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Commentary states: Blood and Qi are the spirit of humans, used to nourish the entire body, with the Kidney as their root. If the root organ (Kidney) is full and solid, then Essence and Spirit will resonate with each other, and Blood and Qi will flow smoothly. With internal stability, how could disease arise? If one violates principles of care and caution, leading to deficiency and damage of the root organ, then Blood and Qi will follow suit in becoming deficient, easily giving rise to illness. Thus, there are cases of wind generated by deficiency, accumulations formed by deficiency, or inability of the eyes and ears to perceive clearly, or inability of the waist and knees to move lightly and freely, or chronic cold conditions, or various劳损 (consumptive diseases). There should be prescriptions to tonify and benefit them.

To treat various deficiencies and damages, tonify the Zang-Fu organs, facilitate the waist and legs, strengthen Yuan Qi (Original Qi), and fill the marrow. Shanyu Wan (Chinese Yam Pill) Prescription:
Shanyu (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis, remove roots), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, remove sprouts, soak in wine, slice, and roast), Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, remove hair, roast with suet oil), Baifuling (Poria, remove black skin), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus), Xuduan (Dipsaci Radix), Bajitian (Morindae Officinalis Radix, remove heart), Shanzhuyu (Corni Fructus), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex, remove rough bark), Shugan Dihuang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix, roast), Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma), Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex, remove rough bark, roast), Chuangzi (Cnidii Fructus, stir-fry), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, remove rough bark, roast), Tusizi (Cuscutae Semen, soak in wine overnight, grind separately into powder), Tianxiong (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix Praeparata, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel), Fupenzi (Rubiae Fructus, remove stems and calyx), Roucongrong (Cistanches Herba, soak in wine, slice, and roast; each 1 liang).
The above twenty ingredients. Pound and sieve into powder, mix with refined honey, and pound three to five hundred times. Form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take thirty pills per dose, on an empty stomach and before evening meal, with warm wine.

To treat Wulao Qishang (Five Exhaustions and Seven Injuries), various deficiencies and insufficiencies, blurred vision, and hearing loss. Huangqi Wan (Astragalus Pill) Prescription:
Huangqi (Astragali Radix, cut into pieces), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, parched), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, slice and roast), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, remove rhizome head), Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, roasted), Baifuling (Poria, remove black skin), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma, remove sprouts and leaves), Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex, remove rough bark), Wutou (Aconiti Radix, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, remove forked tips), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis, remove roots), Shugan Dihuang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix, roast), Roucongrong (Cistanches Herba, soak in wine, slice, and roast; each 1 liang), Yangshen (Ovis/Capis Ren, one piece, thinly slice and roast dry), Zaogao (Jujubae Paste, 5 he).
The above nineteen ingredients. Pound and sieve into powder, mix with jujube paste and refined honey, form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take fifteen to twenty pills per dose, with warm wine.

To treat Kidney deficiency and damage, weakness in legs and knees, stiffness and tension in waist and back, dry mouth and tongue, for tonification. Lurong Wan (Deer Horn Pill) Prescription:
Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, remove hair, roast with suet oil), Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis, remove roots, cut into pieces; each 1 liang), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel), Shugan Dihuang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix, roast; each 2 liang), Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex), Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma), Shanyu (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex, remove rough bark), Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex, remove rough bark), Bixie (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma, cut into pieces), Shanzhuyu (Corni Fructus), Baifuling (Poria, remove black skin), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus; each 1 liang), Roucongrong (Cistanches Herba, soak in wine overnight, slice, and roast), Buguzhi (Psoraleae Fructus, stir-fried; each 2 liang), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, remove heart), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, remove forked tips), Huangqi (Astragali Radix, cut into pieces; each 1 liang).
The above eighteen ingredients. Pound and sieve into powder, mix with refined honey, and pound three to five hundred times. Form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills per dose, on an empty stomach and before evening meal, with warm wine.

