脉
气虚脉细，或缓而无力，右手弱；血虚脉大，或数而无力，左
手弱；阳虚脉迟；阴虚脉弦；真气虚脉紧。男子久病，气口脉弱则死，强则生；女人久病，人迎强则生，弱则死。
证
夫虚者，虚损也。《难经》所谓五损脉者，亦因虚而致损也。一损损于皮毛，皮聚而毛落；二损损于血
脉，血脉虚少，不能荣于五脏六腑；三损损于肌肉，肌肉消瘦，饮食不为肌肤；四损损于筋，筋缓不能自
收持；五损损于骨，骨痿不能起于床。反此者，至脉之病也。从上下者，骨痿不能起于床者死；从下上者，
皮聚而毛落者死。治损之法奈何？然损其肺者，益其气；损其心者；调其荣卫；损其脾者，调其饮食，适其
寒温；损其肝者，缓其中；损其肾者，益其精。此治损之大法也。夫诸虚与劳极，未始不由气体虚弱，心肾
有亏，水火不自升降而致也。或为寒、暑、劳役所伤，或因色欲过度，俱能戕贼真气，以致肌体羸瘦，腰
膝无力，小便频数，大便滑泄，目眩耳聋，遗精自汗。甚则虚火上攻，面赤发喘，此皆诸虚之证也。劳极者，
七情伤乎五脏也。尽力谋虑，劳伤乎肝，应乎筋极；曲运神机，劳伤乎心，应乎脉极；意外过思，劳伤
乎脾，应乎肉极；遇事而忧，劳伤乎肺，应乎气极；矜持志节，劳伤于肾，应乎骨极。此五劳应乎五极者也。
劳极精气，变生诸证。
治
治疗之法，当随五脏六腑寒热调之。经曰；形不足者，温之以气；精不足者，补之以味。然滋补之药，贵
乎平如，不可骤用峻补、丹石燥热之剂。恐肾水枯竭，虚火愈炽。惟当斟酌轻重而用之，斯得之矣。
方
四君子汤 大补阳气虚衰。
人参（一钱） 白术（二钱，炒） 白茯苓（一钱） 甘草（炙，一钱）
上锉一剂，姜、枣煎服。有痰加陈皮、半夏，名六君子汤。按∶是方治气分之圣药也，用人参补元气，
白术健脾胃，甘草和中，茯苓淡渗，引参下行，补下焦元气。气乃无形之气，属乎阳，
乃君子之象焉，故名四君子汤。
四物汤 大补阴血虚损。
生地黄（二钱） 当归（二钱） 川芎（一钱） 白芍药（炒，一钱半）
上锉一剂，水煎服。按∶是方治血分之圣药也，用当归引血归肝经，川芎引血归肺经，芍药引血归脾经，
地黄引血归肾经。惟心生血，肝纳血，脾统血，肺行血，肾藏血，男子化而为精，女子
化而为月水。血乃有形之物，属乎阴，故名四物汤。
八物汤 大补气血两虚。
四君子汤合四物汤，姜三片，枣二枚，水煎服。
十全大补汤 治气血两虚，兼助阳固卫。
八物汤加肉桂一钱，黄 一钱，姜、枣水煎服。
人参养荣汤 治积劳虚损，四肢倦怠，肌肉消瘦，面少颜色，
汲汲短气，饮食无味。
人参（一钱） 当归（一钱） 陈皮（一钱） 黄 （蜜炙，一钱） 桂心（一钱） 白术
（一钱） 甘草（炙，一钱） 白芍药（二钱） 熟地（酒浸，二钱） 茯苓（一钱） 五味子（七
分） 远志（去心，炒，五分）
上锉一剂，姜三片，枣二枚，水煎服。
固真饮子 治中年以上之人阴阳两虚，元气不足，头每痛，日
晡微热，少食力倦，精气时脱，腰痛 酸，服之者，每得良效。
人参（一钱） 干山药（一钱） 当归身（一钱） 熟地黄（二钱五分） 黄柏（炒，一
钱） 白术（五分） 泽泻（五分） 山茱萸肉（五分） 补骨脂（五分） 五味子（十粒）
陈皮（八分） 白茯苓（八分） 杜仲（炒，断丝，七分） 甘草（炙，七分）
上锉一剂，水煎服。
九仙酒（太医院传） 治诸虚百损。
八物汤四两，加甘州枸杞子八两，用生姜二两，枣十枚，煮好酒一坛，不拘时随量饮，大有补益。
六味地黄丸 治形体瘦弱，无力多困，肾气久虚，寝汗发热，五脏亏损，遗精便血，消渴淋浊等
症。此药不燥不寒，专补左尺肾水，兼理脾胃，少年水亏火旺，阴虚之症，最宜服之。
泽泻（二两） 淮熟地黄（八两，姜汁炒） 干山药（酒蒸，四两） 山茱萸（酒
蒸，去核，四两） 白茯苓（三两） 牡丹皮（去骨，三两）
上为细末，炼蜜为丸，如梧桐子大。每七十丸，空心白汤下。
妇人血虚无子，此方更效。须加醋炒香附、当归各二两。虚劳加紫河车一具，蒸烂捣为丸。阴虚火动，加
酒炒黄柏、知母各二两。心肾不交，消渴引饮，加麦门冬三两、五味子二两。腰膝痛，加酒洗牛膝，姜炒
杜仲各三两。小便夜多，去泽泻，加盐酒炒益智仁三两。兼补右尺相火，加制附子、童便煮官桂各二两。
遗精，加牡蛎三两。嗽，加五味子三两。
