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Anshen Miaoxiang Wan Formula (Divine Fragrance Pill for Calming the Spirit)

Stabilizes and consolidates the intestines and stomach, preventing hunger and thirst; guards and refines the Five Viscera (Zang organs), eliminates the Nine Worms (parasitic entities); prolongs fetal breathing (Tai Xi).

Herbs: Cinnabar (Dan Sha, 0.5 liang, ground into powder), Pine Resin (Song Zhi, 3 liang, refined ten times to yield 1.5 liang), Nux Vomica Seed (Heshi), Ginseng (Renshen), Poria (Baifuling, with black skin removed), Drynaria Rhizome (Gouji, with hairs removed), Cyathula Root/Gynura Root (Guanzhong), Realgar (Xionghuang, ground into powder, 0.5 liang each), Beeswax (La, 2 liang), Honey (Lian, refined), Frankincense (Ruxiang, ground into powder), Ilmenite (Yuyuliang, fired three times then ground into powder, 1 liang each).

The above twelve herbs are each crushed and ground into powder. On the fifteenth day of the lunar cycle, they are mixed and blended. First, place honey, beeswax, and pine resin in a yinzi (a type of small cauldron), melt them into liquid, and mix with the nine other herb powders. Form pills the size of soap pods. Upon ingestion, one must sincerely pray: "May I expel grain qi, and may my breath be harmonious." Then, consume a meal of porridge made from one sheng of glutinous rice, two he of almonds (peeled, cleft kernels, finely ground), and one liang of white beeswax, eating until full. Shortly after, consume one he of cooked soybeans, followed immediately by one pill. After eighteen days, take another pill; after thirty-four months, take another pill. This regimen ensures one will never feel hunger or thirst for life. One must abstain from the Five Pungent Spices (Wu Xin), sexual desire, salt, and vinegar. If concerned about lack of strength, consume thirty-seven jujube meats as an aid. After one month, if no longer taking the medicine, subsequent doses should be taken with Frankincense Decoction. If thirsty, drink Poria Decoction. To restore appetite for food consumption, drink one cup of Malva Soup; the medication will naturally pass. Collect the expelled material, wash it three to five times with Frankincense Water, dry it in an earthen pit for twenty-one days, and reserve it for future use, which will enhance its efficacy. When restoring appetite, cook a small bowl of plain noodle soup, take the medicine with it, and finally use Micaceous Hematite Powder (Yunmu Fen) to consolidate.

Jinjian Jian Decoction (Golden Tablet Decoction)

Expels grain qi, consolidates vital energy, eliminates the Three Corpses (Sanshi), dissipates the Nine Worms, harmonizes the Five Viscera, guards the Three Dantians, lightens the body, strengthens the will, restrains the soul and魄 (Po spirit), and prolongs the fetal root.

Herbs: Frankincense (Ruxiang, 4 liang), Cow's Milk (Niu Ru, 1 dou; hold in a silver or stone vessel, place frankincense in a double-boiler, slowly pour cow's milk until frankincense is dissolved), Red Halloysite (Chishizhi, 0.5 jin, finely ground, water-washed, drained on sand inside a cardboard box, dried, placed in a silk bag, steamed over rice nine times; remove and dry each time, repeating until the rice is cooked), Cinnabar (Dan Sha, 4 liang, ground, water-washed, dried by vapor in a cardboard box, weighed), Licorice Root (Gancao, 0.5 jin, ground to powder), Honey (Mi, held in a silver vessel, boiled in a double-boiler, filtered through silk, weighed at 4 jin).

The above six ingredients: Divide the honey into nine parts. Mix each part with the frankincense and other herbs. Place the mixture into new bamboo tubes (three or four tubes filled). Seal the tube mouths tightly with fresh Mulberry Root Bark (Sangbaipi). Prepare a bed of black beans and barley moistened with water at the bottom of a large steamer (zeng). Place the bamboo tubes on top, cover with more beans and barley, and cover the tubes again in the same manner. Steam slowly over low heat for one day, adding water three or four times. Steam until nightfall. Remove the tubes, pour out the medicine, and store in porcelain vessels. Bake in a drying cage overnight. If not dry, continue baking until extremely dry. Take one part honey, mix evenly with the medicine, seal the mouth with fresh mulberry bark, sprinkle with water, mix with beans and barley, and steam again for one day according to the previous method, sprinkling hot water three or four times. Steam until nightfall, then bake as before. Repeat this process of nine steamings and nine bakings. Allow to dry into a solidified extract (jian). Take approximately one large spoonful per dose. The total amount must be divided into 120 servings. Before starting the "Medication Bed" (Ya Chuang - a preparatory phase for grain avoidance), avoid salt and vinegar. For treating stroke with flaccidity/paralysis, hemiplegia, facial deviation, slurred speech, and confusion, divide into 140 servings, and also begin with the Medication Bed.