To treat various deficiencies causing fatigue and lack of Jing-Qi (Essence-Qi). Yangqishi Wan (Yangqi Stone Pill) Prescription:
Yangqishi (Stibnite, calcined), Baishiying (Quartz, ground), Cishi (Magnetitum, quenched in vinegar seven times), Shugan Dihuang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix, roast), Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis, remove roots; each 2 liang), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus), Shinan (Rhododendri Daurici Folium), Roucongrong (Cistanches Herba, soak in wine overnight, slice, and roast), Tusizi (Cuscutae Semen, soak in wine overnight, grind separately), Wujiapi (Acanthopanacis Cortex), Huma (Sesami Fructus), Bajitian (Morindae Officinalis Radix, remove heart), Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex, remove rough bark), Renshen (Ginseng Radix; each 1 liang), Chuangzi (Cnidii Fructus, stir-fried; 0.5 liang).
The above fifteen ingredients. Pound and sieve into powder, mix with refined honey, and pound two to three hundred times. Form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills per dose, on an empty stomach and before evening meal, with warm wine.

To treat Kidney Qi deficiency and damage, numbness and pain in waist and legs, soreness and pain in joints, dim vision, mental confusion and forgetfulness, frequent dreams during sleep, dry mouth upon waking, tasteless food, irritability, impotence, abdominal distension and fullness, dribbling urine, and constipation. Wubu Wan (Five Tonics Pill) Prescription:
Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Wujiapi (Acanthopanacis Cortex, cut into pieces), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus), Tianxiong (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix Praeparata, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, soak in wine, slice, and roast), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, remove forked tips), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, remove heart), Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis, remove roots), Shanyu (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Gouji (Cibotii Rhizoma; each 1 liang), Roucongrong (Cistanches Herba, soak in wine, slice, and roast), Shugan Dihuang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix, roast; each 3 liang), Bajitian (Morindae Officinalis Radix, remove heart), Baifuling (Poria, remove black skin), Tusizi (Cuscutae Semen, soak in wine, grind separately; each 1.5 liang), Fupenzi (Rubiae Fructus, remove stems and calyx), Shilongrui (Buergeriae Herba; each 2 liang), Bixie (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma), Shinan (Rhododendri Daurici Folium), Chuangzi (Cnidii Fructus, stir-fried), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma; each 3 fen), Tiandong (Asparagi Radix, remove heart; 1 liang 3 fen), Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex, remove rough bark, roast; 1.5 liang), Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, roast with suet oil, remove hair; 3 liang).
The above twenty-four ingredients. Pound and sieve into powder, make pills with refined honey, the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills per dose, with warm wine or salt water, three times a day.

To treat Wulao Qishang (Five Exhaustions and Seven Injuries), emaciation, for tonification. Fupenzi Wan (Rubia Fruit Pill) Prescription:
Fupenzi (Rubiae Fructus; 3 liang), Roucongrong (Cistanches Herba, soak in wine, slice, and roast), Bajitian (Morindae Officinalis Radix, remove heart), Bailonggu (Os Draconis et Ossis Mastodi, white), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus), Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, remove hair, roast with suet oil), Baifuling (Poria, remove black skin), Tianxiong (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix Praeparata, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel), Xuduan (Dipsaci Radix), Shanyu (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Baishiying (Quartz, ground; each 2.5 liang), Shugan Dihuang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix, roast; 2 liang), Tusizi (Cuscutae Semen, soak in wine, grind separately; 3 liang), Chuangzi (Cnidii Fructus, stir-fried), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, remove heart), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, parched; each 1.5 liang).
The above sixteen ingredients. Pound and sieve into powder, mix with refined honey, form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take fifteen pills per dose, increasing to twenty if necessary, with warm wine or salt water.

To treat Wulao Qishang (Five Exhaustions and Seven Injuries), exhaustion of bone marrow, and emaciated limbs. Baiziren Wan (Biota Seed Pill) Prescription:
Baiziren (Biota Semen, ground; 1 liang), Bajitian (Morindae Officinalis Radix, remove heart; 2 liang), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, remove heart), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus; each 1 liang), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, remove sprouts, soak in wine, slice, and roast; 2 liang), Shugan Dihuang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix, roast; 3 liang), Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex, remove rough bark; 1 liang), Roucongrong (Cistanches Herba, soak in wine, slice, and roast; 2 liang), Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, remove hair, roast with suet oil), Tusizi (Cuscutae Semen, soak in wine overnight, grind separately; each 1 liang), Buguzhi (Psoraleae Fructus, stir-fried; 2 liang), Ganqi (Resina Taxilli, stir-fried until smoke emerges; 1 liang).
The above twelve ingredients. Pound and sieve into powder, mix with refined honey, and pound three hundred times. Form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills per dose, on an empty stomach and before evening meal, with warm wine.