神仙既济丹（少保刘公方） 专补诸虚百损，五劳七伤，滋肾水，降心火，补脾土。添精髓，益气和
血，壮筋骨，润肌肤，聪耳明目，开心益智，强阴壮阳，延年益寿。此药性气温而不热，清而不寒，
久服则坎离相济，阴阳协和，火不炎而神自清，水不渗而精自固。此平补之圣药也。
山药（酒蒸，三两） 牛膝（酒洗，三两） 杜仲（酥炙，二两） 巴戟（汤泡，二两）
五味子（二两） 白茯苓（二两） 枸杞（酒洗，二两） 小茴（盐水炒，二两） 苁蓉（酒
洗，二两） 山茱萸（酒蒸，去核，晒干，二两） 石菖蒲（去毛，二两） 远志（甘草水
泡，去骨，晒干，二两） 黄柏（酒炒，四两） 知母（去毛，酒炒，二两） 生地（酒蒸，
二两） 熟地（酒蒸，二两） 麦冬（去心，二两） 人参（去芦，二两） 菟丝子（酒煮烂，
捣成饼，焙干，二两） 甘菊（酒洗，二两） 山栀子（炒黑，二两） 广橘红（一两） 天
冬（汤泡，二两） 当归（酒洗，二两） 龙骨（火 过，二两）
上为末，炼蜜，和枣肉为丸，如梧桐子大。每服七八十丸，空心淡盐汤送下。
天王补心丹 宁心益志，壮力强精，安神魂，定惊悸怔忡，祛烦热，化痰涎稠浊。
熟地（二两，酒洗） 白茯苓（二两） 丹参（二两） 柏子仁（去壳，二两） 百部
（二两） 石菖蒲（二两） 牛膝（酒洗，二两） 杜仲（酥炙，去丝，二两） 当归（酒洗，二
两） 枣仁（炒，二两） 玄参（二两） 天门冬（去心，二两） 五味子（二两） 人参（二两）
白茯神（二两） 远志（甘草水泡，二两） 桔梗（一两） 甘草（一两） 麦门冬（一两）
上为细末，炼蜜为丸如弹子大，金箔为衣。每服一丸，临卧灯心、红枣煎汤，细嚼送下。
接命膏 治气血虚弱，痰火上升，及中风不语，左瘫右痪，腰疼膝痛，动履不便，一切虚损。
人乳（二盏，肥白女人内外无热者佳） 梨汁（一盏）
上二味，倾入银锡旋中，置沸汤内顿滚，有黄沫起，开清为度。每五更后一服，大能消痰补血。
三才大补膏（刘太府传）
生地黄（一斤） 熟地黄（一斤） 天门冬（四两） 麦门冬（四两） 人参（四两）
甘枸杞（四两） 牛膝（四两） 何首乌（八两）
上 咀，勿犯铁器，同入大砂锅内，用水二十碗，煎至七碗，取汁别贮，渣如前再煮九次，共得汁七
十碗，滤渣极净，别用中等砂锅，入汁七碗，慢火煎熬，耗汁一碗，方添一碗，六十三碗皆添
尽，则汁已浓矣，盖抵得汁六碗，却用山白蜜去蜡，可一斤半，同前药入砂锅内，重汤煮汁，滴水不散，则
成膏矣。瓷罐盛之，埋土中七日，取出，如前再煮一昼夜，再埋一宿，乃分贮小罂内封固，以次取用。自煎至
煮，但用桑柴火，药本寻常，妙在火候。不拘时以醇酒调服，味美而功多。若惩怂窒欲之人，又深居简出，
时服此膏，亦可以擅其天年矣。七年之艾，不可不早为之用也。
天真接命丹（方上异人传）
用无病室女月经，首行者为最次，二次者为中次，四、五次为下，然亦可用。取法∶以黑铅打一具，形
如黄衣冠子样，俟月信动时，即以此具令老媪置阴户上，以绢幅兜住，接具取起，顿瓷器
中，再用前具再取，约二、三钟许，澄沉底，红如朱砂，此为母气真元也。其面如黄色浮起，此为发水也。即
用绵纸轻轻拖渗去。却用极细白净好茯苓为末，用熟水浮去木屑，取沉底者晒干，捣入红铅中，如和面然，多
寡软硬，以意消息。打作薄薄饼子，阴干待用，不可犯铁器。既干，研成细末，以麻黄一大把，锉煎成极
浓膏子，用绵布绞滤去渣，入前末中，以成丸为度。如绿豆大，以老坑辰砂，研细末为衣，用银药罐盛之
收存，以黄蜡封口。每服五十
丸，或七、八十丸；服后静坐无风处所，略有微汗验。药性流行，充溢四肢、经络、皮毛之间。如服后
发热作渴，此元气虚，药性到也。须服乳汁数盏以止之。服药后，三日内蔬食，不可吃油腻之物。此药进二、
三次，或越三五年，又进二、三次，立见气力焕发，精神异常。草木之药千百服，不如此药一、二服。盖人
自十六岁已往，精气渐减，不但男女之欲足以损败，一与事应，则视听言动，皆耗散精气之原。故禅氏面壁，
仙家坐关。此药采自人身，产从元始，非若金石草木之有偏胜，实可全挽回造化之功。养生君子，珍之重之。
阳炼秋石法（京师传）
童便一缸，牙皂煎水二、三碗，用柳条乱搅起白泡，用勺撇去，随搅随撇，令泡尽澄清许久。上去其泡，
下去其垢腻，惟取中间清水，入锅内煎熬。用木柴火，先文后武，熬二、三碗，又加童便半锅，又熬至干，