Method for Maintaining the Medication Bed (Zhushi Ya Chuang Fa)

Herbs: Poria (Baifuling, with black skin removed, 1 liang), Barley Flour (Damai Mian, 0.5 jin), Mulberry Root Bark (Sanggen Baipi, 1 liang).

The above three herbs are crushed, sifted, and mixed uniformly to form dough. Boil into chess-piece shaped dumplings. Consume plainly. Consume one jin four liang in total, taken twice daily (morning and evening). Over half a month, this amounts to one cheng of flour and sixty liang of herbs, constituting the "Medication Bed." After half a month, one may begin consuming Jinjian Jian. Jinjian Jian is taken with warm wine. If hungry during the day, drink one or two cups of wine. If thirsty, drink one or two cups of warm water. Sleep will be natural and peaceful.

Wangchong Wan Formula (Pill to Eliminate Worms)

Eliminates the Three Corpses, kills worms.

Herbs: Asters Root (Ziwan, remove sprouts, boil in vinegar until cooked, dry-bake, 0.5 jin), Belamcanda Rhizome (Shegan, 1 qian), Fossilized Bone (Bailonggu, 0.5 liang).

The above three herbs: First grind Ziwan into powder. Then crush Shegan and Bailonggu. Mix uniformly to make a powder. Take one qianbi (a traditional measure) daily. Take on an empty stomach with sweet spring water. Chant the names of the Three Corpses, and they will perish.

Guangfu Yanling Dan Formula (Great Fortune and Longevity Pill)

Eliminates the Three Corpses, cleanses the Fu and Zang organs, calms the Seven Po spirits, brightens eyes and ears, brings great fortune and longevity.

Herbs: Cinnabar (Dan Sha, ground to powder), Realgar (Xionghuang, ground to powder), Ginseng (Renshen), Poria (Baifuling, with black skin removed, 2 liang each), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Frankincense (Ruxiang, finely ground, 4 liang each).

The above six herbs are crushed, ground to powder, and mixed uniformly. Place in a silver vessel. Mix with honey to form a thick paste. Seal with oil paper. Wrap the vessel externally with dough made of water and white flour, thickness of two fingers. Steam over rice daily until the rice is cooked. Remove. Continue for half a month. If the medicine dries, add more honey. Form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills with warm wine on an empty stomach. Avoid sheep blood. Its efficacy is profound.

Shenxian Jusheng Wan Formula (Immortal Giant Sesame Pill)

Lightens the body, strengthens yang, reverses aging, returns youth, eliminates the Three Corpses, expels the Nine Worms, removes myriad diseases.

Herbs: Black Sesame (Jusheng, soaked in wine overnight, steamed nine times, sun-dried nine times), Achyranthes Root (Niuxi, soaked in wine, sliced, baked), Morinda Root (Bajitian, remove heart), Asparagus Tuber (Tianmendong, remove heart, bake), Yam (Shanyu), Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Dihuang, bake), Willow Cinnamon (Liugui, remove coarse bark), Sour Jujube Kernel (Suanzaoren), Raspberry (Fupenzi), Dodder Seed (Tusizi, soak in wine, separate grind, bake dry), Polygala Root (Yuanzhi, remove heart), Chrysanthemum (Juhua), Ginseng (Renshen), Poria (Baifuling, with black skin removed, 1 liang each).

The above fourteen herbs are selected clean, crushed, and sifted into powder. Bind with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills with warm wine on an empty stomach daily. After one month of use, the body becomes light and strong, immune to myriad diseases.

Qingyuanzi Fantong San Formula (Green Origin Child-Returning Powder)

Lightens the body, extends life, removes hundred diseases, eliminates the Three Corpses.

Herbs: Asparagus Tuber (Tianmendong, remove heart, bake), Ginseng (Renshen), Poria (Baifuling, with black skin removed), Ophiopogon Tuber (Mendong, remove heart, bake), White Chrysanthemum (Bai Juhua, 6 liang each).

The above five herbs are crushed and sifted into powder. Take three qianbi daily, mixed with warm wine or water, at any time. After three years of use, the body feels light.

Shenxian Xionghuang Wan Formula (Immortal Realgar Pill)

Eliminates the Three Corpses and hundred worms, beautifies complexion, brightens eyes and ears.

Herbs: Realgar (Xionghuang), Pine Resin (Song Zhi, equal parts).

The above two herbs: Select realgar resembling rooster comb color, free of sand and stones. Grind extremely fine. Mix with pine resin and pound into pills the size of marbles. Each morning, dissolve one pill in wine and ingest. After ten days of use, the Three Corpses and hundred worms in the abdomen will naturally descend. Purple-black marks on the face will disappear. After one month of use, hundred diseases will heal spontaneously, eyes and ears will become clear. Long-term use leads to immortality. Maintain cleanliness and do not damage the formula.