Tonify various deficiencies, benefit Jing-Blood (Essence-Blood), strengthen Yang, and fill muscles. Lu Jiao Wan (Deer Horn Pill) Prescription:
Lu Jiao (Cervi Cornu, shaved), Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis, remove roots), Shanyu (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Bai Ma Jing (Equi Penis, dried in shade), Shugan Dihuang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix, roast), Tusizi (Cuscutae Semen, soak in wine overnight, grind separately), Chuangzi (Cnidii Fructus, stir-fried; each 1.5 liang), Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex, remove rough bark, roast), Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma), Shanzhuyu (Corni Fructus), Chishizhi (Halloysit Rubra), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, parched; each 1 liang), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, soak in wine, slice, and roast), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus), Bajitian (Morindae Officinalis Radix, remove heart; each 1.5 liang), Roucongrong (Cistanches Herba, soak in wine, slice, and roast; 1 liang 3 fen), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, remove heart), Shilongrui (Buergeriae Herba; each 3 fen), Tianxiong (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix Praeparata, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel; 0.5 liang).
The above twenty-one ingredients. Pound and sieve into powder, make pills with refined honey, the size of paulownia seeds. Take thirty pills per dose, with warm wine, taken on an empty stomach.

To treat various deficiencies and provide tonification. Huluba Wan (Trigonella Foenum-Graecum Pill) Prescription:
Huluba (Trigonellae Seminis), Bajitian (Morindae Officinalis Radix, remove heart), Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma), Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex, remove rough bark), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel), Naosha (Sal Ammoniac, ground), Xiangzi (Anisi Stellati Fructus, stir-fried), Chushi (Broussonetiae Fructus, parched, remove pits), Moyao (Myrrha, ground), Tianxiong (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix Praeparata, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel), Chenjupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, remove white pith, slice, and roast), Yizhi (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus, stir-fried), Jingsanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma, parched; each 1 liang), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix; 0.5 liang).
The above fourteen ingredients. Pound and sieve into powder, mix with refined honey, form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills per dose, on an empty stomach, at noon, and before bed, with warm wine.

Tonify various deficiencies. Naosha Wan (Sal Ammoniac Pill) Prescription:
Naosha (Sal Ammoniac, sublimed and ground; 0.5 liang), Liuhuang (Sulfur, ground; 3 fen), Baifan (Alumen, ground), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel; each 1 liang), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix; 1 fen), Baifuzi (Gastrodiae Rhizoma, prepared), Xiangzi (Anisi Stellati Fructus, stir-fried), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, parched), Bidengqie (Schizonepetae Spica), Ganxie (Scorpio, remove dirt, stir-fried), Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Qingju pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride, soak in water, remove white pith, roast; each 1 liang).
The above twelve ingredients. Pound and grind into powder, mix with steamed dough soaked in water, form pills the size of cockle seeds. Chew one or two pills on an empty stomach with salt water or warm wine.

To treat various deficiency-damage diseases, greatly tonify and benefit the Yuan Zang (Original Organ). Tianxiong Wan (Tianxiong Pill) Prescription:
Tianxiong (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix Praeparata, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel),awei (Asafoetida, ground and broken, use vinegar and dough to make cakes, roast until yellow), Changpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma, remove whiskers, cut into pieces, stir-fry), Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, cut into pieces), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, remove rough bark, roast with ginger juice), Caodoukou (Cardamomi Fructus, remove skin, stir-fry), Binglang (Arecae Semen, cut into pieces), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, parched), Taoren (Persicae Semen, remove skin and pointed end, double-kernelled ones, stir-fried; each 2 liang).
The above nine ingredients. Pound and sieve into powder, mix with vinegar-boiled flour paste, form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty to thirty pills per dose, with warm wine or salt water, on an empty stomach and before bed.