又加又熬，至缸中童便尽乃止。熬至焦干，入香油一碗，从锅周遭倾入锅底，用极猛火烧过透红无油气，连
锅掇起，放地上，待冷一时，自然成块而起，研罗细末，用净水二碗，入内搅匀，如米汤样。澄一、二日，再
搅起，倾入好雪白连四纸十数层盛药下，用竹篾为梢箕，水浸一宿，去竹内黄水令净，将纸放竹箕内，下用瓷
器盛之。滤下极清水，于瓷器内滤令干，收入锅内，将纸渣再入水搅，如上法滤之。将先滤清水，用广锅一
口，以缸瓦打磨令光如银白，入内用炭火熬，令干为度。抓起放纸上，再
将锅又打磨净，又熬第二次清水如上法，只要洁净，得如雪之白。
阴炼秋石法（京师传）
用童男童女便各二桶，入半旧瓦缸内，入净水一桶，柳棍搅千余下，澄半日，待清括去清者半桶，又入水
一桶，如前搅、澄，却括一桶。如此七日，一日两次，共十四次，将清水尽倾去，止留秋
石，倾放皮纸上，下用杉木板，或柏木板，盛贮晒干。或日晒夜露，取其日精月华；或以人乳拌晒，入
丸药内；或单用枣肉为丸，如梧桐子大。每服五七十丸，空心好酒送下。大有补益，善降虚火，其功不可尽述。
取红铅法
用室女经血，或首经最佳。以布帛用烧酒洗过晒干用之，以乌梅水澄之，取出，入乳香末少许，乳汁
为丸，如樱桃大。每噙一丸，取女人气一口，乳汁送下。治诸虚百损，五劳七伤，神效。
神仙伏气秘法（刘云传）
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先于辰戌时，行安命之功，于右鼻进药吹气。
十六 十四 十二 十 八 六 四止
次日寅时，行进阳火之功，于左鼻进药吹气。
三 五 七 九 十一 十三 十五 十七止
于戌时退阴符，仍照行十六至四止。
每行之时，先令病患仰面平枕，口噙热水，或乳香酒一口，然后令童女照前数吹之。吹法∶先取红铅，
用未破身童女所行经脉，以夏布揉洗令净，或净花亦可，榐下晒干。如用时，将热童便洗下，晒干收起。临
用时，以童便化开，滴于 小头口边，入鼻内，将大头令童女口噙，使力吹之，如上法。病患候吹气
即吸入。童女忌葱、蒜、酸，辣之物，久久行之，能接补天年。行后如觉内热，
可服人乳，即能解之。
三元丹 补虚损，接天年。
红铅（一两） 人乳（一两） 乳香（一钱） 辰砂（一钱） 秋石（一钱，用童便入瓦器
内，用扫净新砖数块入内，浸七日取出，冬天放阴地上，夏月埋土内，要极深，日久自生白石，扫下用）
上共为细末，即以人乳调和，将鸡蛋一枚，磕一孔，倾出清、黄不用，纸展干净，将药末入内，封
固紧密，放群蛋内，抱三七日取出，丸如梧桐子大，金箔为衣。如干，再添入乳汁为丸。
每服三丸，人乳送下，五更空心服，汗出至足为度，不可见风。
Pulse Diagnosis
When Qi is deficient, the pulse is fine (thin), or slow and forceless, with a weak right-hand pulse; when Blood is deficient, the pulse is large, or rapid and forceless, with a weak left-hand pulse; when Yang is deficient, the pulse is slow; when Yin is deficient, the pulse is wiry; when True Qi is deficient, the pulse is tight. In men with chronic illness, a weak Cun Kou (Inch Pulse at the radial artery) indicates a fatal prognosis, while a strong pulse indicates survival; in women with chronic illness, a strong Ren Ying (Carotid pulse) indicates survival, while a weak pulse indicates a fatal prognosis.
