use). The above ingredients are processed into fine powder. The Cinnabar from inside the Fuzi is reserved as the pill coating. Rice flour paste made with wine is used to form pills the size of a paulownia seed. Take 30 pills per dose, gradually increasing to 70 pills, swallowed on an empty stomach with light vinegar soup, or warm wine/salt soup.

Yannian Yisi Dan (Extending Life and Continuing Offspring Pill): Tonifies Yuan Qi, benefits essence, and darkens hair.

Ingredients and Preparation: Ginseng Root (Renshen), Ophiopogon Tuber (Tianmendong) (soaked in wine, heart removed, baked dry), Liriope Tuber (Maimendong) (same treatment, each 3 liang), Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudihuang) (soaked in wine and pounded, 2 liang), Raw Rehmannia Root (Shengdihuang) (2 liang, baked dry), White Poria (Bailingfu) (5 liang, soaked in wine and sun-dried), Lycium Bark (Digupi) (5 liang, washed clean with wine), Polygonum Multiflorum Root (Heshouwu) (fresh, half a jin). First, cut Heshouwu into slices using a bamboo knife, removing the skin; if dry, soak in rice wash water until soft before cutting. Place 1 jin of black mutton and 3 he of black beans in a clay pot. Add water to cover, place a grate on top, and put the Heshouwu and mutton on the grate. Cook until tender. Seal the pot lid tightly to prevent steam escape. Take out, dry, and grind into powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed. Take 50 pills per dose on an empty stomach with warm wine.

Renzhi Wan: This medicine must be prepared on a Ren day.

Ingredients and Preparation: Bletilla Rhizome (Baiji), Ampelopsis Rhizome (Bailian), Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu), White Poria (Bailingfu) (each 1 liang), Achyranthes Root (Niuxi), Asarum Root (Xixin), Acorus Rhizome (Changpu), White Aconite Root (Baifuzi), Cinnamon Twig Heart (Guixin) (each 5 qian), Magnolia Bark (Houpo), Ginseng Root (Renshen), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) (each 4 liang), Frankincense (Ruxiang) (2 liang), Myrrh (Moyao) (3 liang). Process into fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a bean. Take 10 pills per dose on an empty stomach with warm wine.

Dazao Wan: Treats all deficiency conditions in men and women, regardless of age. It is suitable for those with inherently weak constitutions, or those who have overindulged in sexual activity, resulting in impotence, sallow complexion, fatigue in speech and movement, and severe deficiency of Qi and Blood. For women with irregular menstruation and difficulty conceiving, this formula is extremely effective.

Ingredients and Preparation: Placenta (Ziheche) (one unit, washed clean with rice wash water, sandwiched between two new tiles, dried, and ground into powder. Produced from the first birth is best, but if the woman is robust, it is also excellent. Common belief values only fresh births, not realizing that if the woman is weak and Qi-deficient, it offers little benefit to the newborn.) Tortoise Shell (Guiban) (2 liang, soaked in urine of young boys for three days, fried with butter until yellow. Nourishes the Kidney, clears bone-steaming heat, strengthens waist and knees.) Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai) (1.5 liang, stir-fried with salt and wine until brown. Nourishes the Kidney, drains latent fire in the Lower Jiao, treats flaccidity and coldness.) Raw Rehmannia Root (Shengdihuang) (2.5 liang, choose plump roots, add 6 qian Amomum Fructus Rotundus (Sharen) and 2 liang White Poria (Baifuling), place in a thin silk bag, boil in a clay pot, adding good wine about 3-4 times until dry. Remove Poria and Amomum. Using Rehmannia alone invigorates blood, cools blood, and clears five-palm heat.) Ginseng Root (Renshen) (1 liang, generates fluids, tonifies middle and benefits Qi, calms the spirit.) Ophiopogon Tuber (Tianmendong) (heart removed, 1.2 qian. Protects Lung Qi, nourishes skin and muscles, clears dryness and heat.)

In summer, add 7 qian of Schisandra Fruit (Wuweizi); one variation adds 1 liang of Liriope Tuber (Maimendong). For women, add Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) and remove Tortoise Shell (Guiban). For male seminal emission or female leukorrhea, add 1.5 liang of Oyster Shell (Muli).