Warm the Yuan Zang (Original Organ), strengthen sinews and bones, reduce urination frequency, and treat Wind-Deficiency. Wutou Wan (Wutou Pill) Prescription:
Wutou (Aconiti Radix; 1 jin, soak in flowing water from the east for twenty-seven days, change water three times daily. After expiration, take out, remove skin and navel, cut into willow-leaf slices. Add Qianniuzi [Pharbitidis Semen] one yi protocol stir-fry until cooked, remove Qianniuzi and do not use), Xiangzi (Anisi Stellati Fructus, stir-fried; 2 liang), Qingyan (Halite, ground separately), Shujiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium, remove eyes and closed-mouth ones, stir-fry until sweat appears), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, remove sprouts, finely cut, soak in wine for seven days, grind into paste like cream; each 5 liang), Chenjupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, remove white pith, roast; 2 liang).
The above six ingredients. Pound and sieve five ingredients into powder, mix with Niuxi paste, pound thousands of times, form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills per dose. On an empty stomach, with salt water or warm wine.

To treat male Yuan Zang (Original Organ) exhaustion and debility, white turbid urine, female Blood Zang (Blood Organ) deficiency-cold, red and white leukorrhea, for tonification. Muli Wan (Oyster Shell Pill) Prescription:
Muli (Concha Ostreae, calcined, quenched in vinegar seven times; 4 liang), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, cut into pieces, stir-fried), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, parched), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel), Wutou (Aconiti Radix, parch until cracked, remove skin and navel; each 1 liang).
The above five ingredients. Pound and sieve into powder, mix with wine-boiled flour paste, form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty to thirty pills per dose, on an empty stomach before meals. Males take with salt water; females take with stir-fried ginger wine.

Jinye Dan (Golden Liquid Elixir) Prescription:
Liuhuang (Sulfur; 10 liang, select pure and crystalline ones, grind into powder, put into a jar filling eight-tenths of its capacity), Shilongrui (Buergeriae Herba; two handfuls, also known as Gouti Cao [Dog Paw Grass]), Shuijian Cao (Hydrocotyle Japonica Herb; two handfuls, grows in rice fields, one stem with four flowers resembling the character 'field', also known as Shuitian Cao [Water Field Grass], single stem growing), Huangtu (Yellow Earth; one handful, pound together into mud, can also use Yicao [Motherwort] mixed with mud).
Seal the medicine jar uniformly with a thickness of half cun, place on level ground, cover the jar mouth with tiles, surround with five jin of charcoal, ignite one jin of ripe fire from above. Wait until the medicine jar glows red nine-tenths of the way, and blue flames appear at the seam. Immediately remove fire, cover with three dou of moist ash until cool. Open the jar to retrieve the medicine, scrape off the sediment and turbidity at the bottom. Repeat the refining process according to the previous method, totaling five refinements to complete. The medicine is ready when it smells like a chicken egg (for urgent use, three refinements suffice). Remove the jar, bury in moist earth overnight. Then boil in water for half a day. Retrieve the medicine and grind with a willow wood pestle, frequently adding drops of water. Wait until shaking reveals no residue, then grind until dry. For every one corner of medicine, use one liang of steamed cake, soak in water, pound together, form pills, and dry in the sun. The old prescription for Jinye Dan treats many diseases, primarily treating Qi exhaustion. Generally, for chronic illnesses causing weakness and fatigue, prolonged vomiting and diarrhea that do not heal, elderly people with constipation, Taiyang disease with faint pulse, Yin-Jue (Cold Reversal) and similar conditions, all are caused by Qi exhaustion. Taking this elixir often leads to recovery. Adults take dozens to hundreds of pills; children's dosage should be adjusted accordingly, all taken with porridge drink. For severely exhausted patients, dissolve and administer orally. For children suffering from prolonged vomiting and diarrhea nearing death, where neither medicine nor milk can be retained, give dozens of pills; they often recover from near-death states.