Symptoms
"Deficiency" refers to deficiency damage. The five types of damaged pulses mentioned in the *Nan Jing* (Classic of Difficult Issues) are also caused by deficiency leading to damage. First degree damage affects the skin and hair, manifesting as contracted skin and falling hair; second degree damage affects the blood vessels, manifesting as deficient and scanty blood vessels that cannot nourish the Zang-Fu organs; third degree damage affects the muscles, manifesting as emaciated muscles where food intake fails to generate flesh; fourth degree damage affects the sinews, manifesting as flaccid sinews unable to maintain posture; fifth degree damage affects the bones, manifesting as bone atrophy and inability to rise from bed. Opposite to these are diseases progressing from below upwards. In conditions progressing downwards, bone atrophy and inability to rise from bed indicate a fatal prognosis; in conditions progressing upwards, contracted skin and falling hair indicate a fatal prognosis. How should damage be treated? Answer: For lung damage, tonify its Qi; for heart damage, harmonize Ying (Nutrient Qi) and Wei (Defensive Qi); for spleen damage, regulate diet and adapt to cold and warmth; for liver damage, soothe the middle Jiao; for kidney damage, tonify its Essence. This is the general principle for treating damage. Various deficiencies and extreme exhaustion syndromes invariably arise from weakness of the physical constitution, deficiency of the Heart and Kidney, and failure of Water and Fire to ascend and descend naturally. They may result from injury by Cold, Summer-heat, or overwork, or from excessive sexual activity, all of which can injure True Qi, leading to emaciation, weakness of the waist and knees, frequent urination, loose stools, dizziness, deafness, spermatorrhea, and spontaneous sweating. In severe cases, Deficient Fire attacks upward, causing facial redness and panting. These are all symptoms of various deficiencies. "Extreme exhaustion" refers to the injury of the Five Zang organs by the Seven Emotions (Joy, Anger, Worry, Overthinking, Sorrow, Fear, Fright). Excessive planning and thinking injure the Liver, corresponding to Sinew Exhaustion; mental exertion injures the Heart, corresponding to Vessel Exhaustion; excessive worry injures the Spleen, corresponding to Flesh Exhaustion; grief and sorrow injure the Lungs, corresponding to Qi Exhaustion; rigid adherence to moral principles injures the Kidneys, corresponding to Bone Exhaustion. These are the Five Exhaustions corresponding to the Five Damages. Extreme exhaustion depletes Essence and Qi, generating various syndromes.
Treatment Principles
Treatment should be adjusted according to the cold and heat patterns of the Five Zang and Six Fu organs. The Classics state: For those with insufficient form, warm them with Qi; for those with insufficient Essence, tonify them with Flavor. However, tonifying drugs must be mild and balanced; sudden use of harsh tonics or hot, dry cinnabar and stone minerals should be avoided, lest it deplete Kidney Water and exacerbate Deficient Fire. One must carefully weigh the severity of the condition before prescribing medication to achieve efficacy.
Formulas
Si Jun Zi Tang (Four Gentlemen Decoction): Greatly tonifies Qi and Yang deficiency.
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, 1 qian), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 2 qian, stir-fried), Bai Fu Ling (Poria, 1 qian), Gan Cao (Licorice Root, honey-roasted, 1 qian).
Decoct the above ingredients as one dose with Ginger and Jujube. If phlegm is present, add Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) and Ban Xia (Pinelliae Tuber), named Liu Jun Zi Tang (Six Gentlemen Decoction). Note: This formula is the sacred medicine for treating Qi disorders. Ren Shen tonifies Yuan Qi, Bai Zhu strengthens the Spleen and Stomach, Gan Cao harmonizes the Middle Jiao, Fu Ling promotes diuresis and guides Ren Shen downward to tonify Lower Jiao Yuan Qi. Qi is formless and belongs to Yang, symbolizing the virtue of a gentleman, hence the name Si Jun Zi Tang.