Soak the Rehmannia in wine until soft, pound into a paste in a stone mortar. Grind the other ingredients into powder, mix with the Rehmannia paste, and bind with rice paste stirred with wine to form pills the size of a small bean. Take 80-90 pills per dose on an empty stomach with salt soup; in winter, use wine.

Huanshen Erqi Dan: Beautifies the face, strengthens sinews and bones, replenishes essence and marrow, darkens beard and hair, and long-term use leads to immortality.

Ingredients and Preparation: Polygonum Multiflorum Root (Heshouwu) (avoid iron vessels), Black Mulberry Fruit (Heishenzi), Raw Rehmannia Root (Shengdihuang), Eclipta Herb (Hanliancao) (the above four are fresh, pounded in a stone mortar, extracting half a jin of juice each), Deer Antler Glue (Lujiao Jiao), Fresh Ginger Juice (Shengjiangzhi), White Honey (Baimi) (each half a jin), Polygonatum Rhizome (Huangjing) (nine steamed and nine sun-dried cycles), Ginseng Root (Renshen), White Poria (Baifuling), Small Fennel Fruit (Xiaohuixiang), Goji Berry (Gouqizi), Deer Antler Powder (Lujiaoshuang) (each 4 liang), Sichuan Pepper (Qinjiao) (1 liang. All ground into powder together).

Refine the honey separately. Boil the juices into a paste, then mix in the honey. Add the powders of the six herbs (Ginseng, etc.), mix evenly, and store in a new porcelain jar. Take 2-3 spoons mixed with warm wine at any time; in summer, mix with plain water.

Verse:
Huanshen Erqi Dan, passed down as a divine secret.
Its aroma and flavor tonify essence and Yuan Qi, filling heaven and earth with creation.
Without virtue, trust is hard to find; only with fortune can one partake.
Black mulberry and Polygonum multiflorum, deer antler glue and honey.
Raw Rehmannia, Eclipta, and ginger, all require eight taels of juice.
Polygonatum is half a jin; consuming fresh aids ascension.
The pearl from the top of the spotted dragon nourishes the marrow of the Guan region.
Ginseng, Atractylodes, small fennel, Sichuan pepper, and goji berries.
The above are weighed at four taels, while pepper is about one tael.
Mixed with juice to make paste, stored in porcelain vessels.
Three spoons morning and evening, adjusted with warm wine to slight intoxication.
Old yet vigorous, white hair turns to lacquer.
Long use brings one close to immortality; do not share with unworthy persons.

Jiawei Yangrong Wan: This medicine helps women conceive quickly and prevents miscarriage.

Ingredients and Preparation: Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudihuang), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) (washed with wine), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu) (each 3 liang), White Peony Root (Baishaoyao), Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (stir-fried, each 1.5 liang), Ginseng Root (Renshen), Poria (Fuling), Cyperus Rhizome (Xiangfuzi), Tangerine Peel (Chenpi) (white part removed), Liriope Tuber (Maimendong), Fritillaria Bulb (Beimu) (each 1 liang), Donkey-hide Gelatin (Ejiao) (fried into pearls, 7 qian), Roasted Licorice Root (Zhigancao) (5 qian), Black Soybean (Heidou) (49 grains, fried and shelled). Process into fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed. Take 80 pills per dose before meals with warm wine or salt soup. Avoid eating animal blood products.

Shenxiao Mo Fu Wan: Specifically treats women with long-term infertility, irregular menstruation, and repeated miscarriages, with excellent efficacy.

Ingredients and Preparation: Cyperus Rhizome (Xiangfumie) (1 jin, processed in four ways: soaked overnight and one day in wine, vinegar, urine of young boys, and rice wash water respectively, then drained, sun-dried). Cotton Mugwort Leaf (Mian Aiye) (stalks removed, 4 liang, boiled dry with two large bowls of vinegar together with Cyperus, pounded, shaped into coin-sized cakes, baked dry on new tiles, and ground). High-quality Soot Ink (Shangpin Qingyanmo) (1 liang, fired until smoke ceases, quenched in vinegar). Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudihuang) (steamed over rice), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Ginseng Root (Renshen), White Poria (Baifuling), Southern Costus Root (Nanmuxiang) (each 1 liang). Process into fine powder, bind with paste to form pills the size of a paulownia seed. Take 50-60 pills per dose on an empty stomach with warm wine.