Si Wu Tang (Four Substance Decoction): Greatly tonifies Yin and Blood deficiency.
Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix, 2 qian), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 2 qian), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 1 qian), Bai Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, 1.5 qian, stir-fried).
Decoct the above ingredients as one dose with water. Note: This formula is the sacred medicine for treating Blood disorders. Dang Gui guides Blood into the Liver Meridian, Chuan Xiong guides Blood into the Lung Meridian, Shao Yao guides Blood into the Spleen Meridian, and Di Huang guides Blood into the Kidney Meridian. Only the Heart generates Blood, the Liver stores Blood, the Spleen controls Blood, the Lungs circulate Blood, and the Kidneys store Essence. Men transform Blood into Essence, and women transform Blood into menstruation. Blood is tangible and belongs to Yin, hence the name Si Wu Tang.
Ba Wu Tang (Eight Substance Decoction): Greatly tonifies dual Qi and Blood deficiency.
Combine Si Jun Zi Tang and Si Wu Tang, add three slices of Ginger and two Jujubes, decoct with water.
Shi Quan Da Bu Tang (Comprehensive Great Tonifying Decoction): Treats dual Qi and Blood deficiency, assisting Yang and securing the Exterior.
Add Rou Gui (Cinnamon Bark, 1 qian) and Huang Qi (Astragali Radix, 1 qian) to Ba Wu Tang, decoct with Ginger and Jujube in water.
Ren Shen Yang Rong Tang (Ginseng Nourishing Harmony Decoction): Treats accumulated exhaustion and deficiency damage, fatigue of the four limbs, muscle emaciation, pallor, shortness of breath, and loss of appetite.
Ren Shen (1 qian), Dang Gui (1 qian), Chen Pi (1 qian), Huang Qi (Honey-roasted, 1 qian), Gui Xin (Cinnamon Heart, 1 qian), Bai Zhu (1 qian), Gan Cao (Roasted, 1 qian), Bai Shao Yao (2 qian), Shu Di Huang (Wine-soaked, 2 qian), Fu Ling (1 qian), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Fructus, 0.7 qian), Yuan Zhi (Polygalae Radix, dehearted, stir-fried, 0.5 qian).
Decoct as one dose with three slices of Ginger and two Jujubes in water.
Gu Zhen Yin Zi (Solidify Truth Infusion): Treats dual Yin and Yang deficiency and insufficient Yuan Qi in people over middle age, characterized by frequent headaches, slight afternoon fever, poor appetite, fatigue, frequent essence leakage, and sore, weak lower back and knees. It yields good results.
Ren Shen (1 qian), Gan Shan Yao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, 1 qian), Dang Gui Shen (Body of Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 1 qian), Shu Di Huang (2.5 qian), Huang Bo (Phellodendri Cortex, stir-fried, 1 qian), Bai Zhu (0.5 qian), Ze Xie (Alismatis Rhizoma, 0.5 qian), Shan Zhu Yu (Corni Fructus, 0.5 qian), Bu Gu Zhi (Psoraleae Fructus, 0.5 qian), Wu Wei Zi (10 grains), Chen Pi (0.8 qian), Bai Fu Ling (0.8 qian), Du Zhong (Eucommiae Cortex, stir-fried, silk cut, 0.7 qian), Gan Cao (Roasted, 0.7 qian).
Decoct as one dose with water.
Jiu Xian Jiu (Nine Immortals Wine - Transmitted by Imperial Hospital): Treats various deficiencies and hundred damages.
Take four liang of Ba Wu Tang, add eight liang of Ganshou Gouqi (Lycii Fructus from Gansu), two liang of Ginger, and ten Jujubes. Boil in one jar of good wine. Drink freely as desired. It provides great tonification.
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill): Treats emaciation, weakness, fatigue, chronic Kidney Qi deficiency, night sweats, fever, damage to the Five Zang organs, spermatorrhea, hematochezia, Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst), and Lin Zhuo (Cloudiness in Urination). This medicine is neither drying nor cold; it specifically tonifies Left Chi (Kidney Water) and regulates the Spleen and Stomach. It is most suitable for youths with Water deficiency and Fire hyperactivity, presenting Yin deficiency syndromes.
Ze Xie (Alismatis Rhizoma, 2 liang), Huai Shu Di Huang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix, 8 liang, stir-fried with Ginger juice), Gan Shan Yao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, steamed with wine, 4 liang), Shan Zhu Yu (Corni Fructus, steamed with wine, pitted, 4 liang), Bai Fu Ling (3 liang), Mu Dan Pi (Moutan Cortex, bone removed, 3 liang).
Grind into fine powder, mix with refined honey to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take seventy pills on an empty stomach with plain boiled water.
For women with Blood deficiency and infertility, this formula is more effective. Add Vinegar-processed Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma) and Dang Gui, each two liang. For deficiency exhaustion, add one Placenta Humana (Zi He Che), steamed until soft and mashed into pills. For Yin deficiency with Fire movement, add Wine-processed Huang Bo and Zhi Mu, each two liang. For Heart-Kidney non-interaction with Xiao Ke and excessive thirst, add Mai Dong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 3 liang) and Wu Wei Zi (2 liang). For lower back and knee pain, add Wine-washed Niu Xi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix) and Ginger-stir-fried Du Zhong, each three liang. For frequent nocturia, remove Ze Xie and add Salt-and-Wine-processed Yi Zhi Ren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus, 3 liang). To additionally tonify Right Chi Ministerial Fire, add Prepared Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) and Guan Gui (Cinnamon Twig boiled in child's urine), each two liang. For spermatorrhea, add Mu Li (Ostreae Concha, 3 liang). For cough, add Wu Wei Zi (3 liang).
Shen Xian Ji Ji Dan (Immortal Equilibrium Pill - Formula of Vice-Premier Liu): Specifically tonifies various deficiencies and hundred damages, Five Exhaustions and Seven Injuries, nourishes Kidney Water, descends Heart Fire, and tonifies Spleen Earth. It adds Essence and Marrow, benefits Qi and harmonizes Blood, strengthens sinews and bones, moistens skin, sharpens hearing and vision, opens the mind and enhances intelligence, strengthens Yin and tonifies Yang, and prolongs life. This medicine has a warm but not hot nature, clear but not cold. Long-term use leads to the mutual assistance of Kan and Li (Water and Fire), harmony of Yin and Yang, clarity of Spirit without Fire inflammation, and consolidation of Essence without Water leakage. It is the sacred medicine for gentle tonification.
Shan Yao (Steamed with wine, 3 liang), Niu Xi (Washed with wine, 3 liang), Du Zhong (Fried with butter, 2 liang), Ba Ji Tian (Morindae Officinalis Radix, soaked in soup, 2 liang), Wu Wei Zi (2 liang), Bai Fu Ling (2 liang), Gou Qi (Washed with wine, 2 liang), Xiao Hui Xiang (Fennel, salt-water stir-fried, 2 liang), Cong Rong (Cistanche, washed with wine, 2 liang), Shan Zhu Yu (Steamed with wine, pitted, dried, 2 liang), Shi Chang Pu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma, hairs removed, 2 liang), Yuan Zhi (Polygalae Radix, soaked in Licorice water, bone removed, dried, 2 liang), Huang Bo (Stir-fried with wine, 4 liang), Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, hairs removed, stir-fried with wine, 2 liang), Sheng Di Huang (Steamed with wine, 2 liang), Shu Di Huang (Steamed with wine, 2 liang), Mai Dong (Heart removed, 2 liang), Ren Shen (De-rhizome, 2 liang), Tu Si Zi (Cuscutae Semen, boiled in wine until soft, mashed into cakes, dried, 2 liang), Gan Ju (Chrysanthemi Flos, washed with wine, 2 liang), Shan Zhi Zi (Gardeniae Fructus, stir-fried until black, 2 liang), Guang Ju Hong (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Rubrum, 1 liang), Tian Dong (Asparagi Radix, soaked in soup, 2 liang), Dang Gui (Washed with wine, 2 liang), Long Gu (Fossilized Bones, calcined, 2 liang).
Grind into powder, mix with refined honey and Jujube pulp to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take seventy to eighty pills on an empty stomach with light salt water.
Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan (Heavenly Emperor Heart-Nourishing Pill): Calms the Heart and benefits Willpower, strengthens the body and Essence, calms the Soul and Spirit, stabilizes palpitations and fright, dispels irritant heat, and resolves thick phlegm.
Shu Di Huang (Washed with wine, 2 liang), Bai Fu Ling (2 liang), Dan Shen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 2 liang), Bai Zi Ren (Biota Seed, shelled, 2 liang), Bai Bu (Stemonae Radix, 2 liang), Shi Chang Pu (2 liang), Niu Xi (Washed with wine, 2 liang), Du Zhong (Fried with butter, silk removed, 2 liang), Dang Gui (Washed with wine, 2 liang), Suan Zao Ren (Ziziphi Spinosae Semen, stir-fried, 2 liang), Xuan Shen (Scrophulariae Radix, 2 liang), Tian Dong (Heart removed, 2 liang), Wu Wei Zi (2 liang), Ren Shen (2 liang), Bai Fu Shen (Poria with Hostwood, 2 liang), Yuan Zhi (Soaked in Licorice water, 2 liang), Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix, 1 liang), Gan Cao (1 liang), Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 1 liang).