Fengchu Wan: Use a pair of black-boned chickens from the first clutch, raising them together without mixing with other chickens. When the hen lays eggs, mark a circle on the crown of the first chick hatched. When the chicks multiply and need brooding, open a hole in the first chick according to the mark. Put 3 qian of Cinnabar (Chensha) and powders of Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Peony Root (Shaoyao), Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), and Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudihuang) (each 2 qian) into the yolk after pouring it out. Mix the medicine powder, return it to the shell. If not all fits, use another shell. Seal both with thick paper and incubate them with other eggs. When the chicks hatch, remove the medicinal egg, discard the shell, mix the contents with refined honey to form pills. Take 30-40 pills on an empty stomach with good wine; once the medicine is finished, pregnancy will occur.

Heshouwu Wan:
Polygonum Multiflorum Root (Heshouwu) (3 jin, sliced with a bamboo knife), Achyranthes Root (Niuxi) (1 jin, washed with wine, chopped).
Wash 1 dou of black beans. Place a steamer basket, line the bottom thinly with beans, then thinly with Heshouwu, then beans again, then Niuxi. Layer repeatedly, place on a cauldron, and steam until beans are cooked. Remove beans, dry the herbs, replace beans, and repeat steaming and drying. After drying twice, remove beans, grind herbs into powder, and bind with steamed jujube flesh to form pills the size of a paulownia seed. Take 50 pills per dose before meals with warm wine. Avoid radish, green onion, and garlic.

Sizhi Xiangfu Wan: Regulates menstruation, nourishes blood, smooths Qi to facilitate conception.

Ingredients and Preparation: Cyperus Rhizome (Xiangfumie) (1 jin, processed as before), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) (washed with wine), Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudihuang) (washed with wine), White Peony Root (Baishaoyao) (stir-fried with wine), Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong) (each 4 liang), Lygodium Spore (Zelan Ye), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Tangerine Peel (Chenpi) (each 2 liang), Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai) (stir-fried with wine), Licorice Root (Gancao) (stir-fried with wine, each 1 liang). Process into fine powder, bind with wine paste to form pills the size of a paulownia seed. Take 70 pills per dose on an empty stomach with plain water.

(From *Mifang*) Shenxiao Baizi Wan:
Bright and pure Sulfur (Liu Huang) (1 liang, boiled for one day in a copper pot with Licorice decoction, taken out, dried in shade, and ground into flour-like powder).
Bind with paste to form pills the size of a paulownia seed, approximately 200 pills. Whenever a woman's menstruation has ended, take 25 pills on an empty stomach with wine. On the next day, take 35 pills. On the third day, take 40 pills. After finishing 100 pills, intercourse will lead to conception. Menstruation should stop the following month; if it resumes, take another 100 pills of the previous prescription as directed, and pregnancy will surely occur. Thereafter, one may take blood-cooling and nourishing agents to secure the fetus and ensure maternal peace. This formula is infallible; do not neglect it because it is simple. Conception requires warm blood; Sulfur merely warms the blood. Some say it is hot and slightly toxic; boiling it in Licorice decoction controls its nature. Taking cooling and blood-nourishing agents after pregnancy clears the source, achieving the ultimate treatment. Such formulation shows profound understanding.

(From *Dadian*) Zhengxin Wan: Treats women who envy outsiders due to their husband's lack of offspring. Just as beautiful women enter the house and young wives become jealous, or upright officials enter court and petty people become envious, regular use of this medicine rectifies the mind and prevents jealousy.

Ingredients and Preparation: Ophiopogon Tuber (Tianmendong) (heart removed), Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit (Yizhiren) (each 2 liang), Red Millet (Chishumi) (husked and lightly stir-fried), Coix Seed (Yiyiren) (stir-fried, each 4 liang), Spirit of Poria (Fushen) (wood removed), Lily Bulb (Baihe) (each 1 liang). Process into fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed. Women who take this regularly will not be jealous and will have children. Take 90 pills per dose, far from meals, with plain water.