Grind into fine powder, mix with refined honey to make pills the size of a bullet, coated with Gold Leaf. Take one pill before sleep, chewing thoroughly while swallowing with decoction of Deng Xin Cao (Junci Medullia) and Red Jujube.
Jie Ming Gao (Life-Reconnecting Paste): Treats Qi and Blood deficiency, rising Phlegm-Fire, aphasia due to Stroke, left hemiplegia and right paralysis, lower back and knee pain, difficulty in movement, and all deficiency damages.
Ren Ru (Human Milk, two zhan, preferably from fat, white women without internal/external heat), Li Zhi (Pear Juice, one zhan).
Pour the two ingredients into a silver-tin rotating pot, place in boiling water to scald. When yellow foam rises, skim off the clear liquid. Take once after the first watch of the night (approx. 1-3 AM). It greatly resolves Phlegm and tonifies Blood.
San Cai Da Bu Gao (Three Powers Comprehensive Great Tonifying Paste - Transmitted by Liu Taifu)
Sheng Di Huang (One jin), Shu Di Huang (One jin), Tian Dong (Four liang), Mai Men Dong (Four liang), Ren Shen (Four liang), Gan Gou Qi (Four liang), Niu Xi (Four liang), He Shou Wu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix, Eight liang).
Chop the herbs, avoid iron contact, put into a large clay pot with twenty bowls of water. Decoct until seven bowls remain, collect the juice separately. Boil the dregs again nine times as before, obtaining a total of seventy bowls of juice. Filter very cleanly. Use a medium clay pot, add seven bowls of juice, simmer slowly. For every bowl evaporated, add one bowl of water. After adding all sixty-three bowls, the juice will be concentrated (equivalent to six original bowls). Add one and a half jin of Shan Bai Mi (Mountain White Honey) with wax removed. Simmer in a double boiler until the drop test shows no dispersion (forming paste). Store in porcelain jars, bury in earth for seven days. Remove, boil again for a day and night, bury overnight again. Distribute into small jars, seal tightly, and use as needed. Use mulberry wood fire throughout. The herbs are ordinary; the skill lies in the heat control. Mix with mellow wine and take as desired. It tastes good and has many effects. For those who restrain desires and live secluded lives, taking this paste regularly can help fulfill their natural lifespan. "Seven-year mugwort" implies preparation should begin early.
Tian Zhen Jie Ming Dan (True Heaven Life-Reconnecting Pill - Transmitted by Stranger Fangshang)
Use menstrual blood from healthy virgin girls. The first flow is least preferred, the second is medium, fourth and fifth are lowest, but all can be used. Collection method: Make a vessel from black lead shaped like a yellow-robed crown. When menstruation begins, have an old woman place this vessel over the vulva, secure with silk cloth, collect the blood into a porcelain container. Repeat with the same vessel to collect about two to three cups. Let settle until red sediment sinks to the bottom like Cinnabar; this is the True Origin of Mother Qi. A yellow layer floats on top; this is "Fa Shui" (Emitting Water). Gently blot it away with cotton paper. Grind extremely fine, pure Bai Fu Ling (Poria) into powder. Float in warm water to remove woody debris, take the sinking part, dry, and mash into the Red Lead. Adjust consistency like dough. Form into thin pancakes, air-dry, avoid iron. Once dry, grind to fine powder. Take a large handful of Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba), chop and decoct into a very thick paste. Strain through cotton cloth to remove dregs, mix with the powder, and form pills. Size of mung beans. Coat with finely ground Lao Keng Chen Sha (Old Pit Cinnabar). Store in silver pill jars, seal with yellow wax. Take fifty pills, or seventy to eighty. Sit quietly in a windless place after ingestion; slight sweating is a sign of efficacy. The medicinal properties circulate, filling the four limbs, meridians, skin, and hair. If fever and thirst occur after taking, it indicates Yuan Qi deficiency and arrival of medicinal power. Stop by drinking several cups of milk. Eat vegetarian food for three days after taking; avoid greasy foods. After two or three doses, or every three to five years, take two or three more doses. Strength and spirit will immediately revive. Hundreds of doses of herbal medicines cannot compare to one or two doses of this medicine. Since age sixteen, Essence and Qi gradually decline. Not only sexual desire causes damage, but any interaction consumes the source of Essence and Qi. Hence Zen monks face walls, and immortals sit in seclusion. This medicine is harvested from the human body, originating from the Primordial Beginning. Unlike metals, stones, or herbs which have biases, it truly restores the work of Creation. Gentleman cultivators should cherish it.
Yang Lian Qiu Shi Fa (Yang Refining Autumn Stone Method - Transmitted in Capital)
One vat of Child's Urine (Tong Bian). Decoct Ya Zao (Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus) in two to three bowls of water. Stir vigorously with willow twigs to create white foam. Skim off foam with a spoon while stirring, until foam is gone and liquid clarifies. Discard top foam and bottom sediment, take only the clear middle liquid. Decoct in a pot using wood fire. Start with gentle heat, then increase intensity. Boil down to two or three bowls. Add half a pot of Child's Urine, boil until dry. Repeat adding and boiling until all urine in the vat is exhausted. Boil until charred and dry. Pour one bowl of Sesame Oil around the bottom of the pot. Heat fiercely until red-hot with no oily smoke. Lift the pot, place on ground, cool until solidified into blocks. Grind into fine powder. Add two bowls of clean water, stir until milky. Let settle for one or two days, stir again, pour onto ten-plus layers of high-quality white Lian Si paper placed in a bamboo sieve soaked overnight (to remove yellow water). Filter the clear liquid into a porcelain container until dry. Return residue to pot, stir with water, filter again as before. Take the filtered clear liquid, polish a wide pot with tile shards until shiny like silver-white. Pour liquid in, boil with charcoal fire until dry. Spread on paper. Polish pot again, boil second batch of clear liquid as before. Ensure cleanliness, achieving snow-white color.
Yin Lian Qiu Shi Fa (Yin Refining Autumn Stone Method - Transmitted in Capital)
Use two buckets each of urine from boy and girl. Put into a semi-old clay vat, add one bucket of clean water. Stir thousand times with willow stick. Let settle for half a day. Once clear, siphon off half a bucket of clear liquid. Add one bucket of water, stir and settle again, siphon off one bucket. Do this for seven days, twice daily, totaling fourteen times. Pour off all clear liquid, leaving only Autumn Stone. Pour onto leather paper, place on fir or cypress board, store and dry. Sun-dry by day and dew-expose by night to absorb solar and lunar essence; or mix with Human Milk and sun-dry for pills; or alone with Jujube pulp to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take fifty to seventy pills on an empty stomach with good wine. Provides great tonification, effectively descends Deficient Fire. Its merits cannot be fully described.
Qu Hong Qian Fa (Method of Obtaining Red Lead)
Use menstrual blood from virgins, preferably the first flow. Wash cloth with burning alcohol, dry, and use. Clarify with Sour Plum water, take out, add a little Frankincense powder, mix with milk to make pills the size of cherries. Hold one pill in mouth, inhale one breath of woman's Qi, swallow with milk. Treats various deficiencies and hundred damages, Five Exhaustions and Seven Injuries. Miraculous effect.
Shen Xian Fu Qi Mi Fa (Immortal Subduing Qi Secret Method - Transmitted by Liu Yun)
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First, during Chen-Xu hours (7-9 AM / 7-9 PM), perform An Ming (Peaceful Life) practice. Administer medicine and blow air into the right nostril.
Count: 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, stop at 4.
Next day, during Yin hour (3-5 AM), perform Jin Yang Huo (Advancing Yang Fire) practice. Administer medicine and blow air into the left nostril.
Count: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, stop at 17.
During Xu hour (7-9 PM), retreat Yin Fu. Follow counting 16 down to 4 again.
Before each practice, have patient lie supine with flat pillow, hold hot water or one mouthful of Frankincense wine in mouth. Then have virgin girl blow according to counts. Blowing method: First obtain Red Lead. Use menstrual blood from intact virgin girl, wash clean with summer linen or clean flower petals, dry under shade. When using, wash with hot Child's Urine, dry and store. Before use, dissolve with Child's Urine, drip near the small end opening of the blowing tube, insert into nose. Have virgin girl hold the large end in her mouth and blow forcefully as before. Patient inhales upon feeling the air. Virgin girl must avoid garlic, onions, sour, and spicy foods. Long-term practice can reconnect and supplement natural lifespan. If feeling internal heat after practice, drink Human Milk to resolve it.
San Yuan Dan (Three Origins Pill): Tonifies deficiency damage, reconnects natural lifespan.
Hong Qian (Red Lead, 1 liang), Ren Ru (Human Milk, 1 liang), Ru Xiang (Frankincense, 1 qian), Chen Sha (Cinnabar, 1 qian), Qiu Shi (Autumn Stone, 1 qian - obtained by soaking cleaned new bricks in Child's Urine in a clay vessel for seven days, take out, place in dark place in winter or bury deep in earth in summer; white stones will form naturally over time, sweep and use).
Grind all into fine powder, mix with Human Milk. Crack one egg, discard white and yolk. Lay clean paper, put medicine inside, seal tightly. Place among other eggs, incubate for twenty-one days. Take out, make pills the size of Sophora seeds, coat with Gold Leaf. If dry, add more milk to reform pills. Take three pills with Human Milk, on an empty stomach at the first watch of the night. Sweat reaching the feet is the goal. Avoid wind.