(From *Dadian*) Shengjin Wan: Treats women with long-term deficiency leading to infertility, and all ailments during pregnancy and postpartum. Also treats men with lower deficiency and weakness.
This medicine calms the fetus and induces labor. Pregnant women near term take 5-7 pills to reduce pain during delivery. For women without pregnancy and cold uterus, taking it for 20 days allows male or female fetuses to arrive naturally.
It also treats chronic Qi and Blood deficiency, numbness in hands and feet, hemiplegia, red and white leukorrhea, uterine bleeding like a landslide, postpartum abdominal knotting pain, vomiting and heart pain, dead fetus in the womb, periumbilical pain, fullness and irritability, absence of sweat, amenorrhea, edema and weakness in limbs, blood consumption and deficiency consumption, urinary incontinence, stroke with inability to speak, locked jaw, postpartum dysentery, diabetes (Xiaoke), seeing ghosts, fainting, counterflow of stagnant blood, alternating chills and fever, headache, sallow complexion, strangury diseases, excessive vaginal bleeding, bloody dysentery that does not stop, loss of taste, postpartum cold damage, deficiency irritability and fatigue, postpartum blood masses, postpartural emaciation. For all women's diseases, regardless of duration, this is suitable. Also known as Buhuanjin Wan or Nvjin Dan.

Ingredients and Preparation: Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) (washed with wine), Peony Root (Shaoyao), Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Ginseng Root (Renshen), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu) (stir-fried), White Poria (Baifuling), Roasted Licorice Root (Zhigancao), Anemarrhena Rhizome (Baiwei) (washed with wine), Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi), Red Kaolin (Chishizhi), Moutan Cortex (Mudanpi), Corydalis Rhizome (Yanhusuo), Cinnamon Twig Heart (Guixin), Ligusticum Wallichii Rhizome (Ben), Myrrh (Moyao) (each 1 liang. Except for Red Kaolin and Myrrh which are ground separately, the rest are ground in two batches). Cyperus Rhizome (Xiangfuzi) (soaked in vinegar for three days, stir-fried until fragrant, sun-dried, and ground, 15 liang).
Process the sixteen ingredients into powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a bullet, seal in silver or porcelain containers. Take seven pills per dose, dissolve one pill in warm wine on an empty stomach, and eat dry food to suppress it. One course consists of 49 pills, taken until menstruation regulates and conception occurs. During pregnancy, take one pill every 3-5 days; postpartum, take one pill every 2-3 days, preferably with vinegar soup.

(From *Miyan*) Jitou Zhou Duozi Shenxiao Fang:
Chinese Yam Nut (Qianshi Rou) (1 dou, clean), White Sorghum Grain (Bai Liang Mi) (2 sheng), Lotus Seed (Lianrou) (soaked, peeled, cored, and baked dry), Coix Seed (Yiyiren) (fresh), Huaiqing Dioscorea Rhizome (Huaiqing Dry Shanyao) (ground, each 1 sheng).
Process into powder, mix uniformly according to proportions, and store together. In summer, use 3 sheng of Qianshi as the main ingredient and reduce other powders, likely to prevent loss of qi during long storage. Every morning on an empty stomach, mix 1-2 he of powder with rice soup, cook in a silver pot until porridge-like consistency, add two spoons of white sugar. A clay pot can be used if no silver pot is available, but avoid copper or iron pots. Eat 1-2 bowls as breakfast. Do not interrupt usage; effectiveness appears after half a year. Herbal medicines do not need continuous long-term use.
This specifically regulates the Spleen and Stomach; when Earth is prosperous, it generates all things. Essence, Qi, and Spirit are born from Spleen Earth. It is impossible for Spleen Earth to be weak while Essence is abundant. When Earth is prosperous and Essence is full, children come naturally. This formula seems simple, yet surpasses others. Experience confirms its efficacy; even in old age, it strengthens spirit and health.